Telsimia mudigerensis Poorani, 2023

Poorani, J. & Thanigairaj, R., 2023, -- A- - brief- - review- - of- - the- - tribe- - Telsimiini- - (Coleoptera: -- Coccinellidae) -- of- - the- - Indian-subcontinent, -- including- - three- - new- - species- - of- - Telsimia Casey- - from- - South- - India, Zootaxa 5352 (3), pp. 358-380 : 375-378

Telsimia mudigerensis Poorani ,­­sp.­­n.

(Fig. 13)

Diagnosis. Telsimia mudigerensis sp. n. is a fully black species that can be reliably identified only by the male genitalia (Fig. 13f–i).

Description. Male. ­­ Form broad oval, dorsum moderately strongly convex and densely pubescent with greyish white hairs (Fig. 13a, b). Dorsal side black except head with clypeal margin distinctly yellowish (Fig. 13b). Ventral side black except legs yellowish brown. Head densely and closely punctate, punctures separated by less than their diameter. Pronotum with anterior margin lighter yellowish brown; anterolateral corners rounded, posterolateral corners obtuse; densely punctate but punctures smaller and slightly more widely spaced than those on head, separated by 1–1.5 diameters, interspaces between punctures shiny. Elytra densely punctate, punctures finer than those on pronotum, separated by 1–3 diameters, interspaces between punctures smooth. Abdominal postcoxal line (Fig. 13c) incomplete; ventrite 5 apically broadly triangular (Fig.13c). Male genitalia (Fig. 13f–i) as illustrated, penis guide elongate conical and gradually narrowed to a short, two-pronged apex in inner view (Fig. 13g), parameres longer than penis guide with two or three elongate terminal setae; penis (Fig. 13h) in lateral view elongate, anteriorly strongly curved and much narrower, posterior half distinctly wider and apically narrowed and rounded; penis in inner view (Fig. 13i) elongate and almost parallel-sided, apically triangular with a rounded apex.

Female. Similar to male in external appearance. Abdomen with ventrite 5 apically more broadly arcuate (Fig. 13d). Terminalia (Fig. 13e) as illustrated.

Material examined. Holotype male, India: Karnataka, Mudigere , 980m, on pepper, 11.v.2005, D. Jemla Naik Coll. ( ICAR-NBAIR) ; Paratype, female with the same data ( ICAR-NBAIR) .

Distribution.­­ India (Karnataka).