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Species Pharoscymnus flexibilis

Pharoscymnus flexibilis (Mulsant) - Pharoscymnus flexibilis

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 Sticholotidinae

Genus Pharoscymnus

Species flexibilis (Pharoscymnus flexibilis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syn: Neojauravia naeida Gordon & Almeida

Explanation of Names

Pharoscymnus flexibilis (Mulsant 1853)

Size

1.8-2.2 mm(1)

Identification

very distinctive yet variable in pattern(1)

Range

adventive in s. FL (Broward and Miami-Dade Cos.) and Brazil, native to India & adjacent countries(1)

Season

Feb-Sep in FL(1)

Food

mainly Coccoidea, to some extent whiteflies and aphids(1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: FL 2011(1)

It is likely that it was transported on scale-infested plants from Asia or Brazil.

Internet References

Featured Creatures - U. Florida

Works Cited

1.	Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) recently immigrant to Florida Thomas M.C., Blanchard O.J. 2013. Florida Dept. Agric. & Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry, Entomology Circular Number 428. 5 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 11 June, 2013 - 9:44am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 February, 2024 - 10:55pm

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