Description of a new species of cecidomyiid (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) predator of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on sugarcane
Abstract Diadiplosis saccharum sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is described based on male and female prey on nymphs of mealybug Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Saccharum spp. (Poaceae) in São Paulo State, Brazil. Herein, the genus is composed by 33 species. The key of the eight species of the Diadiplosis distributed in Brazil is updated.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo
2020
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492020000100240 |
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