-- A- - brief- - review- - of- - the- - tribe- - Telsimiini- - (Coleoptera: -- Coccinellidae) -- of- - the- - Indian-subcontinent, -- including- - three- - new- - species- - of- - Telsimia Casey- - from- - South- - India Author Poorani, J. 0000-0003-3879-3264 ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli 620102, Tamil Nadu, India. Corresponding author: pooranij @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3879 - 3264 pooranij@gmail.com Author Thanigairaj, R. 0000-0003-3879-3264 ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli 620102, Tamil Nadu, India. Corresponding author: pooranij @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3879 - 3264 pooranij@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-04 5352 3 358 380 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5352.3.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.3.2 1175-5326 8407416 D7BF6C2E-B10D-4D97-8597-C35AA2D83BE7 Telsimia flavomaculata ­­Poorani (Fig. 4) Telsimia flavomaculata Poorani, 2003: 51 . Diagnosis .­­ Length: 1.25–1.42 mm ; width: 1.00– 1.12 mm . Form elongate oval, dorsum convex and densely pubescent with elongate, silvery white pubescence. Dorsal side black, each elytron with a yellowish or orange, slightly obliquely positioned longitudinal macula, medially narrowed and somewhat dumb-bell shaped, occupying the distal two-thirds of the elytral length (Fig. 4a–c). Antenna (Fig. 4d) six-segmented. Prosternal intercoxal process (Fig. 4e) broad and quadrate, without carinae. Abdominal postcoxal line (Fig. 4f) incomplete. Male genitalia (Fig. 4g –i) as illustrated. Distribution . India ( Karnataka ). Prey / associated habitat .­­ Predatory on Lepidosaphes sp. ( Diaspididae ) infesting areca nut bunches ( Poorani 2003 ).