A new genus of Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) from India and an updated taxonomic key to the genera of the world
Trevor Randall Smith
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, 1911 SW 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
0000-0002-5840-3545Janakiraman Poorani
ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Togamalai Road, Tayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli 620102, Tamil Nadu, India
0000-0003-3879-3264Ramalingam Tanigairaj
ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Togamalai Road, Tayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli 620102, Tamil Nadu, India
0000-0001-5274-6750
- Keywords
- Cybocephalus, Novenariacia, Pulvinaria\, scale predator, taxonomy
Abstract
The sixteen extant genera of Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) occurring worldwide are keyed. The genera included are Amedissia Kirejtshuk and Mantič, Apastillus Kirejtshuk and Mantič, Conglobatus T. R. Smith, Cybocephalus Erichson, Endrodiellus Endrödy-Younga, Eupastillus Lawrence, Hierronius Endrödy-Younga, Horadion Endrödy-Younga, Microthomas T. R. Smith, Pacicephalus Kirejtshuk and Mantič, Pastillodes Endrödy-Younga, Pastillus Endrödy-Younga, Pycnocephalus Sharp, Taxicephomerus Kirejtshuk, Theticephalus Kirejtshuk and the new genus Novenariacia T. R. Smith and Poorani. Novenariacia is described along with one new species, N. sulcata T. R. Smith and Poorani, from India. Descriptions of N. sulcata adults and larvae, photographs and illustrations of morphological features, biological notes and distribution data are provided.