Notes on the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Indian Subcontinent, Including New Synonymies

Abstract

Additions to and changes in the checklist of Coccinellidae of the Indian subcontinent, including new synonymies and distribution records, are listed. The following new synonymies are established (valid name first): Brumoides suturalis (fabricius) = Brumoides kolhapurensis Sathe and Bhosale; Coccinella transversalis Fabricius = Coccinella madhuri Sathe and Bhosale = Coccinella bhuimungi Sathe and Bhosale = Coicinella yaminii Sathe and Bhosale; Coelophora bissellata Mulsant = Coelophora orientatis Sathe and BhoSlllc; Harmonia octomaculata (Fabricius) = Harmonia soyabinii Sathe and Bhosale; Propylea dissecta (Mulsant) = Horniolus mirajensis Sathe and Bhosale; fIle is eineta (Fabricius) = flleis darbarii Sathe and Bhosale; Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius) = Menochius tuljapurensis Sathe and Bhosale = Meflochilus shivajensis Sathe and Bhosale = Menochilus kharipi Sathe and Bhosale; Synonycha grandis (Thunberg) = Coccinella yogini Sathe and Bhosale; Scymnus (Pullus) castaneus Sicard = Scymnlls (Pullus) marathi Sathe and Bhosale; Scymnus (Seymnus) indica Sathe and Bhosale (not Scymnus indicus Weise, 1908) = Scymnus (Scymnlls) nubilus Mulsant; Stethorus ifldira Kapur = Stethorus guangxiensis Pang and Mao; and Platynaspis bimaculata Pang and Mao = Platynaspis kapuri Chakraborty and Biswas