An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) with eight new records from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author
Ansi, Amin Al
King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
alansiamin@yahoo.com
Author
Alkhalaf, Areej A.
Biology Department, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Author
Fadl, Hassan
Entomology Departments, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Author
Rasool, Iftekhar
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8955-2340
King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Author
Dhafer, Hathal Al
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-2332
King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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ZooKeys
2020
2020-12-21
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35
89
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1006.59123
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1006.59123
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Pharoscymnus ovoideus Sicard, 1929
Pharoscymnus ovoideus
Sicard, 1929: 61.
Remark.
This species is a predator of scale insects (
Martin 1972
;
Montaigne and Maouloud 1981
;
Abu-Thuraya 1982
).
Materials examined.
Riyadh
: Riyadh, 20.VI.1981, Talhouk et al., ANMA, 3exs, det.
Fuersch
1967, 1968; Al Hariq Ar Rayn Rd.,
23°33.88'N
,
46°22.53'E
, 737 m, 8.V.2012, LT, Al Ansi, A., 1ex.
Local distribution.
It has been recorded in Riyadh and was previously reported by
Abu-Thuraya (1982)
and listed by
Martin (1972)
.
World distribution.
Asia
: IN, JO, and SY;
North Africa
: AG, MO, and TU;
AFR
(
Kovar
2007
), SA (
Abu-Thuraya 1982
); AE (
Raimundo et al. 2007
).