Pharoscymnus ovoideus Sicard, 1929

Biranvand, Amir, Nedved, Oldrich, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, 2016, An annotated checklist of Microweiseinae and Sticholotidini of Iran (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 587, pp. 37-48 : 41

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Coccinellidae

Pharoscymnus ovoideus Sicard, 1929

General distribution.

Israel ( Halperin et al. 1995), Iran, Jordan, Syria ( Kovář 2007), Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, The United Arab Emirates ( Raimundo et al. 2008).

Distribution in Iran.

Fars, Gilan, Kerman, Lorestan, Tehran ( Hajizadeh et al. 2003; Jafari and Kamali 2007; Abdi et al. 2012; Moddarres-Awal 2012).

Host plants and prey species in Iran.

This species has been collected from almond, apple, ash, citrus, conifer trees, oleander, olive, date palm, pomegranate, sloe and willow as the predator of Hemiptera , Diaspididae : Aonidiella orientalis (Newstead) and Parlatoria blanchardi ( Hajizadeh et al. 2003, Jafari and Kamali 2007; Abdi et al. 2012; Moddarres-Awal 2012).

Remarks.

This ladybird is one of the most important predators of scale insects, including Parlatoria blanchardi , on palm trees ( Smirnoff 1956b). This species was imported from Iran to France; after rearing, it was used against Parlatoria blanchardi in mixed fruit groves of Moritani in 1967 ( Iperti 1970).