Anegleis Iablokoff-Khnzorian

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 : 39-40

Genus Anegleis Iablokoff-Khnzorian

Anegleis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1982: 295 .

Type species: Verania cardoni Weise, 1892 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Form circular, dorsum strongly convex, shiny and glabrous. Anterior clypeal margin straight between lateral projections. Head ( Figs 23a , 24b ) with widely separated eyes, interocular distance more than twice eye width. Antenna ( Fig. 24d ) slightly shorter than width of head, 11-segmented with a three-segmented club. Terminal maxillary palpomere securiform ( Fig. 24c ). Labium with terminal labial palpomere tubular and much less broader than penultimate palpomere ( Fig. 24e ). Scutellar shield small. Prothoracic hypomeron not foveate. Prosternal carinae absent. Mesoventrite anteriorly distinctly but shallowly emarginate. Epipleuron with inner carina not reaching apex ( Fig. 24g ). Tibial spurs absent. Abdominal postcoxal line ( Figs 23b , 24f ) incomplete, not recurved, running parallel to posterior margin of ventrite 1. Female genitalia with a vermiform spermatheca not differentiated into nodulus, ramus and cornu ( Fig. 23e, f ), coxite ( Fig. 24h ) as illustrated; infundibulum present.

Distribution. Oriental region (South and Southeast Asia).

Affinities. It is closely related to Micraspis and Tomaszewska et al. (2021) included Anegleis , Micraspis and Protothea in the Coccinella- group of genera in their phylogenetic analysis.

Included species. Monotypic genus, known by its type species, A. cardoni (Weise) , a very pretty lady beetle widely distributed in the Indian region.

Figures

FIGURE 23. Anegleis cardoni (Weise): a. head; b. abdomen, female; c. ventrite 6, female; d. ventrite 6, male; e. spermatheca; f. spermatheca, variant; g–k. male genitalia: g. tegmen, lateral view; h. tegmen, ventral view; i. penis; j. penis apex, lateral; k. penis apex, ventral.

FIGURE 24. Anegleis cardoni (Weise): a. adult, dorsal view; b. head; c. maxilla; d. antenna; e. labium; f. abdominal postcoxal line; g. epipleuron; h. coxite; i–k. male genitalia: i. tegmen, ventral view; j. penis; k. penis apex.