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mostly pale spp.

Would appreciate ID of attached minute beetle - Scymnus nebulosus

Scymnus coniferarum? - Scymnus coniferarum

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Coccinelloidea

No Taxon (Coccinellid group)

Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)

Subfamily Scymninae

Tribe Scymnini (Dusky Lady Beetles)

Genus Scymnus

No Taxon mostly pale spp.

Range

western spp.

Scymnus coniferarum - CA, plus scattered w. NA records

Scymnus difficilis - CA

Scymnus enochrus - c AZ, w. TX (less than 10 known records)

Scymnus falli - CA, Channel Islands

Scymnus nebulosus - s CA to BC, ID

e. or widely dist.

Scymnus loewii - across s. US

Scymnus suturalis - adventive in e. NA

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 23 August, 2015 - 12:50pm
Last updated 23 August, 2015 - 4:38pm

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