Oenopia chinensis (Weise)

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 : 205

Oenopia chinensis (Weise)

( Fig. 144 )

Coelophora chinensis Weise, 1912: 113 (Type locality: China).

Gyrocaria chinensis: Miyatake 1965: 65 .

Oenopia chinensis: Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982: 426 ; Hoang 1983: 91; Poorani & Thangjam 2019: 550.

Diagnosis. Length: 3.50–4.00 mm; width: 3.00– 3.30 mm. Form circular, dorsum convex and glabrous. Head yellow in male and black in female, pronotum black with lateral flanks yellow, elytra black with three yellow spots on each elytron ( Fig. 144a ). Female genitalia ( Fig. 144b ) with a long, tubular and twisted infundibulum, spermatheca ( Fig. 144c ) and male genitalia ( Fig. 144d–g ) as illustrated.

Distribution. India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya); China; Laos; Vietnam.

Notes. It is superficially similar to O. sexareata and Oenopia formosana Miyatake 1967 (treated as a synonym of O. chinensis by Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982). Poorani & Thangjam (2019) recorded it from northeastern India (Meghalaya). It appears to be a rare species for India.

Figures

FIGURE 144. Oenopia chinensis (Weise): a. adult, dorsal view; b. female genitalia: c. spermatheca; d–g. male genitalia: d. tegmen, lateral view; e. tegmen, ventral view; f. penis; g. penis apex.