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Pharoscymnus Bedel 1906

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Pharoscymnus Bedel, 1906

Pharus Mulsant, 1850: 949.

Pharoscymnus Bedel, 1906: 93; Korschefsky, 1931: 214; Smirnoff, 1956: 35; Pope, 1962: 639; Gordon, 1987: 33. Pharoscymnus (Gymnopharus) Sicard, 1909: 157; Korschefsky, 1931: 214.

Neojauravia Gordon & Almeida, 1991: 153; Poorani & Booth, 2006: 30.

Type species: Coccinella sexguttata Gyllenhal, 1808; by subsequent designation of Korschefsky (1931).

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pernambuco.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pharoscymnus flexibilis (Mulsant, 1853) [new record] (Fig. 30).

Material examined. Pharoscymnus flexibilis:“Serra Talhada,PE[Pernambuco], BR / 15-III-1993 /A.B. R.Santos col/ (palma forrageira) “ Neojauravia naeida / Gordon & Almeida, 1991 / L.M. Almeida det. 1994” “ Pharoscymnus / flexibilis / (Mulsant, 1853)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 3 ex. [DZUP 227998, 227999, 228003].

Comments. The genus has a natural distribution throughout the Old World (Poorani & Booth, 2006). This is the first record of Sticholotidini for NE Brazil, due to the occurrence of the exotic Pharoscymnus flexibilis (Mulsant, 1853).

Notes

Published as part of Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, pp. 451-495 in Zootaxa 5728 (3) on page 476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/17894971

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C187945465FF87FF2AFCC7F7ECC344

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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.17894985 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.2 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bedel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Pharoscymnus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pharoscymnus Bedel, 1906 sec. Duarte-De-Mélo, Almeida & Lima, 2025

References

  • Bedel, L. (1906) Synonymies de Coleopteres palearctiques. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 1906 (8), 91-93. https://doi.org/10.3406/bsef.1906.23895
  • Mulsant, E. (1850) Species des Coleopteres trimeres securipalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, Lyon, 2 (2), 1-1104. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8953
  • Korschefsky, R. (1931) Pars 118. Coccinellidae. I. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1-225.
  • Smirnoff, W. A. (1956) Les Pharoscymnus (Coleopteres Coccinellidae). Travaux originaux des Services de la Defense des vegetaux, 9, 1-38.
  • Pope, R. D. (1962) A review of the Pharini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 13, 4 (46), 627-640. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936108651187
  • Gordon, R. D. (1987) A catalogue of the Crotch collection of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology, 3, 1-46.
  • Sicard, A. (1909) Revision des Coccinellides de la faune Malgache. II. Coccinellidae Aphidiphagae. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 78 (1 - 2), 63-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/21686351.1909.12279517
  • Gordon, R. D. & Almeida, L. M. (1991) Sticholotidinae (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) update: descriptions of new South American taxa. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 35, 147-154.
  • Poorani, J. & Booth, R. G. (2006) New synonymies in Oriental Sticholotidini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Sticholotidinae). Zootaxa, 1139 (1), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1139.1.3
  • Mulsant, E. (1853) Supplement a la monographie des Coleopteres trimeres securipalpes. Annales de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 1 (3), 129-333. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60609