Scymnus (Scymnus) interruptus (Goeze, 1777)

Szawaryn, Karol & Czerwiński, Tomasz, 2022, New Coccinellidae (Coleoptera, Coccinelloidea) from Napo Province in Ecuador, European Journal of Taxonomy 845, pp. 30-65 : 62

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.845.1953
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B8502709-68B1-4631-995C-5249DC3A7C16
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7235005
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF1C05-FFEF-B328-24CD-E451FB4FF99B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Scymnus (Scymnus) interruptus (Goeze, 1777)
status

Treatment

Material examined

ECUADOR • 1 ex.; “ Napo prov., road to Las Caucheras, Antisana trail, 3 XII 2009, leg. R. Ruta”; MNHW .

Remarks

This species is native to the West Palearctic region, but it was introduced into the United States as a biological control agent ( Gordon 1985) and then spread to other regions of the New World. Recently also recorded in South America in Chile ( González et al. 2019). Species new to Ecuador.