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 quatuordecimguttata (Linnaeus) ( Fig. 40b–e ) Coccinella 14- guttata Linnaeus, 1758: 367 ( Type locality: Europe). Calvia quatuordecimguttata : Mulsant 1846: 140 ; Booth 1997: 926; Poorani 2002a: 323 ; Ren et al . 2009: 182 . Coccinella 12- maculata Gebler, 1832: 76 . Synonymized by Belicek 1976: 327. Oenopia dorsonotata Mulsant, 1850: 424 . Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 353 . Diagnosis. Length: 4.00–6.00 mm; width: 2.70–3.70 mm . Form oval, dorsum moderately convex, glabrous. Head and pronotum orange-yellow, head posteriorly black, pronotum with a pair of oval black, discal spots on either side of middle, scutellar shield yellow, apically darker; ground colour of elytra pinkish in live specimens ( Fig. 40b, c ), with 11 black spots arranged in a 3-4-3-1 pattern ( Fig. 40d, e ) as illustrated: each elytron with four black spots arranged in a 1-2-1 pattern, one large black macula on suture around scutellar shield, two more progressively smaller black spots on suture in apical third. Elytral coloration sometimes yellowish-brown with seven pale yellow spots arranged in a 1-3-2-1 pattern. Elytral punctures dense, uneven and of variable size, interspaces between punctures convex. Middle and hind tibiae with a pair of apical spurs. See Booth (1997) for male genitalia illustrations. Distribution. India ( Himachal Pradesh ; West Bengal ); Bhutan ; Nepal ; Tibet. Booth (1997) mentioned that ‘it is a widespread and variably coloured Holarctic species which just extends into the more northerly parts of the Indian Subcontinent’. Widely distributed in the Palaearctic region ( Kovář 2007 ). Prey / associated habitat : Found feeding on psyllids and aphids on mulberry and pomelo trees ( Sajan et al . 2019 ). Notes. It is not commonly collected. Booth (1997) included it in his key to Indian Calvia species and illustrated the male genitalia. Sajan et al . (2019) provided an illustrated account from Nepal .