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Chilocorus Leach 1815

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Chilocorus Leach, 1815

5. alishanus Sasaji, 1968b

Distribution: Nepal; China; Taiwan.

6. albomarginalis (Li & Wang, in Li et al. 2017b)

Distribution: India (Assam); China.

7. bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: India (Jammu & Kashmir); Pakistan; China; Mongolia; Western Europe; Russia.

8. braeti Weise, 1895b

Distribution: India (Sikkim; West Bengal).

9. circumdatus (Gyllenhal, 1808)

Distribution: India (Assam; Karnataka; Kerala; Tamil Nadu; West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Nepal; Indonesia; China; Hong Kong; Introduced into Australia.

10. coelosimilis Kapur, 1967

Distribution: India (Andamans; Goa; Uttar Pradesh).

11. flaviceps (Miyatake, 1970b), comb. n.

Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu).

12. hauseri Weise, 1895a

Distribution: India (Sikkim; West Bengal); Myanmar; China.

13. indicus (Miyatake, 1970b), comb. n.

Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu).

14. infernalis Mulsant, 1853a

Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu & Kashmir; Meghalaya; Sikkim; Uttarakhand; West Bengal); Bhutan; Nepal; Pakistan; China.

15. keralensis Poorani, sp. n.

Distribution: India (Kerala).

16. matsumurai Miyatake, 1985

Distribution: Nepal.

17. melas Weise, 1898

Distribution: India (North-eastern region; Sikkim); Nepal; Bhutan; Myanmar; China; Hong Kong; South-east Asia. 18. nigricaeruleus Li & Wang, 2018

Distribution: India (Assam) (new record); China.

19. nigrita (Fabricius, 1798)

Distribution: India (Widely distributed almost throughout the country); Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; China; Indonesia; Thailand; South Africa; Seychelles; Pacific; Brazil.

20. pakistanensis (Ahmad & Ghani, 1966)

Distribution: India (Jammu & Kashmir; Uttarakhand); Pakistan.

21. politus Mulsant, 1850

Distribution: India (Sikkim; West Bengal); Bhutan; Nepal; Thailand; Indonesia (Java).

22. rubidus Hope, 1831

Distribution: India (Goa; Jammu & Kashmir; Uttar Pradesh); Pakistan; Nepal; China; Malaysia; Japan; Celebes; Korea; Siberia; Manchuria; Mongolia.

23. subindicus Booth, 1998

Distribution: India (Lakshadweep Islands; Kerala; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu); Maldives; Sri Lanka. 24. yunlongensis Cao & Xiao, 1984

Distribution: India (North-eastern region: Manipur). China (Yunnan).

Notes

Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to the lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part II. Tribe Chilocorini, pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 5378 (1) on pages 96-97, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5378.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208917

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Biodiversity

Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Chilocorus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Leach
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Chilocorus Leach, 1815 sec. POORANI, 2023

References

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  • Sasaji, H. (1968 b) A revision of the Formosan Coccinellidae (II) tribes Stethorini, Aspidimerini and Chilocorini (Coleoptera). Etizenia, 32, 1 - 24.
  • Li, W., Huo, L., Chen, X., Ren, S. & Wang, X. (2017 b) A new species of the genus Phaenochilus Weise from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Chilocorini). ZooKeys, 644, 33 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 644.9825
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum chatacteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 823 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542
  • Weise, J. (1895 b) Insectes du Bengale. Coccinellidae. Annales de la Societe Entomologique du Belgique, 39, 151 - 157.
  • Gyllenhal, L. (1808) [New taxa.]. In: Schonherr, C. J. (Ed.), Synonyma Insectorum, oder: Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum & c. geordnet. Erster Band. Eleutherata oder Kafer. Zweiter Theil. Sprechus-Cryptocepalus. C. F Marquard, Stockholm, 424 pp.
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  • Miyatake, M. (1970 b) Two new species of the genus Phaenochilus Weise from South India (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society, 10, 111 - 115.
  • Weise, J. (1895 a) Neue Coccinelliden sowie Bemerkungen zu bekannten Arten. Annales de la Societe Entomologique du Belgique, 39, 120 - 146.
  • Mulsant, E. (1853 a) Supplement a la monographie des coleopteres trimeres securipalpes. Annales de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, New Series, 1, 129 - 333. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 60609
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  • Li, W. J., Huo, L. Z., Wang, D., Ahrens, D. & Wang, X. M. (2018) Contribution to the genus Chilocorus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini), with descriptions of two new species from China. European Journal of Taxonomy, 469, 1 - 34. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2018.469
  • Fabricius, J. C. (1798) Supplementum Entomologicae Systematicae. Apud Proft et Storch, Hafniae, [i] + 574 pp.
  • Ahmad, R. & Ghani, M. A. (1966) Biology of Chilocorus infernalis Muls. (Col.: Coccinellidae). Technical Bulletin, Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, 7, 101 - 106.
  • Mulsant, E. (1850) Species des Coleopteres trimeres securipalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, Lyon, Series 2, 2, 1 - 1104. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8953
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