INSECTA : COLEOPTERA : COCCINELLIDAE

Zool. Surv. India Fauna of Uttar Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 22 (Part-2) : 439-443, 2015 INSECTA : COLEOPTERA : COCCINELLIDAE S.K. GHOSH, R.K. KUSHWAHA, S.K. CHAKRABORTY and V.D. HEGDE* Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053. *Corresponding author: hegde67@yahoo.co.in INTRODUCTION The Coccinellidae beetles, commonly called Ladybird Beetles or Ladybugs are very common insects found in agricultural fields and forests. The degree of popularity enjoyed by ladybugs must surely be connected with the helping hand these voracious predators give us in controlling aphid pests on vital crops. Mainly brightly coloured red or yellow usually spotted or blotched with black; distinctive oval or almost round body, noticeably dome shaped on top and flattened beneath; antennae short and weakly clubbed, head hardly visible from above. They vary in size from few millimetres to almost square inch size. Since they can cause severe damage (only the members of the sub-family Epilachninae) to the agricultural crops, they are treated as economically important insects. A perusal of literature reveals that, no comprehensive work has been done by any researcher on Lady Bird Beetles (Coccinellidae) of Uttar Pradesh state Hence, CoccinellidaeFaunaof Uttar Pradesh state is based on the earlier scattered reports, collections of earlier and recent faunistic surveys to most of the districts of this state. METHODOLOGY The specimens were collected from districts Lucknow, Bulandshahar, Allahabad, Etah, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Faizabad, Moradabad, Ballia, Varanasi, Pilibhit, Kanpur, Hardoi, Sitapur, Agra, Noida, Rampur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Etawah, and Bareilly. After sorting, specimens were set-pinned and labelled. Identification was done with the help of available literature and reference collections. SYSTEMATIC LIST Family COCCINELLIDAE Subfamily 1. CHILOCORINAE Tribe 1. Chilocorini Genus 1. Brumoides Chapin, 1965 1. Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius) Genus 2. Chilocorus Leach, 1815 2. Chilocorus infernalis Mulsant Subfamily 2. COCCIDULINAE Tribe 2. Noviini Genus 3. Rodolia Mulsant, 1850 3. Rodolia sexnotata (Mulsant) Subfamily 3. COCCINELLINAE Tribe 3. Coccinellini Genus 4. Anegleis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1982 4. Anegleis cardoni (Weise) Genus 5. Cheilomenes Dejean, 1836 5. Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius) Genus 6. Coccinella Linnaeus, 1758 6. Coccinella transversalis Fabricius 7. Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus Genus 7. Micraspis Chevrolat, 1836 8. Micraspis discolor (Fabricius) 9. Micraspis vincta (Gorham) Genus 8. Propylea Mulsant, 1846 10. Propylea dissecta (Mulsant) 11. Propylea luteopustulata (Mulsant) Genus 9. Illeis Mulsant, 1850 12. Illeis confusa Timberlake 13. Illeis indica Timberlake

440 Fauna of Uttar Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 22 Genus 10. Phrynocaria Timberlake, 1943 14. Phrynocaria unicolor (Fabricius) Subfamily 4. EPILACHNINAE Tribe 4. Epilachnini Genus 11. Henosepilachna Li 15. Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius) SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT Family COCCINELLIDAE Subfamily 1. CHILOCORINAE Tribe 1. Chilocorini Genus 1. Brumoides Chapin, 1965 1. Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius) 1798. Coccinella suturalisfabricius, Suppl. Ent. syst.: 78. 1965. Brumoides suturalis: Chapin, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 133: 237. Material examined: Lucknow, 21.viii.1957, Coll. S. Hora (1 ex., Reg. no. 10870/H4A). Distribution: INDIA: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh; Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal,Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Genus 2. Chilocorus Leach, 1815 2. Chilocorus infernalis Mulsant 1853. Chilocorus infernalis Mulsant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon (N.S.), 1: 189. Distribution: India: Assam, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh; Elsewhere: China, Nepal and Pakistan. Subfamily 2. COCCIDULINAE Tribe 2. Noviini Genus 3. Rodolia Mulsant, 1850 3. Rodolia sexnotata (Mulsant) 1850. Epilachna sexnotata Mulsant, Ann. Sci. Phy. Nat. Agric. Ind. Lyon, (2) 2: 807. Distribution: INDIA: Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal; Elsewhere: Bhutan, Hong Kong and Nepal. Subfamily 3. COCCINELLINAE Tribe 3. Coccinellini Genus 4. Anegleis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1982 4. Anegleis cardoni (Weise) 1892. Verania cardoni Weise, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 36: 19.

