Scymnus (Pullus) enochrus 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 : 307

Scymnus (Pullus) enochrus Gordon, 1976 Figs. 16–18

Scymnus (Pullus) enochrus Gordon 1976: 102 . Gordon 1985: 177.

Diagnosis: Length 1.9 mm; width 1.2 mm. Dorsal color brown, except central part of pronotum with basal dark brown macula, and suture and basal margins of elytra dark brown; ventral color black, except legs, head, mouthparts and antennae orange, and last two ventrites brown. Males with first ventrite unmodified; fifth ventrite slightly emarginate; sixth ventrite emarginate, depressed. Male genitalia with penis guide short, wide, with hook-shaped ventral projections ( Figs. 16, 17 ).

Material Examined: A single specimen. (1♂) Oaxaca ( FIC) .

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

Biology: The material examined was collected on Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight et Arn ( Fabaceae ) and an unspecified shrub.

Figures

Figs. 16–21. Scymnus spp., male genitalia (figures are not to same scale). S. enochrus: 16) Tegmen, lateral view; 17) Tegmen, ventral view; 18) Penis. S. fraternus: 19) Tegmen, lateral view; 20) Tegmen, ventral view; 21) Penis.