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. Form narrow and elongate oval, dorsum weakly convex with dense white pubescence; lateral margins of elytra with few long, erect setae interspersed with shorter ones. Dorsum usually pale yellow (
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), basal part of elytra with darker infuscate area. Head (
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) broad with small eyes, interocular distance a little more than 3/5
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) with 11 antennomeres. Prosternal carinae distinctly and somewhat abruptly divergent posteriorly around middle (
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). Abdominal postcoxal line complete, strongly curved, anteriorly punctate, smooth and impunctate near posterior margin (
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). Male genitalia (
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) with penis having a distinct capsule (
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), penis guide elongate triangular in ventral view (
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Fig.
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), parameres and penis guide subequal in length, apices of parameres with few short hairs (
<figureCitation id="13521696FFB3FD01B1439FB3FD4AF90A" box="[538,643,1693,1719]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[233,1351,181,1907]" captionTargetId="figure-18@15.[233,1354,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 9. Scymnus (Pullus) syoitii Sasaji: a. head; b. antenna; c. prosternal carinae; d. abdomen, male; e. abdominal postcoxal line; fh. male genitalia: f. tegmen, lateral view; g. tegmen, ventral view; h. penis; i. female genitalia; j. spermatheca (enlarged)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10798695" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10798695/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Fig. 9f, g</figureCitation>
). Female genitalia (
<figureCitation id="13521696FFB3FD01B0079FB3FC61F90A" box="[862,936,1693,1719]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[233,1351,181,1907]" captionTargetId="figure-18@15.[233,1354,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 9. Scymnus (Pullus) syoitii Sasaji: a. head; b. antenna; c. prosternal carinae; d. abdomen, male; e. abdominal postcoxal line; fh. male genitalia: f. tegmen, lateral view; g. tegmen, ventral view; h. penis; i. female genitalia; j. spermatheca (enlarged)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10798695" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10798695/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Fig. 9i</figureCitation>
) and spermatheca (
<figureCitation id="13521696FFB3FD01B7D99FB3FB02F90A" box="[1152,1227,1693,1719]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[233,1351,181,1907]" captionTargetId="figure-18@15.[233,1354,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 9. Scymnus (Pullus) syoitii Sasaji: a. head; b. antenna; c. prosternal carinae; d. abdomen, male; e. abdominal postcoxal line; fh. male genitalia: f. tegmen, lateral view; g. tegmen, ventral view; h. penis; i. female genitalia; j. spermatheca (enlarged)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10798695" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10798695/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Fig. 9j</figureCitation>
) as illustrated. See
<bibRefCitation id="EFF877E2FFB3FD01B3CE9FEFFEE2F966" author="Sasaji, H." box="[151,299,1729,1755]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" refId="ref7522" refString="Sasaji, H. (1971) Fauna Japonica, Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Academic Press of Japan, Tokyo, 340 pp." type="book" year="1971">Sasaji (1971)</bibRefCitation>
for detailed description.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3735998FFB3FD01B39E9FC8FAA3F89E" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFB3FD01B39E9FC8FAA3F89E" blockId="13.[151,1437,1405,2008]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9FC8FE44F8BD" bold="true" box="[199,397,1766,1792]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Immature stages.</emphasis>
Larva (
<figureCitation id="13521696FFB3FD01B2BD9FCBFD99F942" box="[484,592,1765,1791]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[244,1343,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-42@14.[244,1343,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. Life stages of Scymnus (Pullus) syoitii Sasaji: a, c. larva feeding on banana root mealybug; b. larva on banana root; d. mature larvae and pupa in soil; e. pupa; fh. adult." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10798693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10798693/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Fig. 8ad</figureCitation>
) creamy white with white waxy filaments, always found in association with banana root mealybug colonies. Pupa (
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) elongate, creamy white, somewhat bereft of waxy filaments.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3735998FFB3FD01B39E9E03FCE8F80E" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFB3FD01B39E9E03FCE8F80E" blockId="13.[151,1437,1405,2008]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9E03FE60F8F5" bold="true" box="[199,425,1837,1864]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Material examined.</emphasis>
India:
<collectingRegion id="49ADC4F1FFB3FD01B2A39E03FD4DF8FA" box="[506,644,1837,1863]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
: Mullikarumbur,
<geoCoordinate id="EE5D6CD4FFB3FD01B0119E03FC3DF8FA" box="[840,1012,1837,1863]" degrees="10" direction="north" minutes="49" orientation="latitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" precision="1" seconds="34.39" value="10.82622">N10°4934.39”</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE5D6CD4FFB3FD01B0A59E03FB7FF8FA" box="[1020,1206,1837,1863]" degrees="078" direction="east" minutes="36" orientation="longitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" precision="1" seconds="41.69" value="78.61158">E078°3641.69”</geoCoordinate>
, Ex. Root mealybug complex on banana, 18.ix.21, 22.xii.21,
<collectionCode id="ED7892D6FFB3FD01B1079E7CFDB8F8D1" box="[606,625,1874,1900]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">R</collectionCode>
. Thanigairaj (
<collectionCode id="ED7892D6FFB3FD01B0499E7FFC66F8D6" box="[784,943,1873,1899]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">ICAR-NRCB</collectionCode>
: 9);
<collectingCountry id="F37E4A83FFB3FD01B0B89E7CFBFCF8D1" box="[993,1077,1874,1900]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">INDIA</collectingCountry>
: I.I.S.C., Bangalore,
<collectingRegion id="49ADC4F1FFB3FD01B6789E7FFA5DF8D6" box="[1313,1428,1873,1899]" country="India" name="Karnataka" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Karnataka</collectingRegion>
/
<date id="FFD72CD3FFB3FD01B3CE9E5BFF3EF832" box="[151,247,1909,1935]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" value="1992-07">vii.1992</date>
, Sp. no. 44/ex
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B2C79E5BFD40F82D" authority="IIE" authorityName="IIE" box="[414,649,1909,1936]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Planococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="citri">Planococcus citri IIE</taxonomicName>
22763/
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B1869E5BFC8CF832" authorityName="Kugelann" authorityYear="1794" box="[735,837,1909,1935]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Scymnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Scymnus</taxonomicName>
(P.) sp., det.
<collectionCode id="ED7892D6FFB3FD01B0819E58FC22F82D" box="[984,1003,1910,1936]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">R</collectionCode>
.G. Booth, 1993/Pres. by Int. Inst. Ent. B.M. 1993 (
<collectionCode id="ED7892D6FFB3FD01B2479EB7FEBDF80E" box="[286,372,1945,1971]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">BMNH</collectionCode>
: 2M (genitalia dissected), 1 unsexed).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3735998FFB3FD1EB39E9E93FD51FDDC" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="543" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFB3FD01B39E9E93FC6EF86A" blockId="13.[151,1437,1405,2008]" box="[199,935,1981,2008]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9E93FE93F865" bold="true" box="[199,346,1981,2008]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F37E4A83FFB3FD01B2389E90FE6DF865" box="[353,420,1982,2008]" name="Japan" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Japan</collectingCountry>
;
<collectingCountry id="F37E4A83FFB3FD01B2E99E93FE23F86A" box="[432,490,1981,2007]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">India</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="49ADC4F1FFB3FD01B2A19E93FDB9F86A" box="[504,624,1981,2007]" country="India" name="Karnataka" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Karnataka</collectingRegion>
;
<collectingRegion id="49ADC4F1FFB3FD01B1229E93FCC8F86A" box="[635,769,1981,2007]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
) (new record).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFB0FD02B3CE9EB9FD66F86E" blockId="14.[151,1436,1943,2003]" pageId="14" pageNumber="539">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB0FD02B3CE9EB9FEDBF812" bold="true" box="[151,274,1943,1967]" pageId="14" pageNumber="539">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Life stages of
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB0FD02B2FE9EB6FD28F812" authority="Sasaji" authorityName="Sasaji" authorityYear="1971" box="[423,737,1943,1967]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Scymnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="539" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syoitii" subGenus="Pullus">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB0FD02B2FE9EB6FDC9F812" box="[423,512,1944,1967]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="539">Scymnus</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB0FD02B1579EB9FD86F812" box="[526,591,1943,1967]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="539">Pullus</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB0FD02B1049EB6FD52F812" box="[605,667,1944,1967]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="539">syoitii</emphasis>
Sasaji
</taxonomicName>
: a, c. larva feeding on banana root mealybug; b. larva on banana root; d. mature larvae and pupa in soil; e. pupa; fh. adult.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF165A9BFFB1FD03B3CE9EB9FECFF84A" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10798695" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10798695" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10798695/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="540" startId="15.[151,250,1943,1967]" targetBox="[233,1351,181,1907]" targetPageId="15" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFB1FD03B3CE9EB9FECFF84A" blockId="15.[151,1437,1943,2039]" pageId="15" pageNumber="540">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB1FD03B3CE9EB9FED1F812" bold="true" box="[151,280,1943,1967]" pageId="15" pageNumber="540">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB1FD03B27A9EB6FDA6F812" authority="Sasaji" authorityName="Sasaji" authorityYear="1971" box="[291,623,1943,1967]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Scymnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="540" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="syoitii" subGenus="Pullus">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB1FD03B27A9EB6FEB5F812" box="[291,380,1944,1967]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="540">Scymnus</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB1FD03B2C99EB9FE18F812" box="[400,465,1943,1967]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="540">Pullus</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB1FD03B2BD9EB6FDEBF812" box="[484,546,1944,1967]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="540">syoitii</emphasis>
Sasaji
</taxonomicName>
: a. head; b. antenna; c. prosternal carinae; d. abdomen, male; e. abdominal postcoxal line; fh. male genitalia: f. tegmen, lateral view; g. tegmen, ventral view; h. penis; i. female genitalia; j. spermatheca (enlarged).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF165A9BFFAEFD1CB3CE9E2CFC47F8DF" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10798699" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10798699" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10798699/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="541" startId="16.[151,250,1794,1818]" targetBox="[151,1435,181,1769]" targetPageId="16" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFAEFD1CB3CE9E2CFC47F8DF" blockId="16.[151,1437,1794,1891]" pageId="16" pageNumber="541">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAEFD1CB3CE9E2CFEE8F8A7" bold="true" box="[151,289,1794,1818]" pageId="16" pageNumber="541">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Parasitoids of banana fruit mealybugs: a.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAEFD1CB18A9E2CFBC6F8A7" authority="(Subba Rao)" baseAuthorityName="Subba Rao" baseAuthorityYear="1967" box="[723,1039,1794,1818]" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Anagyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="541" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAEFD1CB18A9E2CFC4DF8A7" box="[723,900,1794,1818]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="541">Anagyrus indicus</emphasis>
(Subba Rao)
</taxonomicName>
; b.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAEFD1CB76C9E2CFEC3F883" authority="Shafee, Alam &amp; Agarwal" authorityName="Shafee, Alam &amp; Agarwal" authorityYear="1975" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Gyranusoidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="541" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indica">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAEFD1CB76C9E2CFAC2F8A7" box="[1077,1291,1794,1818]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="541">Gyranusoidea indica</emphasis>
Shafee, Alam &amp; Agarwal
</taxonomicName>
; c.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAEFD1CB2779E08FE7CF883" box="[302,437,1830,1854]" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Anagyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="541" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAEFD1CB2779E08FE46F880" box="[302,399,1830,1853]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="541">Anagyrus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
; d.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAEFD1CB2829E08FDA9F883" box="[475,608,1830,1854]" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Anagyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="541" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAEFD1CB2829E08FDF5F880" box="[475,572,1830,1853]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="541">Anagyrus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
emerging from mummified mealybug; e.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAEFD1CB7559E08FB0BF883" box="[1036,1218,1830,1854]" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Gyranusoidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="541" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAEFD1CB7559E08FB55F883" box="[1036,1180,1830,1854]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="541">Gyranusoidea</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
; f.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAEFD1CB7BA9E08FEC1F8DF" authority="(Cameron)" baseAuthorityName="Cameron" baseAuthorityYear="1886" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Blepyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="541" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="insularis">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAEFD1CB7BA9E08FA54F883" box="[1251,1437,1830,1854]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="541">Blepyrus insularis</emphasis>
(Cameron)
</taxonomicName>
