Stethorus endrodyi Fuersch , 1970*

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

Stethorus endrodyi Fuersch, 1970* Figure 8

Stethorus endrodyi Fürsch, 1970: 98.

Diagnosis.

Body is elongated and oval, with dorsal and ventral sides dark, except for the mouth parts, antennae, legs, and frons, which are testaceous; dorsal surface with short, white, semi-erect, not dense pubescence; pronotum is very sparsely and finely punctate ( Fürsch 1970).

Remark.

This is a very rare species, and only one specimen was collected from wild vegetation throughout the study period. It is also not common in the rest of the world.

Material examined.

Asir: Al Majaredah Wadi Yabah, 19°16.27'N, 41°48.46'E, 411, 2.VI.2012, SN, Al Ansi, A., 1ex.

Local distribution.

Individuals of this species were collected from Asir province.

World distribution.

YE, Congo, MO, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Angola, and Malawi ( Raimundo et al. 2006); new country record for Saudi Arabia.

Figures

Figure 8. Dorsal view of Stethorus endrodyi. Scale bar: 1 mm.