Body brownish with network of four black bands, two on each
elytron, one on anterior side and one on posterior side.
Elytron will begin flight testing this summer in Northern CA.
Given the "face-to-face" nature of coccinellid courtship, it seems more likely that pronotal patterns would be used to communicate information to conspecifics as opposed to
elytron patterns.
Females were marked with two small dots of paint on each
elytron.
Elytra yellowish brown, each
elytron with two piceous areas, one surrounding the scutellum, the other, larger, occupying the apical area.
Elytra parallel-sided, gently tapering at apical 1/3, each
elytron densely punctate, those punctures slightly deeper than on pronotum.
They are black in color, with a prominentvenation and reticulum; there is a narrow tapering yellow stripe centred on the first anal vein, which does not reach the tip of the
elytron.
3(4) each
elytron with longitudinal striae from yellow pubescence; abdominal sternites (Fig.
Accessory stria of
elytron: short longitudinal groove situated near the basal margin of the
elytron, between the elytral commissure and the basal stria.
The file is highly developed on the left
elytron and only marginally developed on the right
elytron (Fig.
Excludes Habrolampis, despite this taxon having a narrow yellow stripe on
elytron, like the present specimen.
It is notched posteriorly, but demarcated slightly into two parts along the notched area parallel to
elytron separation line.
