Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal Author Poorani, J. Author Lalitha, N. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-02-20 4382 1 93 120 journal article 30706 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3 4f3ec33b-a217-4df5-9e6b-c084ef1dc089 1175-5326 1181566 7D17C646-49A7-4C3B-BBB7-1E9586FF1C79 20. Psyllobora bisoctonotata (Mulsant, 1850) ( FIG. 22 ) Brief description : LENGtH 3.2–3.5 MM, WIDtH 2.2–2.5 MM. FORM ( FIG. 22A ) SMAll, NARROW AND ElONGAtE OVAl, HEAD PUbEScENt AND RESt OF tHE bODY GlAbROUS. GROUND cOlOUR PAlE cREAMY YEllOW tO bRIGHt lEMON YEllOW. PRONOtUM WItH A PAlE bROWN, INDIStINct, ROUGHlY M-SHAPED MARkING. ElYtRA WItH 18 blAck SPOtS, ARRANGED IN A 2-3-3-1 PAttERN ON EAcH ElYtRON ( FIG. 22A ), SPOtS VARIAblE IN SIZE; lAtERAl MARGINS OF PRONOtUM AND ElYtRA tRANSPARENt. ANtENNA ( FIG. 22b ) cOMPOSED OF 11 ANtENNOMERES, tERMINAl ANtENNOMERE bROADlY OVAl. MANDIblE ( FIG. 22c ) WItH ADDItIONAl SERRAtIONS AlONG INcISOR EDGE. MAXIllA ( FIG. 22E ) WItH tERMINAl PAlPOMERE SEcURIFORM. VENtRAl SIDE UNIFORMlY YEllOWISH bROWN. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE ( FIG. 22F ) VERY SHORt AND INcOMPlEtE. MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 22H–j ) AND FEMAlE SPERMAtHEcA ( FIG. 22G ) AS IllUStRAtED. Notes : THIS IS A VERY cOMMON MYcOPHAGOUS SPEcIES IN NORtHERN AND NORtHWEStERN INDIA . IN REcENt YEARS , It HAS SlOWlY EXtENDED ItS GEOGRAPHIcAl RANGE tO PENINSUlAR AND SOUtHERN INDIA (UNPUblISHED DAtA) , WHERE It IS MUcH lESS cOMMON EXcEPt IN SOME POckEtS OF KARNAtAkA . It IS cOMMONlY cOllEctED IN ASSOcIAtION WItH POWDERY MIlDEWS ON Dalbergia sissoo AND MUlbERRY IN WINtER IN NORtHERN INDIA ( KUMAR et al . 2010) AND BANGAlORE (lAbEl DAtA).