Jauravia pilosula

Jauravia pilosula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Coccinelloidea
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Jauravia
Species:	J. pilosula
Binomial name
	Jauravia pilosula; (Weise, 1900)
Synonyms
	Clanis pilosula Weise, 1900; Jauravia pilosula (Weise) Korschefsky, 1931;

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

Description

Body length is about 2.30 to 5 mm. Body sub-hemispherical. Body color ranges from light to deep testaceous. Elytral epipleura is much pale. Head and pronotum covered with fine, deep and fairly close punctures. Interspaces are less bright than those of elytra, and clothed with whiteish short, sparse pubescence. Pronotum moderately emarginate anteriorly with rounded laterally. Elytra very coarsely, deeply and sparsely punctate. Elytral interspaces are smooth and very bright, which is clothed with fine, golden, sparse pubescence. Ventrum very finely and sparsely punctate. Mesosternum, metasteruum and abdominal sternites covered with coarse punctures and fine, yellowish, short, and sparse pubescence.^[5]

References

^ "Taxonomy of Indian Coccinellidae with Observations on the Role of some Species in Agroecosystem" (PDF). DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY ALIGARH (INDIA) 1997. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^ Poorani, J. (2002-01-01). "An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian Subregion". Oriental Insects. pp. 307–383. doi:10.1080/00305316.2002.10417335. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^ Pervez, Ahmad (2004-05-01). "Predaceous Coccinellids in India: Predator-Prey Catalogue (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)". Oriental Insects. pp. 27–61. doi:10.1080/00305316.2004.10417373. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^ Poorani, J.; Booth, Roger G. (June 2017). "Sticholotidini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Western Ghats of India". Annales Zoologici. pp. 315–332. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.2.009. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^ "VIII.--A Revision of the Genus Jauravia" (PDF). THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY [ELEVENTH SERIES.] No. 98. FEBI~UAR¥ 1946. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

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[1] "Taxonomy of Indian Coccinellidae with Observations on the Role of some Species in Agroecosystem" (PDF). DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY ALIGARH (INDIA) 1997. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

[2] Poorani, J. (2002-01-01). "An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian Subregion". Oriental Insects. pp. 307–383. doi:10.1080/00305316.2002.10417335. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

[3] Pervez, Ahmad (2004-05-01). "Predaceous Coccinellids in India: Predator-Prey Catalogue (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)". Oriental Insects. pp. 27–61. doi:10.1080/00305316.2004.10417373. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

[4] Poorani, J.; Booth, Roger G. (June 2017). "Sticholotidini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Western Ghats of India". Annales Zoologici. pp. 315–332. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.2.009. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

[5] "VIII.--A Revision of the Genus Jauravia" (PDF). THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY [ELEVENTH SERIES.] No. 98. FEBI~UAR¥ 1946. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

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