Anatis ocellata (Linnaeus 1758)
- Dataset
- An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Coccinellidae
- genus
- Anatis
- species
- Anatis ocellata
description
(Fig. 22)
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Length: 8.00 – 9.00 mm; width: 6.00 – 7.00 mm. Head black with a pair of creamy white spots. Pronotum creamy white with a large, M-shaped median black macula and two smaller ones on lateral sides. Scutellar shield black. Elytra reddish to yellowish with black spots surrounded by characteristic halos (Fig. 22). Genitalia not studied.
discussion
Notes. This is one of the popular Palaearctic species of Coccinellini with the elytra having spots surrounded by distinct halos. Genitalia illustrated by Ren et al. (2009).
distribution
Distribution. Pakistan; China; Korean Peninsula; Europe.