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Issue: Vol. 4926 No. 1: 4 Feb. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-02-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.1.8
Page range: 117–133
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A review of Indian species of Phrynocaria Timberlake (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) with notes on synonymy and a new species from South India, hitherto misidentified as Coelophora circumusta (Mulsant)

ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Trichy 620102, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Entomology, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani, Trivandrum, Kerala.
Coleoptera Coccinelloidea Coccinellini Indian Subcontinent taxonomy nomenclature new species

Abstract

Indian species of Phrynocaria Timberlake, 1943 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are briefly reviewed and illustrated with notes on diagnosis, nomenclature, distribution and hosts. Coelophora circumusta (Mulsant, 1850), which has a limited distribution in India, is transferred to Phrynocaria (new combination) and Coelophora moseri Weise, 1902 is synonymized with it (new synonym). A new species, Phrynocaria perfida Poorani, sp. n. (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) is described from South India based on specimens hitherto misidentified as a variety of C. circumusta. The validity of Phrynocaria funebris (Crotch, 1874) is confirmed based on examination and dissection of the type specimen; the species is redescribed and the male genitalia illustrated.

 

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