Oenopia mimica Weise, 1902

Ali, Muhammad, Raza, Ghulam, Ali, Shaukat, Anjum, Syed Istiaq & Hussain, Ishtiaq, 2018, The Tribe Coccinellini Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Sindh, Pakistan, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (3), pp. 629-638 : 634

Oenopia mimica Weise, 1902

( Fig. 6A–D )

Material examined. [SINDH], 46, 6♀, Hyderabad, 14. VI.1972, leg. Ahmed; 26, 2♀, Mirpur Khas , 18. VI. 1973, leg. M.I. Khan ; 36, 3♀, Thatta , 18. VI. 1973, leg. M.I. Khan ; 2♀, Karachi , 18. VI. 1973, leg. M.I. Khan ( NHMUK) .

Diagnosis. Head yellowish, without spots; pronotum black with two yellowish spots at anterolateral angles; elytra dark yellowish white with eight black spots, two on each elytron, two spots on the mid-dorsal line of junction of the elytra, and two on posterior junction; legs brownish; venter brownish black. Length 2.5–3.0 mm; width 2.0–2.5 mm; body oval, elongate, strongly convex, finely punctured. Eyes small, finely faceted; ligula expanded distally, narrower proximally; submentum elongated, narrow anteriorly. Prosternal process with carinae thick, prominent; scuto-scutellar suture broader anteriorly; elytra elongated; epipleuron with inner margin medially slightly emarginated, broader anteriorly, narrow posteriorly. Postcoxal line parallel to anterior margin of second sternite, almost reaching lateral margin; depression on last sternite in male with short setae throughout.

Genitalia. Penis thick, terminally with a broader, bifurcated process; penal capsule with opposite arm thick, elongated, distally broader, adjacent arm thick, elongated, broadly bend; median lobe widely flattened, broadly furcated apically, furcations divergent; paramere straight, distinctly thick, short, slightly longer than median lobe; trabes short, flat, spoon shaped ( Fig. 6A–B ). Genital plates elongated, anteriorly acute; lateral plates short, deeply curved mesad; spermatheca with a thick cornu; ramus and nodulus absent ( Fig. 6C–D ).

Distribution in Sindh Province. Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas, Thatta, and Karachi.

Figures

Fig. 6. Oenopia mimica. A) Tegmen, B) Sipho, C) Genital plates, D) Spermatheca. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.