Scymnus (Scymnus) interruptus (Goeze, 1777)

Material examined

ECUADOR • 1 ex.; “ Napo prov., road to Las Caucheras, Antisana trail, 3 XII 2009, leg. R. Ruta”; MNHW .

Remarks

This species is native to the West Palearctic region, but it was introduced into the United States as a biological control agent (Gordon 1985) and then spread to other regions of the New World. Recently also recorded in South America in Chile (González et al. 2019). Species new to Ecuador.