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Genus Calvia

Ladybird? - Calvia quatuordecimguttata Black Lady Beetle - Calvia quatuordecimguttata B&W ladybug - Calvia quatuordecimguttata Cream-spotted Lady Beetle - Calvia quatuordecimguttata Calvia quatuordecimguttata (Linnaeus) - Calvia quatuordecimguttata Pink Spotted Beetle - Calvia quatuordecimguttata Pink Spotted Beetle - Calvia quatuordecimguttata Cream-spotted Lady Beetle - Calvia quatuordecimguttata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)
Subfamily Coccinellinae
Genus Calvia
Explanation of Names
Calvia Mulsant, 1850
Numbers
Calvia is primarily an Old World genus with approximately 20 species names, mainly in the Palearctic region. Calvia quatuordecimguttata is a holarctic species and the only North American representative of the genus (1)
Range
Holarctic, locally: north of n. CA to NJ (1)
Internet References
Species des coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes, p.143 - Mulsant's original description of the genus (in French)
Works Cited
1.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 4 August, 2005 - 5:37pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 30 November, 2022 - 4:07am

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