Coccinella transversalis Fabricius, 1781

Ali, Muhammad, Raza, Ghulam, Ali, Shaukat, Anjum, Syed Istiaq & Hussain, Ishtiaq, 2018, The Tribe Coccinellini Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Sindh, Pakistan, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (3), pp. 629-638 : 632

Coccinella transversalis Fabricius, 1781 ( Fig. 3A–E)

Material Examined. [SINDH], 36, 5♀, Hyderabad, 12.XII.1965, leg. Ahmed; 106, 15♀, Larkana 30. VI.1971, leg. M.I. Khan ; 106, 6♀, Mirpur Khas , 20. VI.1971, leg. M. Khan ; 86, 12♀, Thatta , 30.IV.1971, leg. M.I. Khan ; 66, 3♀, Karachi , 15.VII.2009, leg. M. Ali ( NHMUK) .

Diagnosis. Body black, head black with a pair of large, creamy yellow, triangular spots on frons near eyes; pronotum black, anterolateral corners light cream; each elytron dull orange and yellowish with a common subscutellar spot, a trilobed spot, a transverse band not reaching to lateral margin, three spots usually fused to form a transverse marking, sutural line with a black stripe ( Fig. 3); sometimes elytral pattern variable. Length 6.0–6.5 mm; width 4.5–5.0 mm; slightly elongate-oval. Eyes small, with minute facets; ligula notched anteriorly; submentum comparatively large, elongated. Pronotum with two triangular spots on anterolateral angles; prosternal process with a pair of carinae hardly extending beyond level of front coxae; scutoscutellar suture straight; epipleuron with inner margin medially concave, slightly broad anteriorly, narrowing posteriorly. Postcoxal line V-shaped, not reaching anterior margin of second sternite.

Genitalia. Penis curved slightly, distally with a deep notch on ventral surface bearing a terminal triangular process; penal capsule with opposite arm elongated, distally broader while adjacent arm very small, deeply curved; median lobe thick, short, apex broadly pointed; parameres thick, longer; trabes short, straight, with deeply folded margins, expanded distally ( Fig 3A–B). Genital plates somewhat triangular; lateral plates deeply curved, notched mesad; spermathecal capsule deeply curved, thick, cornu moderate; ramus thick, short, nodulus long ( Fig. 3C–D).

Distribution in Sindh Province. Tandojam, Hyderabad, Sukkar, Mirpur Khas, Thatta, and Karachi.