A review of Pharoscymnus Bedel (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Sticholotidini) of the Indian region Author Poorani, J. text Zootaxa 2025 2025-07-21 5665 1 37 57 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.1.2 journal article 311544 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.1.2 8c99f6e2-e772-40b6-83ef-33ff023b120a 1175-5326 16607722 7416BD78-3B7A-4BDC-8CDE-2D86B1677B13 Pharoscymnus sp. ( Fig. 11 ) Diagnosis. Length: 1.80 mm ; width: 1.40 mm . Form oval, broadest around middle; dorsum moderately convex and densely pubescent. Ground colour dark brown; anterolateral margins of pronotum paler, yellowish-testaceous; each elytron with a pair of angular, obliquely positioned yellowish spots, anterior spot smaller, posterior spot larger and transverse, lateral and apical margins of elytra paler, yellowish-testaceous ( Fig. 11a, b ). Abdominal postcoxal line ( Fig. 11c ) incomplete. Coxites ( Fig. 11d ) elongate, triangular. FIGURE 11. Pharoscymnus sp. : a, b) dorsal view; c) abdomen, female; d) female genitalia. Distribution. India ( Gujarat ) [ new record ]. Prey/associated habitat. Collected on date palm (label data). Notes. A single female specimen of this type from the Western Indian state of Gujarat (collected on date palm, received for identification) was examined in this study. It looks like a colour form/variant of more than one West Asian species like Pharoscymnus pharoides ( Marseul, 1868 ) , P. brunneosignatus Mader, 1949 , and P. setulosus ( Chevrolat, 1861 ) (as illustrated by Abdolahi & Khormizi 2024 ). In the absence of male specimens, it is difficult to establish its identity.