Synonychimorpha Miyatake

Poorani, J., 2003, A new species of the genus Synonychimorpha Miyatake (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from South India, Zootaxa 212 (1), pp. 1-6 : 5

Key to the species of Synonychimorpha Miyatake

1. Ground colour orange yellow to yellowish testaceous, with a large black discal patch on elytra leaving only external margins; rarely both sides uniformly yellowish. Male genitalia ( Figs. 10­12 ) as illustrated. Distributed in south and northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal................................................................. chittagongi (Vazirani)

_ Ground colour reddish testaceous, with or without markings....................................... 2

2. Elytra orange yellow with six black spots arranged in a 3­2­1 pattern ­ one subscutellar, two on humeral calli,two on middle and one on suture before apex.Distributed in China...................................................................................................... sexpunctata Miyatake

_ Dorsal side uniform orange yellow to yellowish testaceous. Elytral punctures very dense and close, separated by <0.5­2.0 diameters, coarser and closer towards sides. Distributed in south India............................................................... immaculata sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1­13. Details of Synonychimorpha Miyatake. 1. Synonychimorpha immaculata sp. nov., dorsal habitus; 2. Synonychimorpha chittagongi (Vazirani) comb.nov., dorsal habitus. Figs. 3­9. Synonychimorpha immaculata sp. nov. 3. Antenna; 4. Labrum; 5. Labium; 6. Maxilla; 7. Prosternal process; 8. First abdominal sternite, showing postcoxal line; 9. Elytral epipleuron; 10­12. Male genitalia of Synonychimorpha chittagongi: 10. Aedeagus, lateral view; 11. Aedeagus, ventral view; 12. Sipho. 13. Female genital plate of Synonychimorpha immaculata.