GHOSH et al., : Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae 441 Material examined: Dist. Bulandshar, Gulavthi, 24.III.2007, coll. G.B. Kundu & party (1 ex.). Distribution: INDIA: Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh; Elsewhere: Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Genus 5. Cheilomenes Dejean, 1836 5. Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius) 1781. Coccinella sexmaculata Fabricius, Spec. Insec., 1: 96. Material examined: Dist. Allahabad, 28.v.1957, Coll. T. Singh (3 exs., Reg. no. 10844-46/H4); Dist. Etah, Shitalpur, 08.III.2008, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (2 ex.); Barimission, 09.III.2008, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (1 ex.); Dist. Meerut, Rethoui, 23.XI.2005, coll. S.I. Kazmi& party (1 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Etawah, 15.III.2008, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party, (3 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Ghaziabad, 09.XI.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party, (6 ex.); Dist. Saharanpur, Kupasa, 16.XI.2006, coll. S.I. Kazmi & party (1 ex.); Chuntigada, 30.X.2009, coll. O.P. Srivastava & party (1 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Shajahanpur, 09.X.2006, Coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (5 ex.); 26.X.2007, Coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (1 ex.); 27.X.2007, Coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (1 ex.); Pavind Bazar, 30.XI.2006, Coll. S. Seela & party (1 ex.); Dist. Bulandshar, Gulavthi, 24.III.2007, coll. G.B. Kundu & party (2 ex.); Dist. Faizabad, Mousada, 18.III.2009, coll. A. Bal & party (1 ex.); Dist. Moradabad, Agwanpur, 05.XI.2009, coll. O.P. Srivastava & party (4 ex.); Varanasi, Ramnagar, 17.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (4 exs.); Gazipur, Tajpur, 14.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (1 ex.); Allahabad, Karelabag, 5.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (23 exs.). Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; Elsewhere: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Celebes, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Genus 6. Coccinella Linnaeus, 1758 6. Coccinella transversalis Fabricius 1781. Coccinella transversalis Fabricius, Spec. Insec., 1: 97. Material examined: Dist. Allahabad, 21.viii.1957, Coll. S. Hora (1 ex., Reg. no. 10871/ H4); Allahabad, Karelabag, 5.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (1ex.); Dist. Lucknow, 21.viii.1957, Coll. S. Hora (3 exs., Reg. no. 10872-10874/H4); Dist. & Loc. Ballia, 20.III.2006, coll. B.C. Das & party (1 ex.); Dist. Shajahanpur, 09.X.2006, Coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (1 ex.); 27.X.2006, Coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (1 ex.); 14.X.2006, coll. A. Bal & party (1 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Varanasi, 19.X.2006, Coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (1 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Philibit, 02.XI.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (12 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Kanpur, 18.III.2008, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (4 ex.); Dist. Saharanpur, Kupasa, 16.XI.2006, coll. S.I. Kazmi & party (1 ex.); Rae Bareilly, Lohanipur, 6.iii.2010, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (1 ex.); Gazipur, Tajpur, 14.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (1 ex.). Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; Elsewhere: Australia, Bangladesh, Indo-China, Indonesia, Japan, NepalL, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. 7. Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus 1758. Coccinella 7-punctata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 10: 365. Material examined: Dist. Allahabad, 21.viii.1957, Coll. S. Hora (3 ex., Reg. no. 10875, 10876/H4); Allahabad, Fapamore, 4.ii.2009, Coll. V. D. Hegde & party (1 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Allahabad, 03.IV.2007, coll. S.K. Chatterjee & party, (1 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Shajahanpur, 08.X.2006, Coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (4 ex.); 26.X.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (2 ex.); 27.X.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (6 ex.); Shahjahanpur, Rosa, 24.ii.2013, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (2 exs.); Chuntigada, 30.X.2009, coll. O.P. Srivastava & party (2 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Lucknow, 06.X.2006, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (1 ex.); Lucknow, NBRI Lucknow, 08.III.2007, coll. S. Sheela & party (4 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Hordoi, 12.X.2006, Coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (3 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Varanasi, 19.X.2006, Coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (1 ex.); Varanasi, Sarnath, 17.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (3 exs.); Varanasi, Ramnagar, 18.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (11exs.); Dist. Sitapur, Makhopur,

