Pharoscymnus Bedel, 1906

Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5728 (3), pp. 451-495 : 476

Pharoscymnus Bedel, 1906

Pharus Mulsant, 1850: 949 .

Pharoscymnus Bedel, 1906: 93 ; Korschefsky, 1931: 214; Smirnoff, 1956: 35; Pope, 1962: 639; Gordon, 1987: 33. Pharoscymnus ( Gymnopharus) Sicard, 1909: 157 ; Korschefsky, 1931: 214.

Neojauravia Gordon & Almeida, 1991: 153 ; Poorani & Booth, 2006: 30.

Type species: Coccinella sexguttata Gyllenhal, 1808 ; by subsequent designation of Korschefsky (1931).

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pernambuco.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pharoscymnus flexibilis ( Mulsant, 1853) [ new record] ( Fig. 30 ).

Material examined. Pharoscymnus flexibilis :“Serra Talhada,PE[ Pernambuco], BR / 15-III-1993 /A.B. R.Santos col/ (palma forrageira) “ Neojauravia naeida / Gordon & Almeida, 1991 / L.M. Almeida det. 1994” “ Pharoscymnus / flexibilis / ( Mulsant, 1853)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 3 ex. [ DZUP 227998, 227999, 228003].

Comments. The genus has a natural distribution throughout the Old World ( Poorani & Booth, 2006). This is the first record of Sticholotidini for NE Brazil, due to the occurrence of the exotic Pharoscymnus flexibilis ( Mulsant, 1853) .

Figures

FIGURES 26–31. New records of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) for the Northeast Region of Brazil. 26: Novius cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850). 27: Zenoria linteolata Mulsant, 1850. 28: Zenoria revestita Mulsant, 1850. 29: Calloeneis roxanne Gordon & Hanley, 2020. 30: Pharoscymnus flexibilis (Mulsant, 1853). 31: Delphastus davidsoni Gordon, 1994. Scale bars = 1 mm.