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 Microcaria albolineata (Gyllenhal) ( Figs 138 , 139a, b ) Coccinella albolineata Gyllenhal , in Scĥnherr, 1808: 158 ( Type locality: East India ). Calvia albolineata : Mulsant 1850: 146 . Bothrocalvia albolineata : Crotch 1874: 143 ; Korschefsky 1932: 521 ; Poorani 2002a: 322 ; Ren et al . 2009: 176 ; Yu 2010: 61 . Diagnosis. Length: 4.70–6.50 mm ; width: 3.80–5.00 mm. Form ( Figs 138a , 139a, b ) broad oval, dorsum strongly convex ( Fig. 138b ), glabrous except head with sparse pubescence. Head ( Fig. 138d ) light brownish yellow to testaceous, eyes large with divergent inner margins. Pronotum yellowish-testaceous, with two oblique, oblong, irregularly shaped yellowish-brown spots in the middle, sometimes fused into a roughly M-shaped marking. Elytra dull brown, with pale yellow markings as follows: an elongate, cylindrical marking from basal margin to nearly 2/3 of the elytral length, adjacent to sutural line; a broader band at outer margin extending from humeral callus to nearly half the length of elytron and a narrow line starting from humeral callus and ending at elytral apex, with two brown islands, one at humeral callus and the other just before apex. Abdominal postcoxal line ( Fig. 138c ) incomplete. Male genitalia ( Fig. 138f–i ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 138e ) as illustrated. Distribution. India : Commonly collected in the northeastern region ( Himachal Pradesh , Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur , Meghalaya , Nagaland , Sikkim , West Bengal ); Nepal ; Hong Kong ; China ; Taiwan ; Japan ; Prey/associated habitat. Associated with adelgids and aphids feeding on pine, spruce, and other coniferous trees; feeds on Cinara sp. , Pineus sp. (label data). Predatory on Oracella acuta (Lobdell) ( Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae ) (CABI 2021) and Eulachnus thunbergii Wilson infesting Pinus khasya (Devi 1989) . Seasonal occurrence. Collected during January–February, April, June–July, August, and September (northeastern region). Shantibala & Singh (1991) reported this species from an altitude of 2000–2500 m from the northeastern region of India . Notes. It is common in the northeastern states of India . Rao & So (1967) briefly described it and illustrated the habitus. Devi (1989) and Wadhi & Parshad (1980) provided notes on its hosts and distribution. For more illustrations, see Ren et al. (2009) and Yu (2010) .