Scymnus (Pullus) castaneus Sicard, 1929

Ali, Muhammad, Ahmed, Khalil, Ali, Shaukat, Raza, Ghulam, Hussain, Ishtiaq, Nafees, Maisoor Ahmed & Anjum, Syed Ishtiaq, 2018, An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae with four new records from Pakistan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 803, pp. 93-120 : 93

Scymnus (Pullus) castaneus Sicard, 1929 Fig. 23

General distribution.

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh (Poorani 2002).

Distribution in Sindh.

Tandojam, Hyderabad and Karachi (Ali 2013).

Host plants and prey species in Sindh.

Aphis craccivora Koch, A. gossypii Glover, Brevicoryne brassicae (L.), Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach), Myzus persicae (Sulzer), Aphis gossypii (Glover), Hyadaphis coriandri (Das), Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas), Ropalosiphum maidis (Fitch), Therioaphis trifolii Monell, Macrosiphum granarium (Kby), Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) ( Aphididae : Homoptera); Phenacoccus solenopsis (Tinsley), Ferrisia virigata (Ckll) ( Pseudococcidae : Homoptera), Drosicha mangiferae (Green). It was found on eggplant, okra, cotton (Ali 2013).

Comment.

Newly recorded from Pakistan.