Calvia flaveola Booth
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8261478 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C74162-1460-460F-BDDF-3736FED0FC58 |
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Calvia flaveola Booth |
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( Figs 36 View FIGURE 36 , 37 View FIGURE 37 )
Calvia flaveola Booth, 1997: 932 (Holotype male, BMNH; Type locality: Joshimath / Uttarakhand); Poorani 2002a: 323.
Diagnosis. Length: 5.70–6.60 mm; width: 5.00– 5.50 mm. Form ( Fig. 36a View FIGURE 36 ) elongate oval, dorsum weakly convex, glabrous except head with silvery white hairs. Dorsal side pale yellow, elytra immaculate, sometimes with three broad brighter yellow stripes, one adjacent to suture, one discal and one sublateral, the sutural and sublateral ones apically joined. Underside pale yellow, metaventrite slightly darker. Prosternum carinate, carinae medially narrowed and divergent at both ends ( Fig. 36b View FIGURE 36 ). Middle and hind tibiae with a pair of apical spurs. Male genitalia ( Fig. 36c–f View FIGURE 36 ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 36g View FIGURE 36 ) as illustrated.
Immature stages. Larva ( Fig. 37a, b View FIGURE 37 ), pupa ( Fig. 37c View FIGURE 37 ) and live adult ( Fig. 37d–f View FIGURE 37 ) as illustrated.
Distribution. India (Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir); Pakistan; Afghanistan (new record from label data); Myanmar.
Seasonal occurrence. Collected during May–June (label data).
Prey / Associated habitat. Aphidophagous. Recorded as a predator of Macrosiphoniella pseudoartemisiae Shinji on Artemisia vulgaris , walnut aphid, undetermined aphids (Booth 1997). Collected on walnut and willow (label data).
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Coccinellinae |
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Coccinellini |
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Calvia flaveola Booth
POORANI, J. 2023 |
Calvia flaveola
Poorani, J. 2002: 323 |