442 Fauna of Uttar Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 22 10.III.2007, Coll. Sheela & party (18 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Agra, 18.III.2007, coll. S.K. Chatterjee & party, (2 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Noida, 26.III.2007, coll. S.K. Chatterjee & party, (3 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Rampur, 05.XI.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party, (10 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Philibit, 02.XI.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party, (2 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Ghaziabad, 09.XI.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party, (6 ex.); Dist. Lakhimpur-Kheri, Chandan Chowki, 31.XI.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party, (1 ex.); Lakhimpur, Chandan Chowki, 27.ii.2013, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (1 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Etawah, 16.III.2008, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party, (3 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Kanpur, 18.III.2008, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party, (1 ex.); Dist. Moradabad, Agwanpur, 05.XI.2009, coll. O.P. Srivastava & party (6 ex.); Dist. Bareilly, Bhojipur, 09.XI.2009, Coll. O.P. Srivastava & party (1 ex.); Rae Bareilly, Lohanipur, 06.iii.2010, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (5 exs.); Dist. & Loc. Basti, 11.iii.2010, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (3 exs.); Mirzapur, Patauli, 7.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (8 exs.); Gazipur, Tajpur, 14.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (12 exs.). Distribution: INDIA: Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; Elsewhere : North America, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Genus 7. Micraspis Chevrolat, 1836 8. Micraspis discolor (Fabricius) 1798. Coccinella discolorfabricius, Suppl. Ent. syst.: 77. Material examined: Lucknow, 28.v.1957, Coll. T. Singh (1 ex., Reg. no. 10848/H4); Ballia, Ganga, 13.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party. Distribution: INDIA: South India and Uttar Pradesh; Elsewhere: Almost throughout the Oriental and Palaearctic region. 9. Micraspis vincta (Gorham) 1895. Verania vincta Gorham, Ann. Mus. Civ. Sto. Nat. Gen. (2) 34: 686. Material examined: Dist. & Loc. Shajahanpur, 09.X.2006, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (1 ex.); 26.X.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (5 ex.); Dist. Bareilly, Bhojipur, 09.XI.2009, Coll. O.P. Srivastava & party (13 ex.); Dist. Lakhimpur-Kheri, Chandan Chowki, 31.XI.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party, (9 ex.), 27.ii.2013, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (1 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Rampur, 11.IV.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party, (4 ex.); Dist. & Loc. Philibit, 02.XI.2007, coll. P. Mukhopadhya & party (1 ex.); Dist. Moradabad, Agwanpur, 05.XI.2009, coll. O.P. Srivastava & party (2 ex.). Distribution: INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand. Genus 8. Propylea Mulsant, 1846 10. Propylea dissecta (Mulsant) 1850. Lemnia (Vola) dissecta Mulsant, Ann. Sci. Phy. Nat. Agric. Ind. Lyon, (2) 2: 377. Material examined: Lucknow, 28.v.1957, Coll. T. Singh (1 ex., Reg. no. 10847/H4). Distribution: INDIA : Assam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh; Elsewhere: Bangladesh and Nepal. 11. Propylea luteopustulata (Mulsant) 1850. Oenopia (Pania) luteopustulata Mulsant, Ann. Sci. Phy. Nat. Agric. Ind. Lyon, (2) 2: 421. Material examined: Gazipur, Tajpur, 14.ii.2009, Coll. V. D. Hegde & party (1 ex). Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; Elsewhere: Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. Genus 9. Illeis Mulsant, 1850 1850. Psyllobora (Illeis) Mulsant, Ann. Sci. Phy. Nat. Agric. Ind. Lyon, (2) 2: 166. 12. Illeisconfusa Timberlake 1943. Illeis confusa Timberlake, Hawa. Plant. Rec., 47: 61. Material examined: Dist. & loc. Azamgarh, 10.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (16 exs.); Allahabad, Karelabag, 5.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (1 ex.). Distribution: INDIA : Assam and Uttar Pradesh; Elsewhere: Nepal, Thailand, China and Hong Kong.

