Oenopia diabolica Canepari

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 : 207

Oenopia diabolica Canepari

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Oenopia diabolica Canepari, 1997: 54 (Holotype female, MHNG; Type locality: Nepal).— Poorani 2002a: 337; Poorani 2002b: 104.

Diagnosis. Length: 3.15 mm. Form elongate oval, dorsum convex and glabrous. Ground colour reddish yellow to yellowish, pronotum with a large, subtrapezoidal, anteriorly emarginate black macula, elytra having two transverse fasciae not reaching lateral margins, first one along basal margin and the second much broader, reaching up to nearly 3/4 th of the elytral length ( Fig. 147 ). Genitalia not studied.

Distribution. Nepal.

Note. Canepari (1997) described it based on a female specimen with poor illustrations of the genitalia and the abdominal postcoxal lines are described as ‘’’ .... Metacoxal lines of Diomus type ...”. It is unclear if it is a true Oenopia species.

Figures

FIGURE 147. Oenopia diabolica Canepari, holotype female (MHNG) (Photo courtesy: Giulio Cuccodoro, MHNG).