Pharoscymnus Bedel, 1906 Pharus Mulsant, 1850: 949. Pharoscymnus Bedel, 1906: 93; Korschefsky, 1931: 214; Smirnoff, 1956: 35; Pope, 1962: 639; Gordon, 1987: 33. Pharoscymnus (Gymnopharus) Sicard, 1909: 157; Korschefsky, 1931: 214. Neojauravia Gordon & Almeida, 1991: 153; Poorani & Booth, 2006: 30. Type species: Coccinella sexguttata Gyllenhal, 1808; by subsequent designation of Korschefsky (1931). Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pernambuco. Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pharoscymnus flexibilis (Mulsant, 1853) [new record] (Fig. 30). Material examined. Pharoscymnus flexibilis:“Serra Talhada,PE[Pernambuco], BR / 15-III-1993 /A.B. R.Santos col/ (palma forrageira) “ Neojauravia naeida / Gordon & Almeida, 1991 / L.M. Almeida det. 1994” “ Pharoscymnus / flexibilis / (Mulsant, 1853)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 3 ex. [DZUP 227998, 227999, 228003]. Comments. The genus has a natural distribution throughout the Old World (Poorani & Booth, 2006). This is the first record of Sticholotidini for NE Brazil, due to the occurrence of the exotic Pharoscymnus flexibilis (Mulsant, 1853).

Published as part of Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, pp. 451-495 in Zootaxa 5728 (3) on page 476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/17894971