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 Coelophora saucia (Mulsant) ( Figs 73 , 74 ) Lemnia saucia Mulsant, 1850: 380 ( Lectotype , UCCC; Type locality: Nepal ).— Gordon 1987: 18 ; Ren et al. 2009: 208 ; Yu 2010: 73. Coelophora saucia : Poorani 2002a: 329 . Coelophora swinhoeii Crotch, 1874: 149 ( Lectotype , UCCC).—Synonymized by Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982: 249 ; Gordon 1987: 18 ( lectotype designation). Lemnia melanota Mulsant, 1850: 381 ( Lectotype female, HEC, OMNH; Type locality: India ).—Synonymized and lectotype designated by Booth & Pope 1989: 359 . Diagnosis. Length: 5.80–6.80 mm ; width: 4.50–6.00 mm. Form ( Fig. 73a ) circular, dorsum strongly convex and glabrous. Head black. Pronotum black except lateral one-third areas white in live specimens and yellowish in dead specimens, occasionally medially paler with only a posterior transverse black macula. Elytra shiny black, with two large, transverse blood red maculae in middle ( Fig. 74c, d ), sometimes elytra only partially black with anterior and anterolateral areas reddish, with discal reddish spots reduced in size ( Fig. 74e, f ) or almost completely black. Abdominal postcoxal line ( Fig. 73b ) incomplete; ventrite 5 posteriorly broadly emarginate and ventrite 6 slightly more deeply but narrowly emarginate in male ( Fig. 73b ), medially produced and arcuate, respectively, in female ( Fig. 73c ). Male genitalia ( Fig. 73d–g ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 73h ) as illustrated. This species is similar in general appearance and coloration to C. biplagiata , from which it can be differentiated by the pronotal marking which extends along the lateral margin up to the middle and the genitalia. Immature stages. Larva ( Fig. 74a, b ) as illustrated. FIGURE 72. Coelophora circumvelata (Mulsant) : a. Type, dorsal view (BMNH); b, d. adult, dorsal view; c. adult, lateral view; e. adult, frontal view; f, g. female genitalia; h. spermatheca (enlarged). FIGURE 73. Coelophora saucia (Mulsant) : a. adult, dorsal view; b. abdomen, male; c. terminal abdominal ventrites, female; d–g. male genitalia: d. tegmen, lateral view; e. tegmen, ventral view; f. penis; g. penis apex; h. spermatheca. FIGURE 74. Coelophora saucia (Mulsant) , life stages: a, b. larva; c–h. adult, variants. Distribution. India : Widely distributed ( Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Karnataka , Kerala , Manipur , Meghalaya , Nagaland , Sikkim , Tamil Nadu , Tripura , West Bengal ); Nepal ; Myanmar ; Thailand ; China ; The Philippines ; Korea ; Japan . Prey / associated habitat. Aphidophagous on several commonly found aphids including Aphis gossypii , A. craccivora , and A. fabae (label data). Associated with whiteflies on coconut (label data). Devi (1989) recorded it as a predator of Aphis kurosawai , Cavariella salicicola , Ceratovacuna lanigera , Cervaphis rappardi indica , Lipaphis pseudobrassicae (as L. erysimi ), and Toxoptera citricida (Aphididae) in association with various host plants in northeastern India ( Solanum sp. , Salix sp. , Cucumis sativus , Vicia faba , Ageratum conyzoides , Brassica napus , Colocasia antiquorum , Gynura angulosa , Mangifera indica , Saccharum officinalis , Artemisia vulgaris , and Cajanus cajan ). Notes. As mentioned earlier, references to C. biplagiata from India most probably apply to C. saucia , as it is more commonly distributed, particularly in northeastern states. Illustrations of the habitus, life stages and the genitalia are given by Ren et al. (2009) and Yu (2010) .