Calvia quindecimguttata (Fabricius)

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 : 62-64

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scientific name	Calvia quindecimguttata (Fabricius)
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( Fig. 40f, g View FIGURE40 )

Coccinella quindecimguttata Fabricius, 1777: 217 (?ZMUC; Type locality: Germany).

Anisocalvia quindecimguttata: Sasaji 1971: 269 .

Eocaria quindecimguttata: Miyatake 1965: 71 .

Calvia ( Anisocalvia) quindecimguttata: Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982: 193 ; Kuznetsov 1997: 199.

Calvia quindecimguttata: Poorani 2002a: 323 ; Ren et al. 2009: 184.

Diagnosis. Form ( Fig. 40f, g View FIGURE40 ) broad oval, dorsum convex and glabrous. Dorsal side straw yellow to ochreous or orange yellow, pronotum with a large M-shaped ochreous median marking occupying most of the disc leaving only the antero- and posterolateral corners creamy white to yellowish, elytra with 14 white spots arranged in a 2-2-2-1 pattern on each elytron. Genitalia not studied.

Distribution. India ( Kuznetsov 1997). It is primarily a Palaearctic species ( Japan; China; Mongolia; Europe).

Note. The material examined at BMNH is illustrated and specimens from India were not seen.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Coccinellidae
SubFamily	Coccinellinae
Tribe	Coccinellini
Genus	Calvia