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 Micraspis unicus Poorani ( Fig. 134 ) Micraspis unicus Poorani, 2019: 190 ( Holotype male, NBAIR; Type locality: Arunachal Pradesh ). Diagnosis. Length: 3.33 mm ; width: 3.05 mm . Form ( Fig. 134a–c ) broad oval to almost round, nearly as long as wide, broadest around middle of elytra and apically narrowed; dorsum convex and glabrous except head with white hairs around clypeal margin. Head creamy white or yellow, rest of dorsum and ventral side yellowish, pronotum with an indistinct pale yellowish-brown median marking, pronotum and elytra with lateral margins transparent. Epipleuron at its widest almost half as wide as metaventrite ( Fig. 134d ). Abdominal postcoxal lines ( Fig. 134e ) incomplete, short. Male genitalia ( Fig. 134h–k ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 134g ) as illustrated. It can be separated from its Indian congeners by its medium-large size, uniform yellow-orange body with distinctly explanate elytra, small scutellar shield, epipleuron at its widest almost half as wide as metaventrite, and the distinctive male genitalia and spermatheca. Distribution . India ( Arunachal Pradesh ). Note. See Poorani (2019) for detailed description.