Scymnus (Pullus) latemaculatus Motschulsky, 1858

Ali, Muhammad, Ahmed, Khalil, Ali, Shaukat, Raza, Ghulam, Hussain, Ishtiaq, Nafees, Maisoor Ahmed & Anjum, Syed Ishtiaq, 2018, An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae with four new records from Pakistan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 803, pp. 93-120 : 93

Scymnus (Pullus) latemaculatus Motschulsky, 1858 Fig. 21

General distribution.

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan. (Poorani 2002; Ali 2013).

Distribution in Sindh.

Tandojam, Hyderabad, and Karachi (Ali 2013).

Host plants and prey species in Sindh.

Aphis craccivora Koch, A. gossypii Glover, Brevicoryne brassicae (L.), Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach), Myzus persicae (Sulzer), Aphis gossypii (Glover), Hyadaphis coriandri (Das), Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas), Ropalosiphum maidis (Fitch), Therioaphis trifolii Monell, Macrosiphum granarium (Kby), Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) ( Aphididae : Homoptera); Phenacoccus solenopsis (Tinsley), Ferrisia virigata (Ckll) ( Pseudococcidae : Homoptera), Drosicha mangiferae (Green) ( Margarodidae : Homoptera), Amrasca devastans (Dist), Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) ( Cicadellidae : Homoptera); Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) ( Aleyrodidae : Homoptera), Tetranychus atlanticus Mog ( Acarina: Tetranychidae ) on mustard, lucern, cabbage, cauliflower, potato, turnip, bottle gourd, eggplant, okra, wheat, cotton, and rose plants (Ali 2013).

Comment.

Newly recorded from Pakistan.