Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 635

Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Material Examined. [SINDH], 16, 2♀, Karachi, 14.6.1972, leg. Ahmed ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis. Head in male yellow except vertex black, female head with black spot on clypeus; pronotum with large, irregular, black area medially; elytra yellow with 14 black spots ( Fig. 8A); femur brownish black; abdominal segments brownish black. Length 4.5–5.2 mm; width 3.3–3.8 mm; body shape rounded-oval. Labrum with convex anterior margin; eye large, finely faceted; submentum bifurcated. Prosternal process with carinae broader anteriorly, not reaching anterior margin; scutoscutellar suture straight; epipleuron with inner margin bifurcated medially, narrow anteriorly as well as posteriorly. Postcoxal line parallel to anterior margin of second sternite; last sternite covered with small setae.

Genitalia. Penis distinctly elongated, narrow, terminally with a large membranous moon-shaped hook, penal capsule strongly hammer-shaped; parameres bent medially, slightly longer than median lobe; trabes compressed, narrow proximally and expanded apically ( Fig. 8B–C).

Distribution in Sindh Province. Karachi.