Novius cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850)

Gonzalez, Guillermo, Cotoras, Darko D. & Grez, Audrey A., 2020, Annotated list of island lady beetles from Chile (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 4852 (5), pp. 501-526 : 510

Novius cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850) ( Fig 5f ).

Examined material: 7 exx. “ Chile, Isla de Pascua, Hanga Roa, 30/3/2006, leg. J. Mondaca ” ( MNHN); 4 exx., same data, except by the dates “ 1/4/2006 ”, “ 16/4/2006 ” y “ 21/4/2006 ” ( MNHN) .

Original reference: González (2008): “ Isla de Pascua”.

Comments: Species successfully introduced from Australia to USA in 1888 to control Icerya purchasi ( Hemiptera : Monophlebidae ), a pest which was attacking the citrus plantations in California. This species has been historically assigned to the genus Rodolia Mulsant , and has recently been assigned to Novius Mulsant ( Kondo & González 2020, Pang et al. 2020). Currently present in all South America, in Chile introduced in 1931 ( Zúñiga 1985), with established populations between Arica and San Antonio (González 2006).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Island Coccinellidae from Chile, other tribes. a: Neoryssomus germainii; b: N. variabilis; c: Neorhyzobius fuegensis; d: Parastethorus histrio; e: Cryptolaemus montrouzieri; f: Novius cardinalis; g: Scymnus bicolor; h: Scymnus loewii; i: Hyperaspis festiva; j: Parasidis brethesi; k: Coccidophilus sp.; l: Stictospilus darwini.