title: New Species of Tenuisvalvae (Duverger) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Feeding on Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Citrus Crop.
abstract: A new species of Hyperaspidini, Tenuisvalvae quadripunctata sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The genus is now represented by 11 species, all native of South America, and the new taxon is integrated into the existing key to species of the genus. Ecological data for T. quadripunctata sp. nov. and a list with prey and host plants to the species of the genus Tenuisvalvae are provided.
authors.affiliation: Lab de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera, Depto de Zoologia, Univ Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19030, 81581-980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil. paulabsan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Lab de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera, Depto de Zoologia, Univ Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19030, 81581-980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Castro-Guedes
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Univ Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: A L B G
authors.initials: ALBG
authors.lastname: Peronti
authors.affiliation: Lab de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera, Depto de Zoologia, Univ Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19030, 81581-980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.|Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brasília, Brasil.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Almeida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002957:Citrus; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D006430:Hemiptera; D011235:Predatory Behavior
keywords: Biological control; Hyperaspidini; predator; scale insects; taxonomy