Anatis Mulsant

POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, Zootaxa 5332 (1), pp. 1-307 : 39

Genus Anatis Mulsant

Anatis Mulsant, 1846: 133 .

Type species: Coccinella ocellata Linnaeus, 1758 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Form broad oval, dorsum moderately convex and glabrous. Anterior margin of clypeus straight between lateral projections. Prosternum with anterior margin distinctly sinuate and triangularly produced medially, intercoxal process without carinae. Mesoventrite with anterior margin medially distinctly emarginate. Elytral suture with small excavation bearing a brush of short hairs before apex. Abdominal postcoxal line incomplete. Middle and hind tarsi with a pair of apical spurs.

Affinities. Tomaszewska et al. (2021) included Anatis as a morphologically well-defined and clearly supported genus in the Synonycha- group of genera.

Distribution. Distributed in the Holarctic, Palaearctic and Nearctic regions ( Gordon 1985; Kuznetsov 1997).

Included species. Anatis ocellata (Linnaeus) , a well-known Palaearctic species, is the only species known from Indian Subcontinent (from Pakistan).