Parexochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze, 1777)

Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Li, Wenjing, Nicolas, Vincent, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & Hesami, Shahram, 2017, Review of the tribe Chilocorini Mulsant from Iran (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 712, pp. 43-68 : 57

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.712.20419
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FD3E98DD-620E-4145-8CC4-A9F2DBB215E7
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scientific name	Parexochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze, 1777)
status

Treatment

Parexochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze, 1777) Figs 12, 51-55

Coccinella nigromaculata Goeze, 1777: 248. Coccinella testudinare Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785: 151. Coccinella aurita Scriba, 1791: 101. Coccinella humerale Townson, 1800: 167.

Chilocorus rufipes Stephens, 1832: 375. Exochomus collaris Küster, 1849: 100. Exochomus pyrenaeus Kraatz, 1873: 194.

Material examined.

75♂, 90♀: Iran, Lorestan province, spring and summer 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, lgt. Amir Biranvand, det. Biranvand. 3♂, 1♀: Iran, Semnan province, VI.2015, lgt. Mino Toozandejani, det. Biranvand.

General distribution.

Palaearctic region ( Duverger 1983, Kovář 2007).

Distribution in Iran.

Widely distributed ( Duverger 1983, Moddarres-Awal 2012).

Ecology.

This species feeds usually on the following species of Hemiptera : Agonoscena pistaciae ( Psyllidae ), Aonidiella orientalis ( Diaspididae ), Bemisia tabaci ( Aleyrodidae ), Diuraphis noxia ( Aphididae ), Eulecanium prunastri ( Coccidae ), Euphyllura olivina ( Psyllidae ), Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Pseudococcidae ), Therioaphis maculata ( Aphididae ) ( Moddarres-Awal 2012) and other aphids and Coccidae ( Uygun 1981, Atlıhan and Özgökçe 2002, Kaydan et al. 2012).