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Hippodamia arctica BMNH

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Description

Hippodamia arctica (Schneider)

(Fig. 106a)

Coccinella arctica Schneider, 1792: 148 (Type material: St Petersburg, Russia; Type locality: Lapponia).

Adonia arctica: Mulsant 1850: 45; 1866: 33.

Hippodamia (Parippodamia) arctica: Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1982: 322; Canepari, 1997: 50.

Hippodamia arctica: Biranvand et al. 2021: 297.

Diagnosis. Length: 4.80–5.20 mm; width: 2.80–3.20 mm. Form (Fig. 106a, BMNH) elongate oval, dorsum moderately convex and glabrous. Elytra yellow, with black pattern or elytra black with yellow pattern; pronotum yellowish-white, with a large black median crown-shaped spot and a yellowish spot on the base of pronotum; femora black, proximal half of tibiae black; abdominal ventrites black with orange spots in lateral margins. Abdominal postcoxal lines complete. Genitalia not studied.

Distribution. Mainly Palaearctic in distribution. Recorded from Nepal by Canepari (1997).

Note. See Biranvand et al. (2021) for more details and illustrations.

Notes

Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on pages 151-152, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502

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Biodiversity

Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Hippodamia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
BMNH
Species
arctica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hippodamia arctica (Schneider, 1792) sec. POORANI, 2023

References

  • Schneider, D. H. (1792) Neustes Magazin fur die Liebhaber der Entomologie. Vol. 2. Stralsund und Leipzig, Struck, pp. 128 - 256.
  • Mulsant, E. (1850) Species des Coleopteres Trimeres Securipalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, publiees par la Societe nationale d'Agriculture, etc., de Lyon, Deuxieme Serie, 2, 1 - 1104. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8953
  • Mulsant, E. (1866) Monographie des Coccinellides. 1 re Partie Coccinelliens. Savy et Deyrolle, Paris, 294 pp.
  • Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S. M. (1982) Les Coccinelles Coleopteres-Coccinellidae. Tribu Coccinellini des regions Palearctique et Orientale. Boubee, Paris, 568 pp. [in French]