Parexochomus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Coccinellidae
Name
Parexochomus Barovsky, 1922 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Exochomus (Parexochomus) Barovsky, 1922: 293. Type species: Exochomus pubescens Küster, 1848, by subsequent designation of Chapin 1965[1].
- Parexochomus: Kovář 2007[2]: 595.
Diagnosis
Body length 3.0–3.5 mm. Dorsal body glabrous or pubescent, dark brown or black with lateral margins of pronotum or at least anterior angles yellow or red. Antenna composed of 10 antennomeres, minute terminal antennomere embedded in penultimate one; terminal maxillary palpomeres stout, nearly parallel-sided; pronotal basal margin entirely bordered with submarginal line; prosternal process narrow, rounded apically, without carinae; elytral epipleura clearly narrowing towards apex, without foveae; abdominal postcoxal lines complete and semicircular, reaching to middle of lateral line; meso- and metatibiae each with two apical spurs; tarsal claws with basal tooth (after Li et al. 2015[3]).
Ecology
The species of Parexochomus are aphidophagous or coccidophagous (Moddarres-Awal 2012[4]).
Taxon Treatment
- Biranvand, A; Tomaszewska, W; Li, W; Nicolas, V; Shakarami, J; Fekrat, L; Hesami, S; 2017: Review of the tribe Chilocorini Mulsant from Iran (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) ZooKeys, (712): 43-68. doi
Other References
- ↑ Chapin E (1965) The genera of the Chilocorini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 133: 227–271.
- ↑ Kovář I (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Löbl I Smetana A (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, Denmark, 71–74, 568–630.
- ↑ Li W, Huo L, Wang X, Chen X, Ren S (2015) The genera Exochomus Redtenbacher, 1843 and Parexochomus Barovsky, 1922 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini) from China, with descriptions of two new species. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 91(4): 291–304. https://doi.org/10.3956/2015-91.4.291
- ↑ Moddarres-Awal M (2012) List of agricultural pests and their natural enemies in Iran. Third ed. Ferdowsi University Press, Mashhad, Iran, 759 pp.
