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

Biranvand, Amir; Hesami, Shahram; Gheibi, Mehdi; Fekrat, Lida; Nedvěd, Oldřich

doi:10.52547/jibs.7.1.67

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

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Amir Biranvand ¹

Shahram Hesami ¹

Mehdi Gheibi ¹

Lida Fekrat ²

Oldřich Nedvěd ³

¹ Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

³ Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

10.52547/jibs.7.1.67

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.

Graphical Abstract

Keywords

morphology

ladybird

Hyperaspis

Taxonomy

SEM

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