An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini Author POORANI, J. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-18 5332 1 1 307 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1 journal article 264199 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1 66e0ec51-d494-43d4-965e-a2cd1462ef54 1175-5326 8261502 424F7439-4095-46A5-93E3-C4130E3B6D9A Oenopia quadripunctata Kapur ( Figs 153 , 154 ) Oenopia quadripunctata Kapur, 1963a: 27 ( Holotype male, BMNH; Type locality: Shillong).— Poorani 2002a: 337 ; Poorani 2002b: 102 ; Yu 2010: 98–99 . FIGURE 153. Oenopia quadripunctata Kapur : a. male, dorsal view; b. female, dorsal view; c. spermatheca; d–f. male genitalia: d. tegmen, ventral view; e. penis; f. penis apex. FIGURE 154. Oenopia quadripunctata Kapur , live adult. Diagnosis. Length: 3.00– 3.50 mm ; width: 2.50–2.90 mm . Form broadly rounded ( Fig. 153a ) to slightly more elongate oval ( Fig. 153b ), dorsum moderately convex and glabrous. Head black in female, yellow in male. Pronotum black, area extending from anterolateral corners to posterior margin yellowish. Scutellar shield black. Ground colour of elytra black, with four bright lemon yellow, oval spots and four semicircular or half spots near lateral margins ( Figs 153a, b ; 154 ). Ventral side dark brown to black except elytral epipleura lighter. Male genitalia ( Fig. 153d–f ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 153c ) as illustrated. Distribution. India : Northeastern region ( Arunachal Pradesh , Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Nagaland , Sikkim , Tripura , Uttarakhand , West Bengal ); Bhutan ; Myanmar ; China . Prey/associated habitat. Hemiptera : Aphididae : Aphis gossypii Glover , Aiceona litseae Basu & Hille Ris Lambers , Cervaphis rappardi indica Basu , Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) , Tuberculatus indicus Ghosh , Tuberculatus ( Acanthocallis ) nervatus Chakrabarti and Raychaudhuri , Aphis fabae complex (as O. nr. quadripunctata ), Aphis ( Toxoptera ) aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe , Aphis fabae solanella Theobald , Tinocalloides sp. In association with aphids feeding on Duranta repens , Quercus serrata , and Litsea polyantha . On aphids infesting okra, almond and peach. Found on mulberry along with Illeis confusa ( Sajan et al . 2019 ) . Seasonal occurrence. Collected during October–November, March–July (label data). Notes. Kapur (1963a) described it from Sikkim . Devi (1989) and Singh et al . (1993) provided accounts of its prey, biology and predatory potential. Also treated and illustrated by Ren et al . (2009) and Yu (2010) .