Hyperaspis vinciguerrae Capra, 1929

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

Hyperaspis vinciguerrae Capra, 1929

Hyperaspis vinciguarae Capra, 1929: 241.

Remark.

This species is a predator of aphids ( Raimundo et al. 2007) and Pseudococcidae (mealybugs) such as Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green, 1908, and Planococcus sp., pests of Ficus carica , and on Nipaecoccus vastator (Maskell, 1895), a pest of Citrus spp. ( Martin 1972).

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., 6♂; Wadi Yabah, 19°16.27'N, 41°48.46'E, 411, 15.IV.2016, SN, Al Ansi, A., 2♂1♀; Thee Ain, 19°55.78'N, 41°26.60'E, 741 m, 5.V.2015, HP, Soliman, A., 1♂; Baha: Wadi Ghanuna, 19°24.67'N, 41°36.39'E, 348 m, 11.V.2011, SN, Fadl et al., 2♂; Jizan: Farasan Island, 16°41.46'N, 42°07.22'E, 9.II.2012, SN, Deeming, J., 1♂; Najran: Hubuna Lahumah, 17°50.47'N, 44°16.82'E, 1212 m, 14.I.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 1♀; Riyadh: Dirab, Education Farm KSU, 24°40'N, 46°35'E, 24.IX.2011, LT, Fadl, H., 1♂; Ad Diriyah, 24°40'N, 46°35'E, 10.XI, SN, Farhan, 1♂; Rawdhet Khoraim, 25°22.98'N, 47°16.71'E, 559 m, II-VIII.2012, 13♂,1♀,1ex, using BS, MT, SN, and LT, on on C. procera , Rhazya steica and L. shawi ; Al Ammariyah, 17.X.2013, SN, Sonbati, S., 1♀; Riyadh, 18.IV.1978, SN, Talhouk et al., ANMA, 3exs; 28.X.1977, SN, ANMA, 6exs; 15.IX.1977, SN, ANMA, 3exs; Tabuk: Tabuk-Dhuba Rd., 28°18.39'N, 36°02.87'E, 824 m, 15.IX.2011, SN, Al Ansi, A., 2♂; Qaseem: Buraydah, 26°12.954'N, 44°02.48'E, 633 m, 17.IX.2011, Al Ansi, A., 2♂.

Local distribution.

It is widely distributed in Saudi Arabia and was collected from Asir, Baha, Jizan, Najran, Riyadh, Tabuk, and Qaseem provinces. Before this study, it was reported by Fürsch (1979) from Riyadh, by Abu-Thuraya (1982) from Riyadh and Madinah, by Talhouk (1982) from Riyadh, and by Abdel-Dayem et al. (2017) from Riyadh; it was listed by Martin (1972).

World distribution.

Asia: SA and YE; North Africa: LB; AFR ( Kovář 2007); AE ( Raimundo et al. 2007), IN ( Biranvand et al. 2017).