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Cryptogonus loebli Canepari

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Cryptogonus loebli Canepari

Cryptogonus loebli Canepari, 1986: 27.— Poorani 2002: 345; Huo et al. 2015c: 208.

Canepari (1986) described it based on two female specimens from Garhwal, Uttarakhand, and illustrated the habitus and the female genitalia. It is characterized as follows by Canepari (1986): “Length: 2.45–2.75 mm; width: 1.85– 2.10 mm. Head black; pronotum black with red anterior corners; elytra black with two red bands, the first wide and sub-basal, the second narrower and near the apex”.

The description and the habitus illustration given by Canepari (1986) are not adequate for its correct interpretation and no matching specimens could be found. It could be a variant of a more common species of Cryptogonus.

Distribution. India: Uttarakhand.

Notes

Published as part of POORANI, J., 2024, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 3. Tribe Aspidimerini, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5431 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5431.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10898107

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Biodiversity

Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Cryptogonus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Canepari
Species
loebli
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Canepari, C. (1986) Su alcuni Coccinellidi dell'India e Nepal settentrionale del Museo di Storia Naturale di Ginevra (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 93 (1), 21 - 36.
  • Poorani, J. (2002) An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian subregion. Oriental Insects, 36, 307 - 383. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.2002.10417335
  • Huo, L., Li, W., Chen, X., Ren, S. & Wang, X. (2015 c) New species, new synonymies and a new record of the genus Cryptogonus Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from China. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 62 (2), 203 - 210. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / dez. 62.5242