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Anatis ocellata

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Description

Anatis ocellata (Linnaeus)

(Fig. 22)

Coccinella ocellata Linnaeus, 1758: 366 (Type locality: Europe).

Anatis ocellata: Jacobson 1916: 986; Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982: 304; Kuznetsov 1997: 204; Poorani 2002a: 321; Ren et al. 2009: 174.

Diagnosis. Length: 8.00–9.00 mm; width: 6.00–7.00 mm. Head black with a pair of creamy white spots. Pronotum creamy white with a large, M-shaped median black macula and two smaller ones on lateral sides. Scutellar shield black. Elytra reddish to yellowish with black spots surrounded by characteristic halos (Fig. 22). Genitalia not studied.

Distribution. Pakistan; China; Korean Peninsula; Europe.

Notes. This is one of the popular Palaearctic species of Coccinellini with the elytra having spots surrounded by distinct halos. Genitalia illustrated by Ren et al. (2009).

Notes

Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502

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Biodiversity

Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Anatis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
ocellata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Anatis ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. POORANI, 2023

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. 10 th Edition. L. Salvius, Stockholm, 826 pp.
  • Jacobson, G. G. (1916) s. n. In: Die Kafer Russlands und Westeuropas. Ein Handbuch zum Bestimmen der Kafer, Petrograd, pp. 865 - 1024
  • Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S. M. (1982) Les Coccinelles Coleopteres-Coccinellidae. Tribu Coccinellini des regions Palearctique et Orientale. Boubee, Paris, 568 pp. [in French]
  • Kuznetsov, V. N. (1997) Lady Beetles of the Russian Far East. Memoir No. 1. Centre for Systematic Entomology, The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, 248 pp.
  • Poorani, J. (2002 a) 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
  • Ren, S. X., Wang, X. M., Pang, H., Peng, Z. Q. & Zeng, T. (2009) Colored pictorial handbook of ladybird beetles in China. Science Press, Beijing, 336 pp. [in Chinese]