Platynaspis octoguttata (Miyatake)

Poorani, J., 2023, - A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh, Zootaxa 5256 (4), pp. 301-328 : 307-308

Platynaspis octoguttata (Miyatake)

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Phymatosternus octoguttatus Miyatake, 1961: 173 .— Bielawski 1979: 110; Poorani 2002: 315.

Platynaspis octoguttata: Dorji et al. 2019: 504 .

Diagnosis. Length: 2.70–3.00 mm; width: 2.20–2.40 mm. Form ( Fig. 5 ) rounded to broad oval, dorsum almost hemispherical, convex and glabrous. Ground colour creamy yellow to reddish yellow, dorsum pubescent. Head yellowish to reddish brown, paler towards anterior margin. Pronotum dark reddish brown, laterally yellowish, occasionally with an ill-defined blackish triangular patch in front of scutellar shield. Scutellar shield dark reddish brown to black. Elytra yellowish to reddish brown, with four black spots on each elytron. Male genitalia ( Fig. 5e–g ), female genitalia ( Fig. 5c ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 5d ) as illustrated.

­ Material­examined.­ NE Laos, Hua Phan Prov., Ban Saleui, Phou Pan (Mt.), N20°12’ E104°01’, 1300-1900m, 11.iv.-15.v.2012 / BMNH { E}, 2012-14, C. Holzschuh, several specimens ( BMNH) .

­ Distribution. Bhutan. China. Laos. Vietnam.

Note. Bielawski (1979) recorded it from Bhutan and illustrated a form with a slightly different colour pattern from the nominate form and described it as having black head and pronotum, elytra with large black spots and the elytral apices and suture more widely blackish. Several specimens from Laos in the holdings of BMNH were studied.

Figures

FIGURE­5. Platynaspis octoguttata (Miyatake): a. adult, dorsal view; b. abdomen, male; c. female genitalia; d. spermatheca; e–g. male genitalia: e. tegmen, lateral view; f. tegmen, ventral view; g. penis.