Coccinella septempunctata 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 : 631

Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758 ( Fig. 1A–D )

Material Examined. [SINDH] 26, 3♀, Tandojam, 24. VI.1971, leg. M.I. Khan; 16, 1♀, Larkana , 30. VI.1971, leg. M.I. Khan ; 16, 3♀, Mirpur Khas , 20. VI.1971, leg. M. Khan ; 56, 2♀, Thatta , 30. IV.1971, leg. M.I. Khan ; 56, 7♀, Karachi , 23. XII.1972, leg. Mehdi ; 26, 2♀, Karachi , 12. VI. 2010, leg. M. Ali ( NHMUK) .

Diagnosis. Head black, with a large, triangular, whitish spot adjacent to each eye; pronotum black with a quadrate whitish spot on each anterior angle; elytra reddish yellow with seven black spots, each with a common large, triangular scutellar spot, two sublateral spots, and one subsutural spots, anterior one large and spherical, whereas posterior one larger, oval; black ventrally except for white mesepisterna; punctation even, fine, and dense. Length 5.2–7.0 mm; width 4.0–5.6 mm; rounded oval, convex. Eyes small with minute facets; anterior margin of ligula straight; submentum comparatively smaller with broader anterior margin. Prosternal process with relatively long and wellmarked carinae; scuto-scutellar suture oblique; epipleuron with inner margin straight, slightly broader anteriorly, narrowing posteriorly. Postcoxal line slightly curved, meeting posterior margin of first sternite more towards lateral margin; terminal sternite in male bearing four groups of very long setae on all sides of the depression.

Genitalia. Penis thick, sharply curved, distally flattened with a triangular process; penal capsule with opposite arm thick, elongated while adjacent arm sharply curved, blunt; median lobe longer than parameres, blunt apically; paramere thick, shorter; trabes curved, flattened, pointed apically ( Fig. 1A–B ). Genital plates strongly s-shaped; lateral plates mesad; spermathecal capsule deeply curved,

cornu lobed; ramus shorter; nodulus narrow, longer ( Fig. 1C–D ).

Distribution in Sindh Province. Tandojam, Larkana, Mirpur Khas, Thatta and Karachi.

Figures

Fig. 1. Coccinella septempunctata. A) Tegmen, B) Sipho, C) Genital plates, D) Spermatheca. Scale bars = 0.3 mm.