An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini
Author
POORANI, J.
text
Zootaxa
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2023-08-18
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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.