Rodolia amabilis Kapur

Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccidulinae: Noviini

Length 2.88-3.18 mm, width 2.46-2.76 mm. Form subrounded, slightly narrowed towards apex in distal half, dorsum moderately convex. Prosternal process (Fig. 3) short, squat and subtrapezoidal, with long silvery white hairs. Postcoxal line (Fig. 4) complete, semicircular. Last visible abdominal segment emarginate in male (Fig. 5) and arcuate in female (Fig. 6). Can be reliably differentiated only by male genitalia (Figs.8-10) having parameres densely setose for more than three-fourths of their length. Female spermatheca (Fig. 7) as illustrated. Larva reddish or pinkish, with a fine powdery dust on dorsal side.


Figs. 1-10. Rodolia amabilis Kapur: 1. Antenna; 2. Maxilla; 3. Prosternal intercoxal process; 4. Postcoxal line on abdominal ventrite I; 5. Last abdominal ventrite, male; 6. Last abdominal ventrite, female; 7. Female spermatheca; 8-10. Male genitalia: 8. Tegmen, lateral view; 9. Tegmen, ventral view; 10. Sipho.

 Adult in dorsal view
   Larva
   Pupa

India: Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka; Kerala; Tamil Nadu; Uttar Pradesh.

HEMIPTERA: Aleyrodidae: Aleurodicus dispersus Russell. Margarodidae: Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas), Icerya purchasi Maskell, Icerya seychellarum (Westwood). Pseudococcidae: Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell). Indeterminate Sternorrhyncha. Associated with Icerya infestations on sugarcane, citrus, casuarina, mandarin orange, Ficus benghalensis, Acalypha indica, and ornamental plants.

Active in January-March, and June-August in South India; collected during October and December in and around Bangalore.

Homalotylus flaminius (Dalman) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae).