Scymnus (Pullus) pyrocheilus Mulsant, 1853

Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, Zootaxa 4382 (1), pp. 93-120 : 105

9. Scymnus (Pullus) pyrocheilus Mulsant, 1853

( FIG. 11 )

Brief description: LENGtH 2.10 MM, WIDtH 1.50 MM. FORM ( FIG. 11A ) OblONG OVAl, cONVEX. HEAD AND PRONOtUM REDDISH tO YEllOWISH tEStAcEOUS. PRONOtUM WItH AN Ill-DEFINED MEDIAN blAck MARkING. ElYtRA blAck, APIcAl FOURtH YEllOWISH tEStAcEOUS. MOUtHPARtS, ANtENNAE, lEGS, PRONOtAl HYPOMERA, lAtERAl SIDES OF AbDOMINAl VENtRItES I AND II AND POStERIOR VENtRItES YEllOWISH tEStAcEOUS, PROStERNAl PROcESS, MEtAVENtRItE AND MIDDlE OF FIRSt tWO AbDOMINAl VENtRItES PItcHY bROWN tO blAck. ANtENNA cOMPOSED OF 11 ANtENNOMERES. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE ( FIGS 11b, c ) cOMPlEtE, bOAt-SHAPED, bUt bROkEN tOWARDS APEX AND APPEARS AS tHOUGH INcOMPlEtE, ENclOSED AREA WItH cOARSE PUNctURES. PROStERNAl PROcESS WItH A PAIR OF APIcAllY DIVERGENt cARINAE. FEMAlE SPERMAtHEcA ( FIG. 11D ) AND MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 11E–G ) AS IllUStRAtED.

Notes: It IS EXtERNAllY SIMIlAR tO S. posticalis , tHE MOSt cOMMON SPEcIES OF Scymnus IN NORtHEAStERN INDIA, AND cAN bE SEPARAtED bY tHE MINOR VARIAtIONS IN MAlE GENItAlIA. KAPUR (1958) REcORDED It AS “A PREDAtOR OF cERtAIN MEAlYbUGS”.

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FIGURE 11. Scymnus (Pullus) pyrocheilus Mulsant: a) adult, dorsal View; b) abdominal postcoxal line, female; c) abdominal postcoxal line, male; d) female genitalia, spermatheca; e–g) male genitalia:e) tegmen, Ventral View; f) tegmen, lateral View; g) penis.