Nephus (Geminosipho) fenestratus (SAHLBERG 1913)

Fallahzadeh, M., Abdimaleki, R. & Saghaei, N., 2013, Contribution to the Knowledge of the Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), Predators of Mealybugs (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) in Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 673-679 : 675

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5412908

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scientific name

Nephus (Geminosipho) fenestratus (SAHLBERG 1913)
status

 

Nephus (Geminosipho) fenestratus (SAHLBERG 1913)

M a t e r i a l 6♀♀, 1033, Rodan, 15.09.2009, ex N. viridis on Citrus ( Rutaceae ); 9♀♀, 13, Minab 18.02.2010, ex N. viridis on Citrus; 1♀, 333, Rodan, 3.09.2010, ex N. viridis on Citrus; 4♀ ♀, 233, Minab 12.06.2010, ex N. viridis on Citrus; 5♀♀, 13, Rodan, 16.07.2010, ex N. viridis on Citrus; 4♀♀, 233, Rodan, 12.10.210, ex N. viridis on Citrus.

R e m a r k s: It has been recorded as a predator of the mealybug Nipaecoccus viridis

(NEWSTEAD) (ASADEH & MOSSADEGH 1991, MOSSADEGH & KOCHEILI 1993, NOVIN

2000, HESAMI & FALLAHZADEH 2004), Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN)

( FALLAHZADEH & HESAMI 2004).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Egypt, Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia ( FÜRSCH 1979), Yemen and UAE ( RAIMUNDO & VAN HARTEN 2000; RAIMUNDO et al. 2006, 2008).

FALLAHZADEH M. & S. HESAMI (2004): Study of the natural enemies of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in Jahrom region of Fars province. - Proceeding of the 16 th Plant Protection Congress of Iran, Tabriz 28 August- 1 September 2004 Tabriz, University of Tabriz, Iran, pp 47.

FURSCH H. (1979): Coleoptera: Fam. Coccinellidae. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 1: 235 - 248.

HESAMI S. & M. FALLAHZADEH (2004): Study of the natural enemies of the citrus mealybug Nipaecoccus viridis (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in Jahrom region of Fars province. - Proceeding of the 16 th th Plant Protection Congress of Iran, Tabriz 28 August- 1 September 2004 Tabriz, University of Tabriz, Iran, pp 50.

NOVIN M. (2000): The biology and population fluctuations of Nipaecoccus viridis (NEWS.) and its natural enemies in citrus orchards of Dezful. - M. Sc. Thesis, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. 152 pp.

RAIMUNDO A. A. C. & A. VAN HARTEN (2000): An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Yemen. - Fauna of Arabia 18: 211 - 243.

RAIMUNDO A. C., FURSCH H. & A. van HARTEN (2006): Additional notes on the ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of Yemen with descriptions of new species. - Fauna of Arabia 21: 217 - 245.

RAIMUNDO A. C., FURSCH H. & A. van HARTEN (2008): Order Coleoptera, family Coccinellidae. - In: van HARTEN, A., (ed.), Arthropod Fauna of the UAE. Dar Al Ummah Printing, Adu Dhabi, UAE 1: 217 - 239.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Nephus