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 5378 1 1 108 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5378.1.1/52353 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5378.1.1 1175-5334 10208917 68976F75-EC46-480B-AB8A-061B1441A958 Priscibrumus himalayensis Kapur ( Fig. 62b ) Priscibrumus himalayensis Kapur, 1958: 333 .— Poorani, 2002: 313 ; Kovář, 2007: 595 . Diagnosis. Length: 3.00– 3.20 mm ; width: 2.30–2.50 mm . Form short oval, convex. Head, pronotum and scutellar shield black, elytra reddish-testaceous, each elytron with an elongate, moderately wide, black dorsolateral band, a little longer than half of elytral length; suture with a black band starting a little below scutellar shield, apically and basally broadened and shaped like a wine glass ( Fig. 62b ); elytral epipleura reddish testaceous except black or piceous near apex. Occasionally the discal and the sutural bands meet at their basal ends. Distribution. Nepal Himalayas. References. Kapur 1958 ; Canepari 1997 .