Renius cornutus Li & Wang

POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to the lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part II. Tribe Chilocorini, Zootaxa 5378 (1), pp. 1-108 : 92

Renius cornutus Li & Wang

( Fig. 69 )

Renius cornutus Li & Wang, 2017 in Li et al. 2017a: 122 , 124.— Poorani & Thangjam 2019: 562.

Diagnosis. Length: 4.43–5.00 mm; width: 4.50–5.00 mm. Form ( Fig. 69a–c ) broadly rounded, nearly as broad as wide; dorsum moderately convex, glabrous except clypeal area of head covered with short, greyish hairs. Head bluish black, rest of dorsal side dark blue, mouthparts yellow. Ventral side bluish black except legs yellow, abdomen brownish black. Clypeus medially raised into a distinct projection in male, produced to a lesser degree in female ( Fig. 69c, e ). Coxites ( Fig. 69h ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 69g ) as illustrated. See Li & et al. (2017a) for detailed description and male genitalia illustrations.

Distribution. India (Arunachal Pradesh; Assam); China (Tibet).

Notes. Li et al. (2017a) described it from China. Poorani & Thangjam (2019) recorded it from north-eastern India.

Figures

FIGURE 69. Renius cornutus Li & Wang, female: a. dorsal view; b. lateral view; c. frontal view; d. ventral view; e. head; f. abdominal postcoxal line; g. spermatheca; h. coxites.