Scymnus (Pullus) hubbardi Gordon, 1976

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 : 321

Scymnus (Pullus) hubbardi Gordon, 1976 Figs. 72–74

Scymnus (Pullus) hubbardi Gordon 1976: 268 . Gordon 1985: 280.

Diagnosis: Length 2.0 to 2.3 mm; width 1.5 to 1.7 mm. Color black, except clypeus, lateral margins of pronotum and posterior margin of elytra yellow to orange; ventral color black, except legs, antennae, mouthparts and last three ventrites yellow to orange. Males with central area of first ventrite scarcely pubescent or punctate, surrounded by abundant pubescence; fifth ventrite emarginate, depressed; sixth ventrite emarginate, depressed, without punctures at central part, with prominent acute lateral angles. Male genitalia with lateral alae and membranous process on penis guide ( Fig. 73 ); apex of penis guide acute ( Fig. 73 ); penis with trifurcate apex conspicuously wider than rest of penis ( Fig. 74 ).

Material Examined: Ten specimens ( FIC, CIUM) . HIDALGO: (1♂) Huejutla ( FIC) . MORELOS: (2♂) Cuernavaca ( CIUM) . TAMAULIPAS: (1♂) Gómez Farias ( FIC), (6♂) Reserva de la Biosfera “El Cielo” ( FIC) . VERACRUZ: (1♂) Xalapa ( CIUM) .

Distribution: North America ( Gordon 1976, 1985). New record for Mexico.

Biology: In Mexico, this species has been collected between 500 and 1,930 m altitude, and in the biomes of oak forest, mesophilic forest and high perennial forest.

Figures

Figs. 69–74. Scymnus spp., male genitalia (figures are not to same scale). S. huachuca: 69) Tegmen, lateral view; 70) Tegmen, ventral view; 71) Penis. S. hubbardi: 72) Tegmen, lateral view; 73) Tegmen, ventral view; 74) Penis.