Halyzia dejavu Poorani & Booth

POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, Zootaxa 5332 (1), pp. 1-307 : 116

Halyzia dejavu Poorani & Booth

( Figs 77 , 78a , 79a–d )

Halyzia dejavu Poorani & Booth, 2006: 66 (Holotype male, BMNH; Type locality: Sikkim, India).— Yu 2010: 151.

Diagnosis. Length: 8.05–8.50 mm; width: 6.96–7.20 mm. Form elongate, broadly oval, broadest around middle of elytra, dorsal side glabrous except for head. Ground colour of head, pronotum and elytra bright creamy to lemon yellow ( Figs 77a , 78a , 79a–d ), pronotum with a pair of subquadrate to crescent-shaped, reddish brown to ochreous brown spots, one on either side of scutellum on posterior margin; scutellum yellow with pale brown border; each elytron with four reddish brown to dull brown spots in a 1-2-1 pattern, all spots longer than wide and obliquely positioned; elytral suture with a dull brown to reddish brown stripe with scalloped / wavy margin; lateral sides of pronotum and elytra transparent. Ventral side mostly pale yellowish, metaventrite and abdomen darker yellow to yellowish brown. Spermatheca ( Fig. 77e ) and male genitalia ( Fig. 77f–h ) as illustrated.

Distribution. India (Arunachal Pradesh; Sikkim); Nepal; Bhutan; China.

Prey / Associated habitat. Feeding on indeterminate aphids (label data); Attracted to light.

Seasonal occurrence. Collected in November (label data).

Notes. See Poorani & Booth (2006) for original description. Recorded from China by Yu (2010).

Figures

FIGURE 77. Halyzia dejavu Poorani & Booth: a. adult, dorsal view; b. abdominal postcoxal line; c. ventrites 5 and 6, male; d. ventrites 5 and 6, female; e. spermatheca; f–h. male genitalia: f. tegmen, ventral view; g. penis; h. penis apex.

FIGURE 78. a. Halyzia dejavu Poorani & Booth; b. Halyzia straminea (Hope); c. Halyzia sanscrita Mulsant (type material, BMNH).

FIGURE 79. a–d. Halyzia dejavu Poorani & Booth; e–g. Halyzia nepalensis Canepari; h, i. Halyzia straminea (Hope) (Photo credit: a, h: K.C. Sajan; e: Cheten Dorji; b–d, f, g, i. Geetha Iyer).