Aspidimerus birmanicus (Gorham, 1895)

Das, P., Saha, G. K., Chandra, K. & Gupta, D., 2022, New to the fauna of India ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Far Eastern Entomologist 449, pp. 9-17 : 10

Aspidimerus birmanicus (Gorham, 1895)

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Cryptogonus birmanicus Gorham, 1895: 691 .

Aspidimerus birmanicus: Kapur, 1948: 84, figs. 4A (habitus, male), 4B (male genitalia), 4C

(siphonal capsule); Poorani, 2002: 343 (checklist); Huo et al., 2013: 71 (checklist).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. India: Assam, Kaziranga, V. 1961, 1♀, coll. G. Scherer [NZSI].

DIAGNOSIS. Body length 3.8–5.0 mm, width 2.8–3.8 mm. Body elongate-oval; head reddish brown, finely punctate in females; pronotum black (brown in females) excluding anterolateral margins; scutellum black; elytra black (reddish brown in females) with two subrounded spots on disc, more or less extended up to lateral margin, located near apex base;

ventrites black to dark brown; legs and abdominal sternites reddish brown.

DISTRIBUTION. India (new record), Myanmar (Kapur, 1948) and Thailand (Huo et al.,

2013).

REMARKS. Kapur (1948) illustrated the male habitus, male genitalia and siphonal capsule based on the specimens from Mongphu and Maymyo (Myanmar). A. birmanicus can be distinguished from closely related species by the following characters: the colour of elytra black with two spots, dorsum moderately convex and densely pubescent, penis relatively long, curved almost in a circle in the whole length. Penis guide symmetrical with apex arcuate or truncate in ventral view (Huo et al., 2013). Here A. birmanicus is reported for the first time from India,

based on the female specimen. The female habitus, antennae, labium, mandible, maxilla and maxillary palpi are illustrated for the first time.

Figures

Figs 1–7. Aspidimerus birmanicus. 1 – habitus, dorsal view; 2 – antennae; 3 – labium;