Calvia explanata Poorani

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 : 54-57

publication ID

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

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DOI

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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scientific name

Calvia explanata Poorani
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Calvia explanata Poorani

( 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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Calvia

Loc

Calvia explanata Poorani

POORANI, J. 2023
2023
Loc

Calvia explanata

Poorani 2014
2014
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