A review of Indian species of Phrynocaria Timberlake (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) with notes on synonymy and a new species from South India, hitherto misidentified as Coelophora circumusta (Mulsant)
Author
Poorani, J.
ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Trichy 620102, Tamil Nadu, India.
Author
Sankararaman, H.
0000-0002-5244-9833
Department of Entomology, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5244 - 9833
Author
Anusree, S. S.
0000-0001-9968-6791
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani, Trivandrum, Kerala. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9968 - 6791
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Zootaxa
2021
2020-02-04
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Phrynocaria eberti
(Bielawski)
(
Fig. 8c
)
Coelophora eberti
Bielawski, 1972: 304
.
Phrynocaria eberti
:
Miyatake 1985: 21
.—
Poorani 2002: 338
.
Diagnosis:
This species can be identified by its orange to yellow coloured body with five black spots on each elytron arranged in a 2-2-1 pattern as illustrated (
Fig. 8c
). Male genitalia illustrations by
Bielawski (1972)
confirm that it is indeed a
Phrynocaria
,
but
Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982)
included it under
Lemnia
(s. str.). Only a single female from northern
India
was examined and the genitalia could not be studied.
Distribution:
India
.
Nepal
.