Coccinella Linnaeus, 1758

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 Linnaeus, 1758

Coccinella Linnaeus, 1758: 364. Type species: Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758, subsequently designated by Latreille (1810): 432.

Diagnosis

Coccinella (Fig. 1 A-H) can be distinguished from other genera by the following characters: body 4.5 to 8.5 mm in length, weakly convex and dorsal surface glabrous; anterior clypeal margin straight, with projections at lateral margins; antennae (Fig. 1 B) composed of 11 antennomeres, shorter than head capsule, antennal club composed of 3 antennomeres, terminal antennomere apically round or truncate; terminal maxillary palpomere (Fig. 1 E) strongly securiform; abdominal postcoxal line laterally incomplete and with additional oblique dividing line; tibiae of legs (Figs. 1 G-H) with two spurs at apex; tarsal claw with large subquadrate basal tooth.

Figures

Figure 1. Elements of morphology of the genus Coccinella Linnaeus using Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus. A Head; B Antenna; C Mandible; D Labium; E Maxilla; F Fore-leg; G Hind-leg.