Coccinella septempunctata Linneaus 1758 (Europe)

Yu, Guoyue, Montgomery, Michael E. & Yao, Defu, 2000, Lady Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) From Chinese Hemlocks Infested With The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Adelges Tsugae Annand (Homoptera: Adelgidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (2), pp. 154-199 : 193-194

Coccinella septempunctata Linneaus 1758 (Europe) .

Distribution. China (except Hainan Island), Palearctic region, North America.

Specimen Examined. 1 ♀, Yunnan: Lijiang: Wenbishan .

Remarks. This is a well­known lady beetle, and established in North America ( Gordon 1985). Its occurrence on hemlock Tsuga is likely incidental, since many other specimens were collected from other plants nearby.

Genus Harmonia Mulsant Harmonia eucharis (Mulsant)

Ballia euchuris Mulsant 1853 ( India) ; Mader 1934 ( India, Himalayas, Yunnan); Ghani 1962.

Harmonia eucharis: Iablokoff­Khnzorian 1979; 1982; Pang 1984; Cao et al. 1992.

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Tibet), India.

Specimens Examined. (4 total) Yunnan: Lijiang: Yunshanping (1), Wenbishan (3).

Remarks. One specimen from Wenbishan is brown over the body surface, a color form not previously recorded for this species, which has very variable coloration. Iablokoff­Khnzorian (1982) and Pang (1984) are to be consulted for the synonymy.