Abstract

MILAN VARGAS, Ofelia; FUENTES GARCIA, Raymil  and  FERNANDEZ GARCIA, Ileana. The Collection of Coccinellidae from Cuban Natural History National Museum. Fitosanidad [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.1, pp. 19-23. ISSN 1818-1686.

The collection of Coccinellidae from Cuban Natural History National Museum was not organized and only three species were identified. With a work of curatoria 266 coccinelid specimens were quantified with a satisfactory conservation estate which arose from collets realized between 1928 and 2006. Another 18 species were possible identified, so scientific value of collection was incremented, while 16 specimens were groped in 11 morfo-species. Those species better represented were Brachiacantha decora Casey, Cycloneda sanguinea limbifer Casey and Arawana cubensis (Dimmock). The data base with the information of specimens stored in coccinelid collection hold 228 records with diverse information about genera, species, locality, province and collect date.

Keywords : coccinelids; collection; record.

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