Calvia explanata Poorani
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8261476 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C74162-146D-460F-BDDF-30F0FDFBFF62 |
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Calvia explanata Poorani |
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( Figs 34 View FIGURE 34 , 35 View FIGURE 35 )
Calvia explanata Poorani, 2014 (Holotype male, NBAIR; Type locality: Sikkim).
Diagnosis. Form broad oval to circular, dorsum glabrous, convex.Adult beetle lemon green when alive ( Fig. 34c–f View FIGURE 34 ), dead specimens pale yellow ( Fig. 35a–c View FIGURE 35 ); similar to C. albida in having a yellowish-white mottled pattern on a greenish or lemon-yellow background, but can be distinguished by its distinctly broader, almost circular body outline with explanate elytral margins. Abdominal postcoxal line very short, incomplete ( Fig. 35d View FIGURE 35 ). Male genitalia ( Fig. 35e–h View FIGURE 35 ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 35i View FIGURE 35 ) as illustrated.
Immature stages. Pupa ( Fig. 34a, b View FIGURE 34 ) with yellow and green pattern as illustrated; teneral adult with weak whitish mottled pattern ( Fig. 34c, d View FIGURE 34 ), mature adult ( Fig. 34e, f View FIGURE 34 ) lime green with small creamy whitish elytral spots and a narrow, reddish pink sutural stripe.
Distribution. India (Manipur, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal); Nepal.
Prey / Associated habitat. Collected on Alnus sp. in association with aphids (label data); Taoia indica (Ghosh & Raychaudhuri) .
Note. This species resembles C. albida in coloration and the mottled elytral pattern but has a much broader, almost circular outline with distinctly explanate elytra and the genitalia also are distinct. See Poorani (2014) for detailed description and illustrations.
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Calvia explanata Poorani
POORANI, J. 2023 |
Calvia explanata
Poorani 2014 |