Scymnus (Scymnus) scapuliferus Mulsant, 1850*

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

Scymnus (Scymnus) scapuliferus Mulsant, 1850* Figure 7

Scymnus scapuliferus Mulsant, 1850: 968.

Diagnosis.

Body is elongated and convex; head is pale in males and black with anterior yellow border in females. Pronotum is black except for a narrow testaceous border on the anterior margin. Elytra are black with yellowish, reddish or pale, nearly quadrangular shoulder spot along the proximal two-thirds. Specimens of this species were found mostly in natural ecosystems, although it has been reported as a predator of the cowpea aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch, 1854, in Nigeria ( Waterhouse 1998).

Materials examined.

Asir: Al Majardah, Wadi Yabah, 19°16.27'N, 41°48.46'E, 411, 2.VI.2012, SN, Al Ansi, A., 2♂2♀; 2.VI.2012, BS, 6♂4♀; Al Majardah, Wadi Khat, 19°05.37'N, 41°58.37'E, 13.III.2012, BS, 1♂; 31.V.2012, BS, 1♂; Wadi Gala, 20°08.08'N, 41°20.56'E, 16.V.2011, SN, Fadl et al., 1♂; Baha: Thee Ain, 19°55.78'N, 41°26.60'E, 741 m, 11.V.2011, SN, 4♀; 15.V.2011, SN, 2♂2♀; 10.III.2012, SN, 1♀; 25.IV.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 1♂; Al Mikhwah, 19°49.44'N, 41°22.85'E, 430 m, 18.V.2010, SN, Al Dhafer et al., 2♀; Raghadan, 20°34.25'N, 41°45.11'E, 13.V.2011, SN, Fadl et al., 1♀; Jizan: Jizan-Ahd Al Masareha Rd., 17°02.28'N, 42°52.38'E, 11.III.2010, LT, Al Dhafer et al., 1♂; 12.III.2010, LT, Al Dhafer et al., 1♀; King Faisal Sport City, 16°48.23'N, 42°59.49'E, 11 m, 20.V.2012, SN, Al Ansi, A., 1♀; Sabya-Hurub Rd., 17°16.94'N, 42°17.54'E, 97 m, 25.V.2012, SN, Al Ansi, A., 1♀.

Local distribution.

It was collected from Asir, Baha, and Jizan.

World distribution.

This species has been reported from South, Central, and West Africa; Yemen ( Raimundo and van Harten 2000); new country record for Saudi Arabia.

Figures

Figure 7. Dorsal view of Scymnus (Scymnus) scapuliferus. Scale bar: 1 mm.