The Tribe Coccinellini Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Sindh, Pakistan Author Ali, Muhammad Author Raza, Ghulam Author Ali, Shaukat Author Anjum, Syed Istiaq Author Hussain, Ishtiaq text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2018 2018-09-20 72 3 629 638 http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.3.629 journal article 10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.629 1938-4394 4836836 Micraspis allardi (Mulsant, 1866) ( Fig. 7A–C ) Material Examined. [ SINDH ] , 16, 2♀ , Hyderabad, 14. VI .1972 , leg. Ahmed; 26, 2♀ , Thatta , 14. VI .1972 , leg. M.I. Khan ; 16, 3♀ , Karachi , 10. VI .1973 , leg. M.I. Khan ( NHMUK ) . Diagnosis. Head brownish black, clypeus and frons with many minute punctures; mandibles punctate; pronotum brownish yellow with two spots on posterolateral margin, elytra yellow with four large, black spots ( Fig. 7A ); body ventrally black. Length 4.5–5.0 mm; width 3.3–3.6 mm; body rounded, strongly convex. Head without spots or patches; eyes small with fine facets; ligula with anterior margin rounded, proximally; submentum anteriorly notched. Prosternal process with carinae reaching only middle of prosternum; scuto-scutellar suture thick, straight; elytra rounded; epipleuron with inner margin w-shaped, longitudinally bifurcated, broader medially. Postcoxal line reaching anterior margin of second sternite; last sternite covered with small setae. Fig. 7. Micraspis allardi . A) Habitus, B) Sipho, C) Fig. 8. Propylea quatuordecimpunctata . A) Habitus, B) Tegmen, C) Sipho. Scale bars = 0.3 mm. Tegmen. Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Genitalia. Penis thick, hollow and flattened, spoon-shaped terminally, opposite arm elongated, broader distally, adjacent arm short, expanded, triangular; median lobe straight, strongly narrowed, slightly shorter than parameres; parameres strongly convergent; trabes straight, elongated, narrower proximally, expanded apically with convex dorsal surface cap-like ( Fig. 7B–C ). Distribution in Sindh Province . Hyderabad, Thatta, and Karachi.