Oenopia octovittata 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 : 214

Oenopia octovittata Canepari

( Fig. 152 )

Oenopia octovittata Canepari, 2012: 364 (Holotype, Erfurt ; Type locality: Nepal).

Diagnosis. Length: 4.00– 4.50 mm; width: 2.80–3.20 mm. Form ( Fig. 152a, b ) broad oval, dorsum moderately convex and glabrous. Head yellow, basally black. Pronotum pale yellow with a black median macula, basally broad and narrowed towards apex. Scutellar shield black. Elytra red with four black spots on each elytron arranged in a 1-2-1 pattern and a sutural black stripe. Ventral side black except legs yellowish. Female genitalia and spermatheca as illustrated ( Fig. 152c ), with a very elongate, tubular infundibulum.

Distribution. Nepal.

Notes. This species needs more detailed study as it is close to O. billieti and the shape of the spermatheca and the infundibulum are strikingly similar to those of O. billieti var. testacea Kapur. The images of the holotype and paratype (Erfurt), obtained through the courtesy of Dr. Mathias Hartmann, Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, are given here.

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FIGURE 152. Oenopia octovittata Canepari, holotype (Photo courtesy: Matthias Hartmann, Naturkundemuseum Erfurt).