Afissa mystica ( Mulsant, 1850 ), 2020

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 : 38

36. Afissa mystica ( Mulsant, 1850) comb. nov. ( Figs 41– 50 )

Epilachna mystica Mulsant, 1850: 841 .

Afissa mystica : Dieke, 1947: 146, figs 100, 169. Epilachna mystica : Li & Cook, 1961: 51.

Material examined. West Kameng : Munna, 8500 m, 10.x.1996, (4 exs), leg. S.K. Mondal ; Bomdila : Sherra Bash , 30.viii.1998, (3 exs), leg. A. R.Lahiri. East Kameng: Seppo, 3500m, 11.x.1996, (2 exs), leg. S.K. Mondal.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng), Karnataka, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal (North). Elsewhere: Bhutan, China, Myanmar, and Nepal ( Poorani 2004; Kovář 2007; Poorani & Sambath 2017).

Figures

Figs 33–41. Habitus of (33) Afissa gibbera (Crotch, 1874) comb. nov.; (34) Afissa nielamuensis (Pang & Mao, 1977); (35) Afissa undecimspilota (Hope, 1831) comb. nov.; (36) Diekeana macularis (Mulsant, 1850); (37) Henosepilachna indica (Mulsant, 1850); (38) Henosepilachna vigintioctomaculata (Motschulsky, 1857); (39) Rodolia fumida Mulsant, 1850; (40) Jauravia quadrinotata Kapur, 1946; (41) Afissa mystica (Mulsant, 1850) comb. nov.

Figs 42–50. Scanning electron microscope images of Afissa mystica (Mulsant, 1850) comb. nov. (42) Habitus in ventral view; (43) Head in ventral view; (44) Maxilla; (45) Labium; (46) Antennae; (47) Mandible; (48) Tarsal claws; (49)Labrum; (50) Meso-thorax.