New data on some Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Mediterranean Region Author Canepari, Claudio text Zootaxa 2009 2009-12-22 2318 394 399 journal article 1175-5326 Nephus ( Nephus ) peyerimhoffi ( Sicard, 1923 ) ( Figs 1–6 ) Scymnus ( Nephus ) peyerimhoffi Sicard, 1923: 79 Material examined. Italy : Sardinia : Nuoro prov. , road Fonni-Desulo , Rio Aratu , 950 m , 8.V.1995 , F. Angelini leg., 1 ex ( CCC ) ; Sassari prov. , Buddusò, Foresta comunale, no date, no collector, 1 ex ( IEASS ) ; Cagliari prov. , Giara di Gesturi , V. 2007 , M. Tedeschi leg., 1 ex ( MTC ) . Remarks. Nephus ( Nephus ) peyerimhoffi was described by Sicard (1923) based on specimens from Algeria ( Biskra , Edough, Kerrata) and Tunisia ( Gabès ). Smirnoff (1973) examined the types in Sicard’s collection and designated a lectotype for N. peyerimhoffi , also providing a figure of the apex of the sipho. Fürsch (1987b) considered Scymnus incisus H. Lindberg, 1951 from the Canary Islands, of which he examined the holotype and 14 paratypes , as a synonym of N. peyerimhoffi . He gave the illustration of the male genital apparatus of the types but the sipho is different from those figured by Smirnoff (1973) . The specimens from Sardinia are identical in elytral pattern and in the male genitalia to the N . peyerimhoffi figured by Smirnoff (1973) . Moreover, the specimens examined by me ( Figs 1–6 ) fit well with Sicard’s original description. I have never examined specimens of Scymnus incisus , but by its description ( Lindberg 1951: 7 ) it seems to be a different species (see further on). Nephus ( Nephus ) peyerimhoffi belongs to the same group as N . ( N .) quadrimaculatus ( Herbst, 1783 ) , but the subapical part of the sipho lacks the thorn-like processes present in N . ( N .) quadrimaculatus and N . ( N .) schatzmayri Canepari & Tedeschi, 1977 ( cf . Canepari & Tedeschi 1977 ; Fürsch & Uygun 1980 ). Fürsch (1987a) and Kovář (2007) put N. peyerimhoffi in subgenus Bipunctatus Fürsch , while according to Canepari (2004) it belongs to subgenus Nephus ; this opinion is here adopted.