Welcome to my homepage on lady beetles
(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent. I have started
this site mainly to showcase the collection of photos / illustrations
prepared during the course of my studies on the Coccinellidae of the
Indian subcontinent. The images are in three categories - coccinellid
species commonly encountered in the agro-ecosystems of the Indian
region, their natural enemies, and other assorted images. Fact sheets
for the species in the image gallery will be added in future.
The images are copyrighted. They may
be used freely for non-profit educational purposes when accompanied by
an appropriate copyright notice.
Please do not copy the images for use in your site, but provide a link
to this site.
My Primary Research Interests
Biosystematics of the Coccinellidae of India and
neighbouring countries
Interactive identification aids for Coccinellidae
Resources on the coccinellid fauna of the Indian
Region
Checklist of the coccinellid fauna of the Indian
Subcontinent [Checklist.pdf]
Key to common Chilocorus species of
India [Lucid Phoenix Key]
Morphology
of Coccinellidae [Morphology.htm]
Image gallery
Common
coccinellids of the Indian region
Natural enemies of Coccinellidae
Assorted
images
Useful Links
Taxonomy of Coccinellidae
Valid genera and subgenera of
Coccinellidae
Ladybirds
of Australia
Gordon's Ladybird beetle page
Ladybug links
Dutch
ladybirds
The
London and Essex ladybird Survey
Coccinellidae
of Chile
Coccinellidae
of Peru
Acknowledgements
Thanks are due to
1. CABI Bioscience, UK, for
permitting the use of some coccinellid illustrations (Source: Rao,
V.P. & Ghani, M.A. 1972. Studies on predators of Adelges
spp. in the Himalayas. Miscellaneous Publication No. 3,
Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Trinidad.)
2. Dr. Viktor Fursov, Russian
Academy of Sciences, for kindly permitting the use of the illustration
of Dinocampus coccinellae from his website.
Contact address
Dr. J. Poorani, Project Directorate of
Biological Control, P.B. No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road,
Bangalore 560 024, India. E-mail: j_poorani@lycos.com, pooranij@gmail.com
