An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini Author POORANI, J. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-18 5332 1 1 307 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1 journal article 264199 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1 66e0ec51-d494-43d4-965e-a2cd1462ef54 1175-5326 8261502 424F7439-4095-46A5-93E3-C4130E3B6D9A Calvia breiti Mader ( Fig. 32 ) Calvia ( Anisocalvia ) breiti Mader, 1932: 6 ( Syntype ; Type locality: Manali Kulu , Himachal Pradesh ). Calvia breiti : Korschefsky 1932: 589 ; Booth 1997: 930; Poorani 2002a: 323 ; Yu 2010: 53–54 . Diagnosis. Length: 6.30–6.55 mm ; width: 4.32–4.50 mm . Form elongate, oblong, moderately convex. Ground colour dull yellow to yellowish brown, with bold, irregular black markings on pronotum and elytra ( Fig. 32a–c ). Ventral side yellowish brown except abdomen with characteristic maculation ( Fig. 32d, g ) and femora of all legs with a median dark patch. Head ( Fig. 32e ) with inner margins of eyes strongly divergent.Antenna ( Fig. 32f ) elongate with a distinct club. Abdominal postcoxal line ( Fig. 32g ) incomplete. Male genitalia ( Fig. 32i–l ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 32h ) as illustrated. Distribution. India ( Himachal Pradesh , Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim , Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh ); Pakistan ; Nepal ; Bhutan ; Southern China . Introduced in the USA ( North Carolina ) for balsam woolly aphid ( Adelges piceae (Ratzeburg)) but did not establish. Prey/associated habitat. Adelges sp. ; Associated with adelgids infesting spruce, hemlock and other coniferous trees (label data). Seasonal occurrence. A univoltine species, active during May–June, enters hibernation during winter ( Nagarkatti & Ghani 1972 ). Collected during April–May, August (label data). Natural enemy. Tetrastichus sp. Notes. Nagarkatti & Ghani (1972) studied its bionomics (as genus nr. Calvia ). Booth (1997) described and illustrated it and later, Yu (2010) recorded it from China .