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(
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Golia and Golia
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<figureCitation id="130A3AF14646FFFCFF0FD42DFEC1FAD9" box="[192,368,1315,1339]" captionStart="Figures 1-6. 1" captionStartId="3.[192,288,1810,1832]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,1068,1789]" captionTargetId="figure-424@3.[192,1440,1067,1789]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figures 1-6. 1) Nephus alyssae, dorsal habitus. 2) Scymnobius flavifrons, dorsal habitus, Archbold Biological Station, Highlands Co., FL. 3) Scymnobius flavifrons, dorsal habitus, Lake Worth, Palm Beach Co., FL. 4) Nephus alyssae, spermatheca. 5) Nephus alyssae, lateral habitus. 6) Scymnobius flavifrons, lateral habitus, Archbold Biological Station." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5179319" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5179319/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">Figures 1, 4, 5</figureCitation>
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. The small size, elytron with single golden central spot, and dorso-ventrally flattened body distinguishes
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from any other
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species of
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.
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<emphasis id="B945FA664646FFFCFF0FD4CDFEDAFA39" bold="true" box="[192,363,1475,1499]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">Description.</emphasis>
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. Female. Body
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; width 1.00 mm). Body oval, elongate (
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), dorsoventrally flattened (
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); entirely dark brown to black with head and legs brownish-yellow and each elytron with single golden central spot ranging from
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on apical 2/3; dorsum of body covered with yellow and white, short semi-erect hairs. Head not concealing prosternum; antennae 11-segmented with a small, symmetrical club. Prosternum lacking coxal lines, flattened, punctate. Abdominal sternite I with post coxal lines long, curving forward laterally, but not attaining lateral or basal margins. Female spermatheca shortened, truncate (
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), similar to that of
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(
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. Male unknown.
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Known only from south
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.
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female with label data “
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,
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,
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, Hypoluxo, Hypoluxo Scrub N.A.;
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; Vince Golia; sweeping,
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” deposited in FSCA.
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.
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females total:
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Worth, Hypoluxo Road &amp; Edisto Drive.
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,
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;
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sweeping,
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, Vince Golia;
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&amp; NW 161
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, (1 teneral female;
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)
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFF0FD0ECFEF5FE18" bold="true" box="[192,324,482,506]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Remarks.</emphasis>
In North American
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFD8DD0ECFD2EFE18" box="[578,671,482,506]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Nephus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFD11D0ECFCC3FE18" box="[734,882,482,506]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Scymnobius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the shortened truncate female spermatheca is similar only to that of
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFE24D30CFDDCFDFB" box="[491,621,514,537]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">N. ornatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Even without males,
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFCB0D30CFC4AFDF8" box="[895,1019,514,538]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">N. alyssae</emphasis>
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is readily distinguishable from all North American species of
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.
<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFD45D32CFCFFFDD8" box="[650,846,546,570]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">
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,
</emphasis>
with a single spot on each elytron, is readily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFE46D34CFDBBFDBB" box="[393,522,578,601]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">N. ornatus</emphasis>
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which has two spots on each elytron. In the US,
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFB9CD34CFB56FDB8" box="[1107,1255,578,602]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Scymnobius</emphasis>
species
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are not dorsoventrally flattened (
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), and are easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFC36D36CFBC4FD98" box="[1017,1141,610,634]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">N. alyssae</emphasis>
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based on that character alone. In comparison with other
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species of
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFCE0D38CFC72FD78" box="[815,963,642,666]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Scymnobius</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFC1DD38CFBC7FD78" box="[978,1142,642,666]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">S. bivulnerus</emphasis>
(Horn)
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has one red spot on each elytron and red a pronotum and
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFD75D3ACFCF3FD5B" box="[698,834,674,697]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">S. intrusus</emphasis>
(Horn)
</taxonomicName>
is completely brown in color.
<taxonomicName id="4C315DF74647FFFDFAC3D3ACFE50FD38" authority="(Melsheimer)" baseAuthorityName="Melsheimer" baseAuthorityYear="1847" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Scymnobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavifrons">
<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFAC3D3ACFE85FD38" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Scymnobius flavifrons</emphasis>
(Melsheimer)
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can be confused with
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFD3AD3CCFCC3FD38" box="[757,882,706,730]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">N. alyssae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and can be found at the same locality. In
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFA48D3CCFA28FD3B" box="[1415,1433,706,729]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFF0FD3EFFE85FD18" box="[192,308,737,762]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">flavifrons</emphasis>
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, the body is not dorsoventrally flattened and the golden to reddish-orange elytral spots vary from a small spot near the apex (
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) to occupying 2/3 of the elytra (
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) as in
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. However, the spots in
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are always the same size and golden, and the body is distinctly flattened (
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).
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All
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of
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were collected while sweeping plants along roadsides where the land is disturbed in three counties known to have many exotic species. As with
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFB59D26CFB42FC98" box="[1174,1267,866,890]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Nephus</emphasis>
(
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)
<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFA9BD26CFEB2FC7B" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">binaevatus</emphasis>
(Mulsant)
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in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA05B854647FFFDFDF8D28CFD69FC78" author="Gordon, R. D." box="[567,728,898,922]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2" pagination="1 - 362" refId="ref1993" refString="Gordon, R. D. 1976. The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States and Canada: key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus and Diomus. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 28: 1 - 362." type="journal article" year="1976">Gordon 1976</bibRefCitation>
,
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),
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may yet be recognized as an immigrant species. It is believed that all
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spp.
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are predators of mealy bugs.
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<emphasis id="B945FA664647FFFDFF0FD2ECFEEAFC18" bold="true" box="[192,347,994,1018]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Etymology.</emphasis>
We name this species after my daughter and Austins sister, who fondly remembers the joy of finding her first lady bug. Naming this species for Alyssa will allow her to remember that joy forever.
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