Olla v-nigrum

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, another species of lady beetle. 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 "adorned with a V and four black dots".[5]

  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 978-0-520-28874-4.
  5. ^ Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon (in French) (Volume 15 ed.). France. 1866. p. 64. orné d'un V et de quatre points noirs{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)