AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE COCCINELLIDAE (COLEOPTERA) OF THE INDIAN SUBREGION J. POORANI Project Directorate of Biological Control, P. B. No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, India E-mail:
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[email protected] ________________________________________________________________________ Introduction This checklist is an updated version of the annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae fauna of the Indian subcontinent published recently (Poorani, 2002a). This list includes the subfamily Epilachninae, which was left out of the earlier checklist. The Epilachninae portion has been compiled from the World Catalogue of Coccinellidae, Volume 1 (Jadwiszczak & Wegrzynowicz, 2003). Other changes, corrections, and additions since the publication of the original checklist also have been incorporated. Geographical scope: The geographical scope of this checklist covers the Indian subregion that includes India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Arrangement: The arrangement of the subfamilies is alphabetical for convenience, and does not reflect phylogenetic relationships. The tribes and genera therein also are arranged in alphabetical order, largely according to the classification of Chazeau et al. (1989; 1990). For all the genera, the original citation, synonyms in chronological order, the type species and list of species in alphabetical order are given. For the species, the most recent combination followed by the author name, original citation and synonyms, if any, in chronological order, are given. The type depository is given within parentheses after the name, wherever available. Most of the extralimital synonymies and other extended, lengthy synonymies, varieties and aberrations mentioned by Korschefsky (1931; 1932) are omitted unless subsequently changed. Subsequent references of importance pertaining to revisions, redescriptions, lectotype designations, synonyms, etc.