Scymnus ( Scymnus ) femoralis ( Gyllenhal, 1827 )

Canepari, Claudio, 2009, New data on some Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Mediterranean Region, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 394-399 : 397

Scymnus ( Scymnus) femoralis ( Gyllenhal, 1827)

Material examined. Italy, Sardinia: Carbonia-Iglesias prov., Iglesias, dint. Colonia Beneck , 636 m, UTM 32S 0462391 4355441, 11-28.VII.2008, G. Chessa leg., Malaise trap, 1 ex ( CNBFVR) .

Remarks. First record for Sardinia ( Audisio et al. 1995; Canepari 2003, 2004). Scymnus femoralis is recorded from central and southern Europe ( Canepari 2004; Kovář 2007). Its male genitalia are very similar to those of S. ( S.) interruptus ( Goeze, 1777) ( cf. Canepari 1983). It could be a black form or an ecological race of the latter but further studies are necessary to clear its status; generally it is found in populations topically separated from S. ( S.) interruptus (Canepari unpublished data).