Novius netara (Kapur)

Poorani, J., 2023, A review of the tribe Noviini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 5311 (1), pp. 1-47 : 26

Novius netara (Kapur)

( Fig. 18c )

Rodolia netara Kapur, 1949: 537 .- Poorani 2002: 318.

Novius netara: Pang et al. 2020: 19 .

Diagnosis. Length: 3.25 mm; width: 3.00 mm. Form ( Fig. 18c ) broadly oval, moderately convex. Dorsum reddish brown except head darker, with a black discal spot on each elytron closer to suture than lateral margin. Male genitalia not studied.

Material examined. Holotype, on minuten pin on rectangular card, “Type (red bordered circular label)/ Rodolia netara , n. sp., TYPE, A.P. Kapur 1947/IMP. INST.ENT.COLL. No. 10688/S. INDIA Munnar 1947, Plant Protection Adviser, Feeds on Icerya purchasi /Holotype (red bordered circular label)/Pres. By Impt. Inst. Ent. B.M. 1947-405” ( BMNH).

Distribution. India (Tamil Nadu).

Note. The holotype ( BMNH) appears to be a female and this is the only species with a pair of black discal spots on elytra. I have not seen a matching specimen in any Indian collections .

Figures

FIGURE 18. a, b. Novius minimus (Kapur), holotype (BMNH); c. Novius netara (Kapur), holotype (BMNH); d. Novius pumilus (Weise), paratype (BMNH).