Illeis bistigmosa Mulsant, 1850

Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, Zootaxa 4382 (1), pp. 93-120 : 112

15. Illeis bistigmosa Mulsant, 1850

( FIG. 17 )

Brief description: LENGtH 2.50–3.50 MM, WIDtH 2.10–3.20 MM. FORM ( FIG. 17A ) ElONGAtE OVAl, bROADESt AROUND MIDDlE; DORSUM MODERAtElY cONVEX AND GlAbROUS. HEAD AND PRONOtUM YEllOW, PRONOtUM WItH A PAIR OF blAck SPOtS ON POStERIOR MARGIN ON EItHER SIDE OF ScUtEllUM, lAtERAl MARGINS tRANSPARENt. ElYtRA YEllOW tO YEllOWISH bROWN, lAtERAl MARGINS tRANSPARENt. MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 17b–D ) AS IllUStRAtED.

Notes: THIS IS PRObAblY tHE SMAllESt OF All tHE kNOWN INDIAN SPEcIES OF Illeis . THE NOMINAtE FORM FOUND IN EAStERN AND NORtHEAStERN INDIA HAS A PAIR OF lARGE blAck SPOtS ON tHE PRONOtUM AND IS MUcH SMAllER tHAN OtHER cONGENERIc SPEcIES . THE MAlE GENItAlIA ARE DIAGNOStIc. REN et al. (2009) IllUStRAtED tHIS SPEcIES FROM CHINA .

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FIGURE 17. Illeis bistigmosa Mulsant: a) adult, dorsal View; b–d) male genitalia: b) tegmen, lateral View; c) tegmen, Ventral View;d) penis.