Aspidimerus birmanicus (Gorham)

POORANI, J., 2024, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 3. Tribe Aspidimerini, Zootaxa 5431 (1), pp. 1-89 : 12-14

Aspidimerus birmanicus (Gorham)

( Figs 6 , 7 )

Cryptogonus birmanicus Gorham, 1895: 691 .

Aspidimerus birmanicus : Kapur 1948: 84.— Poorani 2002: 343; Huo et al. 2013: 71.

Diagnosis. Length: 3.80–5.00mm; width: 2.80–3.80mm. Form oblong oval, strongly convex; dorsum densely pubescent. Dorsal side black, elytra with two large, dark reddish to yellowish discal spots positioned above midline ( Figs 6a–c , 7a–d ). Ventral side black, legs dark brown except last pair reddish brown, abdominal ventrites reddish brown. Mesoventrite semicircularly emarginate. Abdominal postcoxal line incomplete ( Fig.7e ). Female genitalia ( Fig. 7f ) with transverse coxites as illustrated. Male genitalia not studied.

Material examined. Maymyo , without other data, 1 male ( BMNH) ; Mungphu , without other data, 1 female ( BMNH) ; Assam: Kaziranga , v.1961, leg. G. Scherer, 1 ex ( ZSIK) ; Meghalaya: without other data, 1 female ( NBAIR) ; Meghalaya: Mawryngkneng , N25°35’18.6” E92°03’54.0”, 1094m, 5.vi.2013, B. Ramesha Coll., 2 females ( NBAIR) .

Distribution. India (Assam; West Bengal; Sikkim); Myanmar; Laos; Thailand.

Notes. See Kapur (1948) and Huo et al. (2013) for more details / illustrations of the habitus, genitalia and similar looking species.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Aspidimerus birmanicus (BMNH): a. dorsal view; b. lateral view; c. frontal view.

FIGURE 7. Aspidimerus birmanicus (BMNH): a–c. dorsal view; d. lateral view; e. abdomen; f. coxites.