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 Singhikalia ornata Kapur ( Fig. 186 ) Singhikalia ornata Kapur, 1963: 17 ( Holotype male, BMNH; Type locality: Singhik, Sikkim ).— Poorani 2002a: 343 ; Kovář 2007: 599 . Singhikalia subfasciata Miyatake, 1972: 92 ( Type locality: Formosa ).— Synonymized by Jadwiszczak 1990: 56. Diagnosis. Length: 7.50–7.80 mm ; width: 6.30–6.50 mm . Form broad oval to subcircular, dorsum convex and densely pubescent. Ground colour red, pronotum with a pair of black spots on posterior margin; elytra having 14 black spots of variable size, arranged in a 2-2-2-1 pattern, lateral margins of elytra basally black ( Fig. 186a–c ). Elytral punctation dual, coarse punctures intermixed with finer punctures. Abdominal postcoxal line incomplete, apparently with a lateral oblique line. Genitalia not studied. Distribution. India (Endemic to Sikkim ); Vietnam ; Taiwan . Note. It is a rare species endemic to Sikkim / Eastern Himalayas. It is also likely to be mistaken for / misidentified as Epilachnini .