Scymnus (Pullus) rohdendorfi Ukrainsky, 2007

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 : 312

Scymnus (Pullus) rohdendorfi Ukrainsky, 2007 Figs. 34–36

Scymnus (Pullus) hamatus Gordon 2000: 75 [not Scymnus (Diomus) hamatus Weise 1895: 145 ].

Scymnus (Pullus) rohdendorfi Ukrainsky 2007: 452 (replacement name).

Diagnosis: Length 1.6 to 1.9 mm; width 1.2 to 1.4 mm. Dorsal color black to dark brown, except head and anterolateral angles of pronotum yellow; ventral color black to dark brown, except legs, antennae, mouthparts and last two ventrites yellow. Males with first ventrite unmodified; fifth ventrite emarginate; sixth ventrite emarginate, depressed. Male genitalia narrowed in apical third; penis guide lacking lateral alae ( Figs. 34, 35 ).

Material Examined: 18 specimens ( FIC) . TABASCO: (1♀, 1♂) Centro ( FIC), (2♀, 2♂) Jalapa ( FIC), (3♀, 4♂) Macuspana ( FIC), (1♀, 4♂) Tacotalpa ( FIC) .

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

Biology: This species has been collected on Mangifera indica L. ( Anacardiaceae ) and bamboo ( Gordon 2000). In Mexico, it has been collected in gallery forest.

Figures

Figs. 34–39. Scymnus spp., male genitalia (figures are not to same scale). S. rohdendorfi: 34) Tegmen, lateral view;