Olla v-nigrum
Olla v-nigrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Coccinelloidea
Family:
Coccinellidae
Subfamily:
Coccinellinae
Genus:
Olla
Species:
O. v-nigrum
Binomial name
Olla v-nigrum
(Mulsant, 1866)

Olla v-nigrum is a species in the family Coccinellidae ("lady beetles"), in the suborder Polyphaga.[1][2] The species is known generally as the ashy gray lady beetle.[3] The distribution range of Olla v-nigrum includes Central America, North America, and Oceania.[2] It is usually gray or pale tan with small black spots on its elytra and thorax. However, a variation can resemble Chilocorus orbus. This form is black with two red spots on the wing covers and has white on the edge of the prothorax.[4]

Both forms of adult Olla v-nigrum, larva, and pupae.

The V in its name (v-nigrum) comes from the fact that Mulsant originally described the "prothorax" (pronotum) as "orné d'un V et de quatre points noirs" or ("adorned with a V and four black dots").[5]

References

  1. ^ "Olla v-nigrum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  2. ^ a b "Olla v-nigrum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  3. ^ "Olla v-nigrum Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  4. ^ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 251. ISBN 9780520288744.
  5. ^ Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon (in French) (Volume 15 ed.). France. 1866. p. 64.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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