<documentid="1C43FB8D7AA50E1B0A28480014C2D4A7"ID-CLB-Dataset="264199"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1"ID-GBIF-Dataset="66e0ec51-d494-43d4-965e-a2cd1462ef54"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="8261502"ID-ZooBank="424F7439-4095-46A5-93E3-C4130E3B6D9A"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="juliana"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="juliana"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="juliana"checkinTime="1692350092877"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="POORANI, J."docDate="2023"docId="03C741621550473BBDDF3399FB79FC1A"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5332.1.1.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5332 (1)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1"docStyle="DocumentStyle:5EBBA59367AD13919D70D935FA04F6A3.19:Zootaxa.2013-.monograph"docStyleId="5EBBA59367AD13919D70D935FA04F6A3"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.monograph"docStyleVersion="19"docTitle="Synona melanopepla"docType="treatment"docVersion="13"lastPageNumber="269"masterDocId="FFFE391A14584637BD48367CFFCDFF9B"masterDocTitle="An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini"masterLastPageNumber="307"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="265"updateTime="1732647533218"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="505F137539E2E826CBB9C30180C8934B">An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini</mods:title>
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<figureCitationid="1355ECF11550473FBC003075FE5AF9B8"box="[328,407,1545,1571]"captionStart="FIGURE 193"captionStartId="267.[151,250,1848,1872]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1824]"captionTargetId="figure-15@267.[151,1436,181,1824]"captionTargetPageId="267"captionText="FIGURE 193. a–f. Synona obscura: life stages: a. eggs; b, c. larva; d, e. pupa; f. adult; g–j. Synona melanopepla (Mulsant), live adult."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8262186"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8262186/files/figure.png"pageId="264"pageNumber="265">193g–j</figureCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="EFFF8D851550473FBC5A30BEFE1EF941"author="Mulsant, E."box="[274,467,1730,1754]"pageId="264"pageNumber="265"refId="ref117962"refString="Mulsant, E. (1866) Monographie des Coccinellides. 1 re Partie Coccinelliens. Savy et Deyrolle, Paris, 294 pp."type="book"year="1866">Mulsant, 1866: 175</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="EFFF8D851550473FBFF0317CFC6CF883"author="Miwa, Y. & Yoshida, T."box="[696,929,1792,1816]"pageId="264"pageNumber="265"pagination="31 - 53"refId="ref117567"refString="Miwa, Y. & Yoshida, T. (1935) Catalogue of Japanese Insects. Fasc. IX. Coleoptera. Coccinellidae. (In Japanese). Entomological World, Tokyo, 3 (22), 31 - 53."type="journal article"year="1935">Miwa & Yoshida 1935</bibRefCitation>
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. Form circular to broad oval, dorsum strongly convex and hemispherical, glabrous. Head yellow, or with a pair of black markings on either side of posterior margin of eyes (in examples from northern and eastern
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,
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), or with a median, subtrapezoidal black macula (
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), scutellar shield yellow, occasionally yellowish testaceous with a darker border or dark brown, elytra black. Ventral side yellow orange except elytral epipleura black, last antennomere darker, brownish. Elytral punctures fine, interspaces between punctures with distinct microsculpture. Male genitalia (
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) and spermatheca (
<figureCitationid="1355ECF11551473EBEFC31C2FBF0F843"box="[948,1085,1982,2008]"captionStart="FIGURE 190"captionStartId="264.[151,250,1366,1390]"captionTargetBox="[154,1433,184,1339]"captionTargetId="figure-20@264.[151,1436,181,1342]"captionTargetPageId="264"captionText="FIGURE 190. Synona melanopepla: a–f. male genitalia: a, d. tegmen, lateral view; b, e. tegmen, ventral view; c, f. penis; g, h. spermatheca, variations."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8262172"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8262172/files/figure.png"pageId="265"pageNumber="266">
: a. adult, dorsal view; b. abdomen, female; c. abdominal postcoxal line; d. female genitalia; e. spermatheca; f–h. male genitalia: f. tegmen, lateral view; g. tegmen, ventral view; h. penis.
The nominate form of this species can be readily distinguished by its coloration, particularly the median black macula on pronotum. The form with yellow pronotum is very similar to
<bibRefCitationid="EFFF8D851554473BBDD63713FE06FE12"author="Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S. M."box="[158,459,367,393]"pageId="268"pageNumber="269"refId="ref114042"refString="Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S. M. (1982) Les Coccinelles Coleopteres-Coccinellidae. Tribu Coccinellini des regions Palearctique et Orientale. Boubee, Paris, 568 pp. [in French]"type="book"year="1982">Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="EFFF8D851554473BBCD237CBFCDAFE4A"author="Malhotra, C. P. & Krishnaswami, S."box="[410,791,439,465]"pageId="268"pageNumber="269"pagination="231 - 237"refId="ref117276"refString="Malhotra, C. P. & Krishnaswami, S. (1962) Coptosoma ostensum Dist. - a pentatomid pest of Palas (Butea monosperma) with notes on its coccinellid predator, Synia melanaria var. rougeti Mulsant and egg parasite, Telenomus species. Indian Forester, 88, 231 - 237."type="journal article"year="1962">Malhotra & Krishnaswami 1962</bibRefCitation>
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. In the absence of voucher specimens, it is hard to ascertain the identity of the species involved. Works on the bioecology / predatory potential of ‘
<bibRefCitationid="EFFF8D851554473BBF78353FFCE6FCC6"author="Subramanyam, T. V."box="[560,811,834,861]"pageId="268"pageNumber="269"pagination="924 - 925"refId="ref123201"refString="Subramanyam, T. V. (1925) Coptosoma ostensum Dist. and its enemy Synia melanaria Muls. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 30, 924 - 925."type="journal article"year="1925">Subramanyam (1925)</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="EFFF8D851554473BBE75353FFAD6FCC6"author="Puttarudriah, M. & Channabasavanna, G. P."box="[829,1307,834,861]"pageId="268"pageNumber="269"pagination="87 - 96"refId="ref119835"refString="Puttarudriah, M. & Channabasavanna, G. P. (1953) Beneficial coccinellids of Mysore - I. Indian Journal of Entomology, 15, 87 - 96."type="journal article"year="1953">Puttarudriah & Channabasavanna (1953)</bibRefCitation>
, Afroze & Shujauddin (1998) and
<bibRefCitationid="EFFF8D851554473BBCD7351BFD53FC1A"author="Rachappa, V. & Hegde, R. & Kulkarni, K. A. & Patil, R. K."box="[415,670,871,897]"pageId="268"pageNumber="269"pagination="145 - 150"refId="ref120010"refString="Rachappa, V., Hegde, R., Kulkarni, K. A. & Patil, R. K. (2002) Biology and feeding potential of Synia melanaria Mulsant on Coptosoma ostensum Distant. Myforest, 38 (2), 145 - 150."type="journal article"year="2002">