Jauravia pilosula explained

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]

Notes and References

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