Coelophora biplagiata
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Coelophora biplagiata (Swartz)
(Fig. 63)
Coccinella biplagiata Swartz, in Scĥnherr, 1808: 196 (Type locality: China).
Lemnia biplagiata: Mulsant 1850: 383: 1866: 252; Yu 2010: 72.
Coelophora biplagiata: Crotch 1874: 149; Poorani 2002a: 327; Kovář 2007: 613.
Diagnosis. Length: 5.50–6.50 mm; width: 4.40–5.50 mm. Form (Fig. 63a) broadly circular, convex. Body broadly oval, strongly convex, dorsum glabrous. Head light yellow. Pronotum black, lateral sides yellowish confluent along cephalic border. Elytra black with a broad reddish patch, irregular in outline, situated in the anterior half of elytra. Male genitalia (Fig. 63b–e) as illustrated.
Distribution. India: Northeastern region (Manipur, Assam); Nepal; Myanmar; Thailand; China; The Philippines; Korea; Japan; Introduced in Far Eastern Russia.
Prey/associated habitat. Known hosts include: Aphididae: Aphis craccivora Koch, Aphis gossypii Glover, Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner, Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe; Diaspididae: Chrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus), Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman). Collected on sugarcane and in association with indeterminate aphids infesting pigeonpea, Vigna sp. and Argemone sp.
Can develop well on Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), Aphis glycines Matsumura, Aphis fabae Scopoli, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus), and A. craccivora in the laboratory and greenhouse conditions (Kuznetsov & Pang 2002). Feeds on aphids on Bidens pilosa, Thuja compacta and Prunus persicae in Nepal (Sajan et al. 2019). Introduced in Far Eastern Russia from China and found to be very effective in controlling aphids infesting melon, cucumber and peppers in greenhouses (Kuznetsov & Pang 2002).
Seasonal occurrence. Collected during March, July–August, September–October (Assam, northeastern region).
Note: Most of the Indian records of C. biplagiata are suspect and most probably refer to C. saucia, a similar looking, more widely distributed species. Sasaji (1971) and Yu (2010) provided a detailed description with illustrations. See Semyanov (2001) and Kuznetsov & Pang (2002) for biology, prey and use in pest management.
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- Swartz
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- Animalia
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- Arthropoda
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- Coleoptera
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- Coccinellidae
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- Coelophora
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- biplagiata
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- Coelophora biplagiata (Swartz, 1808) sec. POORANI, 2023
References
- 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.
- Yu, G. (2010) Chinese Lady Beetles (The Subfamily Coccinellinae). China Scientific Press, Beijing, 180 pp. [in Chinese]
- 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
- Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: L ˆ bl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.
- Kuznetsov, V. N. & Pang, H. (2002) Employment of Chinese Coccinellidae in biological control of aphids in greenhouse in Primorye. Far Eastern Entomologist, 119, 1 - 5.
- Sajan K. C., Vetrovec, J. & Kafle, K. (2019) Lady beetles of Nepal (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Coccinellinae from the fields at Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Khumaltar, Lalitpur. International Journal of Entomology Research, 4 (4), 157 - 165.
- Sasaji, H. (1971) Fauna Japonica. Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Academic Press of Japan, Tokyo, 340 pp.
- Semyanov, V. P. (2001) The biology of coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from South - East Asia. III. Lemnia biplagiata (Swartz). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 80, 578 - 584. [in Russian]