Nephus (Bipunctatus) includens (KIRSCH 1870)

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

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

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scientific name

Nephus (Bipunctatus) includens (KIRSCH 1870)
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Nephus (Bipunctatus) includens (KIRSCH 1870)

M a t e r i a l:433, Rodan, 15.09.2009, ex N. viridis on Citrus ( Rutaceae ); 19♀♀, 333, Minab 18.02.2010, ex N. viridis on Citrus; 17♀♀, 1633, Rodan, 3.09.2010, ex N. viridis on Citrus; 12♀♀, 433, Minab 12.06.2010, ex N. viridis on Citrus; 1♀, 233, Rodan, 16.07.2010, ex N. viridis on Citrus; 54♀♀, 333, Rodan, 14.10.2010, ex N. viridis on Citrus; 6♀♀, Rodan, 17.12.2010, ex N. viridis on Citrus; 13, Rodan, 20.12.2010, 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), Planococcus citri (RISSO) ( ARGYRIOU et al. 1976, KONTODIMAS et al. 2005).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: West Africa ( Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Canary Islands); Mediterranean Europe, Africa and Near East ( Portugal, Greece, Sicily, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen and UAE ( FÜRSCH 1979, 1986, RAIMUNDO 1992, 1994, RAIMUNDO & VAN HARTEN 2000, RAIMUNDO et al. 2006, 2008).

ARGYRIOU L. C., STAVRAKI H. G. & P. A. MOURIKIS (1976): A list of recorded entomophagous insects of Greece. - Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens. 73 pp.

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

KONTODIMAS D. C., LYKOURESSIS D., KARANDINOS M. G., KATSOYANNOS P., STATHAS G. J., ELIOPOULOS P. A. & L. P. ECONOMOU (2005): The effect of temperature on the development of Nephus includens and Nephus bisignatus, predators of Planococcus citri. - In: ERKILIC L. & M. B. KAYDAN (eds), Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies, held at Plant Protection Research Institute, Adana ♀ Turkey, 19 - 23 April 2004. Adana Zirai Muscadele Arastirma Enstitusu., Adana, Turkey. 359 pp.

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