Phrynocaria circumusta (Mulsant 1850)
- Dataset
- An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Coccinellidae
- genus
- Phrynocaria
- species
- Phrynocaria circumusta
biology_ecology
Prey / associated habitat. Adults collected on mango, sorghum (‘ cholam’) (Subramaniam 1924 b), and pine (data label). Seasonal occurrence. Collected during April, June, and September (label data).
description
(Figs 163, 164)
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Length: 5.28 – 6.00 mm; width: 4.50 – 5.30 mm. Form (Figs 163 a, 164 a) almost round, dorsum hemispherical, strongly convex and glabrous. Head and pronotum blood red or yellow. Elytra black with a pair of red anterior maculae of variable size on anterior margin (Fig. 163 a), sometimes elytra largely reddish in anterior half, median area narrowly black and joined with a larger black macula occupying the apical one-fourth (Fig. 163 b); rarely elytra reddish with four black spots arranged in a 1 - 2 - 1 pattern as illustrated (Fig. 164 a, b). Abdominal postcoxal line (Fig. 163 h) incomplete. Male genitalia (Fig. 163 j, k) and spermatheca (Figs 163 i, 164 c) as illustrated.
discussion
Notes. Subramaniam (1924 b) gave brief notes on its distribution in India. It was also treated by Mader (1937), Rao & So (1967) and Poorani et al. (2021). Some of the records of P. circumusta from South India appear to be suspect in view of its resemblance to P. perfida Poorani, a species recently described from South India (Poorani et al. 2021).
distribution
Distribution. India (Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Manipur, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh); Nepal; Hong Kong; China; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam.