Coccinella, IN, 1758
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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.629 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4836750 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/067287EB-2364-B917-FD1B-F9B5B5AFF49C |
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Carolina |
scientific name |
Coccinella |
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KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ADULT COCCINELLA IN View in CoL SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN
1. Elytra with 7–11 spots; postcoxal line meeting with posterior margin of first sternite .......... 2
1 ʹ. Elytra with 3 tranverse patches; postcoxal line nearly reaching posterior margin of first sternite ........... Coccinella transversalis Fabricius
2. Prosternal process with longer, well-marked carinae; head with a large, triangular, whitish spot adjacent to each eye; pronotum with a quadrate, whitish spot on each anterior angle; elytra reddish yellow with 7 black spots; depression on terminal sternite in male bearing 4 groups of setae on all sides ...................... ........ Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus
2 ʹ. Prosternal process with much elevated, short, narrow carinae; head with a small, rounded, whitish spot near each eye; pronotum with an elongated, whitish spot on each anterior angle; elytra yellow to red with a large scutellar black spot and each elytron with 5 black spots ..... ...... Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus
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