Oenopia adelgivora Poorani

(Fig. 141)

Oenopia adelgivora Poorani, 2002b: 107 (Holotype male, NBAIR; Type locality: Sikkim).— Kovář 2007: 621.

Diagnosis. Length: 3.40–4.10 mm; width: 2.10–2.50 mm. Form elongate oval (Fig. 141a), ca. 1.6x as long as wide, apical one-third of elytra distinctly narrowed, dorsoventrally somewhat flattened (Fig. 141b), glabrous. Dorsal side dull straw yellow, head with a black, medially excavate posterior macula reaching up to posterior margins of eyes (Fig. 141c); pronotum with one or two pairs of ill-defined, pale brown markings, mostly obliterated; scutellar shield black; elytra with a pair of oblique, dark brown to dull black stripes, running from humeral callus to 3/4 th of the length in a mid-dorsal position, mostly ill-defined or obliterated and a narrow sutural stripe. Ventral side dark brown to black, except antennae, mouthparts, legs, prothoracic hypomera, elytral epipleura and sides of abdomen yellowish brown. Male genitalia (Fig. 141e–g) and spermatheca (Fig. 141d) as illustrated.

Distribution. India (Sikkim, West Bengal); Bhutan.

Prey / associated habitat. Collected on adelgids feeding on conifers ( Pinus wallichiana, Picea spinulosa, Abies densa); Feeding on Adelges sp. on spruce (label data of holotype).

Note. It appears to be a rare species endemic to the eastern Himalayan region.