Genus Anegleis Iablokoff-Khnzorian

Anegleis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1982: 295 .

Type species: Verania cardoni Weise, 1892, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Form circular, dorsum strongly convex, shiny and glabrous. Anterior clypeal margin straight between lateral projections. Head (Figs 23a, 24b) with widely separated eyes, interocular distance more than twice eye width. Antenna (Fig. 24d) slightly shorter than width of head, 11-segmented with a three-segmented club. Terminal maxillary palpomere securiform (Fig. 24c). Labium with terminal labial palpomere tubular and much less broader than penultimate palpomere (Fig. 24e). Scutellar shield small. Prothoracic hypomeron not foveate. Prosternal carinae absent. Mesoventrite anteriorly distinctly but shallowly emarginate. Epipleuron with inner carina not reaching apex (Fig. 24g). Tibial spurs absent. Abdominal postcoxal line (Figs 23b, 24f) incomplete, not recurved, running parallel to posterior margin of ventrite 1. Female genitalia with a vermiform spermatheca not differentiated into nodulus, ramus and cornu (Fig. 23e, f), coxite (Fig. 24h) as illustrated; infundibulum present.

Distribution. Oriental region (South and Southeast Asia).

Affinities. It is closely related to Micraspis and Tomaszewska et al. (2021) included Anegleis, Micraspis and Protothea in the Coccinella- group of genera in their phylogenetic analysis.

Included species. Monotypic genus, known by its type species, A. cardoni (Weise), a very pretty lady beetle widely distributed in the Indian region.