An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini
Author
POORANI, J.
text
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Halyzia dejavu
Poorani & Booth
(
Figs 77
,
78a
,
79a–d
)
Halyzia dejavu
Poorani & Booth, 2006: 66
(
Holotype
male, BMNH; Type locality:
Sikkim
,
India
).—
Yu 2010: 151
.
Diagnosis.
Length:
8.05–8.50 mm
; width:
6.96–7.20 mm
. Form elongate, broadly oval, broadest around middle of elytra, dorsal side glabrous except for head. Ground colour of head, pronotum and elytra bright creamy to lemon yellow (
Figs 77a
,
78a
,
79a–d
), pronotum with a pair of subquadrate to crescent-shaped, reddish brown to ochreous brown spots, one on either side of scutellum on posterior margin; scutellum yellow with pale brown border; each elytron with four reddish brown to dull brown spots in a 1-2-1 pattern, all spots longer than wide and obliquely positioned; elytral suture with a dull brown to reddish brown stripe with scalloped / wavy margin; lateral sides of pronotum and elytra transparent. Ventral side mostly pale yellowish, metaventrite and abdomen darker yellow to yellowish brown. Spermatheca (
Fig. 77e
) and male genitalia (
Fig. 77f–h
) as illustrated.
Distribution.
India
(
Arunachal Pradesh
;
Sikkim
);
Nepal
;
Bhutan
;
China
.
Prey / Associated habitat.
Feeding on indeterminate aphids (label data); Attracted to light.
Seasonal occurrence.
Collected in November (label data).
Notes.
See
Poorani & Booth (2006)
for original description. Recorded from
China
by
Yu (2010)
.