Anegleis cardoni
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Anegleis
Anegleis cardoni

description: Anegleis cardoni (Weise)
(Figs 23–25)
Verania cardoni Weise, 1892: 19 (Holotype, ZMB; Type locality: ‘Chota-Nagpore’-Mandar).
Coelophora cardoni: Gorham 1894a: 202; 1894b: 209.
Micraspis cardoni: Timberlake 1943: 27.
Anegleis cardoni: Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982: 295; Poorani 2002a: 321.
Diagnosis. Length: 3.50–3.75 mm; width: 3.25–3.50 mm. Form (Figs 24a, 25g –i) round, strongly convex. Ground colour pale creamy yellow. Head (Fig. 23a) yellow, posteriorly blackish. Pronotum with a pair of triangular markings on posterior margin and a pair of small, transverse markings in the middle. Scutellar shield very small, triangular and black. Each elytron with a pair of thin black stripes, outer one anteriorly bent towards suture and inner one posteriorly bent towards lateral margin and a small circular spot near apex; suture with a black stripe; lateral margins of elytra very narrowly black. Ventral side uniform pale yellow. Posterior margin of ventrite 5 in female medially slightly produced, that of ventrite 6 arcuate, a transverse sclerotized projection present beneath ventrite 6; posterior margin of ventrite 6 in male emarginate. Spermatheca vermiform (Fig. 23e, f). Male genitalia (Figs 23g –k, 24i–k) as illustrated. It is externally strikingly similar to Phrynocaria perrotetti (Mulsant) and can be separated from it by the much smaller scutellum, elytral pattern and the absence of prosternal carinae.
Immature stages. Eggs (Fig. 25a) yellowish and spindle shaped. Larva (Fig. 25b–d) dark purplish brown to pitchy brown with creamy white or pale yellowish spots. Pupa (Fig. 25e, f) reddish brown to pinkish with pale yellow or whitish markings.
Distribution. India: Widely distributed (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh); Sri Lanka; Pakistan.
Prey/associated habitat. Predaceous on aphids, mealybugs, scales, whiteflies, eggs and immature stages of Lepidoptera. Known hosts are as follows: Aleyrodidae: Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, Aleurolobus barodensis (Maskell); Aphididae: Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), Aphis craccivora Koch, Aphis gossypii Glover, Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus), Lipaphis pseudobrassicae (Kaltenbach), Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas), Sitobion miscanthi (Takahashi), Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe, and Aphis (Toxoptera) citricidus (Kirkaldy); Coccoidea: Coccidohystrix insolita (Green), Lecanium sp., Megapulvinaria maxima (Green), Monophlebus sp., Orthezia sp., Parasaissetia (as Saissetia) nigra (Nietner), Planococcus citri (Risso), Pseudococcus sp., Pulvinaria psidii Maskell, Pulvinaria sp., Saissetia coffeae (Walker) (as S. hemisphaerica (Targioni Tozzetti)), green mealy scale on coffee shade trees; Lophopidae: Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker); Psyllidae: Diaphorina citri Kuwayama; Lycaenidae: Chilades lajus (Stoll); Papilionidae: Papilio demoleus Linnaeus; Araneae: Olios (as Sparassus) lamarcki (Latreille).
Frequently associated with whitefly infestations on Cassia siamea, and guava. Collected on sandal, Pterolobium indicum, Dodonea viscosa, Canthium didymum, lantana, Zizyphus oenoplia, and Ageratum sp. (Chatterjee & Bose 1933). Associated with aphids, mealybugs and scales infesting cabbage and other crucifers, brinjal, wheat, peas, tomato, Achyranthes aspera, Coccinia indica, Duranta repens, D. erecta, Zizyphus jujuba, chrysanthemum, neem, and several other plants (Afroze 2000). Collected on sunflower, sunnhemp, castor, coconut, sugarcane, and tobacco (label data). Collected on wheat, maize, berseem, walnut, potato, mulberry, and spinach (Hayat et al. 2017).
Irshad (2001) recorded Amritodus atkinsoni, Comstockaspis perniciosa, and Pyrilla perpusilla as hosts in Pakistan. Afroze (2000) studied its biology on C. insolita and B. brassicae.
Seasonal occurrence. “Passes through many generations in a year (at least six), populations are high during January–March and August–December and low during April–July in South India ” (Korschefsky 1933; Chatterjee & Bose 1933). Collected almost throughout the year, particularly common during June–August in south India (label data). Common during mid-September to April in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh (Afroze 2000).
Natural enemy. Nothoserphus mirabilis Brues (Coleoptera: Proctotrupidae) (unpublished data).
Notes. It is one of the most common species in South India with a propensity to feed on various whiteflies, which is unusual in Coccinellini. Chatterjee & Bose (1933) studied its hosts and seasonal incidence in detail.Afroze (2000) studied its bioecology and briefly described and illustrated the life stages.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on pages 40-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502