Sasajiscymnus tainanensis ( Ohta, 1929 )

TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 5207 (1), pp. 1-104 : 11

Sasajiscymnus tainanensis ( Ohta, 1929)

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Chinese name: 台南ḧ瓢•

Pullus tainanensis Ohta, 1929: 7 (type locality: Tainan, Taiwan, China).— Miwa 1931: 89.

Scymnus (Pullus) tainanensis: Korschefsky 1931: 145 .—Miwa & Yoshida 1935: 40; Mader 1955: 961.

Pseudoscymnus tainanensis: Pang & Gordon 1986: 157 .— Kovář 2007: 582.

Sasajiscymnus tainanensis: Kitano 2010: 171 .— Yu 2011: 125; Iqbal et al. 2020: 388.

Clitostethus nagasakiensis: Kamiya 1961: 280 .

Pseudoscymnus nagasakiensis: Kamiya 1966: 79 .— Sasaji 1971: 111; Yang & Wu 1972: 120; Yu 1995 a: 129; Pang et al. 2004: 88; Kovář 2007: 582. Synonymized by Yu, 2011: 125.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. anmashanus ( Yang, 1971) , but can be distinguished from the later by parameres about 3/4 as long as penis guide. In S. anmashanus , parameres are about 1/2 as long as penis guide ( Fig. 6g ).

Material examined. None.

Distribution. China (Taiwan); Japan.

Figures

FIGURE 6. S. anmashanus (Yang, 1971): a dorsal view, b lateral view, c frontal view, d abdomen, male, e–h male genitalia: e penis, f apex of penis, g tegmen, lateral view, h tegmen, ventral view. Scale bars: a–c: 0.5 mm; d–h: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 65. Distribution of the Sasajiscymnus sylvaticus species group: ■ S. sylvaticus (Lewis, 1896); ◆ S. tainanensis (Ohta, 1929).