Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius, 1798)

Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, Zootaxa 4382 (1), pp. 93-120 : 94

1. Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius, 1798)

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Brief description: FORM ( FIG. 1A ) ElONGAtE OVAl, DORSUM cONVEX AND GlAbROUS. HEAD AND PRONOtUM ORANGE YEllOW. ScUtEllUM blAck. ElYtRA SAtINY WHItE tO cREAMY YEllOW, WItH tHREE lONGItUDINAl blAck StRIPES—ONE DIScAl StRIPE ON EAcH ElYtRON AND ONE SUtURAl, NOt EXtENDING tO APEX, APIcES OF ElYtRA YEllOWISH tO REDDISH bROWN. ANtERIOR clYPEAl MARGIN MEDIAllY EMARGINAtE. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE ( FIG. 1b ) cOMPlEtE. LASt VISIblE AbDOMINAl VENtRItE POStERIORlY EMARGINAtE IN MAlE, NARROWlY ROUNDED IN FEMAlE. MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 1c–E ) AS IllUStRAtED.

Notes: Brumoides suturalis IS WIDElY DIStRIbUtED IN INDIA AND OccASIONAllY FOUND ON MUlbERRY. UNlIkE MOSt OtHER MEMbERS OF CHIlOcORINI (NOW INclUDED UNDER tHE SUbFAMIlY COccINEllINAE ) WHIcH ARE SPEcIAlISt PREDAtORS OF DIASPINE ScAlES, Brumoides SPP. FEED ON A WIDER RANGE OF HOStS tHAt INclUDES MEAlYbUGS, WHItEFlIES, APHIDS, Etc. (lAbEl DAtA).

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FIGURE1. Brumoidessuturalis (F.): a)adult, dorsal View;b) abdominalpostcoxal line; c–e) male genitalia:c) tegmen,Ventral View;d) penis; e)penis apex.