A review of the genus Nephus Mulsant, 1846 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan Author Iqbal, Zafar 0000-0002-3635-0016 The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 Anhui, China. & Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 43490, Pakistan. iqzafarshah@gmail.com Author Azad, Rashid 0000-0002-8748-7303 Department of Entomology, The University Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 22620, Pakistan. rashidazad147@gmail.com Author Szawaryn, Karol 0000-0002-9329-4268 Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland. k.szawaryn@gmail.com Author Chen, Xiao-Sheng 0000-0001-8253-4943 Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510642, China. & Department of Forest Protection, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China. xshchen@scau.edu.cn Author Xu, Hai-Zhou 0009-0007-7516-9838 The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 Anhui, China. 1669793249@qq.com Author Li, Xin-Yi 0009-0001-5094-3985 The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 Anhui, China. xinyi423315@gmail.com Author Bodlah, Imran 0000-0001-5677-0438 Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 43490, Pakistan. imranbodlah@gmail.com Author Wunjuntuk, Kansuda 0000-0001-9403-3310 Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand. kansuda.w@ku.th Author Nasir, Muhammad Farooq 0000-0003-3214-9451 Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 43490, Pakistan. & The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 Anhui, China. farooq234@yahoo.com text Zootaxa 2025 2025-07-16 5661 3 367 380 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.4 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.4 af50b2c0-5267-45dd-97d1-80bdb26838e0 1175-5326 16605473 DC97F1D0-4E01-4CEE-B4B8-57F93334247A Nephus caneparii Fürsch & Uygun, 1980 ( Figs 3a–j ) Nephus caneparii Fürsch & Uygun, 1980: 109 . Nephus ( Nephus ) caneparii : Kovář 2007: 580 . Material examined. Pakistan , Punjab , Chakwal , Khajula, 32°55’15” N , 72°51’59” E , 484 m , 2♂♂ , 3♀♀ , 28.x.2015 , leg. Z. Iqbal ( PMAS – AAUR ); Khajula Dam Area , 32°45’18” N , 72°59’5” E , 785m , 1♂ , 1♀ , 28.x.2015 , leg. Z. Iqbal ( PMAS – AAUR ); Kallar Kahar , 32°46’6” N , 72°41’58” E , 787 m , 2♂♂ , 3♀♀ , 11.iv.2017 , 2♂♂ , 2♀♀ , 20.viii.2017 , 6♂♂ , 9♀♀ , 7.ix.2017 , leg. Z. Iqbal ( PMAS – AAUR ) . Diagnosis. Nephus caneparii can be easily distinguished from other Pakistani congeners by its large irregular yellowish maculae covering almost the whole surface of elytra ( Fig. 3a ), the shape of apical part of penis is also diagnostic ( Fig. 3f ). Description. TL: 1.96–2.07 mm ; TW: 1.53–1.55 mm ; TH: 0.85–0.95 mm ; EL/TW: 0.90–1.10; TL/TW: 1.27– 1.35; HW/PW: 0.62–0.68; PL/PW: 0.50–0.51. Body broadly oval and moderately convex, dorsum with dense white pubescence ( Fig. 3a ); head, mouthparts, and antennae yellow-brown ( Fig. 3b ); pronotum reddish brown; elytra reddish brown or black, with large C-shaped yellow to yellow-brown marks, elytral apices brown ( Fig. 3a ); antennae composed of 11 antennomeres, scape and pedicel almost entirely fused ( Fig. 3d ); abdominal postcoxal line incomplete laterally, parallel to posterior line of ventrite 1, not curved at lateral margin ( Fig. 3c ). Male genitalia ( Figs 3e–h ). Penis long; penis capsule inner arm distinctly longer than outer one ( Fig. 3e ); apex of the penis with a hook-shaped projection on the inner side at 1/6 th apical length, tip flattened with long and short hair–like appendages ( Figs 3e–f ); tegmen with penis guide in lateral view ( Fig. 3g ) projected at 3/5 of basal length, and 2/5 of its length abruptly curved into arc, then gradually narrower toward the pointed tip; penis guide in inner view with broader at base then tapering toward apex; parameres slightly shorter than penis guide ( Fig. 3h ). Female genitalia ( Figs 3i–j ). Ovipositor with coxites elongate subtriangular, styli present; spermatheca vermiform, with tubular cornu, without clearly defined nodulus or ramus; infundibulum absent. Prey. During the current study, it feeds on Euphyllura sp. ( Hemiptera : Psyllidae ) (First record for this prey). Associated plants. Collected from the Lamiales : Oleaceae : Olea europaea Linnaeus and O. ferruginea Royle. Distribution. Pakistan : Punjab : Chakwal (current study); Turkey ( Kovář 2007 ); Iran ( Fürsch & Uygun 1980 ). A new species record for Pakistan . Remarks. Nephus caneparii was originally described and illustrated by Fürsch & Uygun (1980) from Iran . It is rarely collected in Pakistan and appears host-specific to Euphyllura sp. on olive trees.