Calvia monosha Bielawski

POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, Zootaxa 5332 (1), pp. 1-307 : 57

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:424F7439-4095-46A5-93E3-C4130E3B6D9A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8261480

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C74162-1460-460F-BDDF-3269FADEFA65

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Plazi

scientific name

Calvia monosha Bielawski
status

 

Calvia monosha Bielawski

( Fig. 38 View FIGURE 38 )

Calvia monosha Bielawski, 1979: 122 (Holotype male, NHMB; Type locality: Bhutan); Booth 1997: 927; Poorani 2002a: 323.

Diagnosis. Length: 6.70–7.00 mm. Form broad oval, dorsum convex and glabrous. Elytra black with basal and external margins narrowly yellow and with five large yellow spots arranged in a 2-2-1 pattern ( Fig. 38b View FIGURE 38 ), or spots partly joined laterally into bands ( Fig. 38a View FIGURE 38 ). Pronotum shining between punctures, contrasting with head where frons between eyes has microreticulate sculpture. Elytral punctures dual, larger elytral punctures close and deep, interstices convex with small punctures. Middle and hind tibiae with a pair of apical spurs. See Bielawski (1979) for male genitalia illustrations.

Distribution. Bhutan.

Seasonal occurrence. Collected in June (label data).

Notes. It is a very distinct species and unlikely to be confused with its congeners from this region.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Calvia

Loc

Calvia monosha Bielawski

POORANI, J. 2023
2023
Loc

Calvia monosha

Poorani, J. 2002: 323
2002
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