Coccinella luteopicta

Coccinella luteopicta (Mulsant, 1866) Adalia luteopicta Mulsant, 1866: 45; Korschefsky (1932): 433. Lioadalia luteopicta: Crotch (1874): 104; Mader (1930): 134; Kapur (1958): 326; Miyatake (1967): 74; Bielawski (1971): 7; Kapur (1973): 32; Gordon (1987): 12. Coccinella luteopicta: Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982): 395; Canepari (1997): 52; Poorani (2002): 325; Ren et al. (2009): 186; Poorani (2023): 81. Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: 386FCE80-95B9-520E-8BC3-85AB6F23CE44; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella luteopicta; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Mulsant, 1866; Location: country: Pakisan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ganche, Barah; verbatimElevation: 2466 m; decimalLatitude: 35.20556; decimalLongitude: 76.27444; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2015; month: 7; day: 13; Record Level: institutionCode: PMAS-AAUR Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 5; sex: 2 males, 3 females; occurrenceID: 25BD8176-74F1-5D9D-8205-085080CF1A18; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella luteopicta; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Mulsant, 1866; Location: country: Pakisan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Shigar, Chu-Tran; verbatimElevation: 2434 m; decimalLatitude: 35.70189; decimalLongitude: 75.40967; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2017; month: 8; day: 27; Record Level: institutionID: PMAS-AAUR Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 4; sex: 2 males, 2 females; occurrenceID: 8DC5F3A3-18E2-58EF-BFA2-BB8155EBFB74; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella luteopicta; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Mulsant, 1866; Location: country: Pakisan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ganche, Barah; verbatimElevation: 2466 m; decimalLatitude: 35.20556; geodeticDatum: 76.27444; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2021; month: 8; day: 1; Record Level: institutionID: PMAS-AAUR Description Body (Fig. 2 A) elongate-oval and convex, dorsal surface glabrous; head black, mouth-parts and antennae dark-brown; pronotum black with white sub-quadrated marks at antero-lateral margins; scutellar shield completely black; elytra bright red, with reticulate black pattern; ventral side and legs black; prosternal process narrow and carinae present; abdominal postcoxal line (Fig. 2 B) recurved and incomplete, expending 1 / 4 length of ventrite 1 and with indistinct oblique dividing line. Male genitalia (Fig. 2 C-F) with penis apex flattened, slightly swollen at 7 / 9 of its length and then narrowing towards the blunt tip (Fig. 2 D), parameres somewhat shorter than the penis guide, with long hairs at inner sides and apices. Penis guide in inner view (Fig. 2 E) broader basally, 3 / 5 length parallel sides, gradually tapering towards the blunt tip. Measurements TL: 6.20–6.37 mm; TW: 4.27–4.36 mm; HW: 1.40–1.44 mm; TH: 2.01–2.03 mm; EL / TW: 1.10-1.15; TL / TW: 1.46; PL / PW: 0.52-0.54; PW / EW: 0.65-0.66. Diagnosis Coccinella luteopicta closely resembles C. transversalis and C. marussii in general appearance, but it can easily be identified by having a reticulate black pattern on the elytra, elytra suture with anterior half-black, penis guide in inner view broader at the base and then gradually tapering towards the blunt tip (Fig. 2 E). Distribution Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan; – India, Nepal, China (Tibet, Yunnan) (Canepari 1997, Poorani 2002, Kovář 2007, Poorani 2023). New country record. Ecology Prey. In the present study, C. luteopicta was feeding on Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) and Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera, Aphididae). Associated Plants. This species was collected from Trifolium alexandrinum Linnaeus (Fabales, Fabaceae) and Brassica oleracea Linnaeus (Brassicales, Brassicaceae) in this study.