Sticholotis linguiformis Yu

Xingmin Wang, Hermes E. Escalona, Shunxiang Ren & Chen Xiaosheng, 2017, Taxonomic review of the ladybird genus Sticholotis from China (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 4326 (1), pp. 1-72 : 38

Sticholotis linguiformis Yu

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Sticholotis linguiformis Yu, 1995: 124 .

Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. jinpingensis , but it can be distinguished from the latter as follows: spots at basal 2/5 not touching suture, penis long and thin, penis guide narrowed at middle and distinctly shorter than parameres. In S. jinpingensis , spots at basal 2/5 touch suture and form a common sutural spot, penis is short and stout, penis guide is very wide and distinctly longer than parameres.

Specimens examined. China, Guangdong: Chebaling (Shixing County), 23.III.1989, Yu GY leg. (1female, paratype; SCAU).

Distribution. China: Guangdong, Taiwan.

Remarks. We examined the paratype (allotype) of this species, which is damaged. The holotype of this species is deposited in Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany and was not examined yet. All provided diagnostic information for this species is based on Yu’s (1995) detailed description and illustrations.

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FIGURE 304. Distribution map. S. confucii (Mulsant, 1850) (▲); S. morimotoi Kamiya, 1965 (■); S. klapperichi Mader, 1955 (●); S. maculata Korschefsky, 1944 (); S. linguiformis Yu, 1995 (); S. undecimpuncata Miyatake, 1982 (□).