Illeis shensiensis Timberlake

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 : 169

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8273813
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scientific name	Illeis shensiensis Timberlake
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Illeis shensiensis Timberlake, 1943: 61 (Holotype male, NM; Type locality: China).—Bielawski 1961: 358; Ren et al. 2009: 243; Das et al. 2020b: 33.

Notes. It is similar to the other Indian species of Illeis with two-spotted pronotum and yellow elytra. It was originally described from China and Das et al. (2020b) recorded it from the north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and illustrated the male genitalia. See Timberlake (1943), Bielawski (1961a) and Ren et al. (2009) for detailed description and / or illustrations of the male genitalia.

Distribution. India (Arunachal Pradesh); China.