Psyllobora bisoctonotata (Mulsant, 1850)

Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, Zootaxa 4382 (1), pp. 93-120 : 119

20. Psyllobora bisoctonotata (Mulsant, 1850)

( FIG. 22 )

Brief description: LENGtH 3.2–3.5 MM, WIDtH 2.2–2.5 MM. FORM ( FIG. 22A ) SMAll, NARROW AND ElONGAtE OVAl, HEAD PUbEScENt AND RESt OF tHE bODY GlAbROUS. GROUND cOlOUR PAlE cREAMY YEllOW tO bRIGHt lEMON YEllOW. PRONOtUM WItH A PAlE bROWN, INDIStINct, ROUGHlY M-SHAPED MARkING. ElYtRA WItH 18 blAck SPOtS, ARRANGED IN A 2-3-3-1 PAttERN ON EAcH ElYtRON ( FIG. 22A ), SPOtS VARIAblE IN SIZE; lAtERAl MARGINS OF PRONOtUM AND ElYtRA tRANSPARENt. ANtENNA ( FIG. 22b ) cOMPOSED OF 11 ANtENNOMERES, tERMINAl ANtENNOMERE bROADlY OVAl. MANDIblE ( FIG. 22c ) WItH ADDItIONAl SERRAtIONS AlONG INcISOR EDGE. MAXIllA ( FIG. 22E ) WItH tERMINAl PAlPOMERE SEcURIFORM. VENtRAl SIDE UNIFORMlY YEllOWISH bROWN. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE ( FIG. 22F ) VERY SHORt AND INcOMPlEtE. MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 22H–j ) AND FEMAlE SPERMAtHEcA ( FIG. 22G ) AS IllUStRAtED.

Notes: THIS IS A VERY cOMMON MYcOPHAGOUS SPEcIES IN NORtHERN AND NORtHWEStERN INDIA . IN REcENt YEARS, It HAS SlOWlY EXtENDED ItS GEOGRAPHIcAl RANGE tO PENINSUlAR AND SOUtHERN INDIA (UNPUblISHED DAtA) , WHERE It IS MUcH lESS cOMMON EXcEPt IN SOME POckEtS OF KARNAtAkA. It IS cOMMONlY cOllEctED IN ASSOcIAtION WItH POWDERY MIlDEWS ON Dalbergia sissoo AND MUlbERRY IN WINtER IN NORtHERN INDIA ( KUMAR et al. 2010) AND BANGAlORE (lAbEl DAtA).

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FIGURE 22. Psyllobora bisoctonotata (Mulsant): a) adult, dorsal View; b) antenna; c) mandible; d) labium; e) maxilla; f) abdominal postcoxal line; g) female genitalia: spermatheca; h–j) male genitalia: h) tegmen, Ventral View; i) tegmen, lateral View;j) penis.