Coccinella transversoguttata subsp. transversoguttata Faldermann 1835
Creators: name: Iqbal, Zafar
name: Azad, Rashid
name: Jin, Xu
name: Hassan, Muhammad Asghar
name: Abbas, Munawar
name: Nasir, Muhammad Farooq
name: Bodlah, Imran
name: Ali, Muhammad
name: Szawaryn, Karol
name: Nie, Rui-E
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Coccinella
Coccinella transversoguttata
Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata faldermann, 1835

description: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata Faldermann, 1835
Coccinella transversoguttata Faldermann, 1835: 454: Mulsant (1850): 117; Crotch (1874): 116; Weise (1885): 28; Jacobson (1915): 982; Dobzhansky (1926): 21; Mader (1930): 150; Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1979): 67; Fürsch (1981): 82; Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982): 364; Bielawski (1984): 417; Poorani (2002): 327; Kovář (2005): 149; Ren et al. (2009): 188; Ashfaque et al. (2013): 245; Poorani (2023): 91.
Coccinella transversoguttata var. Sedakovi Weise, 1889: 537.
Coccinella geminopunctata Liu, 1962: 265: Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1979): 68; Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982): 362.
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 5; sex: 2 males, 3 females; occurrenceID: 050C38E8-D35B-55DF-82A6-57329E904A42; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ghanche, Barah; verbatimElevation: 2466 m; decimalLatitude: 35.20556; decimalLongitude: 76.27444; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2015; month: 7; day: 13; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: 7646AEA8-A4D7-5142-A3CD-4F6B1989FFB5; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ghanche, Khapulo; verbatimElevation: 2671 m; decimalLatitude: 35.15222; decimalLongitude: 76.335; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2015; month: 7; day: 13; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: DBA275C1-CA5C-5316-965B-DD749154F96B; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinelidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ghanche, Keris; verbatimElevation: 2284 m; decimalLatitude: 35.23361; decimalLongitude: 75.94028; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2015; month: 7; day: 14; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2; sex: 1 male, 1 female; occurrenceID: AA8990E9-8FED-52AD-A30B-9AFBAB5E6251; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Skardu, Gol; verbatimElevation: 2337 m; decimalLatitude: 35.25083; decimalLongitude: 75.865; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2015; month: 8; day: 5; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2; sex: 1 male, 1 female; occurrenceID: 29EE074B-6E9D-53D2-B165-4DB5F3DE9785; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ghizer, Iskoman, Shones; verbatimElevation: 2236 m; decimalLatitude: 36.47333; decimalLongitude: 73.84722; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2015; month: 7; day: 22; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: F648B22E-FA46-530A-A0FF-136BBDE3F5F6; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ghizer, Gupis, Shamaran; verbatimElevation: 2625 m; decimalLatitude: 36.17722; decimalLongitude: 72.98555; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2015; month: 8; day: 4; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 7; sex: 3 males, 4 females; occurrenceID: ED168A38-6626-531E-8CB0-E3C2BA1B0849; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ghizer, Yasin, Hunder; verbatimElevation: 2500 m; decimalLatitude: 36.51376; decimalLongitude: 73.41472; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2015; month: 8; day: 5; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 3; sex: 1 male, 2 females; occurrenceID: 652BAA3D-E959-5E00-BB04-BAE6D85E44D6; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; locality: Chitral, Booni; verbatimElevation: 2621 m; decimalLatitude: 36.24917; decimalLongitude: 72.25944; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2017; month: 7; day: 20; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: 721E9E31-8733-5ECD-B3B5-49A0343566E4; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ghanche, Ghorg; verbatimElevation: 2439 m; decimalLatitude: 35.31583; decimalLongitude: 75.86417; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2017; month: 8; day: 9; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: 1A6AB1B5-172C-51AB-9180-3960685BFD45; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ghanche, Keris; verbatimElevation: 2284 m; decimalLatitude: 35.23361; decimalLongitude: 75.94028; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2015; month: 7; day: 14; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 3; sex: 1 male, 2 females; occurrenceID: 0FE34CBF-0EFD-5FBE-87E4-A8440449BA38; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Hunza, Aliabad; verbatimElevation: 2222 m; decimalLatitude: 36.30611; decimalLongitude: 74.61833; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2018; month: 6; day: 2; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 13; sex: 3 males, 10 females; occurrenceID: 0BBB6FDA-08A5-55D9-8BFD-DDA7AC973DD4; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Ghizer, Punyial, Gahkuch-Bala; verbatimElevation: 2129 m; decimalLatitude: 37.51; decimalLongitude: 73.78; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2019; month: 8; day: 3; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 16; sex: 9 males, 7 females; occurrenceID: C0700BF0-E031-56C3-A6F9-B84E5D7FAC50; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Skardu, Hussainabad; verbatimElevation: 2313 m; decimalLatitude: 35.18028; decimalLongitude: 75.90694; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2022; month: 5; day: 22; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2; sex: 2 males; occurrenceID: 8444405C-28F7-5617-90BD-0EBA50C1994A; Taxon: scientificName: Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata; order: Coleoptera; family: Coccinellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Faldermann, 1835; Location: country: Pakistan; stateProvince: Gilgit-Baltistan; locality: Skardu, Olding; verbatimElevation: 2253 m; decimalLatitude: 35.2925; decimalLongitude: 75.6538; Event: samplingProtocol: mist net; year: 2022; month: 6; day: 19; Record Level: institutionID: PMAR-AAU
Description
Body (Fig. 6 A) broadly oval and dorsum glabrous; head black with large roundly triangular white-yellow to pale-yellow spots on each side of frons, connected with the inner orbit of eyes; mouthparts with antennae black; scutellum black; pronotum black with anterior corners white-yellow, connected at anterior margins; elytra reddish-orange, with eleven black spots, scutellar spot triangular, emarginate posteriorly along the suture, humeral spot small, lateral spots small, sub-rounded and slightly closer to lateral margin, discal spot large and transversely oval to sub-quadrate, marginal spots small and sub-rounded, apical spot moderately large and rounded; underside black, apical of propleura and mesepimera white at anterolateral corners, metepimera dark brown with whitish stripe; Male genitalia can be seen in Fig. 6 C-F.
Measurements
TL: 5.23–6.43 mm; TW: 3.95–5.00 mm; HW: 1.28–1.52 mm; TH: 2.15–2.40 mm; EL / TW: 1.10–1.14; TL / TW: 1.29–1.32; PL / PW: 0.51–0.53.
Diagnosis
Coccinella transversoguttata transversoguttata is similar to C. undecimpunctata in external structure and colouration, but can be separated from the latter by a diagnostic character; penis-guide in inner view, rhomboidally dilated with apical hastate (Fig. 6 E), but in C. undecimpunctata penis-guide in inner view, gradually tapering towards its blunt apex.
Distribution
Pakistan. Gilgit-Baltistan (Rafi et al. 2005, Ashfaque et al. 2013, current study), Baluchistan (Mohibullah et al. 2019), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (current study); – China, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, northern Scandinavia (Poorani 2002, Kovář 2005, Kovář 2007, Poorani 2023).
Ecology
Prey. Rafi et al. (2005) reported that this species fed on Aphis craccivora Koch, A. fabae Scopoli, A. gossypii Glover, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), Lipaphis pseudobrassicae Davis, Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus), Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch), Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) and Pterochloroides persicae Cholodkovsky (Hemiptera, Aphididae).
In the current study, this species has been recorded from the following aphid species: Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris, Lachnus wichmanni Hille Ris Lambers, Macrosiphum pachysiphon Hille Ris Lambers, Aphis craccivora Koch, A. fabae Scopoli, A. nerii Fonscolombe, A. farinose (Gmelin), A. gossypii Glover, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), Tuberolachnus salignus Gmelin and Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera, Aphididae).
Associated Plants. It is collected from the following plants: Erigeron canadensis (Linnaeus) (Asterales, Asteraceae), Capparis spinosa Linnaeus (Brassicales, Capparaceae), Convolvulus arvensis Linnaeus (Solanales, Convolvulaceae), Hippophae rhamnoides Linnaeus (Rosales, Elaeagnaceae), Salix alba Linnaeus (Malpighiales, Salicaceae), Sophora alopecuroides Linnaeus (Fabales, Fabaceae), Rumex dentatus (Linnaeus) (Caryophyllales, Polygonaceae), Phragmites karka (Retzius), Triticum aestivum Linnaeus (Poales, Poaceae) and Rosa indica Trattinnick (Rosales, Rosaceae).
Notes
See Kovář (2005) for a detailed description and illustration.
description: Published as part of Iqbal, Zafar, Azad, Rashid, Jin, Xu, Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, Abbas, Munawar, Nasir, Muhammad Farooq, Bodlah, Imran, Ali, Muhammad, Szawaryn, Karol & Nie, Rui-E, 2024, The review of the genus Coccinella (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Pakistan, pp. e 137417 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e137417, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e137417