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1 June 2017 Sticholotidini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Western Ghats of India
J. Poorani, Roger G. Booth
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Abstract

Sticholotidini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Western Ghats, a designated biodiversity hotspot in India, are poorly known. Fourteen species of Sticholotidini from southern Indian plantations, Western Ghats, are treated here. Most of these species are endemic to Western Ghats and are not commonly seen in collections and there is little information on their habitat / biology. Diagnostic information on these species is given here with illustrations of male genitalia wherever possible to facilitate their identification. Sticholotis humida sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Lectotypes are designated for Orcus (?) ferrugineus Gorham (1894), Clanis binotata Gorham (1894), Sticholotis cribellata Sicard (1910), Sticholotis obscurocincta Sicard (1911), Sticholotis obscurella Weise (1908), Sticholotis nilgiriensis Weise (1908), and Sticholotis tredecimmaculata Weise (1908). Synonychimorpha immaculata Poorani (2003) is reduced to a new junior synonym of S. chittagongi (Vazirani, 1983) (new synonym). A checklist of Sticholotidini known from the Western Ghats is given.

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J. Poorani and Roger G. Booth "Sticholotidini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Western Ghats of India," Annales Zoologici 67(2), 315-332, (1 June 2017). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.2.009
Received: 5 December 2016; Accepted: 1 May 2017; Published: 1 June 2017
KEYWORDS
Coccinelloidea
new species
new synonym
redescriptions
South India
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