• Scymnus Kugelann, J.G. 1794. Verzeichniss der in einigen Gegenden Preussens bis jetzt entdeckten Käfer-Arten, nebst kurzen Nachrichten von denselben. Neuestes Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie (Schneider) 1(5): 513-582 [545].

  Type species:

   Scymnus nigrinus Kugelann, 1794 by subsequent designation, see Korschefsky, R. 1931. Pars 118: Coccinellidae. I. pp. 1-224 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk. [115].
• Scymnomorpha Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [242].

  Type species:

   Scymnomorpha duplopunctulata Blackburn, 1892 by monotypy.
• Pullus Mulsant, M.E. 1846. Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Sulcicolles-Sécuripalpes. Paris : Maison xxiv + 26 pp. + 280 pp. + 1 pl. [241] [introduced as subgenus of Scymnus].

  Type species:

   Coccinella subvillosa Goeze, 1777 by subsequent designation, see Korschefsky, R. 1931. Pars 118: Coccinellidae. I. pp. 1-224 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk. [116].
• Didion Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7(2): 71-169 [137].

  Type species:

   Didion longulum Casey, 1899 by subsequent designation, see Korschefsky, R. 1931. Pars 118: Coccinellidae. I. pp. 1-224 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk. [111].
• Nipponopullus Kamiya, H. 1961. A revision of the tribe Scymnini from Japan and the Loochos (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Part I. Genera Clitostethus, Stethorus and Scymnus (except subgenus Pullus). Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 11(3): 275-301 [284].

  Type species:

   Scymnus (Nipponopullus) pirikamenoko H. Kamiya, 1961 by original designation.
• Mimopullus Fürsch, H. 1987. Ubersicht uber die Genera und Subgenera der Scymnini mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Westpalaearktis (Insecta, Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 51(4): 57-74 [72] [introduced as a subgenus of Scymnus].

  Type species:

   Scymnus (Pullus) mediterraneus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1972 by original designation (= Scymnus marinus Mulsant, 1850).
• Neopullus Sasaji, H. 1971. Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna Japonica. Tokyo : Academic Press of Japan 16 pls, 345 pp. [177] [introduced as a subgenus of Scymnus].

  Type species:

   Scymnus hoffmanni Weise, 1879 by original designation.
• Caledonus Bielawski, R. 1973. Rhyzobiini, Stethorini, Scymnini et Pharini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) de Nouvelle Calédonie. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 30(14): 387-409 [397] [introduced as a subgenus of Scymnus].

  Type species:

   Scymnus angusticollis Fauvel, 1903 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Their biology and classification. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study xviii 286 pp. (for Scymnomorpha Blackburn)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD) ; ACT, NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas: NSW North Coast (NNC) ; ACT, NSW, Tas: Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; ACT, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP) ; ACT, NT, SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), South East Corner (SEC) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; NT, Qld, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Tas: Flinders (FLI), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian West (TWE)

General References

Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [260]

Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Their biology and classification. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study xviii 286 pp. [108] (diagnosis, distribution)

History of changes

• Scymnus alligator Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [685].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Northern Territory, 7 km NW by N Cahills Crossing, East Alligator River, 27.v.1973, E.G. Matthews [12.23S 132.56E].
  Paratype(s) Numerous specimens (In various collections).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Scymnus ambulans Blackburn, T. 1895. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XVIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 201-258 [Date published Dec. 31, 1895] [252].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Queensland, Moreton Bay.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [682].
• Scymnus varipes Blackburn, T. 1895. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XVIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 201-258 [Date published Dec. 31, 1895] [252].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Queensland, near Toowoomba.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [682].

Distribution

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

General References

Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [682] (diagnosis, redescription, new records)

History of changes

• Scymnus arugineus Blackburn, T. 1889. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 175-214 [196].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) South Australia, Kapunda, Petersburg, Lake Torrens.

History of changes

• Scymnus asperses Blackburn, T. 1889. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 175-214 [194].

  Type data:

   Holotype South Australia, Port Lincoln.

History of changes

• Scymnus blackburni Slipinski, Pang & Booth, 2012 [replacement name].
• Midus pygmaeus Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [261] [junior homonym; preoccupied by S. pygmaeus (Fourcroy, 1785)].

