Coelophora bowringii Crotch

POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, Zootaxa 5332 (1), pp. 1-307 : 101-102

Coelophora bowringii Crotch

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Coelophora bowringii Crotch, 1874: 152 (BMNH; Type locality: Burma); Poorani 2002a: 328; Yu 2010: 69.

Coelophora tanoi Sasaji, 1982 ; Ren et al. 2009: 194–195.—Synonymized by Yu 2010: 69.

Diagnosis. Length: 4.10–4.50 mm; width: 3.60–3.90 mm. Form broadly rounded, dorsum hemispherical, convex, glabrous. Ground colour yellowish orange to ochreous in dead specimens, in live and well-preserved specimens head and anterolateral portions of pronotum creamy yellow. Each elytron with four spots arranged in a 3-1 pattern ( Fig. 67a, b ), first three spots arranged in a transverse row in anterior half a little before midline, fourth spot oblique oval, positioned before apex; elytral spots usually with yellowish-white halos. Genitalia not studied.

Distribution. India: Northeastern region (Assam, Nagaland); Myanmar; China.

Prey / associated habitat. Not known.

Notes. Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982) erroneously synonymized it with C. newporti . Yu (2010) illustrated the habitus and colour morphs.

Figures

FIGURE 67. Coelophora bowringii (Crotch): a. adult, dorsal view (BMNH); b. adult (NBAIR).