Coelophora minki (Mulsant)

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 : 108

Coelophora minki (Mulsant)

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Daulis minki Mulsant, 1866: 211 (Type locality: Ceylon).

Coelophora minki: Crotch 1874: 152 ; Korschefsky 1932: 294; Poorani 2002a: 329.

Diagnosis. Length: 7.00 mm. Form ( Fig. 71 ) broadly rounded, dorsum strongly convex, glabrous. Ground colour yellow-orange, scutellar shield with dark brown borders, paler inside, each elytron with six dark brown spots arranged in a 1-2-2-1 pattern (one on shoulder, two slightly above middle-one lateral and one discal, two below middle, one apical; suture narrowly dark brown. Ventral side yellow. Prothoracic hypomeron with deep foveae near anterolateral corners. Prosternal process with carinae gradually divergent towards posterior. Genitalia not studied.

Distribution. Sri Lanka; Indonesia (Java).

Seasonal occurrence. Collected in February–March (label data).

Note. Crotch (1874) described it and Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982) illustrated the habitus and genitalia.

Figures

FIGURE 71. Coelophora minki Mulsant: adult, dorsal view (BMNH).