Scymnus (Pullus) suturalis ( Thunberg, 1795 )

Najajrah, Mohammad H., Swaileh, Khalid M. & Qumsiyeh, Mazin B., 2019, Systematic list, geographic distribution and ecological significance of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the West Bank (Central Palestine), Zootaxa 4664 (1), pp. 1-46 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4664.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:839DFCCC-A83F-408E-99E3-7A51EFDF18D3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5584946
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/590187D6-FFB3-FFB5-FF22-FB9B94B013CE
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scientific name	Scymnus (Pullus) suturalis ( Thunberg, 1795 )
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Scymnus (Pullus) suturalis ( Thunberg, 1795)

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Material: Ein Samiya ( PMNH # E12737, 2, 4 March 2018). Ein Samiya ( PMNH # E12738, 1 View Materials , 4 March 2018) . Ein Al ‘ Auja ( PMNH # E12743, 1 View Materials , 16 April 2018) . Bayt Jala 1 ( PMNH # E12739, 3 View Materials , 22 March 2018) . Bayt Sahur 1 ( PMNH # E12740, 4 View Materials , 1 April 2018) . Ad-Dhahiriya 2 ( PMNH # E12741, 1 View Materials , 5 April 2018) . Dura 1 ( PMNH # E12746, 1 View Materials , 15 April 2018) . Irtas 1 ( PMNH # E12745, 4 View Materials , 25 March 2018) . Wadi Kelt ( PMNH # E12742, 1 View Materials , 16 April 2018) . Bethlehem 1 ( PMNH # E12744, 1 View Materials , 31 May 2018) .

Remarks: Scymnus (Pullus) suturalis is a Palaearctic aphidophagous species that occurs on conifers ( Lyon & Montgomery 1995). It was collected from Cupressus trees of different localities visited during the current study and noted feeding on scale insects of these trees. This is the first documentation of such a feeding habit for this species and this is the first record of this species in our region.