; g.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAEFD1CB2759E64FE19F8DF" box="[300,464,1866,1890]" class="Insecta" family="Signiphoridae" genus="Chartocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="541" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAEFD1CB2759E64FE62F8DF" box="[300,427,1866,1890]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="541">Chartocerus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
; h.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAEFD1CB2AD9E64FC43F8DF" authority="(Girault)" baseAuthorityName="Girault" box="[500,906,1866,1890]" class="Insecta" family="Pteromalidae" genus="Promuscidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="541" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unfasciativentris">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAEFD1CB2AD9E64FCE1F8DF" box="[500,808,1866,1890]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="541">Promuscidea unfasciativentris</emphasis>
(Girault)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF165A9BFFAFFD1DB3CE9EB6FB63F845" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10798701" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10798701" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10798701/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="542" startId="17.[151,250,1944,1968]" targetBox="[184,1404,181,1920]" targetPageId="17" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFAFFD1DB3CE9EB6FB63F845" blockId="17.[151,1436,1944,2041]" pageId="17" pageNumber="542">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAFFD1DB3CE9EB6FED4F80D" bold="true" box="[151,285,1944,1968]" pageId="17" pageNumber="542">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
Parasitoids of banana mealybugs: a.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAFFD1DB1D69EB7FC57F80D" authority="Compere" authorityName="Compere" authorityYear="1937" box="[655,926,1944,1968]" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Aenasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="542" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="advena">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAFFD1DB1D69EB7FCF0F80D" box="[655,825,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="542">Aenasius advena</emphasis>
Compere
</taxonomicName>
; b.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAFFD1DB0999EB7FB3CF80D" authority="(Girault)" baseAuthorityName="Girault" baseAuthorityYear="1915" box="[960,1269,1944,1968]" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Aenasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="542" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arizonensis">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAFFD1DB0999EB7FB5DF80D" box="[960,1172,1945,1968]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="542">Aenasius arizonensis</emphasis>
(Girault)
</taxonomicName>
; ch. parasitoids of Jack Beardsley mealybug: c.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAFFD1DB2839E93FDA9F869" box="[474,608,1981,2004]" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Anagyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="542" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAFFD1DB2839E93FDF2F869" box="[474,571,1981,2004]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="542">Anagyrus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
, female; d.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAFFD1DB18F9E93FC94F869" box="[726,861,1981,2004]" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Anagyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="542" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAFFD1DB18F9E93FCFEF869" box="[726,823,1981,2004]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="542">Anagyrus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
, male; e. mealybug mummies with parasitoid emergence holes; f. mummified Jack Beardsley mealybug; g.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAFFD1DB1CC9ECEFCF0F845" box="[661,825,2016,2040]" class="Insecta" family="Signiphoridae" genus="Chartocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="542" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAFFD1DB1CC9ECEFCDDF845" box="[661,788,2016,2040]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="542">Chartocerus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
, its hyperparasitoid; h.
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFAFFD1DB77F9ECEFB63F845" box="[1062,1194,2016,2040]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Allotropa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="542" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFAFFD1DB77F9ECEFB4FF845" box="[1062,1158,2016,2040]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="542">Allotropa</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFACFD1EB39E99B9FC2CFF68" blockId="18.[151,1437,150,609]" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB39E99B9FE26FF0C" bold="true" box="[199,495,150,177]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Prey / associated habitat.</emphasis>
Predatory on banana root mealybug complex (comprising
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFACFD1EB7C199B9FF36FF68" authority="Williams" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="1969" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Geococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="johorensis">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB7C199B9FADAFF0C" box="[1176,1299,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Geococcus</emphasis>
?
