Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758

Ali, Muhammad, Raza, Ghulam, Ali, Shaukat, Anjum, Syed Istiaq & Hussain, Ishtiaq, 2018, The Tribe Coccinellini Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Sindh, Pakistan, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (3), pp. 629-638 : 631-632

Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758 ( Fig. 2A–E )

Material Examined. [SINDH], 16, 6♀, Tandojam, 24. VI.1971, leg. M.I. Khan; 56, 7♀, Larkana 30. VI.1971, leg. M.I. Khan ; 56, 7♀, Mirpur Khas , 20. VI.1971, leg. M. Khan ; 9♀, Thatta , 30.IV.1971, leg. M.I. Khan ; 56, 10♀, Hyderabad , 10. III. 2010, leg. M. Ali ( NHMUK) .

Diagnosis. Body black, head black with a small, rounded, whitish spot near each eye; pronotum black with an elongated, whitish spot on each anterior angle; elytra with 11 spots ( Fig. 2A ), each elytron with a common large, pentagonal scutellar spot plus one small, oval humeral spot, two slightly tetragonal sublateral spots, and two subsutural spots, anterior subsutural spot larger, oval, while posterior one small, elongate-oval. Length 4.5–5.5 mm; width 2.7–4.1 mm; body elongate oval. Eyes large with minute facets; anterior margin of ligula slightly pointed; submentum comparatively larger with narrow anterior margin. Prosternal process with much elevated, short, narrow carinae; scuto-scutellar suture semicircular, broad; epipleuron with inner margin medially concave, slightly broader anteriorly, narrowing posteriorly. Postcoxal line deeply curving, meeting posterior margin of first sternite medially; depression on terminal sternite in male surrounded by setae.

Genitalia. Penis slightly curved, distally bifid; penal capsule flattened; median lobe shorter than parameres, thickened, tapering apically; parameres narrow,short; trabes short, straight, with margins folded ( Fig. 2A–B ). Genital plates somewhat quadrangular; lateral plates slightly curved mesad; spermathecal capsule broadly curved, cornu deeply sharped while ramus longer, nodulus very small ( Fig. 2C–D ).

Distribution in Sindh Province. Tandojam, Hyderabad, Sukkar, Mirpur Khas, and Thatta.

Figures

Fig. 2. Coccinella undecimpunctata. A) Habitus, B) Tegmen, C) Sipho, D) Genital plates, E) Spermatheca. Scale bars = 0.3 mm.