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 eberti (Bielawski) ( Fig. 165 ) Coelophora eberti Bielawski, 1972: 304 ( Holotype , ZSBSM; Type locality: Nepal ). Phrynocaria eberti : Miyatake 1985: 21 ; Poorani 2002a: 338 . Diagnosis. Length: 4.00–5.00 mm; width: 3.80–4.60 mm . Form almost circular, dorsum strongly convex and glabrous. This species can be identified by its orange to reddish to orange-yellow coloured body with five black spots on each elytron arranged in a 2-2-1 pattern as illustrated ( Fig. 165a, b ). Female abdomen ( Fig. 165c ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 165d ) as illustrated. Distribution. India ( Nagaland ); Nepal . Notes. It was described from Nepal by Bielawski (1972). Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982) included it under Lemnia (s. str.) but Miyatake (1985) correctly assigned it to Phrynocaria . Only a single female from Nagaland (northeastern India ) was examined and the male genitalia could not be studied. Notes. It appears to be a rare species endemic to the Eastern Himalayan region. See Bielawski (1972) and Miyatake (1985) for more details / illustrations.