Hyperaspis polita Weise, 1855

Hyperaspis polita Weise, 1855: 60.

Remark.

This species is a predator of the mealybug Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead, 1894) (Alizadeh et al. 2013).

Materials examined.

Riyadh, 2.II.1980, Talhouk et al., ANMA, 1♀.

Local distribution.

It was collected from Riyadh and previously listed in the taxonomic key by Fürsch (1979).

World distribution.

Asia: AF, CY, PAL, SY, TD, TM, and TR; North Africa: LB; AFR ( Kovář 2007), SA ( Fürsch 1979).