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Illeis confusa Timberlake 1943
No full text18. Illeis confusa Timberlake, 1943 (FIG. 20) Brief description: LENGtH 4.15–5.34 MM, WIDtH 3.00–3.96 MM. VERY SIMIlAR tO I. cincta IN GENERAl APPEARANcE (FIGS 20A, b), PRONOtUM cREAMY WHItE WItH tWO blAck SPOtS, ElYtRAl cOlORAtION VARIAblE FROM PAlE PINkISH tO cREAMY YEllOW tO bRIGHt YEllOW, lAtERAl MARGINS OF PRONOtUM AND ElYtRA tRANSPARENt. MAlE GENItAlIA (FIGS 20c–F) DIAGNOStIc. Notes: THIS SPEcIES IS WIDElY DIStRIbUtED IN tHE NORtHERN, EAStERN AND NORtHEAStERN REGIONS OF INDIA. It FEEDS ON POWDERY MIlDEWS INFEStING MUlbERRY, Dalbergia sissoo, cHIllI, ROSE, AND OtHER PlANtS (lAbEl DAtA).Published as part of Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, pp. 93-120 in Zootaxa 4382 (1) on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/118156
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No full textFIGURE 19 in Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal
No full textFIGURE 19. Illeis cincta (F.): a, b) adult, dorsal View; c) head; d) antenna; e) maxilla; f) abdominal postcoxal line; g) female genitalia: spermatheca; h–j) male genitalia: h) tegmen, Ventral View; i) tegmen, lateral View; j) penis.Published as part of Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, pp. 93-120 in Zootaxa 4382 (1) on page 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/118156
Scymnus (Pullus) pyrocheilus Mulsant 1853
No full text9. Scymnus (Pullus) pyrocheilus Mulsant, 1853 (FIG. 11) Brief description: LENGtH 2.10 MM, WIDtH 1.50 MM. FORM (FIG. 11A) OblONG OVAl, cONVEX. HEAD AND PRONOtUM REDDISH tO YEllOWISH tEStAcEOUS. PRONOtUM WItH AN Ill-DEFINED MEDIAN blAck MARkING. ElYtRA blAck, APIcAl FOURtH YEllOWISH tEStAcEOUS. MOUtHPARtS, ANtENNAE, lEGS, PRONOtAl HYPOMERA, lAtERAl SIDES OF AbDOMINAl VENtRItES I AND II AND POStERIOR VENtRItES YEllOWISH tEStAcEOUS, PROStERNAl PROcESS, MEtAVENtRItE AND MIDDlE OF FIRSt tWO AbDOMINAl VENtRItES PItcHY bROWN tO blAck. ANtENNA cOMPOSED OF 11 ANtENNOMERES. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE (FIGS 11b, c) cOMPlEtE, bOAt-SHAPED, bUt bROkEN tOWARDS APEX AND APPEARS AS tHOUGH INcOMPlEtE, ENclOSED AREA WItH cOARSE PUNctURES. PROStERNAl PROcESS WItH A PAIR OF APIcAllY DIVERGENt cARINAE. FEMAlE SPERMAtHEcA (FIG. 11D) AND MAlE GENItAlIA (FIGS 11E–G) AS IllUStRAtED. Notes: It IS EXtERNAllY SIMIlAR tO S. posticalis, tHE MOSt cOMMON SPEcIES OF Scymnus IN NORtHEAStERN INDIA, AND cAN bE SEPARAtED bY tHE MINOR VARIAtIONS IN MAlE GENItAlIA. KAPUR (1958) REcORDED It AS “A PREDAtOR OF cERtAIN MEAlYbUGS”.Published as part of Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, pp. 93-120 in Zootaxa 4382 (1) on page 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/118156
Nephus bipunctatus
No full text12. Nephus bipunctatus -group (FIG. 14) Brief description: LENGtH 1.90–2.20 MM, WIDtH 1.30–1.50 MM. FORM (FIG. 14A) ElONGAtE OVAl, DORSUM MODERAtElY cONVEX AND DENSElY PUbEScENt. HEAD AND PRONOtUM DARk bROWN tO PIcEOUS. ElYtRA DARk bROWN tO PIcEOUS WItH tWO cIRcUlAR, ORANGE-REDDISH SPOtS IN tHE POStERIOR HAlF. ANtENNA cOMPOSED OF 10 ANtENNOMERES. