Psyllobora Chevrolat

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 : 256

Genus Psyllobora Chevrolat

Psyllobora Chevrolat , in Dejean, 1836: 434.

Type species: Coccinella lineola Fabricius, 1792 , by subsequent designation of Timberlake 1943.

Thea Mulsant, 1846: 159 . Type species: Coccinella vigintiduopunctata Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation of Crotch 1874.

Diagnosis. Form small, dorsum broad oval to elongate oval, glabrous; coloration ivory to pale yellow with dark brown / black markings. Head pubescent, clypeal margin without lateral projections; almost fully retracted into pronotum at rest. Antenna ( Fig. 183b ) with 11 elongate and loosely jointed antennomeres, first antennomere enlarged and somewhat flattened. Terminal maxillary palpomere ( Fig. 183e ) securiform. Mandible ( Fig. 183c ) with ventral tooth having a series of small serrations. Anterior margin of pronotum shallowly emarginate, covering only posterior half of eyes. Lateral margins of pronotum and elytra explanate, transparent. Prosternal intercoxal process flat, feebly ridged laterally and truncate apically. Abdominal postcoxal line ( Fig. 183f ) incomplete, short. Female genitalia with infundibulum.

Distribution. Palaearctic, Oriental, Afrotropical, Neotropical and Nearctic regions.

Affinities. Tomaszewska et al. (2021) included it under the Synonycha -group of genera and recovered it in a major branch comprising all the genera of the former tribe Halyziini .

Included species. Psyllobora bisoctonotata (Mulsant) is the only Indian representative of this genus and is widely distributed in the northern and northwestern states of India and Pakistan.

Figures

FIGURE 183. Psyllobora bisoctonotata (Mulsant): a. adult, dorsal view; b. antenna; c. mandible; d. labium; e. maxilla; f. abdominal postcoxal line; g. spermatheca; h–j. male genitalia: h. tegmen, ventral view; i. tegmen, lateral view; j. penis.