Scymnus ( Pullus ) cervicalis Mulsant, 1850

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 : 304-307

Scymnus ( Pullus) cervicalis Mulsant, 1850 Figs. 13–15

Scymnus ( Pullus) cervicalis Mulsant 1850: 984 . Casey 1899: 142. Leng 1920: 213. Korschefsky

6) Tegmen, ventral view; 7) Penis. S. pacificus : 8) Tegmen, lateral view; 9) Tegmen, ventral view; 10) Penis.

12) Penis. S. cervicalis : 13) Tegmen, lateral view; 14) Tegmen, ventral view; 15) Penis.

1931: 156. Wingo 1952: 29. Chapin 1974: 28. Gordon 1976: 95. Gordon 1985: 174.

Scymnus cervicalis : LeConte 1852: 139. Crotch 1874b: 266. Horn 1895: 103. Dugés 1896: 103. Wilson 1927: 169. Ruíz and Coronado 2002: 110. Rodríguez-Vélez et al. 2016: 105.

Diagnosis: Length 1.8 to 2.3 mm; width 1.3 to 1.6 mm. Dorsal color black, except head, pronotum and apical border of elytra orange; ventral color black, except legs, antennae, mouthparts and last three ventrites orange. Male first ventrite with triangular area lacking pubescence, located at center, extending to apical margin; fifth ventrite emarginate, depressed; sixth ventrite depressed. Male genitalia with wide, short, heavily sclerotized parameres ( Fig. 13 ); apex of penis guide elongate, acute ( Fig. 14 ).

Material Examined: More than 60 specimens from the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and Hidalgo .

Distribution: North America ( Gordon 1976, 1985). In Mexico, this species has previously been collected in the state of Tamaulipas ( Rodríguez-Vélez et al. 2016; Ruíz and Coronado 2002).

New Localities: HIDALGO: ( 13♀, 4♂) Huazalingo ( FIC) .

Biology: In Mexico, this species has been collected between altitudes of 800 to 1,800 m, and in the biomes of high evergreen forest, high scrub, mesophilic forest, pine-oak forest, and oak forest.

Figures

Figs. 11–15. Scymnus spp., male genitalia (figures are not to same scale). S. cerinotum: 11) Tegmen, ventral view;