Scymnus (Pullus) cerinotum Gordon, 2000

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 : 304

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-76.3.299

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scientific name

Scymnus (Pullus) cerinotum Gordon, 2000
status

 

Scymnus (Pullus) cerinotum Gordon, 2000 Figs. 11–12 View Figs

Scymnus (Pullus) cerinotum Gordon 2000: 67 .

Diagnosis: Length 1.6 mm; width 1.4 mm. Dorsal color black, except head, anterolateral angles of pronotum and apical margin of elytra yellow; ventral color black, except legs, antennae, mouthparts and last three ventrites yellow. Males with first ventrite unmodified; fifth ventrite with nearly straight posterior margin, only slightly emarginate; sixth ventrite emarginate, depressed, with conspicuous lateral angles. Male genitalia with penis guide wide, apically acute ( Fig. 11 View Figs ); parameres wide; penis robust ( Fig. 12 View Figs ).

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

Distribution: South America ( Gordon 2000; González 2015). New record for Mexico.

Biology: This species has been collected on bamboo ( Poaceae ) ( Gordon 2000).

Discussion: The description of Gordon (2000) mentioned that the pronotum of this species is entirely yellow, but the Mexican specimen has the pronotum almost entirely black.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Scymnus

Loc

Scymnus (Pullus) cerinotum Gordon, 2000

Nestor-Arriola, Jorge I., Clark, Shawn M. & Niño-Maldonado, Santiago 2022
2022
Loc

Scymnus (Pullus) cerinotum

Gordon, R. D. 2000: 67
2000
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