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 bielawskii ( Fürsch, 1965 ) Figs 2a–h Scymnus ( Nephus ) bielawskii Fürsch, 1965: 192 Nephus ( Geminosipho ) bielawskii : Kovář 2007: 580 Material examined. Pakistan , Punjab , Chakwal , Khajula Dam Area , 32°45’18” N , 72°59’5” E , 785 m , 1♂ , 28.x.2015 , leg. Z. Iqbal ( PMAS – AAUR ) ; Rawalpindi , Taxila (Gangu Jamma), 33°44’20” N , 72°51’18” E , 559 m , 1♂ , 2.ix.2016 , leg. Z. Iqbal ( PMAS – AAUR ) ; Neela Sandh , 33°39’38” N , 73°23’3” E , 692 m , 1♂ , 13.iv.2017 , leg. Z. Iqbal ( PMAS – AAUR ) . Diagnosis. Nephus bielawskii is similar to N . eurypodus , in general body appearance, but it can easily be separated by having pronotum with reddish-brown lateral sides, only discal area dark brown to black ( Figs 2a–b ), and penis tip with long flagellum ( Fig. 2f ). However, in N . eurypodus pronotum is dark brown to black ( Figs 4a–c ), and penis tip bifid with thread-like membranous appendage ( Fig. 4g ). Description. TL: 1.67–1.71 mm ; TW: 1.38–140 mm ; TH: 0.80–0.81 mm ; EL/TW: 1.01–1.02; TL/TW: 1.21– 1.22; HW/PW: 0.62–0.63; PL/PW: 0.41–0.42. Body oval, weakly convex, dorsum with dense white pubescence; head yellow-brown, mouthparts and antennae brown ( Fig. 2b ); pronotum black with reddish-brown lateral margins; elytra black with yellow to yellow-brown large subquadrate apical spots ( Fig. 2a ); antennae composed of 10 antennomeres ( Fig. 2d ); abdominal postcoxal line incomplete on ventrite 1 slightly curved apically ( Fig. 2c ). Male genitalia ( Figs 2e–h ). Penis stout and long; penis capsule with long inner arm and indistinct outer one ( Fig. 2e ); apex of penis slightly curved with long flagellum-like membranous appendage ( Fig. 2f ); tegmen stout with penis guide in lateral view wider at base, gradually tapering to pointed apex ( Fig. 2g ); penis guide in inner view parallel-sided at the base and converging toward pointed apex ( Fig. 2h ); parameres stout with basal parts curved, as long as penis guide ( Fig. 2g ). Female genitalia. Not studied. Prey. Nephus bielawskii feeds on Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Granara de Willink ( Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae ) and Euphyllura sp. ( Hemiptera : Psyllidae ) (First record for both these prey). Associated plants. Nephus ( Geminosipho ) bielawskii has been collected on Brassicales : Caricaceae : Carica papaya Linnaeus ; Lamiales : Oleaceae : Olea ferruginea Royle. Distribution. Pakistan : Punjab : Rawalpindi, Chakwal (current study); Afghanistan ; Iran ( Fürsch 1965 ; Kovář 2007 ). A new species record for Pakistan . Remarks. This species was originally described and illustrated by Fürsch (1965) from Afghanistan within the Nephus bipunctatus species group. This species is rarely collected in Pakistan .