Phrynocaria eberti (Bielawski)

Poorani, J., Sankararaman, H. & Anusree, S. S., 2021, A review of Indian species of Phrynocaria Timberlake (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) with notes on synonymy and a new species from South India, hitherto misidentified as Coelophora circumusta (Mulsant), Zootaxa 4926 (1), pp. 117-133 : 131

Phrynocaria eberti (Bielawski)

( Fig. 8c )

Coelophora eberti Bielawski, 1972: 304 .

Phrynocaria eberti: Miyatake 1985: 21 .— Poorani 2002: 338.

Diagnosis: This species can be identified by its orange to yellow coloured body with five black spots on each elytron arranged in a 2-2-1 pattern as illustrated ( Fig. 8c ). Male genitalia illustrations by Bielawski (1972) confirm that it is indeed a Phrynocaria , but Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982) included it under Lemnia (s. str.). Only a single female from northern India was examined and the genitalia could not be studied.

Distribution: India. Nepal.

Figures

FIGURE 8. a. Coelophora circumvelata (Mulsant) (BMNH); b. Dysis saundersii Crotch (BMNH); c. Phrynocaria eberti (Bielawski).