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 Scymnus ( Scymnus ) femoralis ( Gyllenhal, 1827 ) Material examined. Italy , Sardinia : Carbonia-Iglesias prov. , Iglesias , dint. Colonia Beneck , 636 m , UTM 32S 0462391 4355441, 11-28.VII.2008 , G. Chessa leg., Malaise trap , 1 ex ( CNBFVR ) . Remarks. First record for Sardinia ( Audisio et al . 1995 ; Canepari 2003 , 2004 ). Scymnus femoralis is recorded from central and southern Europe ( Canepari 2004 ; Kovář 2007 ). Its male genitalia are very similar to those of S . ( S .) interruptus ( Goeze, 1777 ) ( cf . Canepari 1983 ). It could be a black form or an ecological race of the latter but further studies are necessary to clear its status; generally it is found in populations topically separated from S . ( S .) interruptus (Canepari unpublished data).