Nesolotis Miyatake, 1966

Lv, Lanlan & Wang, Xingmin, 2024, A new species of Nesolotis Miyatake, 1966 (Coccinellidae, Coccinellinae, Sticholotidini) from Laos, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 129927-e 129927 : e129927-

Nesolotis Miyatake, 1966

Nesolotis Miyatake, 1966 - Miyatake (1966): 47. Type species, original designation, Nesolotis impunctata Miyatake, 1966.

Nesolotis : Sasaji, 1967 - Sasaji (1967): 16; Sasaji (1971): 75; Miyatake (1994): 264. Wang et al. (2010): 2; Wang et al. (2014): 21.

Paranesolotis Hoàng, 1982 - Hoàng (1982): 104. Type species, monotypy: Paranesolotis tamdaoensis Hoàng, 1982, synonymised by Ślipiński (2004): 390.

Nesolotis as synonymy of Sticholotis Crotch : Ślipiński (2004): 390. Re-validated by Wang et al. (2010): 2.

Diagnosis

See Wang et al. (2010)

Remarks

Nesolotis shows high similarities with Coelolotis Miyatake, 1994 in external appearance, such as the strongly convex body, the densely fine punctures on head as well as on pronotum and elytra and the leg with front tibiae broadly expanded on outer margin ( Miyatake 1994). It is noteworthy that Nesolotis was originally described with atrophied hind wing, a diagnostic feature that distinguished it from Coelolotis . However, based on the examination, the reduced hind wings are only present in certain island species, such as Nesolotis impunctata and Nesolotis punctifrons Miyatake, 1966 , while those species from mainland China exhibit normal-sized hind wings ( Wang et al. 2010). Further investigation is necessary to discuss the systematic relationship between Nesolotis and Coelolotis .

Distribution

China, Japan, Vietnam, Laos.