Coccinella quadripunctata, (Pontoppidan)

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 : 194

Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan)

Coccinella quadripunctata Pontoppidan 1763 ( Denmark) .

Harmonia quadripunctata: Mader 1932 (Europe, Asia Minor, Siberia); Iablokoff­Khnzorian 1982; Vandenberg 1990 (Eastern United States); Kuznetsov 1997 ( Russia).

Distribution. China (Yunnan), from the Russian Far East to Europe, Asia Minor, Eastern United States (introduced).

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

Remarks. The specimen examined is unique in maculation with 10 black spots on each elytron plus a scutelar spot. The male genitalia are identical with the illustration given by Kapur (1963b). It is a new record for China.

Genus Calvia Mulsant Calvia championorum Booth

Calvia championorum Booth 1997 ( India) , Yu and Wang 1999 (Taiwan). Calvia trilochana: Jing 1992 (nec. Kapur 1963a).

Sospita (Myzia) horni: Wei et al. 1985 (nec. Crotch 1874).

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Taiwan), India.

Specimen Examined. 1 Ƌ, Shaanxi: Ningshan.

Remarks. Booth (1997) stated that the elytron sometimes has a weak suggestion of three pale longitudinal stripes. We found three black stripes on the underside of the elytron. This species was observed in the laboratory to prey voraciously on the hemlock woolly adelgid.

Tribe Halyziini Genus Halzia Mulsant Halyzia sedecimguttata (Linnaeus)

Coccinella sedecimguttata Linnaeus 1758 (Europe) .

Halyzia sedecimguttata: Mulsant 1846 ; Mader 1934; Sasaji 1971 ( Japan); Bielawski 1984 ( Mongolia); Iablokoff­Khnzorian 1982; Ran 1985 (Shaanxi); Kuznetsov 1997; Yu et al. 1997 (Sichuan).

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Sichuan); Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russian,

Middle Asia, Caucasus, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Moldova, Asia Minor, Europe. Specimen Examined. 1 Ƌ, Sichuan: Baoxing.