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE (FIG. 14b) INcOMPlEtE. MAlE GENItAlIA (FIGS 14c–E) AND FEMAlE SPERMAtHEcA (FIG. 14F) AS IllUStRAtED. Notes: THIS SPEcIES bElONGS tO tHE Nephus bipunctatus- GROUP AS DEFINED bY FüRScH (1965) AND IS WIDElY DIStRIbUtED IN INDIA. THERE IS cONSIDERAblE VARIAtION IN tHIS SPEcIES AND It IS NOt POSSIblE tO IDENtIFY It cONclUSIVElY At PRESENt AS INDIAN SPEcIES OF Nephus ARE bADlY IN NEED OF REVISION. THE MAlE GENItAlIA OF tHIS SPEcIES ARE NEARlY IDENtIcAl tO tHE IllUStRAtIONS GIVEN bY REN et al. (2009) FOR Nephus quadrimaculatus (HERbSt), WHIcH IS MOSt lIkElY tO bE A MISIDENtIFIcAtION. It FEEDS ON A VARIEtY OF MEAlYbUGS INclUDING M. hirsutus IN SOUtH INDIA (lAbEl DAtA) AND tHE SPEcIMENS StUDIED FROM WESt BENGAl WERE cOllEctED ON MUlbERRY MEAlYbUG.Published as part of Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, pp. 93-120 in Zootaxa 4382 (1) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/118156
Scymnus (Pullus) coccivora Ramakrishna Ayyar 1925
No full text6. Scymnus (Pullus) coccivora Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1925 (FIG. 6) Brief description: FORM (FIGS 6A, b) SMAll, ElONGAtE OVAl; DORSUM MODERAtElY cONVEX AND DENSElY PUbEScENt. GROUND cOlOUR PAlE GOlDEN YEllOW tO YEllOWISH bROWN, WItH DARk PURPlISH bROWN MAcUlAE ON ElYtRA; ElYtRA tYPIcAllY WItH AN HOURGlASS-SHAPED lONGItUDINAl MARkING IN bASAl HAlF, WHIcH IS SOMEtIMES MEDIAllY SPlIt AND APPEARS AS tWO DIStINct MAcUlAE; tWO SMAll cIRcUlAR DIScAl SPOtS PRESENt IN POStERIOR HAlF; ElYtRAl PAttERN VARIAblE, SOMEtIMES WItH ONlY POStERIOR SPOtS PRESENt OR UNIFORMlY YEllOWISH, cOMPlEtElY DEVOID OF MAcUlAE. ANtENNA (FIG. 6c) cOMPOSED OF 11 ANtENNOMERES. PROStERNAl cARINAE (FIG. 6E) bROADlY DIVERGENt tOWARDS POStERIOR. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE (FIG. 6D) cOMPlEtE AND SEMIcIRcUlAR, AREA ADjAcENt tO POStcOXAl lINE SMOOtH. MAlE GENItAlIA (FIGS 6F–H) AS IllUStRAtED. Notes: THIS IS ONE OF tHE MOSt cOMMON SPEcIES OF Scymnus WItH AN AlMOSt PAN-INDIAN DIStRIbUtION AND It IS AbUNDANt IN tHE MUlbERRY EcOSYStEM. It HAS AlSO bEEN INtRODUcED INtO tHE CARIbbEAN ISlANDS (TRINIDAD AND TObAGO, St. KIttS AND NEVIS) tO cONtROl M. hirsutus (CHONG et al. 2015). SANtHAkUMAR et al. (1995) EVAlUAtED It ON MUlbERRY AND REcOMMENDED tHE RElEASE OF 500 ADUltS / AcRE IN tWO SPlItS FOR EFFEctIVE cONtROl OF tHE MEAlYbUG.Published as part of Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, pp. 93-120 in Zootaxa 4382 (1) on page 98, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/118156
Illeis indica Timberlake 1943
No full text19. <i>Illeis indica</i> Timberlake, 1943 <p>(FIG. 21)</p> <p> <i>Brief description</i>: LENGtH 4.15–5.34 MM, WIDtH 3.00–3.96 MM. SIMIlAR tO OtHER <i>Illeis</i> SPP. IN cOlORAtION AND GENERAl APPEARANcE, bUt cAN bE DIFFERENtIAtED bY ItS MORE ElONGAtE bODY (FIGS 21A, b) WItH tHE ElYtRA cONSPIcUOUSlY NARROWED POStERIORlY. MAlE GENItAlIA (FIGS 21c–F), ESPEcIAllY PENIS WItH A bIFID APEX (FIGS 21E, F), ARE DIAGNOStIc.</p> <p> <i>Notes</i>: THIS SPEcIES IS cOMMONlY FOUND IN EAStERN AND PARtS OF NORtHERN AND NORtHEAStERN INDIA. It FEEDS ON POWDERY MIlDEWS INFEStING MUlbERRY, <i>Dalbergia sissoo</i>, cHIllIES, ROSE, AND OtHER PlANtS (lAbEl DAtA).</p>Published as part of <i>Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, pp. 93-120 in Zootaxa 4382 (1)</i> on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1181566">http://zenodo.org/record/1181566</a>
Nephus
