Protothea decemguttata (Hoang)
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Protothea decemguttata (Hoang)
( Fig. 182e–g View FIGURE 182 )
Nedina decemguttata Hoang, 1983a: 151 (Type locality: Vietnam).
Protothea decemguttata: Poorani & Ślipiński 2005: 329 .
Diagnosis. Length: 3.20 mm; width: 3.00 mm. Form almost circular, dorsum weakly convex, glabrous. Dorsal side yellowish with ten black spots on elytra arranged in a 2-2-1 pattern as illustrated ( Fig. 182e–g View FIGURE 182 ). Underside yellowish except prosternal process dark brown, characteristically at a plane higher than rest of prosternum. Genitalia not studied.
Distribution. India (West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim); Originally described from Vietnam.
Prey / Associated habitat. Not known.
Notes. Hoang (1983) described it from Vietnam under Nedina . Poorani & Ślipiński (2005) transferred it to Protothea . Protothea firma Weise , the type species of Protothea , was redescribed as having five spots on each elytron by Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982) and it could be a synonym of P. decemguttata as it has a similar elytral pattern.
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Protothea decemguttata (Hoang)
POORANI, J. 2023 |
Protothea decemguttata: Poorani & Ślipiński 2005: 329
Poorani, J. & Slipinski, A. 2005: 329 |
Nedina decemguttata
Hoang, D. N. 1983: 151 |