Hyperaspis maindroni Sicard, 1929: 179. (=Hyperaspis maindroni ab. brumoides Sicard, Hyperaspis maindroni ab. includens Sicard)

Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Scymninae: Hyperaspidini

Length 2.16-2.70 mm, width 1.62-2.10 mm. Form oval, dorsoventrally somewhat flattened. Head yellow, eyes with brilliant metallic green reflection in live specimens. Pronotum yellow-orange, posterior margin with a dark brown to fuscous median area. Elytra pale creamy to luteous yellow, with three longitudinal black stripes, one on each elytron in a mid-dorsal position not reaching apex and one along sutural line reaching apex, elytral apex very narrowly bordered black; sometimes all stripes joined together with a short stem near apex, forming a trident shaped marking. Posterior margin of elytra subtruncate, leaving abdominal tip slightly exposed. Postcoxal line on abdominal ventrite 1 nearly complete, reaching towards anterior margin of ventrite (Fig. 5). Male genitalia (Fig. 6-7) and female spermatheca (Fig. 8) as illustrated. Larva elliptical in outline, greyish, with powdery wax coating on dorsal surface. Pupa with the last larval skin vertically split along the middle, exposing the pupa.


Figs. 1-8. Hyperaspis maindroni: 1. Head, dorsal view; 2. Antenna; 3. Maxilla; 4. Prosternum, showing intercoxal process; 5. Postcoxal line on abdominal ventrite 1; 6,7. Male genitalia: 6. Tegmen, ventral view; 7. Sipho; 8. Female spermatheca

Brumoides suturalis is similar to this species in general appearance and coloration, but can be separated by its larger size, more convex body with apically rounded elytra, and other generic characters.

 H. maindroni, nominate form and the form with trident-shaped elytral marking
         Adult
   Larva feeding on Coccidohystrix insolita (Green) on brinjal
   Larva feeding on mealybug
     Pupa of H. maindroni