No full text14. Nephus sp. nr. roepkei Fluiter, 1938 (FIG. 16) Brief description: FORM (FIGS 16A, b) ElONGAtE OVAl, DORSUM MODERAtElY cONVEX AND DENSElY PUbEScENt. HEAD AND PRONOtUM DARk bROWN tO blAck, ElYtRA bASAllY AND lAtERAllY blAck, DIScAl AREA REDDISH bROWN. ANtENNA cOMPOSED OF 10 ANtENNOMERES. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE INcOMPlEtE. MAlE GENItAlIA (FIGS 16D–F) AS IllUStRAtED. Notes: THIS SPEcIES WAS cOllEctED FROM WESt BENGAl IN ASSOcIAtION WItH M. hirsutus AND EXtERNAllY It IS SIMIlAR tO S. nubilus AND SEVERAl OtHER SPEcIES OF ScYMNINI. THE MAlE GENItAlIA OF tHIS SPEcIES APPEAR tO bE SIMIlAR tO tHAt OF N. roepkei, bUt tHE ADUlt RESEMblES S. nubilus. THE ADUlt OF tHE tYPIcAl FORM OF N. roepkei IllUStRAtED bY PANG & GORDON (1986) HAS A PAIR OF ElONGAtE SPOtS ON tHE ElYtRA AND It IS NOt clEAR IF tHIS IS A VARIANt OF tHE SAME AS SUFFIcIENt NUMbER OF SPEcIMENS cOUlD NOt bE StUDIED. THE INDIAN SPEcIES OF Nephus ARE POORlY kNOWN AND A lARGER, SYStEMAtIc REVISION OF tHE ENtIRE GROUP IS NEEDED bEFORE All tHE SPEcIES cAN bE RElIAblY IDENtIFIED.Published as part of Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, pp. 93-120 in Zootaxa 4382 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/118156
Nephus regularis Sicard 1929
No full text13. Nephus regularis Sicard, 1929 (FIG. 15) Brief description: LENGtH 1.6–1.8 MM, WIDtH 1.2–1.4 MM. FORM (FIGS 15A, b) SHORt OVAl, DORSUM MODERAtElY cONVEX AND DENSElY PUbEScENt. HEAD AND PRONOtUM YEllOWISH bROWN. ElYtRA lIGHt YEllOWISH bROWN, AREA AlONG bASAl MARGINS AND SUtURE APPEARING DARkER. ANtENNA (FIG. 15c) cOMPOSED OF 10 ANtENNOMERES. MAXIllA (FIG. 15D) WItH tERMINAl PAlPOMERE APIcAllY SlIGHtlY WIDENED AND OblIQUElY tRANSVERSE. PROStERNAl PROcESS (FIG. 15E) bROADER tHAN lONG, WItHOUt cARINAE AND FINElY PUNctAtE. AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINE (FIG. 15F) INcOMPlEtE, PARAllEl tO POStERIOR MARGIN OF FIRSt AbDOMINAl SEGMENt FOR UP tO 4/5 OF ItS lENGtH AND tHEN REcURVED, AREA ENclOSED bY POStcOXAl lINE WItH EVENlY DIStRIbUtED PUNctURES, SlIGHtlY SMAllER NEAR lINE. MAlE GENItAlIA (FIGS 15G–I) AS IllUStRAtED. Notes: THIS IS ONE OF tHE MOSt cOMMON PREDAtORS OF SEVERAl SPEcIES OF MEAlYbUGS IN INDIA. It HAS A SUPERFIcIAl SIMIlARItY tO S. coccivora AND cAN bE IDENtIFIED bY tHE cOMbINAtION OF GENERIc AND GENItAlIA cHARActERS. MAHIMASANtHI et al. (2014) FOUND It tO bE A PREDOMINANt PREDAtOR OF M. hirsutus ON MUlbERRY IN TAMIl NADU AND ADUltS WERE FOUND INSIDE lEAF cURlS FORMED DUE tO ‘TUkRA’ DISEASE cAUSED bY tHE MEAlYbUG.Published as part of Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, pp. 93-120 in Zootaxa 4382 (1) on pages 109-110, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/118156
Illeis bistigmosa Mulsant 1850
No full text15. Illeis bistigmosa Mulsant, 1850 (FIG. 17) Brief description: LENGtH 2.50–3.50 MM, WIDtH 2.10–3.20 MM. FORM (FIG. 17A) ElONGAtE OVAl, bROADESt AROUND MIDDlE; DORSUM MODERAtElY cONVEX AND GlAbROUS. HEAD AND PRONOtUM YEllOW, PRONOtUM WItH A PAIR OF blAck SPOtS ON POStERIOR MARGIN ON EItHER SIDE OF ScUtEllUM, lAtERAl MARGINS tRANSPARENt. ElYtRA YEllOW tO YEllOWISH bROWN, lAtERAl MARGINS tRANSPARENt. MAlE GENItAlIA (FIGS 17b–D) AS IllUStRAtED. Notes: THIS IS PRObAblY tHE SMAllESt OF All tHE kNOWN INDIAN SPEcIES OF Illeis. THE NOMINAtE FORM FOUND IN EAStERN AND NORtHEAStERN INDIA HAS A PAIR OF lARGE blAck SPOtS ON tHE PRONOtUM AND IS MUcH SMAllER tHAN OtHER cONGENERIc SPEcIES. THE MAlE GENItAlIA ARE DIAGNOStIc. REN et al. (2009) IllUStRAtED tHIS SPEcIES FROM CHINA.Published as part of Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, pp. 93-120 in Zootaxa 4382 (1) on page 112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/118156
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