Jauravia simplex explained

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

Description

Body length is about 2.2 to 2.5 mm. Body sub-hemispherical. Dorsum light brown. External border of elytra is much lighter. Ventrum bright yellowish brown. Metasternum is much darker. Head very finely, closely punctate. The pubescence with short yellowish-white hairs. Pronotum moderately and regularly emargihate anteriorly. Elytral punctures are fine, and close with yellowish white, short and moderately dense pubescence. Elytral punctation is fine and close. Elytral interspaces are strongly corriaceous. Ventrum finely, and sparsely punctate with delicate, short and sparse pubescence.^[5]

It is a predator of Cecidomyiid larvae that attack coffee.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae . 2021-09-15 . Zool. Surv. India Fauna of Maharashtra, State Fauna Series, 20(Part-2) : 507-509, 2012.
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: 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.
4. Web site: Poorani . J. . Booth . Roger G. . 2017-06-01 . Sticholotidini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Western Ghats of India . 2021-09-15 . Annales Zoologici . 315–332 . 10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.2.009.
5. VIII.--A Revision of the Genus Jauravia . 2021-09-15 . The Annals And Magazine OF Natural History. 11. 98. February 1946.