Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal Author Poorani, J. Author Lalitha, N. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-02-20 4382 1 93 120 journal article 30706 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3 4f3ec33b-a217-4df5-9e6b-c084ef1dc089 1175-5326 1181566 7D17C646-49A7-4C3B-BBB7-1E9586FF1C79 13. Nephus regularis Sicard, 1929 ( FIG. 15 ) Brief description : LENGtH 1.6–1.8 MM, WIDtH 1.2–1.4 MM. FORM ( FIGS 15A, b ) SHORt OVAl, DORSUM MODERAtElY cONVEX AND DENSElY PUbEScENt. HEAD AND PRONOtUM YEllOWISH bROWN. ElYtRA lIGHt YEllOWISH bROWN, AREA AlONG bASAl MARGINS AND SUtURE APPEARING DARkER. ANtENNA ( FIG. 15c ) cOMPOSED OF 10 ANtENNOMERES. MAXIllA ( FIG. 15D ) WItH tERMINAl PAlPOMERE APIcAllY SlIGHtlY WIDENED AND OblIQUElY tRANSVERSE. PROStERNAl PROcESS ( FIG. 15E ) bROADER tHAN lONG, WItHOUt cARINAE AND FINElY PUNctAtE. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE ( FIG. 15F ) INcOMPlEtE, PARAllEl tO POStERIOR MARGIN OF FIRSt AbDOMINAl SEGMENt FOR UP tO 4/5 OF ItS lENGtH AND tHEN REcURVED, AREA ENclOSED bY POStcOXAl lINE WItH EVENlY DIStRIbUtED PUNctURES, SlIGHtlY SMAllER NEAR lINE. MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 15G–I ) AS IllUStRAtED. Notes : THIS IS ONE OF tHE MOSt cOMMON PREDAtORS OF SEVERAl SPEcIES OF MEAlYbUGS IN INDIA . It HAS A SUPERFIcIAl SIMIlARItY tO S. coccivora AND cAN bE IDENtIFIED bY tHE cOMbINAtION OF GENERIc AND GENItAlIA cHARActERS. MAHIMASANtHI et al. (2014) FOUND It tO bE A PREDOMINANt PREDAtOR OF M. hirsutus ON MUlbERRY IN TAMIl NADU AND ADUltS WERE FOUND INSIDE lEAF cURlS FORMED DUE tO ‘TUkRA’ DISEASE cAUSED bY tHE MEAlYbUG.