  Type data:

   
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA (Right specimen on mounting card. Mounted on same card with lectotype), Same as lectotype;
  Syntype(s) SAMA (Left specimen on mounting card. Mounted on same card with paralectotype), New South Wales.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

General References

Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [684] (diagnosis, redescription, new records)

History of changes

• Scymnus bunya Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [686].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Queensland, Horse Gully, foot of Bunya Mts., 7.x.1984, I. Naumann & J. Cardale [26.42S 150.31E].
  Paratype(s) Numerous specimens (In various collections).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Scymnomorpha duplopunctulata Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [242].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Victoria, Alpine District.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA 1 specimen, Victoria, Alpine District.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [683].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

General References

Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [683] (diagnosis, redescription, new records)

History of changes

• Scymnus fuscatus Boheman, 1859.

  Type data:

   Lectotype NRS ♂, Philippines, Manila, Kinb.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [689]

History of changes

• Scymnus leai Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [688].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Tasmania, Beaconsfield.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1 specimen, Same as holotype; ANIC 1 specimen, Tasmania, Launceston; SAMA 5 specimens, Tasmania, Launceston; BMNH 1 specimen, Tasmania, Launceston.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Flinders (FLI)

History of changes

• Scymnus miitor Blackburn, T. 1895. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XVIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 201-258 [Date published Dec. 31, 1895] [251].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, N Queensland.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [683].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced to New Zealand, Hawaii and other Pacific Islands

IBRA

Qld: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [683]

History of changes

• Pullus mjoebergi Weise, J. 1923. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910-1913. 31. Chrysomeliden und Coccinelliden aus Queensland. Arkiv för Zoologi 15(12): 1-150 [142].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Queensland, Cape York, Blackall Range, Bellenden Ker.

History of changes

• Scymnus oscillans Blackburn, T. 1889. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 175-214 [197].

  Type data:

   Holotype South Australia, Petersburg.

History of changes

• Scymnus parallelus Blackburn, T. 1889. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 175-214 [198].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ('Abor' is mentioned in the type labels reported in Slipinski et al., 2012. Locality may be Ebor (Queensland)), Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [688].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Scymnus pretiosus Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [246].

  Type data:

   Holotype Victoria, Alpine District.

History of changes

• Scymnus queenslandicus Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [247].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Queensland, Toowoomba.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [685].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, South Australia

IBRA

ACT, NT, SA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Scymnus tasmanicus Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R.G. 2012. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 679-704 [687].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, Tasmania, 4 km S Mt. Oakleigh, 880 m, 30.xi.1990-8.i.1991, closed forest, E. Nielsen & E. Edwards [41.51S 146.03E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2 specimens, Tasmania, Big Sassy Creek, 12.v.1989, pyrethrin knockdown Antherospermum, H. Mitchell [42.42S 147.52E]; ANIC 2 specimens, Tasmania, Big Sassy Creek, 12.v.1989, pyrethrin knockdown Antherospermum, J. Dingle [42.42S 147.52E]; ANIC 1 specimen, Tasmania, Mt. Mangana, Bruny I., 4.iv.1989, pyrethrin knockdown Phyllocladus, J. Diggle & P. Greenslade [43.21S 147.13E]; ANIC 1 specimen, Tasmania, Mt. Mangana, Bruny I., 10.iv.1989, Tube 281, sweeping, J. Diggle & P. Greenslade [43.21S 147.13E]; ANIC 1 specimen, Tasmania, Murchison Hwy. State Res. Murchison Hwy/907, 11-27.i.1993, A. Newton & M. Thayer [41.36S 145.41E]; SAMA 2 specimens, Tasmania, Cradle Mtn., Carter & Lea; CMNO 2 specimens, Tasmania, 10 km S Hellyer Riv., 10.i.1984, L. Masner.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

• Scymnus terraereginae Blackburn, T. 1895. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XVIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 201-258 [Date published Dec. 31, 1895] [247].

  Type data:

   Holotype Queensland, near Cairns.

History of changes

• Scymnus vittipennis Lea, A.M. 1902. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26[1901]: 481-513 [503].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, New South Wales, Forest Reefs.

History of changes