Additional notes to the morphology of Hyperaspis pseudopustulata Mulsant, 1853 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Abstract

The ladybird Hyperaspis pseudopustulata Mulsant, 1853 was recently reported as the 13 th species of the genus Hyperaspis of Iran. Because of the lack of sufficient details in the original description, here we provide more details of morphological features by the help of electron microscope and quantitative morphometric measurements of Iranian H. pseudopustulata. The differential characters of the species in comparison with other close species are presented.

Annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera, Coccinelloidea) of Switzerland

“…The specimens were identified using the following publications: Fürsch (1961Fürsch ( , 1965Fürsch ( , 1984, Canepari (1983), Canepari et al (1985), Nedvěd (2015), Biranvand et al (2017Biranvand et al ( , 2020.…”

“…In France, it is present in the northern half of the country, but probably also in the southern half (Coutanceau 2014). It is a thermophilic species living at water margins on semiaquatic plants (Nedvěd 2015;Klausnitzer 2020), but some authors hypothesize that it may also live in drier biotopes (Bogaert et al 2012;Biranvand et al 2020).…”