Overwintering of Coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Center of Iran

Mehdi Zare Khormizi; Jahanshir  Shakarami; Oldřich  Nedvěd; Katayoun  Pahlavan Yali; Minoo Heidari Latibari; Mostafa  Ghafouri Moghaddam

doi:10.51963/jers.v24i1.2019

Overwintering of Coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Center of Iran

Authors

Mehdi Zare Khormizi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1540-1144
Jahanshir Shakarami
Oldřich Nedvěd https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9932-3456
Katayoun Pahlavan Yali
Minoo Heidari Latibari https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4158-8034
Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51963/jers.v24i1.2019

Abstract

Overwintering adult coccinellids were collected underneath the bark of tree trunks of apricot, pomegranate, almond and mulberry in the Mehriz region of Yazd province, Iran, in 2009 to 2012 at elevations 1420-1520 meters. We identified and illustrated the following six species: Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758): 61 individuals, Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758): 7 individuals, Exochomus undulatus Weise, 1878: 26 individuals, Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777): 1 individual, Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758): 95 individuals, Scymnus subvillosus (Goeze, 1777): 3 individuals. Coccinellids occasionally overwintered in multispecies groups. Pomegranate was host of most overwintering coccinellids.

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21.03.2022

How to Cite

Zare Khormizi, M., Shakarami , J. ., Nedvěd, O. ., Pahlavan Yali, K. ., Latibari, M. H., & Ghafouri Moghaddam, M. . (2022). Overwintering of Coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Center of Iran. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 24(1), 23–31. https://doi.org/10.51963/jers.v24i1.2019

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Vol. 24 No. 1 (2022): Journal of the Entomological Research Society

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Journal of the Entomological Research Society