Hippodamia arctica (Schneider)

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 : 151-152

Hippodamia arctica (Schneider)

( Fig. 106a )

Coccinella arctica Schneider, 1792: 148 (Type material: St Petersburg, Russia; Type locality: Lapponia).

Adonia arctica: Mulsant 1850: 45 ; 1866: 33.

Hippodamia (Parippodamia) arctica: Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1982: 322 ; Canepari, 1997: 50.

Hippodamia arctica: Biranvand et al. 2021: 297 .

Diagnosis. Length: 4.80–5.20 mm; width: 2.80–3.20 mm. Form ( Fig. 106a , BMNH) elongate oval, dorsum moderately convex and glabrous. Elytra yellow, with black pattern or elytra black with yellow pattern; pronotum yellowish-white, with a large black median crown-shaped spot and a yellowish spot on the base of pronotum; femora black, proximal half of tibiae black; abdominal ventrites black with orange spots in lateral margins. Abdominal postcoxal lines complete. Genitalia not studied.

Distribution. Mainly Palaearctic in distribution. Recorded from Nepal by Canepari (1997).

Note. See Biranvand et al. (2021) for more details and illustrations.

Figures

FIGURE 106. a. Hippodamia arctica (Schneider) (BMNH); b. Hippodamia heydeni Weise (Photo courtesy: K.V. Makarov); c, d. Hippodamia tredecimpunctata (Linnaeus) (BMNH).