Calvia breiti Mader
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1 |
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Calvia (Anisocalvia) breiti Mader, 1932: 6 (Syntype; Type locality: Manali Kulu , Himachal Pradesh).
Calvia breiti: Korschefsky 1932: 589 ; Booth 1997: 930; Poorani 2002a: 323; Yu 2010: 53–54.
Diagnosis. Length: 6.30–6.55 mm; width: 4.32–4.50 mm. Form elongate, oblong, moderately convex. Ground colour dull yellow to yellowish brown, with bold, irregular black markings on pronotum and elytra ( Fig. 32a–c View FIGURE 32 ). Ventral side yellowish brown except abdomen with characteristic maculation ( Fig. 32d, g View FIGURE 32 ) and femora of all legs with a median dark patch. Head ( Fig. 32e View FIGURE 32 ) with inner margins of eyes strongly divergent.Antenna ( Fig. 32f View FIGURE 32 ) elongate with a distinct club. Abdominal postcoxal line ( Fig. 32g View FIGURE 32 ) incomplete. Male genitalia ( Fig. 32i–l View FIGURE 32 ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 32h View FIGURE 32 ) as illustrated.
Distribution. India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh); Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; Southern China.
Introduced in the USA (North Carolina) for balsam woolly aphid ( Adelges piceae (Ratzeburg)) but did not establish.
Prey/associated habitat. Adelges sp. ; Associated with adelgids infesting spruce, hemlock and other coniferous trees (label data).
Seasonal occurrence. A univoltine species, active during May–June, enters hibernation during winter ( Nagarkatti & Ghani 1972). Collected during April–May, August (label data).
Natural enemy. Tetrastichus sp.
Notes. Nagarkatti & Ghani (1972) studied its bionomics (as genus nr. Calvia ). Booth (1997) described and illustrated it and later, Yu (2010) recorded it from China.
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Calvia breiti Mader
POORANI, J. 2023 |
Calvia breiti:
Yu, G. 2010: 53 |
Poorani, J. 2002: 323 |
Korschefsky, R. 1932: 589 |