Scymnus (Pullus) agrumi Fuersch , 1970

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

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scientific name	Scymnus (Pullus) agrumi Fuersch , 1970
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Scymnus (Pullus) agrumi Fuersch, 1970

Scymnus (Pullus) agrumi Fürsch, 1970: 109.

Remark.

This is a very rare species that is endemic to Saudi Arabia and found to be a predator of the mealybug P. citri ( Fürsch 1970, Martin 1972; Abu-Thuraya 1982).

Material examined.

Eastern region: Qatif, 26°45'N, 49°58'E, 1969, Fürsch, ANMA, 1ex, paratype.

Local distribution.

It was described from the Eastern province of KSA by Fürsch (1970), reported by Abu-Thuraya (1982) also from Eastern Province, and listed by Martin (1972).

World distribution.

Asia: Endemic to SA ( Fürsch 1970; Kovář 2007).