GHOSH et al., : Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae 443 13. Illeis indica Timberlake 1943. Illeis indica Timberlake, Hawa. Plant. Rec., 47: 61. Material examined: Dist. & loc. Azamgarh, 10.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (2 exs.) Distribution: INDIA: Jammu & Kashmir anduttar Pradesh; Elsewhere: Pakistan and Thailand. Genus 10. Phrynocaria Timberlake, 1943 14. Phrynocaria unicolor (Fabricius) 1792. Coccinella unicolor Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Hafniae, 1, part 1: 267. Material examined: Varanasi, Ramnagar, 8.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (2 exs.); Mirzapur, Patauli, 7.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (5 exs.); Varanasi, Saranath, 17.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (2 exs.); Ballia, Ganga, 13.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (4 exs.); Shahjahanpur, Rosa, 24.ii.2013, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (20 exs.); Allahabad, Karelabag, 05.ii.2009, Coll. V.D. Hegde & party (1ex.). Distribution: INDIA: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Odisha, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Subfamily 4. EPILACHNINAE Tribe 4. Epilachnini Genus 11. Henosepilachna Li 15. Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius) 1775. Coccinella 28-punctata Fabricius, Syst. Ent.: 84. Material examined: Allahabad, 21.viii.1957, Coll. S. Hora (1 ex., Reg. no. 10877/H4A); Agra, 21.viii.1957, Coll. S. Hora (7 exs., Reg. no. 10878/ H4A); Agra, 05.iii.1911, Mus. Coll. (04 exs., Reg. no. 5469, 5605, 5606, 5607/H4); Agra, 07.iii.1911, Mus. Coll. (02 exs., Reg. no. 5476, 5733/H4); Agra, 28.v.1957, Coll. T. Singh (2 ex., Reg. no. 10842, 10843/H4). Distribution: INDIA: Andaman Islands, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; Elsewhere: Bhutan, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Formosa, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sunda Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea, Australia, and Tasmania. SUMMARY This paper deals with 317 examples of Coccinellidae beetles belonging to 15 species and 11 genera under 04 tribes and 04 subfamilies. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are thankful to the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata for the facilities. We are indebted to Dr. Kailash Chandra, Addl. Director and Head, Entomology Division A for his valuable suggestions in preparing the manuscript. We thank PCCF and Wild life Warden of Uttar Pradesh state for permission to collect the specimens and all the forest officials for providing help during our survey. We thank all the staffs of Coleoptera section for their constant encouragement. REFERENCES Chakraborty, S.K. & Biswas, S. 2003. Zoological Survey of India, Fauna of Sikkim, State Fauna Series, 9, Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: 117-152. Chakraborty, S.K. 2010. Zoological Survey of India, Fauna of Uttarakhand, State Fauna Series, 18 (Part 2), Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: 283-301. Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum entomologiciae systematicae. Hafniae. 572 pp. Poorani, J. 2004. An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Indian Subregion: 1-90.