Calvia vulnerata (Hope)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8273727 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C74162-141E-4671-BDDF-36EBFC5FFBFC |
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Calvia vulnerata (Hope) |
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( Fig. 45 View FIGURE 45 )
Coccinella vulnerata Hope, 1831: 31 (Lectotype, HEC, OMNH; Type locality: Nepal).
Calvia vulnerata: Korschefsky 1932: 529 ; Booth 1997: 927; Poorani 2002a: 324; Yu 2010: 61.
Coccinella uniramosa Hope, 1831: 31 ; Mulsant 1866: 244 (as Verania View in CoL ); Korschefsky 1932: 529.—Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 367; Booth 1997: 927.
Calvia flaccida Mulsant, 1853a: 151 .— Korschefsky 1932: 524.— Gordon 1987.—Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 368; Booth 1997: 927.
Anisocalvia vishnu Crotch, 1874: 145 ; Korschefsky 1932: 529.—Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 368; Booth 1997: 927.
Anisocalvia krishna Crotch, 1874: 145 ; Korschefsky 1932: 524.—Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 368; Booth 1997: 927.
Anisocalvia buddha Crotch, 1874: 145 ; Korschefsky 1932: 521.—Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 368; Booth 1997: 927.
Diagnosis. Length: 6.70–7.00 mm. A highly variable species, ground colour of elytra pale pinkish ( Fig. 45a–c View FIGURE 45 ) or yellow to yellowish brown ( Fig. 45d, e View FIGURE 45 ) or darker reddish brown ( Fig. 45f View FIGURE 45 ), rarely black, usually with six spots (arranged as in Fig. 45a–c, d, f View FIGURE 45 ), spots either yellow or black, with or without a paler or darker outer ring; in all spotted forms, the positions occupied by each spot constant, apical and lateral spots often fused to some extent ( Fig. 45a–c View FIGURE 45 ); rarely elytra 11-spotted with a black sutural stripe ( Fig. 45e View FIGURE 45 ). If spots absent, then elytra with narrow black suture and black sublateral line; rarely elytra fully black except for fine reddish-brown margin, pronotum uniform orange-brown. Elytral punctation dual, with larger punctures closely arranged, separated on average by slightly more than one diameter, usually with a single row of small punctures between adjacent large punctures. Abdominal postcoxal line ( Fig. 45g View FIGURE 45 ) incomplete. Male genitalia ( Fig. 45h–j View FIGURE 45 ) as illustrated.
Distribution: India (Sikkim, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Delhi); Bhutan; Nepal; China.
Prey / associated habitat. Feeding on aphids infesting Dalbergia sissoo (label data).
Seasonal occurrence. Collected during February, March, April–June (label data).
Notes. It is a highly variably coloured Himalayan species and appears to be rarely collected. Booth (1997) reviewed it with illustrations of the genitalia and a list of synonyms.
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Calvia vulnerata (Hope)
POORANI, J. 2023 |
Calvia vulnerata:
Yu, G. 2010: 61 |
Poorani, J. 2002: 324 |
Korschefsky, R. 1932: 529 |
Anisocalvia vishnu
Pope, R. D. 1989: 368 |
Korschefsky, R. 1932: 529 |
Anisocalvia krishna
Pope, R. D. 1989: 368 |
Korschefsky, R. 1932: 524 |
Anisocalvia buddha
Pope, R. D. 1989: 368 |
Korschefsky, R. 1932: 521 |
Calvia flaccida
Pope, R. D. 1989: 368 |
Korschefsky, R. 1932: 524 |
Mulsant, E. 1853: 151 |
Coccinella vulnerata
Hope, F. W. 1831: 31 |
Coccinella uniramosa
Pope, R. D. 1989: 367 |
Korschefsky, R. 1932: 529 |
Mulsant, E. 1866: 244 |
Hope, F. W. 1831: 31 |