Microcaria pupillata
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Microcaria pupillata (Swartz)
(Fig. 140)
Coccinella pupillata Swartz, in Scĥnherr, 1808: 184 (Type locality: China).
Coelophora pupillata: Mulsant 1850: 397; 1866: 263; Crotch 1874: 153; Korschefsky 1932: 296; Kapur 1963b: 264. Bothrocalvia pupillata: Timberlake 1943: 34; Poorani 2002a: 322; Ren et al. 2009: 178.
Diagnosis. Length:5.20–6.00mm;width:4.80–5.00mm.Form broad oval,dorsum strongly convex,subhemispherical, and glabrous. Ground colour reddish brown, pronotum with ill-defined dark and paler areas, each elytron with five black spots surrounded by yellowish halos, arranged in a 2-2-1 pattern, two at the level of humeral calli, two around middle and one near apex (Fig. 140a, b); occasionally elytral spots reddish brown with yellowish halos (Fig. 140c). Abdominal postcoxal line (Fig. 140d) incomplete. Male genitalia (Fig. 140e–h) as illustrated.
Distribution. India (South Andaman (Veenakumari & Mohanraj 2007), West Bengal); Nepal; China; Indonesia; Thailand.
Prey / associated habitat. Collected at light (label data, Kapur 1963b); on Ficus leaves (Veenakumari & Mohanraj 2007). Feeds on Aphis (Toxoptera) citricidus (Kirkaldy) in Hawaii (Kapur 1963b).
Note. The illustration of Bothrocalvia decemsignata Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1982 (described from Java) appears to be the same as B. pupillata and it was also recorded from Nepal by Canepari (1997). Kapur (1963b) first recorded it from West Bengal and Veenakumari & Mohanraj (2007) gave notes on its distribution. Also illustrated by Ren et al. (2009) and Yu (2010).
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- Swartz
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Coccinellidae
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- Microcaria
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- pupillata
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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.
- Korschefsky, R. (1932) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 120. Coccinellidae II. W. Junk, Berlin, 435 pp.
- Kapur, A. P. (1963 b) The taxonomic status and further description of Harmonia expallida Weise (Col., Coccinellidae), feeding on Adelges species (Hem., Adelgidae) in North - western India. Entomophaga, 3, 199 - 203. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02376089
- Timberlake, P. H. (1943) The Coccinellidae or lady beetles of the Koebele collection - Part I. Hawaiian Planters' Record, 47, 1 - 67.
- 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
- 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]
- Veenakumari, K. & Mohanraj, P. (2007) Additions to the coccinellid fauna of the Andaman Islands and the biology of the endemic Chilocorus coelosimilis Kapur 1966 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 104 (2), 232 - 235.
- Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S. M. (1982) Les Coccinelles Coleopteres-Coccinellidae. Tribu Coccinellini des regions Palearctique et Orientale. Boubee, Paris, 568 pp. [in French]
- Yu, G. (2010) Chinese Lady Beetles (The Subfamily Coccinellinae). China Scientific Press, Beijing, 180 pp. [in Chinese]