taxonID	type	description	language	source
743646CE001E5F378DBBCAE2B8CE5FBD.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
743646CE001E5F378DBBCAE2B8CE5FBD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species resembles R. explanatus sp. nov. in external appearance but differs from the latter in the well-developed and elongate inner arm of penis capsule, and the subtriangular tegmen with penis guide in lateral view.	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
743646CE001E5F378DBBCAE2B8CE5FBD.taxon	description	Description. TL: 1.38 – 1.63 mm, TW: 1.08 – 1.25 mm, TH: 0.70 – 0.78 mm, TL / TW: 1.26 – 1.41, EL / EW: 0.99 – 1.09, PL / PW: 0.49 – 0.52, HW / PW: 0.64 – 0.67, PW / EW: 0.66 – 0.69. Body elongate oval, dorsum with white pubescence. Area of frons near clypeus with suberect and downward setae, distinctly longer and denser than those on top (Fig. 2 B). Body uniformly pale yellow, except tip of mandibles dark brown (Fig. 2 A – C). Eyes finely faceted, large, interocular distance about 0.3 times head width. Head and pronotal punctures fine and dense. Surface of elytra with coarse and shallowly impressed punctures. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete and roundly recurved, reaching 3 / 4 of length of ventrite 1, area enclosed by the lines sparely punctate, widely smooth along lines; ventrite 1 with fine and sparse punctures in middle, irregularly distributed (Fig. 2 D). Male genitalia. Penis moderately stout and rather long, longer than abdomen; penis capsule with long inner arm and short outer arm (Fig. 2 E, G), apex of penis swollen with cordate membranous appendages (Fig. 2 F, H); tegminal strut stout with a finger-like protrusion at apex (Fig. 2 I – J); phallobase subtrapezoid in lateral view (Fig. 2 I); tegmen with penis guide triangular, widest at base, apex pointed in lateral view, 3.5 times as long as parameres (Fig. 2 I); in inner view, penis guide triangular, gradually converging apically; parameres short with few long setae at apex (Fig. 2 J).	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
743646CE001E5F378DBBCAE2B8CE5FBD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan); Laos.	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
743646CE001E5F378DBBCAE2B8CE5FBD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the Latin adjective “ cordatus ”, referring to the nearly cardioid apex of the penis.	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
8EE0B488CC195C47AEFE070527DD1C64.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
8EE0B488CC195C47AEFE070527DD1C64.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is similar to Reniscymnus cordatus sp. nov. in colour pattern, but can be distinguished from the latter by the relatively shortened inner arm of penis, flattened apex of penis, and the unique tegmen with penis guide recurved inwardly at apex in lateral view and constricted at base in inner view.	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
8EE0B488CC195C47AEFE070527DD1C64.taxon	description	Description. TL: 1.51 – 1.65 mm, TW: 1.13 – 1.21 mm, TH: 0.70 – 0.83 mm, TL / TW: 1.33 – 1.36, EL / EW: 1.05 – 1.07, PL / PW: 0.50 – 0.51, HW / PW: 0.66 – 0.68, PW / EW: 0.66 – 0.69. Body rounded oval, dorsum with white pubescence. Area of frons near clypeus with suberect and downward setae, distinctly longer and denser than those on top (Fig. 3 B). Body yellow, except tip of mandibles dark brown, metaventrite deep yellow in middle and elytral epipleurae brown (Fig. 3 A – C). Eyes finely faceted, large, interocular distance about 0.33 – 0.34 times head width. Head and pronotal punctures fine and dense. Surface of elytra with coarse, shallowly impressed punctures. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete and roundly recurved, reaching 5 / 6 length of ventrite 1, area enclosed by the lines sparsely punctate, widely smooth along the lines; ventrite 1 with coarse and sparse punctures in middle, irregularly distributed (Fig. 3 D). Male genitalia. Penis stout and relatively short, shorter than abdomen; penis capsule with short inner arm, slightly longer than outer arm (Fig. 3 E); apex of penis wide, flattened with few membranous appendages (Fig. 3 F); tegminal strut stout with finger-like protrusion at apex (Fig. 3 G); phallobase rounded in lateral view; tegmen with penis guide widest at base, gradually converging apically, slightly recurved at apex in lateral view, 3 times as long as parameres (Fig. 3 G); in inner view, penis guide slightly constricted at base, widest in basal 1 / 3, then gradually tapering apically, apex blunt (Fig. 3 H); parameres short with several long setae at apex (Fig. 3 H).	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
8EE0B488CC195C47AEFE070527DD1C64.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Laos.	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
8EE0B488CC195C47AEFE070527DD1C64.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the Latin adjective “ explanatus ”, referring to the flattened apex of the penis.	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
B0C3965382A5555CBAE5E016485CC482.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Reniscymnus cordatus Peng & Chen, sp. nov.	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
B0C3965382A5555CBAE5E016485CC482.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The generic name is derived from the generic name Scymnus and the memory of the late Prof. Ren Shunxiang from South China Agricultural University, a well-known Chinese entomologist who devoted most of his life to the study of Coccinellidae and biological control. Gender masculine.	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
