Complementary data on the distribution of Nephus (Nephus) incisus (Har. Lindberg, 1950) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions
Zootaxa. 2023 Feb 20;5244(3):287-292.
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.3.6.
1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. amir.beiran@gmail.com.
2 Buzulucká 1105, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.. JerryVetrak@seznam.cz.
3 Plant Protection Laboratory, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Department of Agronomy, Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University of Mostaganem, Algeria. aicha.merzoug@univ-mosta.dz.
4 Plant Protection Laboratory, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Department of Agronomy, Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University of Mostaganem, Algeria. Boualemmalika@yahoo.fr.
5 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. fekrat@um.ac.ir.
6 Institute of Biological Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Wóycickiego 1/3, 00-938, Warsaw, Poland. p.ceryngier@uksw.edu.pl.
Nephus incisus has previously been considered to be a species endemic to the Canary Islands. In this note we present data indicating that its range is wider. The newly recorded sites are in northern Algeria, south of mainland Spain and Cape Verde.