Zoological Studies

Vol. 37 No. 4, 1998

Notes on the Genus Alloneda lablokoff-Khnzorian with Description of a New Species (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

Guoyue Yu

Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science, P. 0. Box 2449-19, Beijing 100081, China

Guoyue Yu (1998) The present paper reviews the genus Alloneda lablokoff-Khnzorian and enumerates 4 species, including 1 new species A. dentiformis from Hainan Is. One new combination and 2 new synonyms are established: A. callinotata (Jing, 1988), comb. nov., transferred from Lemnia Mulsant; A. novemmaculata Cao and Pu, 1985 is a synonym of Lemnia duvauceli (Mulsant, 1850), syn. nov., and A. quadricolor Yu and Pang, 1993 is a synonym of A. callinotata (Jing, 1988), syn. nov. A generic diagnosis and key to known species are provided.

Key words: Taxonomy, Alloneda, New species, New combination.

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