Phaenochilus renipunctus Chapin 1965

Giorgi, José Adriano & Vandenberg, Natalia J., 2012, Review of the lady beetle genus Phaenochilus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini) with description of a new species from Thailand that preys on cycad aulacaspis scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha:, Zootaxa 3478, pp. 239-255 : 252

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scientific name	Phaenochilus renipunctus Chapin 1965
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8. Phaenochilus renipunctus Chapin 1965

Phaenochilus renipunctus Chapin 1965b: 151 (original description, dorsal habitus figured).

Type material: Holotype, female ( MCZC) (digital images examined, MCZC Type Database @ Harvard Entomology 2010). Type locality: “Morotai I., Indonesia.”

Remarks: This is the only species of Phaenochilus with a dark reniform macula on the humeral callus of each elytron ( Fig. 1). The male genitalia are unknown.

MAP 1. Distributions of Phaenochilus species.