Oenopia mimica Weise, 1902

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 : 35

29. Oenopia mimica Weise, 1902 ( Fig. 27 )*

Oenopia mimica Weise, 1902: 505 ; Poorani, 2002a: 104, figs 5, 17, 24, 32.

Gyrocaria mimica : Miyatake, 1985: 16.

Material examined. Siang: NEFA, 10.xi.1971 (1 ex. on leaves) (25324/H4A), leg. S. Ghose. Lower Subansiri : Bandardewa, 19.x.1996 (1 ex.) (25325/H4A), leg. S.K. Mondal. Tawang: Jung, 23.ix.2013 (2 exs) (25323/H4A), leg. J. Majumder. Dihang Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Anini, 25.x.2019 (1 ex.), leg. D. Gupta.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Tawang, Siang, Lower Subansiri), Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Sikkim. Elsewhere: Laos, Myanmar, and Nepal ( Poorani 2002a, 2002b, 2004; Kovář 2007).

Figures

Figs 24–32. Habitus of (24) Menocheilus sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1781); (25) Micraspis univittata (Hope, 1831); (26) Oenopia kirbyi Mulsant, 1850; (27) Oenopia mimica Weise, 1902;(28) Oenopia quadripunctata Kapur, 1963;(29) Oenopia sauzeti Mulsant, 1866; (30) Oenopia sexareata (Mulsant, 1853); (31) Propylea luteopustulata (Mulsant, 1850); (32) Synona melanopepla (Mulsant, 1850).