Illeis koebelei Timberlake

(Fig. 121)

Illeis koebelei Timberlake, 1943: 44 (Type locality: Japan).— Poorani 2002: 334.

Diagnosis. Length: 3.50–5.10 mm; width: 3.10–4.00 mm. Form elongate oval, dorsum moderately convex and glabrous. Dorsal side uniform yellow with a pair of oblique oval black spots on posterior margin of pronotum above scutellar shield (Fig. 121a, b). Externally similar to other Illeis spp. of the region and appears to be closest to I. indica in having a distinctly elongate form. It can be reliably identified only by the male genitalia (Fig. 121c–e).

Distribution. India (Assam); Japan; China; Taiwan.

Notes. The illustrations given here are based on the material examined at BMNH. See Timberlake (1943), Bielawski (1961a) and Ren et al. (2009) for more detailed description and / or illustrations of the male genitalia.