Illeis indica Timberlake, 1943

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 : 119

19. Illeis indica Timberlake, 1943

( FIG. 21 )

Brief description: LENGtH 4.15–5.34 MM, WIDtH 3.00–3.96 MM. SIMIlAR tO OtHER Illeis SPP. IN cOlORAtION AND GENERAl APPEARANcE, bUt cAN bE DIFFERENtIAtED bY ItS MORE ElONGAtE bODY ( FIGS 21A, b ) WItH tHE ElYtRA cONSPIcUOUSlY NARROWED POStERIORlY. MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 21c–F ), ESPEcIAllY PENIS WItH A bIFID APEX ( FIGS 21E, F ), ARE DIAGNOStIc.

Notes: THIS SPEcIES IS cOMMONlY FOUND IN EAStERN AND PARtS OF NORtHERN AND NORtHEAStERN INDIA . It FEEDS ON POWDERY MIlDEWS INFEStING MUlbERRY, Dalbergia sissoo , cHIllIES, ROSE, AND OtHER PlANtS (lAbEl DAtA).

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FIGURE 21. Illeis indica Timberlake:a, b) adult, dorsal View; c–f) male genitalia: c) tegmen, lateral View; d) tegmen, Ventral View;e) penis; f) penis apex.