New to the fauna of India ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Abstract

Aspidimerus birmanicus (Gorham, 1895), Cryptogonus nepalensis bhuta¬nensis Bielawski, 1979, Henosepilachna processa Li et Cook, 1961, Sticholotis punctata Crotch, 1874, and Synona consanguinea Poorani Ślipiński et Booth, 2008 are reported for the first time from India. The diagnosis, illustrations and the map of distribution of these species are also provided.

Review on diversity of predaceous coccinellid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

“…Maqbool et al, (2020) reported 12 species of coccinellids belonging to 11 genera from apple orchard ecosystems of Kashmir Himalayas, India [44] . Das et al, (2020) reported 44 species of coccinellids belonging to 22 genera and 6 tribes from Arunachal Pradesh [14] . A field survey to was conducted by Pervez et al, (2020) explored the diversity of predaceous ladybird beetles from different geographical habitats of Uttarakhand, North India.…”