A new species and first record of the genus Cynegetis Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Epilachnini) from China.

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Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China.

Published: November 2014

The first species of the genus Cynegetis Chevrolat is recorded from China. Cynegetischinensis Wang & Ren, sp. n. is described from the Ningxia Province in North China. A key to the known species of Cynegetis is given. Diagnostic similarities and differences between Cynegetis and Subcoccinella Agassiz & Erichson are discussed and illustrated.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4233393PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.448.8342DOI Listing

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