Nephus caneparii Fürsch & Uygun, 1980

(Figs 3a–j)

Nephus caneparii Fürsch & Uygun, 1980: 109 .

Nephus (Nephus) caneparii: Kovář 2007: 580.

Material examined. Pakistan, Punjab, Chakwal, Khajula, 32°55’15” N, 72°51’59” E, 484 m, 2♂♂, 3♀♀, 28.x.2015, leg. Z. Iqbal (PMAS – AAUR); Khajula Dam Area, 32°45’18” N, 72°59’5” E, 785m, 1♂, 1♀, 28.x.2015, leg. Z. Iqbal (PMAS – AAUR); Kallar Kahar, 32°46’6” N, 72°41’58” E, 787 m, 2♂♂, 3♀♀, 11.iv.2017, 2♂♂, 2♀♀, 20.viii.2017, 6♂♂, 9♀♀, 7.ix.2017, leg. Z. Iqbal (PMAS – AAUR) .

Diagnosis. Nephus caneparii can be easily distinguished from other Pakistani congeners by its large irregular yellowish maculae covering almost the whole surface of elytra (Fig. 3a), the shape of apical part of penis is also diagnostic (Fig. 3f).

Description. TL: 1.96–2.07 mm; TW: 1.53–1.55 mm; TH: 0.85–0.95 mm; EL/TW: 0.90–1.10; TL/TW: 1.27– 1.35; HW/PW: 0.62–0.68; PL/PW: 0.50–0.51.

Body broadly oval and moderately convex, dorsum with dense white pubescence (Fig. 3a); head, mouthparts, and antennae yellow-brown (Fig. 3b); pronotum reddish brown; elytra reddish brown or black, with large C-shaped yellow to yellow-brown marks, elytral apices brown (Fig. 3a); antennae composed of 11 antennomeres, scape and pedicel almost entirely fused (Fig. 3d); abdominal postcoxal line incomplete laterally, parallel to posterior line of ventrite 1, not curved at lateral margin (Fig. 3c).

Male genitalia (Figs 3e–h). Penis long; penis capsule inner arm distinctly longer than outer one (Fig. 3e); apex of the penis with a hook-shaped projection on the inner side at 1/6 th apical length, tip flattened with long and short hair–like appendages (Figs 3e–f); tegmen with penis guide in lateral view (Fig. 3g) projected at 3/5 of basal length, and 2/5 of its length abruptly curved into arc, then gradually narrower toward the pointed tip; penis guide in inner view with broader at base then tapering toward apex; parameres slightly shorter than penis guide (Fig. 3h).

Female genitalia (Figs 3i–j). Ovipositor with coxites elongate subtriangular, styli present; spermatheca vermiform, with tubular cornu, without clearly defined nodulus or ramus; infundibulum absent.

Prey. During the current study, it feeds on Euphyllura sp. ( Hemiptera: Psyllidae) (First record for this prey).

Associated plants. Collected from the Lamiales: Oleaceae: Olea europaea Linnaeus and O. ferruginea Royle.

Distribution. Pakistan: Punjab: Chakwal (current study); Turkey (Kovář 2007); Iran (Fürsch & Uygun 1980). A new species record for Pakistan.

Remarks. Nephus caneparii was originally described and illustrated by Fürsch & Uygun (1980) from Iran. It is rarely collected in Pakistan and appears host-specific to Euphyllura sp. on olive trees.