B0C3965382A5555CBAE5E016485CC482.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Reniscymnus gen. nov. presents some characters found in other genera of Scymnini (especially Sasajiscymnus, Slipinskiscymnus and Axinoscymnus). But the new genus can be easily distinguished from the latter by the following characters: frons narrow, less than the width of an eye (Fig. 1 A) (vs. wide, more than the width of an eye in Sasajiscymnus and Slipinskiscymnus); antenna composed of 8 antennomeres with a distinctly swollen scape and pedicel, antennomeres 5 – 8 forming a fusiform and inflated club and the terminal antennomere with two extremely long setae (Figs 1 C, 3 I) (vs. 9 antennomeres in Sasajiscymnus; 10 antennomeres in Slipinskiscymnus, and 11 antennomeres in Axinoscymnus); terminal maxillary palpomere slightly narrows apically (Figs 1 D, 3 J) (vs. expanded apically in Sasajiscymnus; Slipinskiscymnus and Axinoscymnus); prosternal process with carinae slightly convergent anteriorly (Fig. 1 A) (vs. complete carinae parallel, joined anteriorly forming square in Sasajiscymnus; narrow carinae in Axinoscymnus); abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, strongly recurved toward the base of ventrite 1 but not reaching it, the area enclosed by abdominal postcoxal lines distinctly wide (Figs 2 D, 3 D) (vs. incomplete, generally parallel to the posterior margin of ventrite 1 in Sasajiscymnus; complete in Slipinskiscymnus and Axinoscymnus); penis guide subconical with a pointed apex (Fig. 2 I – J); parameres rather short with few long setae (Fig. 2 I – J).	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
B0C3965382A5555CBAE5E016485CC482.taxon	description	Description. Body elongate oval, color lighter and yellowish, dorsum moderately convex, covered with uniform short setae (Fig. 2 A – C). Head transverse; frons relatively narrow, less than the width of an eye (Fig. 1 A). Eyes large, rounded without eye canthus, finely faceted with short interfacetal setae; inner ocular margin arcuate (Fig. 1 B). Clypeus short, and expanded laterally, not covering antennal insertions, anterior margin slightly convex (Fig. 1 B). Labrum exposed. Antennae short with 8 antennomeres (Figs 1 C, 3 I); scape stout, widened and curved apically with several long setae; pedicel longest, swollen and barrel-shaped, as wide as scape; scape and pedicel combined nearly as long as antennomeres 3 – 8; antennomere 3 distinctly narrowed at base, recurved and turgidly expanded apically; antennomere 4 recurved, expanded apically; antennomeres 5 – 8 forming fusiform and inflated club with many short setae, and terminal antennomere trochiform with two extremely long setae (Figs 1 C, 3 I). Mandibles bifid apically, with well-developed molar tooth (Figs 1 E, 3 K). Maxillary palp 4 - segmented; palpomere 1 short, ring-like; palpomere 2 elongate, widened apically; palpomere 3 subtriagular and compact at inner margin; terminal palpomere slightly narrowing apically, apical margin slightly obliquely truncate (Figs 1 D, 3 J). Maxilla with cardo round and laterally not expanded. Mentum narrowed basally, parallel-sided in basal third, widened apically, anterior margin of mentum weakly arcuate (Figs 1 F, 3 L). Labial palp 3 - segmented, terminal palpomere nearly as long as penultimate one (Figs 1 F, 3 L). Pronotum transverse with anterior corners roundly produced. Scutellar shield triangular and distinctly tiny (Fig. 2 A). Elytra with humeral calli distinct, with apex sharply rounded. Prosternum with narrow procoxae anteriorly, prosternal process wide and subquadrate, carinae widely separated, slightly convergent anteriorly, reaching anterior prosternum margin (Fig. 1 A). Mesoventrite transverse with a truncate anterior margin; Mesocoxal process wide, slightly wider than width of corresponding mesocoxal diameter. Meso-metaventral junction visible, forming straight line. Metaventrite weakly convex, metaventral postcoxal lines widely separate medially, roundly recurved and complete laterally (Fig. 1 A). Discrimen visible. Elytral epipleuron incomplete, reaching posterior margin of abdominal ventrite 1, without foveae (Fig. 1 A). Legs short, extending a little beyond lateral margins of elytra; trochanters wide, deviously and angulately produced externally; femora relatively slender; tibiae rather slender, about 1 / 2 as wide as femur, without apical spurs; tarsi with 3 tarsomeres, tarsomeres 1 and 2 lobed, tarsal claws with sharp basal tooth (Figs 1 G, 3 M). Abdominal processes transverse, distinctly wide. Ventrite 1 distinctly longer than ventrite 2, in middle almost 2 times length of ventrite 2 (Figs 2 D, 3 D). Abdomen with six ventrites in both sexes. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, strongly recurved toward base of ventrite 1 but not reaching it, posteriorly extending more than half of length of ventrite 1 (Figs 2 D, 3 D), area enclosed by abdominal postcoxal lines distinctly wide. Male genitalia. Relatively long, penis slender (Fig. 2 E); apex of penis modified with membranous appendages (Fig. 2 F); tegminal strut stout with a finger-like protrusion at apex. Penis guide stout, subconical with a pointed apex in inner view, parameres rather short with few long setae (Fig. 2 I – J). Female genitalia. Coxites shortened without styli (Figs 1 I, 3 O); spermatheca short and recurved with shortened cornu and swollen ramus and nodulus (Figs 1 H, 3 N).	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
B0C3965382A5555CBAE5E016485CC482.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan); Laos.	en	Peng, Feng, Tang, Mingjie, Wang, Xingmin, Chen, Xiaosheng (2025): Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region. ZooKeys 1226: 87-100, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.130352
