Cryptogonus nepalenensis bhutanensis Bielawski, 1979

Azad, Rashid, Farid, Abid, Huo, Lizhi, Ali, Habib & Wang, Xingmin, 2020, The genus Cryptogonus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan, with description of a new species and a new record, Zootaxa 4861 (1), pp. 145-150 : 148

Cryptogonus nepalenensis bhutanensis Bielawski, 1979

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Cryptogonus nepalensis bhutanensis Bielawski, 1979: 113 .

Diagnosis. Cryptogonus nepalensis bhutanensis superficially resembles the subspecies, C. nepalensis nepalensis Bielawski, 1972 , but it can be separated from the latter by the color pattern of the elytra ( Figs. 3 a–c) and the apex of the penis guide ( Fig. 3f ). In C. n. bhutanensis, base and apex of the elytra is rather widely black ( Fig. 3c ), penis guide feebly curved outwards in lateral view ( Fig. 3e ), while in C. n. nepalensis , only the base of the elytra is widely black and penis guide nearly straight.

Material Examined. PAKISTAN (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 5 m # 3 f#, Paras, [34°39′23.53″N, 073°30′13.91″E], ca . 1364m, 15.X.2015, Wang X., leg.

Distribution. Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Bhutan ( Bielawski 1979).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Cryptogonus nepalenensis bhutanensis Bielawski, 1979: (a) habitus, dorsal; (b) habitus, frontal; (c) habitus, lateral; (d) abdomen (male); (e) penis, lateral; (f) apex of penis; (g) tegmen, inner; (h) tegmen, lateral.