- A-review-of-Platynaspini- (Coleoptera: - Coccinellidae) - of-the-Indian-subcontinent including-description-of-a-new-genus-from-north-eastern-India-and-Bangladesh Author Poorani, J. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-21 5256 4 301 328 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.1 1175-5326 7755142 CA02DF19-8BAF-4844-9C1D-1DEFF8C838FA Platynaspis trimaculata Weise ( Fig. 4d ) Platynaspis trimaculata Weise, 1910: 49 .— Korschefsky 1932: 235 ; Poorani 2002: 315 ; Kovář 2007: 596 (as ‘ species incertae sedis ’). Diagnosis. Length: 3.10 mm . Form ( Fig. 4d ) short oval, dorsum moderately convex and densely pubescent. Head and pronotum yellow, pronotum with a black median macula on posterior margin, scutellar shield dark brown, elytra yellow with two elongate oval discal black spots. Ventral side yellow except prosternum, meso- and metaventrites dark brown, abdomen yellow, abdominal ventrite 1 medially darker, brownish. Prosternal carinae inverted Y like without a stem. Genitalia not studied. ­ Material­examined.­“ INDIA : Kalimpong , 1.V.85 ,?C31/ On Aphis sp./ C.I.E. A17184/ Platynaspis trimaculata Weise, R.G. Booth det. 1985, det. from orign. descr.” ( BMNH : 1 ex ) . ­ Note. A single specimen from Kalimpong ( West Bengal ) identified based on Weise’s original description by R.G. Booth (BMNH) was examined. It superficially resembles the common variants of two Indian / Asian species of Aspidimerini , Pseudaspidimerus trinotatus ( Thunberg, 1781 ) and P. mauliki Kapur, 1948 and can be separated from them by the generic characters. Kovář (2007) included it as “ species incertae sedis ” but it appears to be a valid but very rare species endemic to the Eastern Himalayan region. ­ Distribution. India : Sikkim ; West Bengal . ­ Prey­/­associated­habitat. ‘On Aphis sp. ’ (label data). Collected in May (label data).