Two new records of ladybirds (Col.: Coccinellidae) for the Iranian beetle fauna

Abstract

The ladybird fauna of the croplands in the vicinity of Mashhad in the northeastern province of Khorasan-Razavi was studied from 2011 through 2012. The species Pharoscymnus brunneosignatus Mader and Scymnus schmidti Fürsch, were collected and identified which are newly recorded for the Iranian beetle fauna.