Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
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Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus)
(Fig. 180)
Coccinella 14— punctata Linnaeus, 1758: 366 (Type locality: Europe).
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata: Mulsant 1846: 152; Mader 1933: 253–262; Sasaji 1971: 264; Sasaji et al. 1975: 13–34; Poorani 2002a: 341.
Diagnosis. Length: 3.00 mm; width: 2.50 mm. Form elongate oval, dorsum moderately convex and glabrous. Ground colour pale creamy yellow, pronotum with 5–7 black maculae, often interconnected and forming a larger macula; elytra with the characteristic checkerboard or anchor-shaped pattern (Fig. 180a, b). Ventral side largely blackish, abdominal ventrites medially black and laterally yellowish. Abdominal postcoxal line (Fig. 180c) incomplete. Male genitalia (Fig. 180d–g) as illustrated.
Distribution. India: Appears to be confined to the colder parts of northwestern Indian Himalayas (Jammu & Kashmir; Uttarakhand); Pakistan; Bangladesh; Japan; China; Europe; North America.
Prey/associated habitat. Collected on peach and willow in Jammu & Kashmir (Kundoo 2019) and on custard apple in Pakistan (Hayat et al. 2017). Associated with powdery mildew infesting mulberry in Kashmir (Khan & Nighat 1991).
Seasonal occurrence. Found during June–July in Jammu & Kashmir (Kundoo 2019); August–September in Pakistan (Hayat et al. 2017).
Notes. Propylea quatuordecimpunctata is very similar in general appearance to P. japonica and its distribution in the Indian mainland appears to be restricted to the coldest parts of northwestern India (Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand) and it is seldom collected in large numbers. See Ren et al. (2009) and Yu (2010) for more illustrations.
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Genus
- Propylea
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- quatuordecimpunctata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. POORANI, 2023
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. 10 th Edition. L. Salvius, Stockholm, 826 pp.
- Mulsant, E. (1846) Securipalpes. Vol. 4. Histoire Naturelle des Coleopteres de France, Paris, 380 pp., 1 pl.
- Sasaji, H. (1971) Fauna Japonica. Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Academic Press of Japan, Tokyo, 340 pp.
- Sasaji, H., Yahara, R. & Saito, M. (1975) Reproductive isolation and species specificity in two ladybirds of the genus Propylea (Coleoptera). Memoirs of the Faculty of Education, Fukui University, Series II (Natural Sciences), 25, 13 - 34.
- Poorani, J. (2002 a) An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian subregion. Oriental Insects, 36, 307 - 383. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.2002.10417335
- Kundoo, A. A. (2019) Taxonomic studies on Coccinellidae in agro-ecosystems of Kashmir and Ladakh. Ph. D. Thesis, Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Sopore, 87 + xvii pp.
- Hayat, A., Khan, M. R. & Naz, F. (2017) Subfamilies Coccinellinae and Coccidullinae (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) with New Records from AJK, Pakistan. Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, 7 (4), 12 - 66.
- Khan, M. A. & Nighat (1991) Insect pest complex of mulberry (Morus spp.) in Kashmir. Journal of Tree Sciences, 10 (1), 8 - 10.
- Ren, S. X., Wang, X. M., Pang, H., Peng, Z. Q. & Zeng, T. (2009) Colored pictorial handbook of ladybird beetles in China. Science Press, Beijing, 336 pp. [in Chinese]
- Yu, G. (2010) Chinese Lady Beetles (The Subfamily Coccinellinae). China Scientific Press, Beijing, 180 pp. [in Chinese]