Scymnus (Pullus) gilae Casey, 1899

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 : 307-309

Scymnus (Pullus) gilae Casey, 1899 Figs. 22–24

Scymnus (Pullus) gilae Casey 1899: 147 . Leng 1920: 213. Korschefsky 1931: 159. Gordon 1976: 89. Gordon 1985: 169.

Scymnus (Pullus) infans Casey 1899: 149 . Leng 1920: 213. Korschefsky 1931: 160. Gordon 1976: 89.

Scymnus apiciventris Casey 1924: 175 . Leng and Mutchler 1927: 33. Korschefsky 1931: 154. Gordon 1976: 91.

Diagnosis: Length 1.5 to 1.7 mm; width 1.1 to 1.3 mm. Dorsal color black, except head, anterolateral angles of pronotum and posterior margin of elytra yellow to orange; ventral color black, except legs, antennae, mouthparts and last three ventrites yellow. Males with first ventrite unmodified; fifth ventrite emarginate; sixth ventrite emarginate, depressed. Male genitalia with penis guide subtriangular, with rounded, membranous projections at apex ( Figs. 22, 23 ).

Material Examined: 25 specimens ( FIC, CIUM) .

Distribution: North America ( Gordon 1976, 1985).

New Localities: CAMPECHE: (3♀, 2♂) Edzná ( FIC) . HIDALGO: (1♂) Hidalgo ( FIC), (1♂) Huazalingo ( FIC) . OAXACA: (1♂) Ixtlán de Juárez ( CIUM) . QUINTANA ROO: (2♀, 1♂) Othón Blanco ( FIC) . TABASCO: (1♂) Tabasco ( FIC) . YUCATÁN: (5♀, 5♂) Tekax ( FIC), (1♀, 2♂) Ticúl ( FIC) .

Biology: This species has been collected as high as 2,283 m altitude, and in the biomes of mesophilic forest, high evergreen forest, scrub and deciduous forest. It has been collected in crops, herbaceous vegetation, and from Punica granatum L. ( Lythraceae ).

23) Tegmen, ventral view; 24) Penis. S. loewii : 25) Tegmen, lateral view; 26) Tegmen, ventral view; 27) Penis.

Figures

Figs. 22–27. Scymnus spp., male genitalia (figures are not to same scale). S. gilae: 22) Tegmen, lateral view;