First Records of Coccinellid Beetles (Coccinellidae) from the Haridwar, (Uttarakhand), India

Abstract

A survey of predatory and mycophagous Coccinellid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) was conducted at four sites, representing four different ecosystems and altitudes ranging between 210 to 305 m within the Haridwar district, India, over a period of two years (July 2005 to June 2007). A total of 3502 adult Coccinellid specimens were collected and identified to 31 species, of which 19 species were recorded for the first time from within the Haridwar. These 19 newly recorded species belonged to 16 genera of four tribes and three subfamilies. The following 16 species belonged to the sub family Coccinellinae and tribe Coccinellini: Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus), Anegleis cardoni (Weise), Cheilomenes sexmaculata rufafasciata (Fabricius), Coelophora 9–maculata (Mulsant), Coelophora ramosa (Olivier), Harmonia dimidiata (Fabricius), Hippodamia variegata (Goeze), Hippodamia sp., Illeis cincta (Fabricius), Megalocaria dilatata (Fabricius), Micraspis discolor (Fabricius), Micraspis vincta (Fabricius), Phrynocaria sp., Propylea dissecta (Mulsant), Halyzia sanscrita (Mulsant) and Psyllobora bisoctonata (Mulsant). Two species occurred occurred in the subfamily Chilocorinae and tribe Chilocirini: Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius) and Chilocorus nigrita (Fabricius) and only one species Rodolia sexnotata (Mulsant) represented the Noviini tribe of the subfamily Coccidulinae.