This paper reports the genus Metacosma Kuznetsov for the first time from China.Two species,Metacosma triangulata,sp.nov.and Metacosma trapezia,sp.nov.,are described as new to science.Images of the adults and illustrations of the genital structures of the new species are provided.A key to the four described species is given.The type specimens are deposited in the Insect Collection,College of Life Sciences,Nankai University,Tianjin,China.
【更新日期】
2009-05-05
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Q969
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The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(J0630963);
the study platform for the control techniques of the pests newly appeared in facility agriculture(PXM2008014207055164)Kuznetsov(1985)erected the genus Metacosma