Coccinella luteopicta ( Mulsant, 1866 )

Iqbal, Zafar, Azad, Rashid, Jin, Xu, Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, Abbas, Munawar, Nasir, Muhammad Farooq, Bodlah, Imran, Ali, Muhammad, Szawaryn, Karol & Nie, Rui-E, 2024, The review of the genus Coccinella (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Pakistan, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 137417-e 137417 : e137417-

Coccinella luteopicta ( Mulsant, 1866)

Adalia luteopicta Mulsant, 1866: 45; Korschefsky (1932): 433.

Lioadalia luteopicta : Crotch (1874): 104; Mader (1930): 134; Kapur (1958): 326; Miyatake (1967): 74; Bielawski (1971): 7; Kapur (1973): 32; Gordon (1987): 12.

Coccinella luteopicta : Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982): 395; Canepari (1997): 52; Poorani (2002): 325; Ren et al. (2009): 186; Poorani (2023): 81 .

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: 386FCE80-95B9-520E-8BC3-85AB6F23CE44; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella luteopicta ; order: Coleoptera ; family: Coccinellidae ; scientificNameAuthorship: Mulsant, 1866; Location: country: Pakisan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ganche, Barah ; verbatimElevation: 2466 m; decimalLatitude: 35.20556; decimalLongitude: 76.27444; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2015; month: 7; day: 13; Record Level: institutionCode: PMAS-AAUR

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 5; sex: 2 males, 3 females; occurrenceID: 25BD8176-74F1-5D9D-8205-085080CF1A18; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella luteopicta ; order: Coleoptera ; family: Coccinellidae ; scientificNameAuthorship: Mulsant, 1866; Location: country: Pakisan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Shigar, Chu-Tran ; verbatimElevation: 2434 m; decimalLatitude: 35.70189; decimalLongitude: 75.40967; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2017; month: 8; day: 27; Record Level: institutionID: PMAS-AAUR

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 4; sex: 2 males, 2 females; occurrenceID: 8DC5F3A3-18E2-58EF-BFA2-BB8155EBFB74; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella luteopicta ; order: Coleoptera ; family: Coccinellidae ; scientificNameAuthorship: Mulsant, 1866; Location: country: Pakisan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ganche, Barah ; verbatimElevation: 2466 m; decimalLatitude: 35.20556; geodeticDatum: 76.27444; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2021; month: 8; day: 1; Record Level: institutionID: PMAS-AAUR

Description

Body (Fig. 2 A) elongate-oval and convex, dorsal surface glabrous; head black, mouth-parts and antennae dark-brown; pronotum black with white sub-quadrated marks at antero-lateral margins; scutellar shield completely black; elytra bright red, with reticulate black pattern; ventral side and legs black; prosternal process narrow and carinae present; abdominal postcoxal line (Fig. 2 B) recurved and incomplete, expending 1 / 4 length of ventrite 1 and with indistinct oblique dividing line. Male genitalia (Fig. 2 C-F) with penis apex flattened, slightly swollen at 7 / 9 of its length and then narrowing towards the blunt tip (Fig. 2 D), parameres somewhat shorter than the penis guide, with long hairs at inner sides and apices. Penis guide in inner view (Fig. 2 E) broader basally, 3 / 5 length parallel sides, gradually tapering towards the blunt tip.

Measurements

TL: 6.20–6.37 mm; TW: 4.27–4.36 mm; HW: 1.40–1.44 mm; TH: 2.01–2.03 mm; EL / TW: 1.10-1.15; TL / TW: 1.46; PL / PW: 0.52-0.54; PW / EW: 0.65-0.66.

Diagnosis

Coccinella luteopicta closely resembles C. transversalis and C. marussii in general appearance, but it can easily be identified by having a reticulate black pattern on the elytra, elytra suture with anterior half-black, penis guide in inner view broader at the base and then gradually tapering towards the blunt tip (Fig. 2 E).

Distribution

Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan; – India, Nepal, China (Tibet, Yunnan) ( Canepari 1997, Poorani 2002, Kovář 2007, Poorani 2023). New country record.

Ecology

Prey. In the present study, C. luteopicta was feeding on Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) and Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) ( Hemiptera , Aphididae ).

Associated Plants. This species was collected from Trifolium alexandrinum Linnaeus ( Fabales , Fabaceae ) and Brassica oleracea Linnaeus ( Brassicales , Brassicaceae ) in this study.

Figures

Figure 2. Coccinella luteopicta (Mulsant). A dorsal view; B abdomen; C penis; D penis apex; E tegmen inner view; F tegmen lateral view.