Pharoscymnus brunneosignatus Mader, 1949

Biranvand, Amir, Nedved, Oldrich, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, 2016, An annotated checklist of Microweiseinae and Sticholotidini of Iran (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 587, pp. 37-48 : 40

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Coccinellidae

Pharoscymnus brunneosignatus Mader, 1949 Figure 1

Material examined.

Iran, North Khorasan Prov., Baba Aman (37°29'34"N 57°26'19"E), Tamarisk, iv.2013, lgt. et coll. Hamidi, det. Nedvěd and Canepari.

Diagnosis.

Body length 2.1 mm. Dorsal surface black and setose with orange, transverse bands of irregular shape on elytra (Fig. 1 a, b); head, antennae and mouthparts dark brown (Fig. 1a, e, g, h). Male genitalia with penis strongly curved near base and before apex - in form of question mark (Fig. 1 c); tegminal strut about as long as basal piece, parameres slender, nearly as long as penis guide (Fig. 1c, d).

General distribution.

China, Mongolia ( Kovář 2007), Iran ( Ebrahimi et al. 2014).

Distribution in Iran.

North Khorasan, Khorasan Razavi ( Ebrahimi et al. 2014; Nedvěd et al. unpublished).