Plotinini, Miyatake, 1994

Poorani, J., Větrovec, Jaroslav & Szawaryn, Karol, 2025, A review of Indian Plotinini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) including description of a new species, Zootaxa 5711 (4), pp. 451-481 : 454

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EB78ABF6-9C17-4633-9102-A2855A6EE5C8

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F94D28-FF83-181C-E2C6-85FF35C8FA2D

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Plotinini
status

 

Key to Plotinini View in CoL genera of the Indian subcontinent

1. Body small, less than 2.3 mm in length, with elongate oval body outline........................ Protoplotina Miyatake

-. Body large, more than 2.4 mm, with rounded body outline..................................................... 2

2. Anterior margin of prosternum forming a more or less straight line.................................... Plotina Lewis View in CoL

-. Anterior margin of prosternum broadly produced anteriorly forming a chin piece partially or entirely covering mouthparts when retracted............................................................................................ 3

3. Elytra with punctation distinctly dual, terminal palpomere strongly dilated apically.................. Buprestodera Sicard

-. Elytra with almost uniform punctation, terminal palpomere weakly dilated apically................ Paraplotina Miyatake

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

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