Coccinellini, Latreille, 1807

Celli, Nathália Del G. da R., Almeida, Lúcia M., Basílio, Daniel S. & Castro, Camila F., 2021, The way to maturity: taxonomic study on immatures of Southern Brazilian Coccinellini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) species important in biological control, Zoologia (e 64154) 38, pp. 1-18 : 2

Key to fourth instar larvae of the main predatory species of Coccinellini from South Brazil

1. Body with parascoli ( Figs 7, 8) ......................................... 2

1’. Body without parascoli ( Figs 9, 10, 11)............................ 3

2. Parascoli long and robust ( Figs 7, 15); tarsal claw with basal tooth ( Fig. 24) ............ Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773)

2’. Parascoli short and slender ( Figs 8, 28); tarsal claw lacking basal tooth ( Fig. 37)............................................................ ................. Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville, 1842

3. Pronotum without spots, with yellowish central longitudinal band and lateral margins ( Fig. 41); tarsal claw with basal tooth ( Fig. 50)............................................................ ................................ Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1763)

3’. Pronotum with spots, without central longitudinal band ( Figs 54, 68); tarsal claw with or without basal tooth ( Figs 63, 77)............................................................................... 4

4. Abdominal tergites 2 to 8 with the same spotted pattern ( Fig. 54); tarsal claw lacking basal tooth ( Fig. 63).............. ........................................... Eriopis connexa (Germar, 1824)

4’. Abdominal tergite 4 with different spots pattern, with yellow banded spots ( Fig. 68); tarsal claw with basal tooth ( Fig. 77)............................... Olla v-nigrum (Mulsant, 1866)