Calvia shiva Kapur

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 : 64

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8273724

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scientific name

Calvia shiva Kapur
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Calvia shiva Kapur

( Fig. 41 View FIGURE 41 )

Calvia shiva Kapur, 1963a: 40 (Holotype male, BMNH; Type locality: Singhik, Sikkim).—Booth 1997: 926; Poorani 2002a: 323.

Calvia durgae Kapur, 1963a: 42 (Holotype female, BMNH; Type locality: Singhik, Sikkim).— Synonymized by Booth 1997: 926.

Calvia trilochana Kapur, 1963a: 42 (Holotype male, BMNH; Type locality: Singhik, Sikkim).— Synonymized by Booth 1997: 926.

Calvia pinaki Kapur, 1963a: 43 (Holotype male, BMNH; Type locality: Singhik, Sikkim).— Synonymized by Booth 1997: 926.

Calvia pasupati Kapur, 1963a: 45 (Holotype male, BMNH; Type locality: Singhik, Sikkim).— Synonymized by Booth 1997: 926.

Calvia connexa Miyatake, 1985: 17 (Type locality: Godavari , Nepal).— Synonymized by Booth 1997: 926.

Calvia schiva (sic): Kovář 2007: 608.

Diagnosis. Length: 4.40 mm; width: 3.60 mm. Form ( Fig. 41a–c View FIGURE 41 ) short oval, moderately convex. Ground colour straw yellow. Pronotum with ill-defined pale brown markings. Elytra yellowish brown, with three pale brown longitudinal stripes of progressively reducing width on each elytron, two dorsal and not reaching apex and one on outer margin reaching apex; one stripe along sutural line reaching apex. This is a highly polymorphic species ( Fig. 41a–c View FIGURE 41 ) and can be differentiated from the other species of this region by the single spur on mesotibiae and lack of spurs on metatibiae. Male genitalia ( Fig. 41d–f View FIGURE 41 ) as illustrated.

Distribution. India (Manipur, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, northeastern region); Nepal; Bhutan.

Prey/associated habitat: Aphidophagous, known hosts include Cervaphis quercus Takahashi , Mollitrichosiphum alni Ghosh et al. , and Tuberculatus indicus Ghosh. Very commonly collected on Juglans regia .

Notes. A highly variable species that can be positively identified only by the male genitalia. Its generic placement is somewhat uncertain and the presence of a single mesotibial spur in C. shiva is most unusual in Coccinellidae / Coccinellini and it differs from other Indian Calvia spp. in lacking the metatibial spurs (Booth 1996).

See Kapur (1963a), Miyatake (1985) and Booth (1997) for detailed description / illustrations of the variants and / or genitalia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Calvia

Loc

Calvia shiva Kapur

POORANI, J. 2023
2023
Loc

Calvia schiva

Kovar, I. 2007: 608
2007
Loc

Calvia connexa

Miyatake, M. 1985: 17
1985
Loc

Calvia shiva

Poorani, J. 2002: 323
Kapur, A. P. 1963: 40
1963
Loc

Calvia durgae

Kapur, A. P. 1963: 42
1963
Loc

Calvia trilochana

Kapur, A. P. 1963: 42
1963
Loc

Calvia pinaki

Kapur, A. P. 1963: 43
1963
Loc

Calvia pasupati

Kapur, A. P. 1963: 45
1963
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