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB67099B9FA54FF0C" box="[1321,1437,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">johorensis</emphasis>
Williams
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFACFD1EB2529995FE64FF68" box="[267,429,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Geococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB2529995FE4FFF68" box="[267,390,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Geococcus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFACFD1EB2BA9995FDB7FF68" box="[483,638,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Rhizoecus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB2BA9995FD9CFF68" box="[483,597,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Rhizoecus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFACFD1EB1CA9995FC91FF69" box="[659,856,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Planococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="citri">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB1CA9995FC91FF69" box="[659,856,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Planococcus citri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(label data).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFACFD1EB39E99F1FD51FDDC" blockId="18.[151,1437,150,609]" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB39E99F1FEC6FF44" bold="true" box="[199,271,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Notes.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF877E2FFACFD1EB24F99F1FE63FF44" author="Sasaji, H." box="[278,426,223,249]" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" refId="ref7522" refString="Sasaji, H. (1971) Fauna Japonica, Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Academic Press of Japan, Tokyo, 340 pp." type="book" year="1971">Sasaji (1971)</bibRefCitation>
described it from Kyushu,
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[see the
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photo and details in Kyushu University Museum Database [Hiroyuki Sasaji Collection, Catalog no. SH005533, URL: http://db.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ entomology/?wb=det&amp;cl=31&amp;it=5533]. It appears to be a unique and characteristic species of
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFACFD1EB7889809FAFAFEFC" authorityName="Kugelann" authorityYear="1794" box="[1233,1331,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Scymnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB7889809FAFAFEFC" box="[1233,1331,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Scymnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in South
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with a small, distinctly narrow and elongate oval form, head with a wide frons and small, broadly separated eyes, and prosternal carinae that are distinctly divergent posteriorly and the male genitalia are also diagnostic. The specimens collected from
<collectingRegion id="49ADC4F1FFACFD1EB2AB98BDFDB3FE10" box="[498,634,403,429]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
, fully match
<bibRefCitation id="EFF877E2FFACFD1EB05698BDFC7EFE10" author="Sasaji, H." box="[783,951,403,429]" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" refId="ref7522" refString="Sasaji, H. (1971) Fauna Japonica, Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Academic Press of Japan, Tokyo, 340 pp." type="book" year="1971">Sasajis (1971)</bibRefCitation>
description and the male genitalia also are almost identical to the illustrations given by Sasaji. The larvae were found to be predatory on banana root mealybug complex (comprising a mixture of
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB14B98F5FCD3FE48" box="[530,794,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFACFD1EB14B98F5FCDFFE48" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="1969" box="[530,790,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Geococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="johorensis">Geococcus?johorensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFACFD1EB07998F5FC76FE48" box="[800,959,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Geococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB07998F5FC52FE48" box="[800,923,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Geococcus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFACFD1EB0A898F5FB43FE48" box="[1009,1162,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Rhizoecus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB0A898F5FBAAFE48" box="[1009,1123,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Rhizoecus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
). Conspecific specimens collected in association with
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFACFD1EB2B598D1FD7CFDA5" box="[492,693,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Planococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="citri">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFACFD1EB2B598D1FD7CFDA5" box="[492,693,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="543">Planococcus citri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Bangalore,
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, by the Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control-Indian Station (Bangalore) in the collections of BMNH were also examined. It is a new addition to the fauna of
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFACFD1EB2189B69FE65FDDC" authorityName="Poorani &amp; Anuradha &amp; Thanigairaj &amp; Mol" authorityYear="2024" box="[321,428,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="543" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Scymnini">Scymnini</taxonomicName>
of the Indian region.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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