A New Species of Nephus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Florida

Authors

Vince Golia, Wellington, FLFollow
Austin Golia, Wellington, FL

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2014

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0372: 1–3

Comments

Published in 2014 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsustematicentomology.org/

Copyright held by Vince Golia and Austin Golia. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License.

Abstract

A new species of Nephus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from southern Florida is described: Nephus (Nephus) alyssae. This represents the first member of the subgenus Nephus reported in the southeastern United States. Florida species previously placed in the genus Nephus, now placed in Scymnobius Casey, are compared with the new species.