Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Notes on Names of Hawaiian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Author Leeper, John R. text Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 2014 46 1 7 journal article 58040 10.5281/zenodo.8159436 da40d403-1bab-4da7-82c1-31dcaeaf3df8 0073-134X 8159436 Scymnus ambulans Blackburn, 1895 . Justification: Although ITIS lists Scymnus varipes Blackburn (TNS: 187060); Slipinski et al. (2012) recognized Scymnus varipes Blackburn as a new junior synonym of Scymnus ambulans Blackburn. Names Used in Hawaii : Leeper (1976: 301) treated this species as Scymnus varipes Blackburn. This has been the only name for this species in found in Hawaiian literature. Nishida (2002: 53) listed S. varipes . The UHIM currently lists S. varipes (Blackburn) . This is the first use of Scymnus ambulans Blackburn in Hawaiian literature.