Study of faun ladybirds (Col., Coccinellidae) in Khorramabad district

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

A.  Ansari pour ¹ (Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural Faculty, Islamic Azad University, Khorramabad branch, Khorramabad, Iran)
r.  vafaie ² (دانشگاه آزاد اراک)
j.  Shakarami ³ (دانشگاه لرستان)

Received: 2010-09-06 Accepted : 2011-05-04 Published : 2011-08-23

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Ladybird fauna of farms, orchards and pastures Khorramabad district during 2009 and 2010 were studied. In this study, 19 species of 11 genera were recognized, one of which ** was new for Iran and 4 species *were new for Lorestan fauna. Collected specimens were identified using valid keys, characteristics of appearance and describe of genitalia. The identified coccinellids were as fallow: 1. Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) 2. Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) 3. Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) 4. Coccinella undecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)* 5. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Mulsant, 1853)* 6. Exochomus flavipes (Goeze, 1777) 7. Parexochomus pubescens (Kuster, 1848) 8. Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 9. Exochomus undulatus (Weise, 1878) 10. Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777) 11. Hyperaspis quadrimaculata (Redtenbacher, 1843)** 12. Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) 13. Propylea quatuordecimpuctata (Linnaeus, 1758) 14. Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) 15. Scymnus apetzi (Mulsant, 1846) 16. Scymnus flavicollis (Redtenbacher, 1843)* 17. Scymnus syriacus (Marseul, 1868) 18. Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant, 1850) 19. Stethorus siphonulus (Kapur, 1948)*