Scymnus (Scymnus) nubilus Mulsant, 1850

Romanowski, Jerzy, Ceryngier, Piotr, Větrovec, Jaroslav & Szawaryn, Karol, 2019, The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Zootaxa 4646 (1), pp. 101-123 : 113

Scymnus (Scymnus) nubilus Mulsant, 1850

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Scymnus (Scymnus) nubilus Mulsant 1850: 972 .

= Scymnus (Scymnus) floricola Wollaston 1867: 162 .

= Scymnus (Scymnus) pallidulus Wollaston 1867: 160 .

Material examined. Total of 198 specimens were collected from different plants, including Hibiscus sp., N. ole- ander, Bougainvillea sp., P. granatum , O. europaea , Phoenix canariensis , Tamarix sp. and A. donax . It was collected in Caleta de Fuste (13.II.2017, 30.III.2017), Corralejo (30.IX.2016) , Costa Calma (30.IX.2016, 12.II.2017, 13.III.2017, 22.III.2017, 27.III.2017, 04.VIII.2017, 09.VIII.2017) , Grandtarajal (03.VIII.2017) , La Lajita (12– 13.02.2017, 23.III.2017, 06.VIII.2017) , La Pared (30.09.2016, 05.VIII.2017, 07.VIII.2017, 12.VIII.2017) , Morro Jable (24.III.2017) , Pajara (12.VIII.2017) , Tarajalejo (24.III.2017) and Vega de Rio Palmas (25.III.2017) .

Distribution. New to Fuerteventura. Reported from western islands of the Canary archipelago ( Eizaguirre 2007), specifically El Hierro, La Gomera, La Palma and Gran Canaria ( Oromí & Báez 2010; Nicolas 2010). Species widely distributed in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions ( Kovář 2007). Recorded also in Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) ( Ashfaque et al. 2015), India ( Poorani & Lalitha 2018) and Nepal ( Bielawski 1972). Erroneously reported from Kashmir ( Pakistan) by Rashid et al. (2017). Male genitalia illustrated by the authors clearly differ from those in specimens from Fuerteventura as well as India depicted by Poorani & Lalitha (2018).

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FIGURE 7. Scymnus nubilus: A) abdomen, male; B) habitus, dorsal; C) penis; D) tegmen, lateral; E) tegmen, inner; F) tip of penis; G) spermatheca; Scymnus subvillosus durantae: H) spermatheca; I) abdomen, male; J) habitus, dorsal; K) penis; L) tegmen, lateral; M) tegmen, inner; N) tip of penis.