Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758

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9. Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758 ( Fig. 8 ) Coccinella 7-punctata Linnaeus, 1758: 365.

Coccinella septempunctata : Korschefsky, 1932: 486. Coccinella divaricata Olivier, 1808: 1001 .

Coccinella confusa Wiedemann, 1823:72 .

Coccinella bruckii Mulsant, 1866: 90 ; Crotch, 1874: 46. Coccinella septempunctata brucki : Korschefsky, 1932: 491.

Material examined. West Kameng : Kalaktang , Stn. 17, 17.iii.1961, (1 ex.), Rahang , Stn. 34, 17.iv.1961, (1 ex.), Bomdila Pass , Stn. 33, 17.iv.1961, (1 ex.), Shergaon , Stn. 51, 05.v.1961, (1 ex.), Shergaon , Stn. 25, 08.v.1961, (2 exs), Moshing , Stn. 22, 11.v.1961, (2 exs), But Vill. Stn. 61, 24.vi.1961, (1 ex.), leg. K.C. Jayram. Gandhigram : 22.ii.1988 (1 ex.), 26.ii.1988 (1 ex.). Papum Pare: Kokila North of Chessa , 21.x.1996 (1ex.) (24302/H4A), leg. A.M. Biswas. Roing : Debang Valley , 25.i.2000 (1 ex.) (24303/H4A), Deopani , 250m, 29.i.2000 (2 exs) (25306/ H4A), leg. S.K. Mondal. Ziro: Joram , 2.vi.2000 (3 exs) (24304/H4A), leg. B. Mitra. West Kameng : Tenga , 24.iv.2001 (1 ex.) (25307/H4A), leg. S. Sheela. Changlang : Namdapha National Park , Lankhal Nala, 6.iii.2017 (1 ex.) (25308/H4A), Deban River Bed , 345m, 12.iii.2017 (2 exs) (24309/H4A), Anamika Fall, 413m, 13.iii.2017 (1 ex.) (25310/H4A), leg. J. Saini. Tawang: Zemithang , 24.vi.2017 (3 exs) (24911/H4A), Lumla, 24.vi.2017 (1 ex.) (25311/H4A), 11.iv.2018 (1 ex.) (24912/H4A), Namtsering, 15.iv.2018 (1 ex.) (24913/H4A)/ 16.iv.2018 (1 ex.) (24914/H4A), 17.iv.2018 (7 exs) (24915/H4A), leg. J. Saini. Dihang Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Maliny , 25.x.2017 (5 exs) (24437/H4A), leg. D. Gupta.

Distribution. Widely distributed throughout India including Arunachal Pradesh (Gandhigram, Papum Pare, Roing, Ziro, West Kameng, Changlang, Tawang, Dihang Dibang Biosphere Reserve). Elsewhere: China, Afrotropical Region, North America, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka ( Poorani 2002b, 2004; Kovář 2007; Poorani & Sambath 2017).

Figures

Figs 1–9. Habitus of (1) Cryptogonus bimaculatus Kapur, 1948; (2) Cryptogonus quadriguttatus (Weise, 1895); (3) Priscibrumus uropygialis Mulsant, 1853; (4) Alloneda dodecaspilota (Hope, 1831); (5) Calvia albida Bielawski, 1972;(6) Calvia sykesii (Crotch, 1874); (7) Coccinella luteopicta (Mulsant, 1866); (8) Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758; (9) Coccinella transversalis Fabricius, 1781.