An illustrated guide to the lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part II. Tribe Chilocorini
Author
POORANI, J.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-11-27
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Renius cornutus
Li & Wang
(
Fig. 69
)
Renius cornutus
Li & Wang,
2017
in
Li
et al.
2017a: 122
, 124.—
Poorani & Thangjam 2019: 562
.
Diagnosis.
Length: 4.43–5.00 mm; width: 4.50–5.00 mm. Form (
Fig. 69a–c
) broadly rounded, nearly as broad as wide; dorsum moderately convex, glabrous except clypeal area of head covered with short, greyish hairs. Head bluish black, rest of dorsal side dark blue, mouthparts yellow. Ventral side bluish black except legs yellow, abdomen brownish black. Clypeus medially raised into a distinct projection in male, produced to a lesser degree in female (
Fig. 69c, e
). Coxites (
Fig. 69h
) and spermatheca (
Fig.
69g
) as illustrated. See Li & et al. (2017a) for detailed description and male genitalia illustrations.
Distribution.
India
(
Arunachal Pradesh
;
Assam
);
China
(
Tibet
).
Notes.
Li
et al
. (2017a)
described it from
China
.
Poorani & Thangjam (2019)
recorded it from north-eastern
India
.