Coccinella septempunctata L., 1758

Ansi, Amin Al, Alkhalaf, Areej A., Fadl, Hassan, Rasool, Iftekhar & Dhafer, Hathal Al, 2020, An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) with eight new records from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 1006, pp. 35-89 : 35

Coccinella septempunctata L., 1758

Coccinella septempunctata L., 1758: 365.

Remark.

This species is widely distributed around the world and found in a wide range of habitats. Both adults and larvae are voracious predators of aphids ( Sattar et al. 2008). It is a biocontrol agent of Aphis craccivora C.L. Koch, 1854, and Therioaphis trifolii (Monell, 1882), pests of alfalfa, Medicago sativa L. ( Martin 1972).

Material examined.

Eastern Province: Al Ahsa, 22°17.53'N, 50°40.46'E, 4.III.2011, SN, Al Ansi, A. 1ex, on alfalfa; 4.III.2011, SN, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; Riyadh: Al Ammariah, 24°49'N, 46°26'E, 28.I.2009, SN, Widman, A., 1ex, on alfalfa; 28.I.2008, SN, Valenza, B., 2exs, on alfalfa; 28.I.2009, SN, Setyaningrum, H., 1♀1ex; Ad Diriyah, 24°40'N, 46°35'E, 29.X.2008, SN, Al Ahmari, A., 1♀, on alfalfa; 29.X.2008, SN, Bel Hareth, H., 2exs, on alfalfa; 16.I.2009, SN, Setyaningrum, H., 1ex; 29.X.2008, SN, Al Sebaiei, M., 4exs, on alfalfa; 29.X.2008, SN, Al Qahtani, M., 1ex, on alfalfa; 17.IV.2003, SN, Al Habeeb, A., 1ex, on alfalfa; 17.X.2003, SN, Al Saiari, M., 1ex; 30.XII.1989, SN, Amro, 1ex, on pepper; 21.II, SN, Al Essa, M., 1ex; Al Kharj, 20°24'N, 46°29'E, 24.III.2010, SN, Al Othman, A., 1ex; 26.XI.2008, SN, Sofan, A., 3exs, on water melon; 26.XI.2008, SN, Widman, A., 1♂, on alfalfa; 14.XI.2007, SN, 1ex; 26.X.1991, SN, Al Ahmadi, F., 1ex, on alfalfa; 9.III.2001, SN, Al Baqami, A., 1ex; Al 16.X, SN, Al Sharaf, M., 1ex; Al Uyaynah, 24°53'N, 46°22'E, 10.III.2010, SN, Al Hashel, A., 1ex; 30.XI.2010, SN, Al Ansi, A., 1ex, on corn; 11.XI.2008, SN, Setyaningrum, H., 3exs; 11.XI.2008, SN, Setyaningrum, H., 1ex; 26.II.2004, SN, Droshy, R., 1ex, on alfalfa; 7.III.2004, SN, Jasim, D., 1♂; 4.V.2005, SN, Turkestani, S., 1ex; 2.X.2003, SN, Al Haj, M., 1ex; 9.IV.2008, SN, Al Tork, 1ex, on alfalfa; Al Waseel, 24°48.40'N, 46°30.42'E, 12.XI.2008, SN, Al Qahtani, M., 1ex, on alfalfa; 1.XII.2010, SN, Al Abdul Muhsen, M., 1ex; 12.XI.2008, SN, Namoosy, S., 2exs, on alfalfa; 20.XI.2011, SN, Al Mater, A., 1ex; 11.X, SN, Al Farhan, 1ex, on alfalfa; 20.XI.2011, SN, Al Sahwan, K., 1ex; 12.XI.2008, SN, Baziyad, A., 3exs, on alfalfa; Riyadh, SN, Abu Yaman, 1ex; Dirab, 23°30'N, 46°51'E, 30.XII.2009, SN, Setyaningrum, H., 1ex, on grass; 7.III.2011, SN, Salah, A., 1ex, on fig plant; 25.I.1990, SN, 1ex, on alfalfa; 10.X.2011, SN, Al Amro, S., 1ex; Hautet Bani Tamim, 23°27.26'N, 46°41.13'E, 4.IV.2008, SN, Al Dhafer et al., 2exs; Otaiqah, 24°35.46'N, 46°42.24'E, 16.XI.1989, SN, 1ex, on Squash; Rawdhet Khoraim, 25°22.98'N, 47°16.71'E, 559 m, 11.IV.2011, SN, 1ex; Al Uayainnah, 25.II.2015, SN, Al Sofayan, M., 1ex; Riyadh, 15.III.1978, SN, Talhouk et al., ANMA, 5exs; Tabuk: Tabuk-Dhuba Rd., 28°18.39'N, 36°02.87'E, 824 m, 15.IX.2011, SN, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; Tabuk-Madinah Rd., 28°23.47'N, 36°51.96'E, 808 m, 14.IX.2011, SN, Al Ansi, A., 1ex.

Local distribution.

Its specimens were collected from Eastern Province, Riyadh and Tabouk; this species was previously listed by Martin (1972), Talhouk (1982), and Walker and Pittaway (1987) and reported by Beccari (1971) from Riyadh, by Fürsch (1979) from Riyadh, and by Abdel-Dayem et al. (2017) from Riyadh.

World distribution.

Asia: AF, ANH, BEI, BT, CY, FE, FUG, GAN, GUA, GUI, GUX, HEB, HEI, HEN, HUB, HUN, IN, IQ, PAL, JA, JIA, JIL, JIX, JO, KA, KI, KU, KZ, LE, LIA, NIN, NMO, MG, NC, NP, PA, QIN, SA, SCH, SC, SD, SHA, SHG, SHN, SHX, SI, SY, TAI, TD, TIA, TM, TR, UP, UZ, XIN, XIZ, YUN, and ZHE; Europe: AB, AL, AN, AR, AU, BE, BH, BU, BY, CR, CT, CZ, DE, EN, FI, FR, GB, GE, GG, GR, HU, IR, IT, LA, LS, LT, LU, MC, MD, NL, NR, NT, PL, RO, SK, SL, SP, ST, SV, SZ, TR, UK, and YU; North Africa: MR; AFR, NAR, and ORR ( Kovář 2007).