Coelophora lushuiensis (Jing)

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 : 107

Coelophora lushuiensis (Jing)

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Lemnia lushuiensis Jing, 1992: 277 (Type locality: Yunnan, China).— Ren et al. 2009: 208, 209; Yu 2010: 79, 80.

Coelophora lushuiensis: Kovář 2007: 614 .

Diagnosis. Length: 5.10–5.70 mm; width: 4.40–4.50 mm. Form broad oval, dorsum strongly convex and glabrous. Ground colour olive yellow, pronotum with a pair of ochreous to reddish brown longitudinal maculae on posterior margin, each elytron with a subtrapezoidal macula on basal margin and a pair of thin stripes radiating from the posterior corners of the basal macula, outer one dorsolateral, long, curved and reaching close to the apex, inner one more oblique, reaching up to about middle of elytra ( Fig. 198a–c ). Male genitalia ( Fig. 198d–g ) as illustrated.

Material examined. India: Manipur, Ukhrul , N 25°06’48.5” E 94°21’02.2” 1647 mt, 23.viii.2014, Prathapan & Shameem Coll. (1 male, NBAIR) .

Distribution. India (North-eastern region: Manipur); Laos; China; Taiwan.

Notes. Jing (1992) described it as Lemnia lushuiensis from China (Hengduan Mountains). It is recorded from India based on a single male collected from the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur.The Indian specimen illustrated here has a single, curved dorsolateral elytral stripe and lacks the inner, shorter oblique stripe found in the nominate form. Several hundred specimens of this species from Laos were examined in the collections at BMNH. It was also included in the illustrated guides to Chinese Coccinellidae by Ren et al. (2009) and Yu (2010) as Lemnia lushuiensis .

Figures

FIGURE 198. Coelophora lushuiensis (Jing): a, adult, dorsal view; b. adult, lateral view; c. adult, frontal view; d–g. male genitalia: d. tegmen, lateral view; e. tegmen, ventral view; f. penis; g. penis apex.