Illeis shensiensis Timberlake, 1943

Das, Priyanka, Chandra, Kailash & Introduction, Devanshu Gupta, 2020, The Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of Arunachal Pradesh, East Himalaya, Indiawith new combinations and new country records, Bonn zoological Bulletin 69 (1), pp. 27-44 : 33-34

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2020.69.1.027
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scientific name	Illeis shensiensis Timberlake, 1943
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22. Illeis shensiensis Timberlake, 1943 ( Figs 19–23 View Figs 19–23 )** Illeis shensiensis Timberlake, 1943: 61 ; Bielawski, 1961: 358, figs 5–6, 14; Ren et al., 2009: 243.

Material examined. Changlang: Deban, 355 m, 24.xii.2017 (2 ♂♂) (25409/H4A), leg. J. Saini.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Changlang). Elsewhere: China (Shensi), and Pakistan ( Kovář 2007; Hayat et al. 2017).

Remarks: I. shensiensis can be distinguished from closely related species by the following characters: pro-

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notum with two small black marks ( Fig 19 View Figs 19–23 ), sipho not bifid at apex ( Fig 23 View Figs 19–23 ), median lobe of tegmen having apex strongly curved upward and more or less depressed ( Figs 21, 22 View Figs 19–23 ), parameres shorter and stouter and somewhat strongly curved at base, otherwise straight ( Fig 21 View Figs 19–23 ). The male genitalia of our specimen is identical with that of I. shensiensis as illustrated in Bielawski (1961: 358, Figs 5–6 View Figs 1–9 , 14 View Figs 10–18 ) and Ren et al. (2009: 243, Fig 325).