Halyzia nepalensis Canepari

POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, Zootaxa 5332 (1), pp. 1-307 : 116-117

Halyzia nepalensis Canepari

( Figs 79e–g , 80 )

Halyzia nepalensis Canepari, 2003: 261 (Holotype female, NKME; Type locality: Nepal).— Poorani & Thangjam 2019: 549.

Diagnosis. Length: 7.00 mm; width: 5.50 mm. Form elongate oval ( Fig. 79e–g ) to slightly broader oval ( Fig. 80 ), dorsum moderately convex and glabrous. Ground colour bright lemon yellow in live specimens ( Fig. 79e– g ); pronotum with a pair of subtriangular brown spots on posterior margin above scutellar shield; elytral pattern characteristic with a broad sutural stripe from scutellar shield to apex and four ochreous to dark reddish brown spots on each elytron as follows: two elongate oval spots next to sutural stripe, first positioned below anterior margin and the second a little below midline, a longitudinal discal spot adjacent to the first two spots and the fourth spot located on lateral side a little above middle of elytra; all elytral maculae bordered white in live specimen ( Fig. 79e ); lateral borders of pronotum and elytra transparent. Underside yellowish. Genitalia not studied.

Distribution. India (Arunachal Pradesh); Nepal Himalayas; Bhutan; Myanmar.

Prey / associated habitat. It appears to be attracted to light [photos in ( Fig. 79f, g ) received from Lepidoptera collectors].

Notes. Poorani & Thangjam (2019) recorded it from India (Arunachal Pradesh) and Myanmar. For detailed description and genitalia illustrations, see Canepari (2003) and Dorji et al. (2021).

Figures

FIGURE 79. a–d. Halyzia dejavu Poorani & Booth; e–g. Halyzia nepalensis Canepari; h, i. Halyzia straminea (Hope) (Photo credit: a, h: K.C. Sajan; e: Cheten Dorji; b–d, f, g, i. Geetha Iyer).

FIGURE 80. Halyzia nepalensis Canepari: a, b. adult, dorsal view (ZSI).