Cryptogonus nepalensis bhutanensis Bielawski, 1979

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Cryptogonus nepalensis bhutanensis Bielawski, 1979

Figs 8–13

Cryptogonus nepalensis bhutanensis Bielawski, 1979: 109 , fig. 96; Poorani, 2002: 345

(checklist); Huo et al., 2015: 209; Dorji et al., 2019: 502 (checklist).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. India: Meghalaya, Jaintia Hills, Jawai , 20.IX 1988, 2♂, 3♀ ,

coll. V.D. Srivastava [ NZSI].

DIAGNOSIS. Body length: 2.3–2.5 mm, width: 1.7–2.0 mm. Body round, convex; head yellow, finely punctate in males and coarsely punctate in females, pubescent; pronotum black,

anterior margins yellow; scutellum black; elytra yellowish brown, first black spot subrounded on lateral half, a second spot located parallel with first on suture, joined to form a complete round, third spot smaller that others on posterior half of elytron; ventrite black; legs brownish.

DISTRIBUTION. India (new record), Bhutan and China (Bielawski, 1979; Huo et al.,

2015; Dorji et al., 2019).

4 – mandible; 6 – maxilla; 6 – maxillary palpi; 7 – distribution map.

REMARKS. Bielawski (1979) characterized this subspecies by follow: head yellowish,

pronotum and scutellum black, base and apex of elytron rather widely black with two large black spots on each elytron and one spot common to both. C. nepalensis bhutanensis in colour pattern and male copulatory apparatus are almost identical with the nominotypical subspecies, but can be distinguished from latter by fissures at the end of the penis marked feebly (Bielawski, 1972: figs. 53, 61). The male genitalia of our specimens ( Figs 10–12 ) are identical to the description given by Bielawski (1979).

10 – tegmen, inner; 11 – tegmen, lateral; 12 – penis; 13 – distribution map.

Tribe Coccinellini Latreille, 1807

Figures

Figs 8–13. Cryptogonus nepalensis bhutanensis. 8 – habitus, dorsal view; 9 – abdomen;