Harmonia, Mulsant, 1846

Biranvand, Amir, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Al Ansi, Amin N., Fekrat, Lida, Haghghadam, Zahra Mojib, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Noorinahad, Sara, Şenal, Derya, Shakarami, Jahanshir & Haelewaters, Danny, 2019, The genus Harmonia (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in the Middle East region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59 (1), pp. 163-170 : 164

Key to species of Harmonia in the Middle East

1 Body strongly convex. Pronotum white with 4 or 5 black dots in M shape, or with large trapezoid black patch in center leaving only lateral margins white. Elytra black, each elytron with 2 or 4 yellow-reddish spots; or elytra yellow to red, each elytron with maximum 10 black spots in 4 rows (2½–3–3–1) ( Figs 1–4 ). Prosternal process carinate ( Fig. 6 ). Male genitalia as in Figs 14–16 . Penis with tip afler constriction about two times longer than wide. Penis guide from lateral view with apex clearly bent upwards. Body length 6.5– 7.2 mm .................................. H. axyridis (Pallas, 1773)

– Body slightly convex. Pronotum white to yellowish, with 11 black dots; 5 large in Mshape in center, 6 small laterally. Elytra yellow, each elytron with maximum 8 black spots in 4 rows (1–3–3–1) ( Fig. 5 ). Prosternal process without carinae ( Fig. 7 ). Male genitalia as in Figs 17–19 . Penis with tip afler constriction about four times longer than wide. Penis guide from lateral view straight. Body length 5.1–6.6 mm. .................................. ................. H. quadripunctata ( Pontoppidan, 1763) *

Figures

Figs 1–5. Comparison of dorsal habitus of H.axy- ridis (Pallas, 1773) (1–4) and H. quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763) (5). Harmonia axyridis: 1, 2 – forma succinea (which we collected in Iran and Turkey); 3 – forma spectabilis (Iran and Turkey); 4 – forma conspicua (Saudi Arabia and Turkey).

Figs 6–13. Morphological characters of Harmonia species: 6 – H. axyridis (Pallas, 1773), prosternum. 7–13 – Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763): 7 – prosternum; 8 – hind leg; 9 – antenna; 10 – meso- and metaventrites; 11 – maxillary palp; 12 – abdominal ventrite 1 with postcoxal lines; 13 – mandible.

Figs 14–19. Comparison of male genitalia of H. axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (14–16) and H. quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763) (17–19): 14, 17 – tegmen; 15, 18 – penis; 16, 19 – penis apex. All in lateral view.