Hippodamia heydeni Weise

(Fig. 106b)

Semiadalia heydeni Weise, 1892: 109 (Type locality: Central Asia).

Hippodamia heydeni: Dobzhansky 1927: 216; Mader 1928: 57; Kapur 1957: 269; 1963a: 30; Poorani 2002a: 332, 333. Hippodamia (Asemiadalia) heydeni: Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1979: 66 .

Diagnosis. Length:5.00–7.00 mm.Form elongate oval, dorsum weakly convex and glabrous.Head as in H.andrewesi, anteriorly yellow and posteriorly black with a narrow, v-shaped emargination; pronotum with a transverse black discal macula, antero-and posterolateral areas yellowish, elytral pattern as illustrated (Fig. 106b). Colour pattern variable, one variant similar to that in H. andrewesi . Genitalia not studied.

Distribution. Himalayas.

Note. Kapur (1963) recorded it from Tibet and illustrated the colour variations and the male genitalia. Hippodamia andrewesi (Sicard, 1913), a valid species, was erroneously synonymized with H. heydeni by Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1979: 66) (see notes under H. heydeni).