Biology:Jauravia limbata

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Short description: Species of beetle


Jauravia limbata
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Genus:
Jauravia
Species:
J. limbata
Binomial name
Jauravia limbata
(Motschulsky, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Scymnus limbatus Motschulsky, 1858

Jauravia limbata, is a species of lady beetle native to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.[1][2][3][4]

Description

It is very similar to Synonychimorpha chittagongi. Body moderate in size. Dorsum is less convex with less broadly explanate lateral borders of elytra.[5][6] Body length is 2.3 to 2.5 mm. Body broadly oval and convex. Head testaceous and eyes are black. Clypeus and other appendages are yellowish brown. Pronotum pale testaceous, and the scutellum is fuscous. Elytra is black but the lateral and apical borders with broad testaceous in color. Ventrum and legs are yellowish brown. Mesosternum, metasternum and the first two abdominal sternites are pale. Head and pronotum are finely and closely punctate as well as densely pubescent with white long hairs. Elytral punctures are slightly coarse, deep and dense. Elytral interspaces are narrow, smooth and shiny. Ventrum with fine and sparse punctures. Some parts of metasternum and abdominal sternites have coarser and closer punctures. Ventrum clothed with delicate, short and sparse pubescence.[7]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q11176641 entry