Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus 1758

Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758 Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758: 366; 89; Mulsant (1866): 85; Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1979): 66; Pope (1989): 651; Poorani (2002); Rafi et al. (2005): 48; Barševskis and Lazdāns (2010); Ali et al. (2012): 169; Hayat et al. (2017): 26; Poorani (2023): 91. Coccinella aegyptiaca Reiche, 1861: 212: Mulsant (1866): 86. Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 5; sex: 1 male, 4 females; occurrenceID: F0EA444B-478B-5D49-83C6-172B329090C1; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella undecimpunctata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Linnaeus 1758; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Punjab; locality: Attock, Por Maina; verbatimElevation: 508 m; decimalLatitude: 33.82764; decimalLongitude: 72.78734; Event: year: 2017; month: 5; day: 23; Record Level: institutionID: PMAS-AAUR Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 4; sex: 4 females; occurrenceID: FABB5CE1-B1A6-53D3-8E11-268AB889AF22; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella undecimpunctata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Linnaeus 1758; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Azad Jammu and Kashmir; locality: Poonch, Rawalakot; verbatimElevation: 1635 m; decimalLatitude: 33.85148; decimalLongitude: 73.77405; Event: year: 2017; month: 9; day: 13; Record Level: institutionID: PMAS-AAUR Description Body (Fig. 7 A) broadly oval, convex and dorsal surface glabrous; head black with two yellowish spots at frons, close to the eyes, mouthparts and antennae dark-brown or black; scutellum-black; pronotum black with pale-yellowish elongate marking at anterolateral margins; elytra orange-brown, with five black spots and one common scutellar black spot on each elytron, arranged as 1-2 - 2, spots round or oval in shape and near to suture relative larger than those of lateral sides; propleura and mesepimera tip white at anterolateral corners; metepimera black with whitish stripe; Male genitalia as in Fig. 7 C-E. Measurements TL: 4.56–4.91 mm; TW: 3.48–3.67 mm; HW: 1.02–1.27 mm; TH: 1.60–1.84 mm; EL / TW: 1.16–1.19; TL / TW: 1.31–1.34; PL / PW: 0.42–0.45; PW / EW: 0.64. Diagnosis Coccinella undecimpunctata is similar to C. transversoguttata transversoguttata in general body structure and colouration, but can be separated by having a penis guide gradually tapering towards a blunt apex in inner view (Fig. 7 D). Distribution Pakistan. Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Hayat et al. 2017), Baluchistan (Mohibullah et al. 2019), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Irshad 2001, Rafi et al. 2005, Saeed et al. 2016), Punjab (Rafi et al. 2005, current study), Sindh (Ali et al. 2012); – Austria, Australia, Azores, Balearic, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, China, Corsica, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greek, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Luxemburg, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, North Africa, North America, Poland, Portuguese, Sardinia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden (Poorani 2002, Kovář 2007, Jafari et al. 2015, Poorani 2023). Ecology Prey. Irshad (2001) and Rafi et al. (2005) recorded its feeding on Aphis gossypii Glover, A. malvae, A. nerii Fonscolombe, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera, Aphididae), eggs of Pyrilla perpusilla (Hemiptera, Lophopidae) and Coccus mangiferae (Hemiptera, Coccidae). During the present study, Coccinella undecimpunctata feeding was reported on Brevicoryne brassicae (Hemiptera, Aphididae). Associated Plants. It was collected from Brassica oleracea (Brassicales, Brassicaceae) during the current study.