Nat vandenbergaeSlipinski
updated February 2008

Synonyms
Nat vandenbergae Slipinski, 2007: 118.

Diagnosis
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Description
Length 5.1-5.6 mm. Head, central part of pronotum and elytra black with slight bluish tint, shiny; margins of pronotum, venter of prothorax and legs reddish orange; pterothorax and abdomen almost entirely black; antenna with scape reddish and remaining segments infuscate. Dorsum covered by a short and recumbent golden pubescence. Pronotal disc very uneven with discrimen complete and smaller admedian and extensive lateral concave areas. Elytra densely, confusedly punctate, margins hardly visible from above; epipleuron narrow, incomplete at apical one third. Male: 5th and 6th abdominal ventrite emarginate medially; 5th ventrite with lateral setose foveae.

Male
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Female
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Variation
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Species References
Slipinski, S.A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) their biology and classification. ABRS, Canberra. 286 pp.

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