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(
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This species has a yellowish-testaceous ground colour with the elytra usually having a darker brownish or infuscate discal patch similar to
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(
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;
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); the discal brown area is paler or smaller (
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) or obsolete in some specimens, externally resembling the immaculate form of
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Ayyar
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and
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). Males of this species can be easily separated from other congeners by the presence of a short, dark brown, triangular, tooth-like projection in the middle of the apical margin of abdominal ventrite 5 (
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). The male genitalia (
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Fig.
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Form broad oval, dorsum convex, with dense, silvery white pubescence, lateral sides of elytra with few erect marginal setae. Dorsum yellowish to reddish testaceous, elytra medially with a pale infuscate area or a clearly distinct dark brown patch covering most of elytra except lateral and apical margins; ventral side yellowish-testaceous except meso- and metaventrites and middle of abdominal ventrite 1 darker, brownish; legs paler yellowish. Head (
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) 3.173.23x as wide as an eye, interocular distance 1.501.70x eye width; with shallowly impressed punctures. Elytral punctation dense, punctures more or less similar to those on pronotum, very shallowly impressed, separated by 1-4 diameters. Prosternal intercoxal process with a pair of carinae progressively divergent towards apex. Abdomen with six ventrites, posterior margin of ventrite 5 with a short, dark brown, triangular median tooth (
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), ventrite 6 only narrowly visible and very shallowly emarginate. Tarsal claws trifid (
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). Male genitalia (
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Fig.
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j
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) with penis guide of tegmen broadly lanceolate in ventral view (
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), medially broadest and apically triangular with a very short, tubular apex; with a characteristic basal keel in lateral view (
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Fig.
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); penis (
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) with a prominent capsule (
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), penis apex with a membranous flap (
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Fig.
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) as illustrated.
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB5FD07B3CE9EB9FEDDF812" bold="true" box="[151,276,1943,1967]" pageId="11" pageNumber="536">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Diagnostic characters of
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(
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)
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Poorani
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,
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: a, b. dorsal view; c. head; d. abdomen, male; e. abdominal postcoxal line; f. terminal ventrites, male; gm. male genitalia: g. tegmen, lateral view; h. tegmen, ventral view; i. penis; j. penis capsule; k, l. penis, variants; m. penis apex; n. female genitalia; o. tarsi.
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB2FD00B3CE9E84FEDDF87E" bold="true" box="[151,276,1962,1987]" pageId="12" pageNumber="537">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Life stages of
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB2FD00B2F69E85FDC1F87F" box="[431,520,1963,1986]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="537">Scymnus</emphasis>
(
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)
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB2FD00B13E9E85FD73F87F" box="[615,698,1963,1986]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="537">spicatus</emphasis>
Poorani
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,
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on
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB2FD00B0D99E85FB63F87E" box="[896,1194,1963,1987]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="537">Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi</emphasis>
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: ad. larvae feeding on mealybugs; e, f. pupa; g, h. adult, dorsal view.
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9B0CFEECFD80" bold="true" box="[199,293,546,573]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Female.</emphasis>
Externally similar to male except abdominal ventrite 5 posteriorly without a median tooth, ventrite 6 only slightly visible, apically arcuate. Female genitalia (
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) and spermatheca as illustrated.
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9B44FE81FD38" bold="true" box="[199,328,618,645]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is a Latin adjective in reference to the acutely pointed median tooth on the posterior margin of abdominal ventrite
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male.
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9B9CFE61FD70" bold="true" box="[199,424,690,717]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Material examined</emphasis>
.
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mealybug on banana,
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.
</emphasis>
Larva (
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) and pupa (
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) yellowish orange, with dense waxy filamentation on the dorsal and lateral sides as in other
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.
