Calvia championorum Booth
- Dataset
- An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Coccinellidae
- genus
- Calvia
- species
- Calvia championorum
biology_ecology
Seasonal occurrence. Collected during June – September (label data).
description
(Fig. 33 a, b)
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Length: 6.50 – 8.00 mm; width: 5.50 – 6.50 mm. Form elongate oval, dorsum only weakly convex and glabrous, sides of pronotum and elytra explanate. Dorsal side (Fig. 33 a, b) dull yellow to brownish yellow, sometimes elytra with weak suggestion of paler longitudinal stripes, one adjacent to suture, one discal, one sublateral; pronotum with very weakly suggested browner M-shaped mark medially; underside and mouthparts, especially metasternum, slightly darker brownish-yellow, mesan-and metepisterna and epimera paler yellow than metaventrite; tarsal claws and apices of mandibles darker brown (from Booth 1997). Genitalia not studied.
discussion
Notes. It is externally similar to Calvia albida Bielawski, but the elytra of the former have a weak mottled pattern of small either slightly paler or slightly darker spots against the lime green (live specimens) or pale yellow (dead specimens) background colour and the prosternal process is convex, entirely lacking carinae (Booth 1997). It is also similar to C. flaveola, but the male genitalia are distinctive.
distribution
Distribution. India: Uttarakhand (listed as Uttar Pradesh in Booth 1997); Bhutan; China.