Scymnus (Pullus) impletus Gordon, 1976

Nestor-Arriola, Jorge I., Clark, Shawn M. & Niño-Maldonado, Santiago, 2022, Taxonomic and Distributional Notes on the Genus Scymnus Kugelann, 1794 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Mexico, The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (3), pp. 299-328 : 324

Scymnus (Pullus) impletus Gordon, 1976 Figs. 78–80

Scymnus (Pullus) impletus Gordon 1976: 209 . Gordon 1985: 242.

Diagnosis: Length 1.8 to 2.0 mm; width 1.4 to 1.5 mm. Dorsal color black, except head, lateral margins of pronotum and posterior margin of elytra yellow to orange; ventral color black, except legs, antennae, mouthparts and last three ventrites yellow to orange. Males with rectangular, central area of first ventrite scarcely pubescent or punctate; fifth ventrite emarginate; sixth ventrite emarginate, depressed. Male genitalia scarcely sclerotized; penis guide with lateral alae almost translucent; parameres almost as long as penis guide ( Figs. 78, 79 ).

Material Examined: Three specimens ( FIC, CIUM) . MORELOS: (1♂) Cuernavaca ( CIUM) . TAMAULIPAS: (1♂) Miquihuana ( FIC) . ZACATECAS: (1♂) Zacatecas ( FIC) .

Distribution: North America ( Gordon 1976, 1985). New record for Mexico.

Discussion: The Mexican specimens are somewhat different from those from the United States.The head and legs of the specimens in this study are totally yellow or orange, while the specimens described by Gordon (1976) have the head and legs partially black.

Figures

Figs. 75–80. Scymnus spp., male genitalia (figures are not to same scale). S. ignarus: 75) Tegmen, lateral view;