9. Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758 (Fig. 8)

Coccinella 7-punctata Linnaeus, 1758: 365.

Coccinella septempunctata: Korschefsky, 1932: 486. Coccinella divaricata Olivier, 1808: 1001 .

Coccinella confusa Wiedemann, 1823:72 .

Coccinella bruckii Mulsant, 1866: 90; Crotch, 1874: 46. Coccinella septempunctata brucki: Korschefsky, 1932: 491.

Material examined. West Kameng: Kalaktang, Stn. 17, 17.iii.1961, (1 ex.), Rahang, Stn. 34, 17.iv.1961, (1 ex.), Bomdila Pass, Stn. 33, 17.iv.1961, (1 ex.), Shergaon, Stn. 51, 05.v.1961, (1 ex.), Shergaon, Stn. 25, 08.v.1961, (2 exs), Moshing, Stn. 22, 11.v.1961, (2 exs), But Vill. Stn. 61, 24.vi.1961, (1 ex.), leg. K.C. Jayram. Gandhigram: 22.ii.1988 (1 ex.), 26.ii.1988 (1 ex.). Papum Pare: Kokila North of Chessa, 21.x.1996 (1ex.) (24302/H4A), leg. A.M. Biswas. Roing: Debang Valley, 25.i.2000 (1 ex.) (24303/H4A), Deopani, 250m, 29.i.2000 (2 exs) (25306/ H4A), leg. S.K. Mondal. Ziro: Joram, 2.vi.2000 (3 exs) (24304/H4A), leg. B. Mitra. West Kameng: Tenga, 24.iv.2001 (1 ex.) (25307/H4A), leg. S. Sheela. Changlang: Namdapha National Park, Lankhal Nala, 6.iii.2017 (1 ex.) (25308/H4A), Deban River Bed, 345m, 12.iii.2017 (2 exs) (24309/H4A), Anamika Fall, 413m, 13.iii.2017 (1 ex.) (25310/H4A), leg. J. Saini. Tawang: Zemithang, 24.vi.2017 (3 exs) (24911/H4A), Lumla, 24.vi.2017 (1 ex.) (25311/H4A), 11.iv.2018 (1 ex.) (24912/H4A), Namtsering, 15.iv.2018 (1 ex.) (24913/H4A)/ 16.iv.2018 (1 ex.) (24914/H4A), 17.iv.2018 (7 exs) (24915/H4A), leg. J. Saini. Dihang Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Maliny, 25.x.2017 (5 exs) (24437/H4A), leg. D. Gupta.

Distribution. Widely distributed throughout India including Arunachal Pradesh (Gandhigram, Papum Pare, Roing, Ziro, West Kameng, Changlang, Tawang, Dihang Dibang Biosphere Reserve). Elsewhere: China, Afrotropical Region, North America, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka (Poorani 2002b, 2004; Kovář 2007; Poorani & Sambath 2017).