Pharoscymnus flexibilis (Mulsant, 1853)

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Scymnus flexibilis Mulsant 1853: 271 . Material examined. Total of 122 specimens were collected at 10 study sites. Details are given in a separate paper by Romanowski et al. (2018).

Distribution. The species is widely distributed in southern and western Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen (Raimundo & Harten 2000; Kovář 2007; Raimundo et al. 2008; Biranvand et al 2016). Recorded also in Brazil, where it was originally described as Neojauravia naeida (Gordon & Almeida, 1991), later synonymized with P. flexibilis by Poorani & Booth (2006). Recently reported for the first time from Fuerteventura and the Canary Islands by Romanowski et al. (2018).