Novius pumilus ...
Zenodo, 2023
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Novius pumilus (Weise) (Figs 18d, 20, 21) Rodolia pumila Weise, 1892: 26. Rodolia okinawensis Miyatake, 1959: 127.- Nakane 1963: 207.- Sasaji 1971: 239. Novius pumilus: Pang et al. 2020: 20. Diagnosis. Length: 2.40–2.60 mm; width: 2.10–2.40 mm. Form (Figs 18d, 20a, b) broad oval, apparently more elongate than in N. amabilis, dorsum orange yellow, reddish or reddish brown, convex and densely pubescent. Prosternal intercoxal process (Fig. 20c) broadly trapezoidal.Abdominal postcoxal line (Fig. 20d) complete, shallowly semicircular; posterior margin of ventrite 6 subtruncate in female (Fig. 21a), emarginate in male (Fig. 21b). Male genitalia (Figs. 20e–g, 21c–e), female genitalia (Fig. 21f) and spermatheca (Fig. 21g) as illustrated. Material examined. India: Punjab: PAU, Ludhiana, collected on mango, 5 ex. (NBAIR). Distribution. India (Punjab, Uttarakhand); Vietnam; China; Taiwan; Japan; Micronesia (Pang et al. 2020). Prey/associated habitat. Both adults and larvae of N. pumilus mainly prey on Icerya spp., ... : Published as part of Poorani, J., 2023, A review of the tribe Noviini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 5311 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8089905 ...