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20 September 2018 The Tribe Coccinellini Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Sindh, Pakistan
Muhammad Ali, Ghulam Raza, Shaukat Ali, Syed Istiaq Anjum, Ishtiaq Hussain
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Abstract

Eleven species of lady beetles (Coccinellidae) from Sindh Province, Pakistan are diagnosed: Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus, Coccinella transversalis Fabricius, Harmonia dimidiata (Fabricius), Hippodamia variegata (Goeze), Menochilus sexmaculata (Fabricius), Oenopia mimicaWeise, Micraspis allardi (Mulsant), Psyllobora bisoctonotata (Mulsant), Bulaea lichatschovii (Hummel), and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus). Diagnostic characters of selected genera and the 11 species are provided. The present study is the first detailed documentation of lady beetles of the tribe Coccinellini from Sindh Province.

Muhammad Ali, Ghulam Raza, Shaukat Ali, Syed Istiaq Anjum, and Ishtiaq Hussain "The Tribe Coccinellini Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Sindh, Pakistan," The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(3), 629-638, (20 September 2018). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.629
Received: 20 August 2017; Accepted: 27 June 2017; Published: 20 September 2018
KEYWORDS
Coccinellinae
identification
lady beetles
predators
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