Calvia flaveola Booth

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 : 57

Calvia flaveola Booth

( Figs 36 , 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 ) 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 ). Middle and hind tibiae with a pair of apical spurs. Male genitalia ( Fig. 36c–f ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 36g ) as illustrated.

Immature stages. Larva ( Fig. 37a, b ), pupa ( Fig. 37c ) and live adult ( Fig. 37d–f ) 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).

Figures

FIGURE 36. Calvia flaveola Booth: a. adult, dorsal view; b. prosternal carinae and mesoventrite; c–f. male genitalia: c. tegmen, lateral view; d. tegmen, ventral view; e. penis; f. penis apex; g. spermatheca.

FIGURE 37. Calvia flaveola Booth, life stages: a, b. larva; c. pupa; d–f. adult.