Chilocorus indicus (Miyatake), comb. n. (Fig. 34) Phaenochilus indicus Miyatake, 1970b: 113.— Poorani 2002: 313; Giorgi & Vandenberg, 2012: 245, 248. Diagnosis. Form broadly rounded, dorsum convex and glabrous. Holotype male (Fig. 34a) as illustrated (Image courtesy: Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Ehime University), dorsum yellowish without any other maculation. Male genitalia (Fig. 34c–e) as illustrated. Giorgi & Vandenberg (2012) stated that it is the only species possessing immaculate yellow elytra in India and “it also differs from the similarly colored species in possessing a more compact antennal club with the last antennomere not much longer than wide”. Chilocorus indicus is the only species of Chilocorus with yellowish elytra known from South India. Chilocorus albomarginalis, a Chinese species, reported in this work as a new addition to the Indian fauna, also has yellow elytra with paler lateral margins, but it is found only in north-eastern India. Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu. Notes. Miyatake (1970b) described it in detail and illustrated the genitalia. Giorgi & Vandenberg (2012) also illustrated the male genitalia and included it in their key to the known species of Phaenochilus. As Phaenochilus is treated as a synonym of Chilocorus (Li et al. 2020b), this species is formally transferred to Chilocorus here (comb. n.).

Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to the lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part II. Tribe Chilocorini, pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 5378 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5378.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208917