Coccinella, IN, 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 : 630-631

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ADULT COCCINELLA IN SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN

1. Elytra with 7–11 spots; postcoxal line meeting with posterior margin of first sternite .......... 2

1 ʹ. Elytra with 3 tranverse patches; postcoxal line nearly reaching posterior margin of first sternite ........... Coccinella transversalis Fabricius

2. Prosternal process with longer, well-marked carinae; head with a large, triangular, whitish spot adjacent to each eye; pronotum with a quadrate, whitish spot on each anterior angle; elytra reddish yellow with 7 black spots; depression on terminal sternite in male bearing 4 groups of setae on all sides ...................... ........ Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus

2 ʹ. Prosternal process with much elevated, short, narrow carinae; head with a small, rounded, whitish spot near each eye; pronotum with an elongated, whitish spot on each anterior angle; elytra yellow to red with a large scutellar black spot and each elytron with 5 black spots ..... ...... Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus