Oenopia kirbyi Mulsant, 1850

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

28. Oenopia kirbyi Mulsant, 1850 ( Fig. 26 )*

Oenopia kirbyi Mulsant, 1850: 425 ; Poorani, 2002a: 102, figs 4, 16, 23, 31.

Gyrocaria kirbyi : Miyatake, 1965: 66, fig. 34.

Material examined. Dihang Dibang Biosphere Reserve : Maliney, 27.x.2017 (1ex.) (24432/H4A); Anini, 27.x.2017 (1ex.) (24433/H4A), leg. D. Gupta. Siang: NEFA , 10.xi.1971 (1 ex. on leaves) (25404/H4A), leg. S. Ghose. Roing: Dibang Valley , 250 m, 25.i.2000 (2 exs) (25405/H4A), 27.i.2000 (1 ex.) (25406/H4A), 29.i.2000 (5 exs) (25407/H4A), leg. S.K. Mondal.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Siang, Roing), Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, and West Bengal; Bhutan. Elsewhere: China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand ( 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).