Pharoscymnus numidicus (Pic, 1900)

Ansi, Amin Al, Alkhalaf, Areej A., Fadl, Hassan, Rasool, Iftekhar & Dhafer, Hathal Al, 2020, An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) with eight new records from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 1006, pp. 35-89 : 35

Pharoscymnus numidicus (Pic, 1900)

Pharus numidicus Pic, 1900: 91.

Remark.

This species was found in the natural ecosystem of the KSA. It is a very good biological control agent and has been introduced into Morocco for the control of Parlatoria blanchardi (Targioni Tozzetti, 1892) ( Raimundo and van Harten 2000). Specimens were collected using beating sheet.

Materials examined.

Asir: Al Majardah Wadi Yabah, 19°16.27'N, 41°48.46'E, 411, 2.VI.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♀13exs; 2.VI.2012, SN, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; 12.III.2012, SN, Al Ansi, A., 2exs; Al Majardah Wadi Thalooth Al Mandhar, 42°01.12'E, 433 m, 31.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 5exs; Al Majardah, Wadi Qanunah, 19°24.67'N, 41°36.39'E, 348 m, 11.III.2012, SN, Al Dhafer et al., 1♂36exs; Al Majardah, Wadi Baqrah, 18°47.57'N, 42°01.12'E, 433 m, 10.XI.2012, BS, Fadl, H., 2exs; Al Majardah, Wadi Qanunah, 19°24.67'N, 41°36.39'E, 348 m, 11.III.2012, LT, Al Dhafer et al., 1ex; Baha: Thee Ain, 19°55.78'N, 41°26.60'E, 741 m, 18.V.2010, BS, Sharaf, M., 1ex; 3.VI.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; Jizan: Al Aydabi Wadi Qasi, 17°26.52'N, 42°57.32'E, 284 m, 23.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♀5exs; Hurub Wadi Qasi, 17°26.52'N, 42°57.32'E, 284 m, 24.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♂4exs; Aiban Sabya Rd. Wadi Shahdan, 17°28.27'N, 42°51.19'E, 433 m, 13.XI.2012, BS, Fadl, H., 1♂2exs; Aiban Haqu Fifa, 17°07.95'N, 43°02.59'E, 253 m, 11.XI.2012, BS, Fadl, H., 1ex; Al Aaridah Wadi Al Rad, 17°04.10'N, 43°04.33'E, 192 m, 21.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 5exs; Hurub Wadi Hurub, 17°43.12'N, 42°57.88'E, 398 m, 24.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; Al Aaridah Jizan Dam, 17°02.62'N, 42°59.36'E, 187 m, 21.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; Wadi Shuaib Barran, 17°28.94'N, 44°05.52'E, 1325 m, 16.I.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 1ex.

Local distribution.

Members of this species were collected from Asir, Baha, and Jizan, and it was previously reported by Fürsch (1979) from Asir and Riyadh.

World distribution.

Asia: PAL, JO, and SA; North Africa: AG, EG, LB, and TU; AFR ( Kovář 2007); AE ( Raimundo et al. 2007).