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9A49FDEBFC3C" bold="true" box="[199,546,870,897]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9A49FDD2FC3C" bold="true" box="[199,539,870,897]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Hosts / associated host plants</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B1739A49FD45FC3C" box="[554,652,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Scymnus</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B1C49A49FD2CFC3C" box="[669,741,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Pullus</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B1AC9A49FC98FC3D" box="[757,849,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">spicatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E6B7AFFB3FD01B0019A49FC5CFC3C" box="[856,917,871,897]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
was collected as a predator of Jack Beardsley mealybug and
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B2629AA5FE6FFC19" authorityName="" baseAuthorityName="Cockerell" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[315,422,907,932]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Ferrisia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="virgata">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B2629AA5FE6FFC19" box="[315,422,907,932]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">F. virgata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
infesting banana in and around Trichy,
<collectingRegion id="49ADC4F1FFB3FD01B0079AA5FC2CFC18" box="[862,997,907,933]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
. It was also found feeding on
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B6689AA5FA55FC19" authorityName="" baseAuthorityName="Cockerell" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[1329,1436,907,932]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Ferrisia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="virgata">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B6689AA5FA55FC19" box="[1329,1436,907,932]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">F. virgata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
infesting eggplant (
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B2289A81FD9CFC74" box="[369,597,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Solanum melongena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L.) in and around the banana orchards at the NRCB research farm.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3735998FFB3FD01B39E9AFCFA8CFBC0" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFB3FD01B39E9AFCFDFCFC50" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,1149]" box="[199,565,978,1005]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9AFCFE93FC50" bold="true" box="[199,346,978,1005]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9AFCFE9AFC50" bold="true" box="[199,339,978,1005]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Distribution</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F37E4A83FFB3FD01B2389AFDFE56FC50" box="[353,415,979,1005]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">India</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion id="49ADC4F1FFB3FD01B2F09AFDFDF8FC50" box="[425,561,979,1005]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD60A13FFB3FD01B39E9AD9FA8CFBC0" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,1149]" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B39E9AD9FEC7FBAC" bold="true" box="[199,270,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Notes.</emphasis>
Indigenous natural enemies such as
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B1CC9AD9FC07FBAC" authority="(Navas)" baseAuthorityName="Navas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[661,974,1015,1041]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysopidae" genus="Mallada" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="desjardinsi">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B1CC9AD9FCB8FBAC" box="[661,881,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Mallada desjardinsi</emphasis>
(Navás)
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B0B39AD9FAC2FBAC" authority="(Okamoto))" authorityName="" baseAuthorityName="Okamoto" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[1002,1291,1015,1041]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysopidae" genus="Mallada" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boninensis">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B0B39AD9FB4DFBAC" box="[1002,1156,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">M. boninensis</emphasis>
(Okamoto))
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B64F9AD9FA50FBAC" box="[1302,1433,1015,1041]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Neuroptera</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B3CE9D35FEE1FB88" box="[151,296,1051,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysopidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Chrysopidae</taxonomicName>
),
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B21E9D35FD3BFB88" authority="Mulsant" authorityName="Mulsant" authorityYear="1853" box="[327,754,1051,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Cryptolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="montrouzieri">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B21E9D35FD4AFB89" box="[327,643,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Cryptolaemus montrouzieri</emphasis>
Mulsant
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B0559D35FC45FB88" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[780,908,1051,1077]" class="Magnoliopsida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="order">Coleoptera</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B0FA9D35FB89FB88" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1807" box="[931,1088,1051,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Coccinellidae</taxonomicName>
),
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B7079D35FA55FB88" authority="(Westwood)" baseAuthorityName="Westwood" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[1118,1436,1051,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Spalgis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epeus">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B7079D35FACBFB89" box="[1118,1282,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Spalgis epeus</emphasis>
(Westwood)
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B3F99D11FEE3FBE4" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[160,298,1087,1113]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Lepidoptera</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B2629D11FE72FBE4" authorityName="Leach" authorityYear="1815" box="[315,443,1087,1113]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Lycaenidae</taxonomicName>
) and some species of gnats (
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B0429D11FCBDFBE4" box="[795,884,1087,1113]" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Diptera</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B0DD9D11FBE7FBE4" box="[900,1070,1087,1113]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Cecidomyiidae</taxonomicName>
) have been recorded earlier as predators of
<taxonomicName id="4C697190FFB3FD01B27A9D4DFE16FBC0" box="[291,479,1123,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Pseudococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="538" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jackbeardsleyi">
<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B27A9D4DFE16FBC0" box="[291,479,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">P. jackbeardsleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
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and
<collectingRegion id="49ADC4F1FFB3FD01B1F39D4DFCF9FBC0" box="[682,816,1123,1149]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
, South
<collectingCountry id="F37E4A83FFB3FD01B0DA9D4DFC75FBC0" box="[899,956,1123,1149]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">India</collectingCountry>
(
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<emphasis id="B91DD601FFB3FD01B7E79D4DFB3FFBC0" box="[1214,1270,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="538">et al.</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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