Abstract
Coccinellids of Genus Illeis are among the most familiar beetles that belong to the tribe Coccinellini of subfamily Coccinellinae under the family Coccinellidae of order Coleoptera. The present study was conducted to understand the distributional, taxonomical, and morphological features of four species of Coccinellids of Genus Illeis recorded from four different Doon Valley, Uttarakhand study sites. Four species of coccinellids of the genus Illeis were recorded during the study period. During the study period, Illeis confusa (Timberlake), Illeis cincta (Fabricius), Illeis indica (Timberlake), and Illeis koebelei (Timberlake) were the four observed species of the genus. From the study, it was observed that among all four species of coccinellids, Illeis confusa was the dominant species (267 individuals), followed by Illeis indica (110), Illeis koebelei (40), and Illeis cincta (35) in term of number of individuals. Out of the four species, Illeis koebelei (Timberlake) was recorded for the 1st time from Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India.. KEYWORDS :Coccinellids, Illeis confuse, Illeis cincta, Illeis indica, Illeis koebelei, Taxonomy
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