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 vulnerata (Hope) ( Fig. 45 ) Coccinella vulnerata Hope, 1831: 31 ( Lectotype , HEC, OMNH; Type locality: Nepal ). Calvia vulnerata : Korschefsky 1932: 529 ; Booth 1997: 927; Poorani 2002a: 324 ; Yu 2010: 61 . Coccinella uniramosa Hope, 1831: 31 ; Mulsant 1866: 244 (as Verania ); Korschefsky 1932: 529 .—Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 367 ; Booth 1997: 927. Calvia flaccida Mulsant, 1853a: 151 .— Korschefsky 1932: 524 .— Gordon 1987 .—Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 368 ; Booth 1997: 927. Anisocalvia vishnu Crotch, 1874: 145 ; Korschefsky 1932: 529 .—Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 368 ; Booth 1997: 927. Anisocalvia krishna Crotch, 1874: 145 ; Korschefsky 1932: 524 .—Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 368 ; Booth 1997: 927. Anisocalvia buddha Crotch, 1874: 145 ; Korschefsky 1932: 521 .—Synonymized by Booth & Pope 1989: 368 ; Booth 1997: 927. Diagnosis. Length: 6.70–7.00 mm. A highly variable species, ground colour of elytra pale pinkish ( Fig. 45a–c ) or yellow to yellowish brown ( Fig. 45d, e ) or darker reddish brown ( Fig. 45f ), rarely black, usually with six spots (arranged as in Fig. 45a–c, d, f ), spots either yellow or black, with or without a paler or darker outer ring; in all spotted forms, the positions occupied by each spot constant, apical and lateral spots often fused to some extent ( Fig. 45a–c ); rarely elytra 11-spotted with a black sutural stripe ( Fig. 45e ). If spots absent, then elytra with narrow black suture and black sublateral line; rarely elytra fully black except for fine reddish-brown margin, pronotum uniform orange-brown. Elytral punctation dual, with larger punctures closely arranged, separated on average by slightly more than one diameter, usually with a single row of small punctures between adjacent large punctures. Abdominal postcoxal line ( Fig. 45g ) incomplete. Male genitalia ( Fig. 45h–j ) as illustrated. Distribution : India ( Sikkim , West Bengal , Uttarakhand , Delhi ); Bhutan ; Nepal ; China . Prey / associated habitat. Feeding on aphids infesting Dalbergia sissoo (label data). Seasonal occurrence. Collected during February, March, April–June (label data). Notes. It is a highly variably coloured Himalayan species and appears to be rarely collected. Booth (1997) reviewed it with illustrations of the genitalia and a list of synonyms.