A new species of the subgenus Scymnus from Pakistan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)
Author
Rashid, Azad
Author
Chen, Xiaosheng
Author
Qiu, Baoli
Author
Wang, Xingmin
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ZooKeys
2017
694
31
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.694.12863
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.694.12863
1313-2970-694-31
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Subgenus
Scymnus Kugelann, 1794
Scymnus
Kugelann, 1794: 545. Type species: designated by
Westwood 1838
: 43,
Scymnus nigrinus
Kugelann, 1794.
Anisoscymnus
Crotch, 1874: 273. Type species:
Coccinella rufipes
Fabricius, 1798, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Members of the subgenus
Scymnus
can be easily distinguished by the following combination of characters: body small, oval or elongate oval; antennae 11-segmented (Fig. 1f); prosternum having distinct carinae, nearly reaching the anterior margin (Fig. 1b); abdominal postcoxal line incomplete, recurved forward, never reaching lateral margin of ventrite; area surrounding by postcoxal line sparsely punctate; abdomen with six ventrites, 5th and 6th abdominal ventrites in male truncate or emarginate apically in male (Fig. 1i); female genitalia with distinct infundibulum.
Figure 1.
Scymnus (Scymnus) contortubus
Rashid, Chen & Wang, sp. n.: a head, frontal b prothorax, antero-ventral c maxilla d labium e mandible f antenna g fore leg h hind leg i abdomen, male.
Distribution.
Worldwide (
Chen et al. 2013
).