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 Oenopia diabolica Canepari ( Fig. 147 ) Oenopia diabolica Canepari, 1997: 54 ( Holotype female, MHNG; Type locality: Nepal ).— Poorani 2002a: 337 ; Poorani 2002b: 104 . Diagnosis. Length: 3.15 mm . Form elongate oval, dorsum convex and glabrous. Ground colour reddish yellow to yellowish, pronotum with a large, subtrapezoidal, anteriorly emarginate black macula, elytra having two transverse fasciae not reaching lateral margins, first one along basal margin and the second much broader, reaching up to nearly 3/4 th of the elytral length ( Fig. 147 ). Genitalia not studied. Distribution. Nepal . Note. Canepari (1997) described it based on a female specimen with poor illustrations of the genitalia and the abdominal postcoxal lines are described as ‘’’ .... Metacoxal lines of Diomus type ...”. It is unclear if it is a true Oenopia species.