New record of predatory ladybird beetle (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) feeding on extrafloral nectaries

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-450

  Almeida, Lúcia M ^a   Corrêa, Geovan H ^a   Giorgi, José A ^b   Grossi, Paschoal C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alimentary resources; Exoplectra miniata; Exoplectrini; Inga edulis; Leguminosae

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455164877     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262011005000028     Document Type: Article

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