Micraspis allardi (Mulsant, 1866)

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 : 634-635

Micraspis allardi (Mulsant, 1866) ( Fig. 7A–C )

Material Examined. [SINDH], 16, 2♀, Hyderabad, 14. VI.1972, leg. Ahmed; 26, 2♀, Thatta , 14. VI.1972, leg. M.I. Khan ; 16, 3♀, Karachi , 10. VI.1973, leg. M.I. Khan ( NHMUK) .

Diagnosis. Head brownish black, clypeus and frons with many minute punctures; mandibles punctate; pronotum brownish yellow with two spots on posterolateral margin, elytra yellow with four large, black spots ( Fig. 7A ); body ventrally black. Length 4.5–5.0 mm; width 3.3–3.6 mm; body rounded, strongly convex. Head without spots or patches; eyes small with fine facets; ligula with anterior margin rounded, proximally; submentum anteriorly notched. Prosternal process with carinae reaching only middle of prosternum; scuto-scutellar suture thick, straight; elytra rounded; epipleuron with inner margin w-shaped, longitudinally bifurcated, broader medially. Postcoxal line reaching anterior margin of second sternite; last sternite covered with small setae.

Genitalia. Penis thick, hollow and flattened, spoon-shaped terminally, opposite arm elongated, broader distally, adjacent arm short, expanded, triangular; median lobe straight, strongly narrowed, slightly shorter than parameres; parameres strongly convergent; trabes straight, elongated, narrower proximally, expanded apically with convex dorsal surface cap-like ( Fig. 7B–C ).

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

Figures

Fig. 7. Micraspis allardi. A) Habitus, B) Sipho, C) Tegmen. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.