Scymnus pallidicollis Mulsant, 1853

Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, 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, Zootaxa 4382 (1), pp. 93-120 : 107

11. Scymnus pallidicollis Mulsant, 1853

( FIG. 13 )

Brief description: FORM ( FIGS 13A, b ) ElONGAtE OVAl, DORSUM MODERAtElY cONVEX AND DENSElY PUbEScENt. HEAD AND PRONOtUM YEllOWISH, ElYtRA DARk bROWN tO blAck IN ANtERIOR tWO-tHIRDS, APIcAl tHIRD YEllOWISH. VENtRAl SIDE ( FIG. 13c ) WItH MESO- AND MEtAVENtRItES AND EPIPlEURA blAck, FIRSt tWO AbDOMINAl VENtRItES MEDIAllY DARkENED, MOUtHPARtS, lEGS AND POStERIOR AbDOMINAl VENtRItES YEllOWISH bROWN. ANtENNA cOMPOSED OF 10 ANtENNOMERES, VERY SHORt WItH A cOMPAct clUb, APIcAl ANtENNOMERE WItH At lEASt 2–3 ElONGAtE tERMINAl SEtAE. PROStERNAl PROcESS bROAD WItH A bEll-SHAPED cARINA. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE ( FIG. 13G ) cOMPlEtE. TARSI tRIMEROUS. MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 13D–F ) AS IllUStRAtED.

Notes: THE INDIAN EXAMPlES OF Scymnus pallidicollis ARE IDENtIcAl WItH Keiscymnus taiwanensis YANG & WU, 1972 . THOUGH tHE tYPE OF K. taiwanensis WAS NOt EXAMINED, ObSERVAtIONS ON tHE tYPE OF S. pallidicollis FROM tHE UNIVERSItY OF MOScOW (EXAMINED bY R.G. BOOtH, NHM, in litt.) INDIcAtE tHESE tWO ARE cONSPEcIFIc. HENcE, K. taiwanensis IS PlAcED IN SYNONYMY WItH S. pallidicollis (new synonym). THIS SPEcIES HAS bEEN PlAcED IN Scymnus, Pseudoscymnus CHAPIN (NOW Sasajiscymnus VANDENbERG) AND Keiscymnus SASAjI bY VARIOUS AUtHORS, bUt DOES NOt RIGHtlY bElONG IN ANY OF tHESE GENERA. ItS GENERIc StAtUS WIll bE DIScUSSED AND REVISED IN ANOtHER FORtHcOMING PUblIcAtION (POORANI & BOOtH, IN PREPARAtION). It IS DIStRIbUtED IN INDIA (WESt BENGAl), CHINA, TAIWAN AND MAURItIUS (GOMY 2000).

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FIGURE 13. Scymnus pallidicollis Mulsant: a, b) adult, dorsal View; c) adult, Ventral View; d–f) male genitalia: d) tegmen, lateral View; e) tegmen, Ventral View; f) penis; g) abdominal postcoxal line.