The review of the genus Coccinella (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Pakistan

Zafar Iqbal; Rashid Azad; Xu Jin; Muhammad Asghar Hassan; Munawar Abbas; Muhammad Farooq Nasir; Imran Bodlah; Muhammad Ali; Karol Szawaryn; Rui-E Nie

doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e137417

The review of the genus Coccinella (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Pakistan

Biodivers Data J. 2024 Nov 21:12:e137417. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e137417. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 Anhui, China The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University Wuhu, 241000 Anhui China.
² Department of Entomology, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Department of Entomology, The University of Haripur Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan.
³ The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, 241000, China The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University Wuhu, Anhui, 241000 China.
⁴ Institute of Entomology, The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China Institute of Entomology, The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University Guiyang 550025 China.
⁵ College of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China College of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001 China.
⁶ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Crop and Food Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Department of Entomology, Faculty of Crop and Food Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi Pakistan.
⁷ Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural and Health Sciences, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Pakistan Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural and Health Sciences, University of Baltistan Skardu Pakistan.
⁸ Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Science, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Science Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw Poland.
⁹ ‡ The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 Anhui, China ‡ The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University Wuhu, 241000 Anhui China.

Abstract

Background: The genus Coccinella is reviewed with seven species found in Pakistan: C.luteopicta (Mulsant, 1866), C.marussii Kapur, 1973, C.iranica Dobzhansky, 1926, C.transversalis Fabricius, 1781, C.septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758, C.transversoguttatatransversoguttata Faldermann, 1835 and C.undecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758. Information on prey, host plants, distribution and an identification key for Coccinella species in Pakistan is provided. Additionally, newly-sequenced partial COI (cytochrome-c-oxidase subunit I) for C.luteopicta and C.marussii were used to determine their phylogenetic positions within the genus Coccinella.

New information: This study comprehensively reviews the genus Coccinella in Pakistan and highlights Coccinellaluteopicta as a new country record. Morphological features of adults, including male genital characters and an identification key to known species in Pakistan are presented. Records of prey, host plants and distributions for all identified species are included. The new data (COI-barcode) shows that C.luteopicta (Mulsant, 1866) was recorded first in Pakistan.

Keywords: Asia; COI; Coccinelloidea; Oriental Region; barcoding; new record.

Zafar Iqbal, Rashid Azad, Xu Jin, Muhammad Asghar Hassan, Munawar Abbas, Muhammad Farooq Nasir, Imran Bodlah, Muhammad Ali, Karol Szawaryn, Rui-E Nie.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by grants from the Anhui Provincial University Outstanding Youth Program (No. 2022AH020021) and the National Science Foundation of China (No. 32170443)