An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 3. Tribe Aspidimerini Author POORANI, J. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-26 5431 1 1 89 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5431.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5431.1.1 1175-5334 10898107 4E009D84-E49A-4544-BAA3-B91E603FB0BC Cryptogonus himalayensis Kapur ( Fig. 24a–c ) Cryptogonus himalayensis Kapur, 1948: 108 .— Poorani 2002: 344 ; Kovář 2007: 575 ; Ren et al . 2009: 114 , 115; Dorji et al . 2019: 502 . Diagnosis . Length: 2.25–2.50 mm ; width: 1.80–2.15 mm . Form elongate oval, moderately convex; dorsum densely pubescent. Head and pronotum yellow, pronotum anteriorly yellowish-orange with a transverse, subtrapezoidal black macula on posterior margin not reaching lateral corners, elytra black except apical third yellow, elytral apex sometimes with a small black sutural spot ( Fig. 24a–c ). Genitalia not studied. Type material examined . Holotype male, “ Type (red bordered circular label)/ Birmah , Ruby Mines / Doherty / Fry Coll. 1905-100/ Cryptogonus himalayensis sp.n. , TYPE, A.P. Kapur , 1947 ( BMNH ); paratype with same data, elytra missing ( BMNH : 1); paratype , “ Sikkim , Singhik , 3500 ft , 23.iv.1924 , Major R.W.G. Hingston /Everest Exp. Brit. Mus. 1924-386/ Cryptogonus himalayensis sp. n. A.P. Kapur , 1947” ( BMNH : 1). Distribution. India ( Sikkim ); Bhutan ; China . Notes. See Kapur (1948) and Ren et al . (2009) for detailed description and/or genitalia illustrations. This species could not be studied in detail and the illustrations of the holotype (BMNH, examined) are given here.