Sticholotis Crotch, 1874

Tomaszewska, Wioletta & Łączyński, Piotr, 2010, A contribution to Sticholotis Crotch from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Sticholotidini), Zootaxa 2658 (1), pp. 51-68 : 52

Sticholotis Crotch

Sticholotis Crotch, 1874: 200 . Type species, by original designation: Sticholotis substriata Crotch, 1874 . Ślipiṅski 2004: 390 (redescription).

Gymnoscymnus Blackburn, 1892: 241 . Type species, by monotypy: Gymnoscymnus quadrimaculatus Blackburn, 1892 . Synonymised by Weise, 1908: 13.

Diagnosis and remarks. Sticholotis is comprised entirely of Old World species, with most of its diversity in the Oriental Region. The genus was redefined by Ślipiṅski (2004) while revising the Australian species. Ślipiṅski (2004) further synonymised Paranesolotis Hoang, 1982 and Nesolotis Miyatake, 1966 with Sticholotis . Wang et al. (2010), working on the Chinese species of Nesolotis , agreed with Ślipiṅski’s opinion that Paranesolotis is synonymous with Nesolotis , but they still considered Nesolotis a distinct genus within

Sticholotidini , removing it from synonymy with Sticholotis . Wang et al. (2010) characterized Sticholotis by the following characters: body rounded and moderately convex; antennae 11-segmented; prosternal process broad quadrate or subpentagonal, broadening anteriorly and carinate laterally; external margin of elytra distinctly expanded, elytral epipleuron broad and nearly horizontal, indistinctly foveate; protibiae normal.