Scymnus (Pullus) pyrocheilus Mulsant, 1853

Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, Zootaxa 4382 (1), pp. 93-120 : 105

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981270

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Scymnus (Pullus) pyrocheilus Mulsant, 1853
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9. Scymnus (Pullus) pyrocheilus Mulsant, 1853

( FIG. 11 View FIGURE 11 )

Brief description: LENGtH 2.10 MM, WIDtH 1.50 MM. FORM ( FIG. 11A View FIGURE 11 ) OblONG OVAl, cONVEX. HEAD AND PRONOtUM REDDISH tO YEllOWISH tEStAcEOUS. PRONOtUM WItH AN Ill-DEFINED MEDIAN blAck MARkING. ElYtRA blAck, APIcAl FOURtH YEllOWISH tEStAcEOUS. MOUtHPARtS, ANtENNAE, lEGS, PRONOtAl HYPOMERA, lAtERAl SIDES OF AbDOMINAl VENtRItES I AND II AND POStERIOR VENtRItES YEllOWISH tEStAcEOUS, PROStERNAl PROcESS, MEtAVENtRItE AND MIDDlE OF FIRSt tWO AbDOMINAl VENtRItES PItcHY bROWN tO blAck. ANtENNA cOMPOSED OF 11 ANtENNOMERES. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE ( FIGS 11b, c View FIGURE 11 ) cOMPlEtE, bOAt-SHAPED, bUt bROkEN tOWARDS APEX AND APPEARS AS tHOUGH INcOMPlEtE, ENclOSED AREA WItH cOARSE PUNctURES. PROStERNAl PROcESS WItH A PAIR OF APIcAllY DIVERGENt cARINAE. FEMAlE SPERMAtHEcA ( FIG. 11D View FIGURE 11 ) AND MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 11E–G View FIGURE 11 ) AS IllUStRAtED.

Notes: It IS EXtERNAllY SIMIlAR tO S. posticalis , tHE MOSt cOMMON SPEcIES OF Scymnus IN NORtHEAStERN INDIA, AND cAN bE SEPARAtED bY tHE MINOR VARIAtIONS IN MAlE GENItAlIA. KAPUR (1958) REcORDED It AS “A PREDAtOR OF cERtAIN MEAlYbUGS”.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Scymnus

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