Scymnus (Pullus) pacificus Crotch, 1874

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

Scymnus (Pullus) pacificus Crotch, 1874 Figs. 1 , 8–10

Scymnus pacificus Crotch 1874a: 77 . Horn 1895: 100.

Scymnus (Pullus) pacificus : Casey 1899: 152. Leng 1920: 214. Korschefsky 1931: 164. Hatch 1961: 151. Gordon 1976: 72. Gordon 1985: 154.

Scymnus strabus Horn 1895: 100 . Gordon 1976: 72.

Scymnus (Pullus) strabus : Casey 1899: 152. Leng 1920: 214. Korschefsky 1931: 166.

Diagnosis: Length 2.3 mm; width 1.7 mm. Dorsal color black to dark brown, except clypeus yellow to pale brown, anterolateral angles of pronotum orange to pale brown, and apical two-thirds of elytra yellow, orange or pale brown ( Fig. 1 ); ventral color black, except mouthparts, antennae and last three or four ventrites yellow, orange or pale brown. Males with first ventrite unmodified; fifth and sixth ventrites strongly emarginate. Male genitalia with parameres almost as long as penis guide ( Figs. 8, 9 ).

Material Examined: Two specimens ( FIC) .

Distribution: North America ( Gordon 1976, 1985). In Mexico, this species has been collected in the state of Michoacán ( Juárez-Monroy 1986).

New Localities: OAXACA: (1♀, 1♂) Oaxaca ( FIC) .

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Scymnus spp., dorsal habitus. 1) S. pacificus; 2) S. pulvinatus; 3) S. fraternus; 4) S. trulla. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

Figs. 5–10. Scymnus spp., male genitalia (figures are not to same scale). S. kansanus: 5) Tegmen, lateral view;