A review of Chinese Scymnomorphus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) with description of five new species

Abstract

The genus Scymnomorphus Weise from China is reviewed and five new species, Scymnomorphus isolateralis sp. nov., Scymnomorphus magnopunctatus sp. nov., Scymnomorphus cuspidatus sp. nov., Scymnomorphus xiaomengyangus sp. nov. and Scymnomorphus yadongensis sp. nov. are described. A distribution map and a key to the Chinese species are provided.

Keywords:

• Coleoptera
• Coccinellidae
• Scymnomorphus
• new species
• China

Acknowledgements

The authors sincerely thank Dr Shaukat Ali (College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, China) for his useful comments on the manuscript. The authors' most sincere thanks are extended to Dr Adam Ślipiński (CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra, Australia), Dr Pang Hong (Sun Yat-sen University, China) and Dr Yu Guoyue (Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science, China), for encouragement, suggestions and support during this research work. The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 2006FY120100 and 30970324).