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 Halyzia nepalensis Canepari ( Figs 79e–g , 80 ) Halyzia nepalensis Canepari, 2003: 261 ( Holotype female, NKME; Type locality: Nepal ).— Poorani & Thangjam 2019: 549 . Diagnosis. Length: 7.00 mm; width: 5.50 mm . Form elongate oval ( Fig. 79e–g ) to slightly broader oval ( Fig. 80 ), dorsum moderately convex and glabrous. Ground colour bright lemon yellow in live specimens ( Fig. 79e– g ); pronotum with a pair of subtriangular brown spots on posterior margin above scutellar shield; elytral pattern characteristic with a broad sutural stripe from scutellar shield to apex and four ochreous to dark reddish brown spots on each elytron as follows: two elongate oval spots next to sutural stripe, first positioned below anterior margin and the second a little below midline, a longitudinal discal spot adjacent to the first two spots and the fourth spot located on lateral side a little above middle of elytra; all elytral maculae bordered white in live specimen ( Fig. 79e ); lateral borders of pronotum and elytra transparent. Underside yellowish. Genitalia not studied. Distribution. India ( Arunachal Pradesh ); Nepal Himalayas; Bhutan ; Myanmar . FIGURE 79. a–d. Halyzia dejavu Poorani & Booth ; e–g. Halyzia nepalensis Canepari ; h, i. Halyzia straminea (Hope) (Photo credit: a, h: K.C. Sajan; e: Cheten Dorji; b–d, f, g, i. Geetha Iyer). Prey / associated habitat. It appears to be attracted to light [photos in ( Fig. 79f, g ) received from Lepidoptera collectors]. Notes. Poorani & Thangjam (2019) recorded it from India ( Arunachal Pradesh ) and Myanmar . For detailed description and genitalia illustrations, see Canepari (2003) and Dorji et al . (2021).