Pseudaspidimerus flaviceps

Pseudaspidimerus flaviceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Pseudaspidimerus
Species:	P. flaviceps
Binomial name
Pseudaspidimerus flaviceps (Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
Coccinella flavicepsWalker, 1859 Scymnus flavicepsGemminger & Harold, 1876 Pseudaspidimerus flavicepsKapur, 1948 Pseudaspidimerus flaviceps var. limbatusKapur, 1948 Aspidimerus horniWeise, 1901

Pseudaspidimerus flaviceps is a species of lady beetle native to India, and Sri Lanka. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Description

Body color differ in Indian form and Sri Lankan form. In Indian form, body is completely plain yellowish to reddish brown in color. But in Sri Lankan form, body is almost black except apical and external borders which are pale reddish brown or sometimes with black elytra surrounding a yellow discal mark. Prosternal carinae is subparallel to slightly divergent in the anterior half. grub is light yellow in color. ^[5]

Biology

It is a predator of several whiteflies, aphids and scale insects such as Aphis gossypii , Aphis spiraecola , Aleurodicus dispersus and Quadraspidiotus perniciosus . ^[5]

References

1. "A report on occurrence of aphidophagous predators of Aphis odinae (Van der Goot) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in cashew ecosystem from Goa, India". www.cabi.org. 2017. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
2. "Spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus, in India" (PDF). BiocontrolNews and Information 2002 Vol. 23 No. 2 55N – 62N. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
3. Poorani, Janakiraman (June 2020). "A Note on the Unusual Eggs of Pseudaspidimerus Kapur (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Aspidimerini), a Genus of Oriental Lady Beetles" . The Coleopterists Bulletin. 74 (2): 312–314. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-74.2.312. S2CID   219970341 . Retrieved 2021-09-11.
4. "Studies on species composition and population dynamics of coccinellids". krishikosh. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
5. Poorani, J. (2001). "A review of the genus Pseudaspidimerus Kapur (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from The Indian subregion with description of a new species" . Oriental Insects. 35: 299–310. doi:10.1080/00305316.2001.10417309. S2CID   84413013 . Retrieved 2021-09-09.