Plotina Lewis, 1896

Poorani, J., Větrovec, Jaroslav & Szawaryn, Karol, 2025, A review of Indian Plotinini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) including description of a new species, Zootaxa 5711 (4), pp. 451-481 : 468

Key to Indian species of Plotina Lewis

1. Pronotum bi- or tricolored, elytra reddish brown, with two large white-yellowish spots—one on anterior margin and one posteriorly situated below middle, and four smaller black spots ( Fig. 13a )........................... P. muelleri Mader

-. Pronotum monochromatic, red-brown, elytra dark reddish brown, each elytron with four pale yellow maculae on black background, arranged in a 2-2 pattern ( Fig. 14a )..................................... P. octomaculata Wang & Ren

Figures

FIGURE 13. Plotina muelleri Mader (from Meghalaya, Northeastern India): a. dorsal view; b. abdomen, female; c. spermatheca.

FIGURE 14. Plotina octomaculata Wang & Ren (From Meghalaya, Northeastern India): a. dorsal view; b. abdomen, male.