Henosepilachna hirta (Thunberg, 1781)

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

Henosepilachna hirta (Thunberg, 1781)

Coccinella hirta Thunberg, 1781: 23.

Remark.

This species was found from high elevated lands of Asir province and exhibited an Afrotropical distribution. It is a phytophagous coccinellid.

Material examined.

Asir: Abha, 18°14'N, 42°31'E, 27-28. VIII.1978, Shalaby, F., ANMA, 2exs; Abha Raydah, 18°12.10'N, 42°24.54'E, 2578 m, 4.XI.2013, HP, Abdel-Dayem et al., 1♀; 8.II.2016, SU, Al Ansi, A., 3♀5♂.

Local distribution.

Specimens of this species were collected from Raydah mountains of Asir and previously reported by Shalaby (1962) from Asir and by Beccari (1971) from Asir.

World distribution.

Asia: SA ( Shalaby 1962; Beccari 1971); South, West, and Central Africa ( Fürsch 1991).