Scymnus (Pullus) coccivora Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1925
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6. Scymnus (Pullus) coccivora Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1925
( FIG. 6 View FIGURE 6 )
Brief description: FORM ( FIGS 6A, b View FIGURE 6 ) SMAll, ElONGAtE OVAl; DORSUM MODERAtElY cONVEX AND DENSElY PUbEScENt. GROUND cOlOUR PAlE GOlDEN YEllOW tO YEllOWISH bROWN, WItH DARk PURPlISH bROWN MAcUlAE ON ElYtRA; ElYtRA tYPIcAllY WItH AN HOURGlASS-SHAPED lONGItUDINAl MARkING IN bASAl HAlF, WHIcH IS SOMEtIMES MEDIAllY SPlIt AND APPEARS AS tWO DIStINct MAcUlAE; tWO SMAll cIRcUlAR DIScAl SPOtS PRESENt IN POStERIOR HAlF; ElYtRAl PAttERN VARIAblE, SOMEtIMES WItH ONlY POStERIOR SPOtS PRESENt OR UNIFORMlY YEllOWISH, cOMPlEtElY DEVOID OF MAcUlAE. ANtENNA ( FIG. 6c View FIGURE 6 ) cOMPOSED OF 11 ANtENNOMERES. PROStERNAl cARINAE ( FIG. 6E View FIGURE 6 ) bROADlY DIVERGENt tOWARDS POStERIOR. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE ( FIG. 6D View FIGURE 6 ) cOMPlEtE AND SEMIcIRcUlAR, AREA ADjAcENt tO POStcOXAl lINE SMOOtH. MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 6F–H View FIGURE 6 ) AS IllUStRAtED.
Notes: THIS IS ONE OF tHE MOSt cOMMON SPEcIES OF Scymnus WItH AN AlMOSt PAN-INDIAN DIStRIbUtION AND It IS AbUNDANt IN tHE MUlbERRY EcOSYStEM. It HAS AlSO bEEN INtRODUcED INtO tHE CARIbbEAN ISlANDS ( TRINIDAD AND TObAGO, St. KIttS AND NEVIS) tO cONtROl M. hirsutus (CHONG et al. 2015). SANtHAkUMAR et al. (1995) EVAlUAtED It ON MUlbERRY AND REcOMMENDED tHE RElEASE OF 500 ADUltS / AcRE IN tWO SPlItS FOR EFFEctIVE cONtROl OF tHE MEAlYbUG.
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