Scymnus (Pullus) yemenensis (Kapur, 1959)

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

Scymnus (Pullus) yemenensis (Kapur, 1959)

Pullus yemenensis Kapur, 1959: 281.

Remark.

This species is distributed only in the Arabian Peninsula and is generally found in the natural habitats of A. Acacia ehrenbergiana and C. procera in the vicinity of hemipterous insects.

Material examined.

Asir: Abha, Habalah, 18°02.05'N, 42°51.49'E, 25.IV.201 SN, Al Ansi et al., 5♂1♀1ex; Ahd Rifidh, 18°06.33'N, 42°53.82'E, 16.I.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 7♂3♀; Baha: King Saud Rd., 20°00.28'N, 41°27.91'E, 2132 m, 25.IV.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 4♂1♀; Al Leishtah Village 20 km outside of Baha, 20°12.16'N, 41°22.21'E, 2231 m, 26.IV.2013, BS, 1♂; Baidah Dam, 20°11.88'N, 41°24.06'E, 1880 m, 24.IV.2013, BS, 2♂1♀; Midan Al Shuhadaa, 20°00.00'N, 41°27.99'E, 2124 m, 25.IV.2013, BS, 2♂5♀; Wadi Turubah, 20°14.37'N, 41°15.23'E, 26.IV.2013, BS, 2♂2♀; Rahwan, 10 km outside of Baha, 20°04.03'N, 41°27.01'E, 2272 m, 24.IV.2013, BS, 1♀; Thee Ain, 19°55.78'N, 41°26.60'E, 741 m, 25.IV.2013, BS, 1♀; Shabreqah Station, 20°08.03'N, 41°23.60'E, 2267 m, 24.IV.2013, BS, 4♀; Wadi Turubah, 20°14.37'N, 41°15.23'E, 14.V.2011, SN, Al Dhafer, H., Fadl, H., Sharaf, M., 1♂; 14.X.2010, SN, Al Dhafer et al., 1♂1♀; Al Mandaq Wadi Turubah, 20°14.37'N, 41°15.23'E, 3.VI.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♂; Najran: Al Mofejah, 17°27.25'N, 44°03.48'E, 1263 m, 16.I.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 1♂; Rijla Wadi Najran, 17°31.56'N, 44°13.65'E, 1257 m, 15.I.2013, BS, 2♂1♀; Hubuna Lahuma, 14.I.2013, BS, 3♂; Najran- Dhahran Al Janub Rd., 17°36.971'N, 43°32.97'E, 2132 m, 16.I.2013, BS, 1♀; Riyadh: Hawtet Bani Tameem- Al Hariq Rd. 15 km, 8.V.2012, LT, Al Ansi, A., 1♂; Wadi Namar, 24°32.18'N, 46°34.60'E, 29.II.2012, HP, Al Ansi, A., 1♂; Dirab, 23°30'N, 46°51'E, 30.XII.2009, SN, Sofan, A., 1♀; Rawdhet Khoraim, 25°22.98'N, 47°16.71'E, 559 m, 14.IV.2012, BS, 1♂ on A. Acacia ehrenbergiana ; 28.IV.2012, LT, 1♀; 14.IV.2012, SN, 1♂; 13.X.2012, LT, 1ex, on C. procera ; 13.X.2012, SN, 5exs, on C. procera .

Local distribution.

It was collected from Asir, Baha, Najran, and Riyadh and was previously reported by Fürsch (1979) from Asir and Riyadh and from Riyadh by Fürsch (1989) and also by Abdel-Dayem et al. (2017).

World distribution.

Asia: OM, SA, and YE ( Kovář 2007); AE ( Raimundo et al. 2007).