Pharoscymnus setulosus (Chevrolat, 1861)

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 : 42-43

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Coccinellidae

Pharoscymnus setulosus (Chevrolat, 1861)

General distribution.

Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia, The United Arab Emirates ( Kovář 2007).

Distribution in Iran.

Fars ( Moddarres-Awal 2012).

Host plants and prey species in Iran.

This species has been collected from date palm as the predator of Parlatoria blanchardi ( Hemiptera , Diaspididae ; Yazdani 1990; Moddarres-Awal 2012).