Telsimia sichuanensis Pang, 1979

Poorani, J. & Thanigairaj, R., 2023, -- A- - brief- - review- - of- - the- - tribe- - Telsimiini- - (Coleoptera: -- Coccinellidae) -- of- - the- - Indian-subcontinent, -- including- - three- - new- - species- - of- - Telsimia Casey- - from- - South- - India, Zootaxa 5352 (3), pp. 358-380 : 371-373

Telsimia sichuanensis Pang ­­&­­Mao

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Telsimia sichuanensis Pang & Mao, 1979: 101 .— Ren et al. 2009: 152; Bi et al. 2022: 25.

Telsimia sichuanensis was originally described from China ( Pang & Mao 1979) and recently, Bi et al. (2022) provided an illustrated diagnostic account based on its male genitalia in their review of Chinese Telsimia spp. It is added to the Indian fauna of Coccinellidae based on a single male specimen collected from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The adult is dorsally fully black except the clypeal margin of head (Fig. 10a) is anteriorly paler yellowish and ventral side is black except mouthparts and antenna are yellowish and the legs are reddish brown. The antenna (Fig. 10b) is 7-segmented and very short with the last antennomere oval and telescoped into the previous antennomere. The last abdominal ventrite in male is posteriorly emarginate (Fig. 10c). The male genitalia (Fig. 10d–g) were found to be identical with the illustrations given by Pang & Mao (1979) and Bi et al. (2022).

Material examined. India: Manipur, Churachandpur , N 24°20’37.9” E 93°39’06.3”, 1077m, 2.x.2013, Prathapan D & Shameem K Coll. ( ICAR-NRCB) .

Distribution. India (Manipur) (new­­record); China.