Calvia sichuanica Kovář

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

Calvia sichuanica Kovář

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Calvia sicardi Mader, 1930: 163 [junior homonym]; Ren et al. 2009: 184.

Calvia sichuanica Kovář, 2007: 608 (replacement name); Das et al. 2020a: 196.

Diagnosis. Length: 5.70–6.50 mm; width: 5.30–5.70 mm. Form broadly rounded to oval, dorsum convex and glabrous. Ground colour ochreous yellow to reddish brown, pronotum with two pairs of ochreous or reddish-brown maculae, outer pair elongate oval and lateral, inner pair median and situated one on either side above scutellar shield, rest of pronotum creamy whitish to yellow; elytral pattern as illustrated with ochreous / reddish brown spots having creamy yellow borders that are interlinked to form two longitudinal rows of spots ( Fig. 40a ). Genitalia not studied.

Distribution. India (Manipur; Nagaland); Myanmar; China.

Notes. Kovář (2007) coined C. sichuanica as a replacement name for Calvia sicardi Mader, 1930 because it was preoccupied by C. sicardi ( Nunenmacher, 1912) , a name originally described as Agrabia sicardi . Agrabia sicardi Nunenmacher 1912 (described from California, USA) is a preoccupied name and also a synonym of Calvia quatuordecimguttata (L.). Ren et al. (2009) illustrated the habitus and male genitalia (as C. sicardi ). Das et al. (2020a) recorded it from Manipur (northeastern India) and Myanmar.

Figures

FIGURE40. a.Calviasichuanica (Photo courtesy:Jaroslav Větrovec); b.Calvia quatuordecimguttata, live adult(Photocourtesy: K.C. Sajan, Nepal); c. live adult; d, e. Calvia quatuordecimguttata (BMNH); f, g. Calvia quindecimguttata (BMNH).