Horniolus dispar

Horniolus dispar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Coccinelloidea
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Horniolus
Species:	H. dispar
Binomial name
Horniolus dispar Weise, 1900

Horniolus dispar, is a species of lady beetle found in Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

Description

Body rounded or elongate oval. Antennae with 11 antennomeres. Abdomen consists with six ventrites. Tarsi with four tarsomeres. Head transverse. Eyes are moderately large. Clypeus truncate anteriorly. Pronotum moderately convex. Prosternum is T-shaped with prosternal process bearing an inverted Y-shaped carina. Scutellum moderately large and triangular-shaped. Elytra distinctly wider than pronotum at base, surface finely punctate. Elytral epipleuron is narrow and nearly horizontal. Legs are stout and long. Femora of hind leg is broad and flattened. Tibiae without an apical spur.[4]

References

1. Poorani, J. (2002-01-01). "An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian Subregion". Oriental Insects. 36: 307–383. doi:10.1080/00305316.2002.10417335. S2CID 86769172. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
2. Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
3. "IRMNG - Horniolus dispar Weise, 1900". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
4. Chen, Xiaosheng; Xie, Xiufeng; Ren, Shunxiang; Wang, Xingmin (2016-11-10). "A taxonomic review of the genus Horniolus Weise from China, with description of a new species (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)". ZooKeys (623): 105–123. Bibcode:2016ZooK..623..105C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.623.10191. PMC 5096399. PMID 27843391. Retrieved 2021-09-12.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.