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Calvia quatuordecimguttata Linne

Description

Calvia quatuordecimguttata (Linné)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Kings County: Upton, 5 August, 1955, L.S. Thompson, 2 specimens, ACPE; Queens County: West Royalty, 19 May 1983, L.S. Thompson, ACPE; Cornwall, summer 1981, M.E.M. Smith, ACPE; Cornwall, summer 1993, M.E.M. Smith, ACPE; Sherwood, 3 August 1993, R.M. Cheverie, ACPE.

Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island. Found across the northern half of the United States from northern California to New Jersey (Gordon 1985); also in Alaska and in Canada from the Yukon and Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland and Labrador (McNamara 1991). It is highly polymorphic with a large number of varied color forms, many of which have been described as separate species in the past. At least four distinct colour morphs are found in the Maritime Provinces.

Other

Published as part of Majka, Christopher G. & Mccorquodale, David B., 2006, The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, biogeographic notes, and conservation concerns, pp. 49-68 in Zootaxa 1154 on page 62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273410

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Calvia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Linne
Species
quatuordecimguttata
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Gordon, R. D. (1985) The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 93,1 - 912.
  • McNamara, J. (1991) Family Coccinellidae: ladybird beetles. In: Bousquet, Y. (Ed.). Checklist of the Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861 / E. pp. 229 - 237.