Parexochomus pubescens (Kuster, 1848)

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

Parexochomus pubescens (Kuster, 1848)

Exochomus pubescens Kuster, 1848: 94.

Remarks.

This species is widely distributed in the kingdom and found in both natural and agroecosystems throughout the year. It was collected from Acacia ehrenbergiana Hayne, A. Acacia gerrardii Benth., Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton, Lycium shawii Roem. and Schult., and Ziziphus nummularia (Burm.f.) Wight and Arn. ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2017). It is primarily known as a predator of aphids ( Kapur 1959).

Material examined.

Asir: Al Majardah, Wadi Al Talalie, 19°05.19'N, 41°47.78'E, 286 m, 1.VI.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♂; Al Majardah, Wadi Yabah, 19°16.27'N, 41°48.46'E, 411, 2.VI.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♀; 2.VI.2012, LT, Abdel-Dayem, M., 1ex; 12.III.2012, LT, 1ex; 12.III.2012, SN, Al Dhafer et al., 1ex; Al Majardah, Wadi Khat, 19°05.37'N, 41°58.37'E, 31.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♂; 13.III.2012, BS, Al Dhafer et al., 1ex; Al Majardah, Wadi Qanunah, 19°24.67'N, 41°36.39'E, 348 m, 11.III.2012, BS, Al Dhafer et al., 1♂; 11.III.2012, SN, Al Dhafer et al., 1ex; Abha, Sodah, 18°16.27'N, 42°21.52'E, 24.IV.2011, SN, Al Ansi et al., 1ex; Al Majardah, Thalooth Al Mandhar, Wadi Baqrah, 18°47.57'N, 42°01.12'E, 433 m, 31.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; 10.XI.2012, BS, Fadl, H., 11exs; 13.III.2012, BS, Abdel-Dayem et al., 1ex; Baha: Al Mandaq, Wadi Turubah, 20°14.37'N, 41°15.23'E, 3.VI.2012, LT, Al Ansi, A., 1♂2♀; 27.IX.2013, Al Dhafer, H., 2exs; Thee Ain, 19°55.78'N, 41°26.60'E, 741 m, 3.VI.2012, SN, Kondrateiff et al., 1♂4exs; 18.V.2010, BS, Sharaf, M., 1♂; 10.III.2012, BS, Al Dhafer et al., 1ex; 11.IV.2016, BS, Al Ansi et al., 1♂; Al Mikhwah, 19°49.44'N, 41°22.85'E, 430 m, 7.III.2013, BS, Al Harbi et al., 2exs; Wadi Al Zaraeib, 15.V.2010, BS, Sharaf, M., 1ex; Jizan: Al Aydabi, Wadi Qasi, 17°26.52'N, 42°57.32'E, 284 m, 23.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♂; Al Aydabi, 17°21.67'N, 43°02.70'E, 272 m, 22.V.2012, SN, Al Ansi, A., 1♂; Al Aydabi, Haqu Fifa, 17°07.95'N, 43°02.59'E, 253 m, 21.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♂1ex; Aiban-Sabya Rd., Wadi Shahdan, 17°28.27'N, 42°51.19'E, 433 m, 13.XI.2012, BS, Fadl, H., 1♂11exs; Abu Arish-Al Aridhah Rd., Wadi Jizan, 17°01.34'N, 42°56.73'E, 127 m, 11.XI.2012, BS, Fadl, H., 7exs; Jizan-AbuArish Rd, 17°04.25'N, 42°47.05'E, 24.II.2015, SN, Al Harbi, M., 1ex; Sabya, City Center, 17°14.27'N, 42°46.42'E, 43 m, 23.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 4exs; Ayban-Sabya Rd., Wadi Qasi, 17°26.52'N, 42°57.32'E, 284 m, 12.XI.2012, BS, Fadl, H., 2exs; Aiban, Haqu Fifa, 17°07.95'N, 43°02.59'E, 253 m, 11.XI.2012, BS, Fadl, H., 1ex; Al Aridhah, Wadi Al Rad, 17°04.10'N, 43°04.33'E, 192 m, 21.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; Hurub, Wadi Qasi, 17°26.52'N, 42°57.32'E, 284 m, 24.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; Najran: Wadi Shuaib Barran, 17°28.94'N, 44°05.52'E, 1325 m, 16.I.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 1ex; Hubuna, Lahumah, 17°50.47'N, 44°16.82'E, 1212 m, 14.I.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 1ex; Riyadh: Huraymila, 25°09'N, 46°08'E, 1.XII.1988, SN, 1ex; Shuaib Huraymila, 25°06.10'N, 46°04.22'E, 804 m, 22.IV.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 5exs; Rawdhet Khoraim, 25°22.98'N, 47°16.71'E, 559 m, 89exs were collected by BS and SU on branches of A. Acacia ehrenbergiana , A. Acacia gerrardii , C. procera , L. shawii and Z. nummularia ; through IX-XII 2011; I-V, XI.2012; I, III.2013. Qaseem: Buraydah, 26°12.954'N, 44°02.48'E, 633 m, 17.IX.2011, SN, Al Ansi et al., 1♂1♀.

Local distribution.

This species was collected from a variety of habitats in Asir, Baha, Jizan, Najran, Riyadh, and Qaseem provinces and previously reported by Kapur (1959) from Hejaz; Fürsch (1979) from Riyadh, Asir, Jizan, and Makkah; and Abdel-Dayem et al. (2017) from Riyadh.

World distribution.

Asia: AF, IN, IQ, PAL, and SA; Europe: FR, GR, IT, and SP; North Africa: AG, EG, LB, MO, and TU; AFR ( Kovář 2007); YE ( Raimundo and van Harten 2000) and AE ( Raimundo et al. 2007).