Oenopia deqenensis Jing

Yu, Guoyue, Montgomery, Michael E. & Yao, Defu, 2000, Lady Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) From Chinese Hemlocks Infested With The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Adelges Tsugae Annand (Homoptera: Adelgidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (2), pp. 154-199 : 191

Oenopia deqenensis Jing

Oenopia deqenensis Jing 1992 (Yunnan) .

Oenopia yunlongensis Jing 1992 (Yunnan) , new synonymy

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Sichuan).

Specimens Examined. (21 total), Yunnan: Lijiang: Heyuan (18), Jianchuan, (1), Baishuihe (1), Sichuan: Baoxing: Nibagou (1).

Remarks. This species also varies in coloration. The pronotum is brown overall or has two black spots. Each elytron either has a black suture and 6 (2–3–1), 5 (2–2–1 or 1–3–1), 4 (1–2–1), or 3 (1–1–1) black spots, or the elytron is entirely brown except for one obscure spot (0–0–1). Jing (1992) described O. deqenensis based on two female specimens and O. yunlongensis based only on two male and two female specimens, but the genitalia of the females was not described. Some of our specimens match exactly the maculation (2–2–1) Jing described for O. yunlongensis while other specimens very closely match Jing’s illustration for O. deqenensis (Jing’s text describes no dorsal maculation, but the figure has two dull markings). Furthermore, the genitalia of all female specimens match O. deqenensis and the genitalia of all males match O. yunlongensis , regardless of maculation. Based on our recognition that this species has variable coloration (at least 6 patterns) with genitalia in common, we apply O. deqenensis (listed first in Jing’s paper) as the valid name.