Scymnus (Pullus) simillimus Gordon, 2000

Nestor-Arriola, Jorge I., Clark, Shawn M. & Niño-Maldonado, Santiago, 2022, Taxonomic and Distributional Notes on the Genus Scymnus Kugelann, 1794 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Mexico, The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (3), pp. 299-328 : 324-325

Scymnus (Pullus) simillimus Gordon, 2000 Figs. 81–83

Scymnus (Pullus) simillimus Gordon 2000: 101 .

Diagnosis: Length 1.8 to 1.9 mm; width 1.3 mm. Dorsal color black to dark brown; ventral color black to dark brown, except legs, antennae, mouthparts and last three ventrites yellow to orange. Males with first ventrite unmodified; fifth ventrite emarginate; sixth ventrite emarginate. Penis guide of male genitalia with narrow, elongate apex, apical hook, and lateral alae; parameres long ( Figs. 81, 82 ).

82) Tegmen, ventral view; 83) Penis.

Material Examined: Four specimens ( FIC) . CAMPECHE: (1♂) Edzná ( FIC) . HIDALGO: (3♂) Huazalingo ( FIC) .

Distribution: South America ( González 2015; Gordon 2000). New record for Mexico.

Biology: In Mexico, this species has been collected in deciduous forest.

Figures

Figs. 81–83. Scymnus simillimus, male genitalia (figures are not to same scale). 81) Tegmen, lateral view;