Harmonia manillana (Mulsant), a new addition to Indian Coccinellidae, with changes in synonymy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Harmonia dunlopi (Crotch), a rare lady beetle species, was originally described from 'India' by Crotch (1874). But information on subsequent sightings of this species is absent and it has not been reported by anyone from India and its neighbouring countries ever since its original description. Because of this, Indian records of H. dunlopi were suspected to be probably misidentifications of H. dimidiata (F.), a species common in northern and northeastern India and also widely distributed in the Oriental region.

New information

A single male specimen of a species collected in recent surveys from Arunachal Pradesh, India, was suspected to be H. dunlopi. Comparison of this specimen with the collections at the Natural History Museum, London, confirmed that it belonged

SUBMITTER: Poorani J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4822061 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature