title: The tribe Scymnini (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) from Sindh Province, Pakistan.
abstract: Coccinellids are important natural enemies of aphids, scale insects, mealybugs, whiteflies, jassids and mites. They are being augmented or conserved for population reduction of different agricultural crop pests in the concept of Integrated Pest Management throughout the world. The genera and species in the tribe Scymnini known from Pakistan are revised and redescribed. Two genera including two subgenera and six species among which three species are newly reported, is therefore, a new addition to Coccinellid fauna of Pakistan. Keys to all taxa, descriptions of the higher taxa, species diagnoses, synonymies, and distribution records are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan muhammad.ali@kiu.edu.pk.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Rukhsana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perveen
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Arif-Un-Nisa
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Naqvi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Khalil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ghulam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ishtiaq
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D010154:Pakistan; D010572:Pest Control, Biological
keywords: Coccinellids; IPM; Pakistan; Scymnini; revision