Plotina

Abstract

Key to species of <i>Plotina</i> <p> 1. Elytra with eight large rounded white spots, without any black spot................. <i>octomaculata</i> Wang et Ren, <b>sp. nov.</b></p> <p>- Elytra with four large irregular white spots, with several black spots............................................. 2</p> <p>2. Pronotum with two large rounded white spots............................................................... 3</p> <p>- Pronotum without two large rounded white spots........................................................... 4</p> <p> 3. Pronotum with two black spots. Each elytron with four black spots arranged in 1–2–2 pattern............. <i>muelleri</i> Mader</p> <p> - Pronotum without any black spot. Each elytron with two black spots........... <i>menghaiensis</i> Wang, Ren et Chen, <b>sp. nov.</b></p> <p> 4. Pronotum with a large transverse black spot................................................... <i>versicolor</i> Lewis</p> <p>- Pronotum without any black spot........................................................................ 5</p> <p> 5. Each elytron with four black spots arranged in 1–1–2 pattern...................... <i>daweishanensis</i> Wang et Ren, <b>sp.nov.</b></p> <p>- Each elytron with more than four black spots............................................................... 6</p> <p> 6. Pronotum with two dark spots. Each elytron with seven black spots..................... <i>signatella</i> Wang et Ren, <b>sp. nov.</b></p> <p> - Pronotum without dark spots. Each elytron with six black spots................................. <i>quadrioculata</i> Kovář</p>Published as part of <i>Wang, Xingmin, Ren, Shunxiang & Chen, Xiaosheng, 2011, The genus Plotina Lewis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with descriptions of four new species from China, pp. 57-68 in Zootaxa 2801</i> on page 68, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/202329">10.5281/zenodo.202329</a&gt