A new species of the genus Serangium Blackburn (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from China, with description of the immature stages

Chu-Yang Huang; Li-Ling Zeng; Wu-Wei Fan; Ping Lin; Qi-Jin Dong; Yu-Long Su; Xing-Min Wang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1210.129040

A new species of the genus Serangium Blackburn (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from China, with description of the immature stages

Zookeys. 2024 Aug 23:1210:197-206. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1210.129040. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Chu-Yang Huang¹, Li-Ling Zeng¹, Wu-Wei Fan², Ping Lin², Qi-Jin Dong², Yu-Long Su², Xing-Min Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
² Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.

Abstract

A new species Serangiumxinpingensis Huang & Wang, sp. nov. is described from Yunnan Province, China, as a newly discovered predator on Bemisiatabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae). The new species is a valuable addition to the 14 species of this genus in China known before. A diagnosis, detailed description, including the structure of its immature stages, illustrations, and the distribution of the new species are provided.

Keywords: Coccinelloidea; Microweiseinae; larva; pupa; taxonomy.

Chu-Yang Huang, Li-Ling Zeng, Wu-wei Fan, Ping Lin, Qi-Jin Dong, Yu-Long Su, Xing-Min Wang.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Key Science and Technology Projects of YNTC (no.2023530000241004)；the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (no.202206010113), and laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture Project (no.NZ2021023).