Nephus (Bipunctatus) nigricans (Weise, 1879)*

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

Nephus (Bipunctatus) nigricans (Weise, 1879)* Figure 5

Scymnus (Nephus) bipunctatus nigricans Weise, 1879: 154.

Diagnosis.

Body is oval, shining, convex; antennae are 9-segmented; pubescent body, overall black species; each elytron has one large reddish spot in the posterior half.

Materials examined.

Asir: Al Majardah Wadi Baqrah Amer Dam, 18°47.57'N, 42°01.12'E, 433 m, 31. V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♂; Baha: Bani Farwah, 20°02.13'N, 41°29.37'E, 2065 m, 25.IV.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 1♀; Baidah Dam, 20°11.88'N, 41°24.06'E, 1880 m, 24.IV.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 1♂1♀.

Local distribution.

Members of this species were collected from Asir and Baha provinces.

World distribution.

Asia: TR and YE ( Raimundo and van Harten 2000), new country record for Saudi Arabia; Europe: AL, CR, FR, GR, IT, and TR ( Kovář 2007), HU, SK (Haviar and Merkl 2004).

Figures

Figure 5. Dorsal view of Nephus nigricans. Scale bar: 1 mm.