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 quindecimguttata (Fabricius) ( Fig. 40f, g ) 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 ) 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. FIGURE 40. a. Calvia sichuanica (Photo courtesy:Jaroslav Větrovec); b. Calvia quatuordecimguttata , live adult (Photo courtesy: K.C. Sajan, Nepal); c. live adult; d, e. Calvia quatuordecimguttata (BMNH) ; f, g. Calvia quindecimguttata (BMNH) . 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.