Pharoscymnus suturalis (Sicard)

Poorani, J., 2025, A review of Pharoscymnus Bedel (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Sticholotidini) of the Indian region, Zootaxa 5665 (1), pp. 37-57 : 52

Pharoscymnus suturalis (Sicard)

( Fig. 10c )

Clanis suturalis Sicard, 1912: 505 .

Jauravia suturalis : Korschefsky 1931: 222.

Pharoscymnus suturalis : Kapur 1946: 79.— Poorani 2002: 364.

Diagnosis. Form broad oval, dorsum moderately convex and densely pubescent. Head and pronotum black; scutellar shield black; elytra reddish, anterior and sublateral margins narrowly black, with a broad, somewhat spindle-shaped black macula on suture reaching beyond middle ( Fig. 10c ). Genitalia not studied.

Material examined. Holotype: “Type (red bordered circular label)/Maymyo, Burma, H.L. Andrewes / Clanis suturalis Sic. , Type/ Pharoscymnus (Clanis) suturalis (Sic.) , A.P. Kapur det. 1946” ( BMNH).

Distribution. Myanmar.

Notes. It is a poorly known species originally described by Sicard (1912) under Clanis (now a synonym of Jauravia ), from Myanmar ( Burma). Sicard’s type specimen (BMNH, examined) ( Fig. 10c ) is illustrated here. Kapur (1946) mentioned that “an examination of the type shows that the clypeus is produced anteriorly so as to cover partially the base of the antennae” and transferred it to Pharoscymnus .

Figures

FIGURE 10. a, b) Pharoscymnus simmondsi Ahmad, paratypes, dorsal view (BMNH); c) Pharoscymnus suturalis (Sicard), holotype, dorsal view (BMNH).