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 Phrynocaria unicolor (Fabricius) ( Fig. 172 ) Coccinella unicolor Fabricius, 1792: 267 ( Type locality: India ). Coelophora unicolor : Mulsant 1850: 413 ; 1866: 275 ; Crotch 1874: 54; Korschefsky 1932: 297 . Lemnia ( Microlemnia ) unicolor : Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982: 262 . Phrynocaria unicolor : Yu 2010: 80–82 ; Poorani 2002a: 339 ; Poorani et al . 2021: 128 . Coccinella congener Billberg , in Scĥnherr, 1808: 179. Phrynocaria congener : Timberlake 1943: 34 ; Poorani 2002a: 338 ; Synonymized by Yu 2010: 80 . Phrynocaria nigrilimbata Jing, 1986 .—Synonymized by Yu 2010: 80 . Diagnosis. Length: 3.42–4.62 mm ; width: 3.12–4.20 mm . Form round, dorsum convex and glabrous. Head ( Fig. 172h ) with frons narrow, inner margins of eyes strongly divergent. A highly variable and polymorphic species with numerous variants and several intermediate forms. Nominate form uniformly orange yellow to reddish brown ( Fig. 172d ) on both sides; at least eight variants or varieties named, commonly found ones ( Fig. 172a–c, e, f ) as illustrated. Abdominal postcoxal line ( Fig. 172g ) incomplete. Male genitalia ( Fig. 172i–l ) diagnostic. Distribution. India (Andamans, Assam , Bihar , Delhi , Jharkhand , Pondicherry , Orissa , Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh ); China ; Thailand . Prey/associated habitat. Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae : Aleurolobus barodensis (Maskell) on sugarcane; Dialeuropora decempuncta (Quaintance & Baker) infesting mulberry. Abundant in the oak forests of northeastern region, feeds on Tuberculatus indicus Ghosh on Quercus acutissima ( Shantibala & Singh, 1991 ) . Seasonal occurrence. Collected during May, July–August ( Orissa , Eastern India ). Notes. It is a highly variable species with many colour morphs and is commonly collected in northern states of India . Treated by Mader (1935) , Kapur (1967) , Ren et al . (2009) , Yu (2010) and Poorani et al. (2021) with illustrations of the colour morphs.