Novius Mulsant, 1846

Pang, Hong, Tang, Xue-Fei, Booth, Roger G., Vandenberg, Natalia, Forrester, Juanita, Mchugh, Joseph & Ślipiński, Adam, 2020, Revision Of The Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Genus Novius Mulsant Of Tribe Noviini, Annales Zoologici 70 (1), pp. 1-24 : 5

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.001

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3795986

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EEFD2A-FFA6-FF85-FF6F-19BCD74C3F61

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Novius Mulsant
status

 

Key to Australian species of Novius Mulsant

1. Elytra red with black, medially expanded, sutural stripe and additional black blotches or stripes ( Figs. 39,43–47 View Figures 39–68 ) .................................. 2

–. Elytra variable yellow, red, or black, but never red with black, medially expanded sutural stripe.... 3

2. Each elytron with two oblique to transverse black blotches ( Figs. 46, 47 View Figures 39–68 )............. N. cardinalis

–. Each elytron with forked longitudinal stripe starting at humerus ( Figs. 43–45 View Figures 39–68 ).............. N. bellus

3. Penis guide with barb ( Figs. 115, 118 View Figures 100–121 , 131, 136 View Figures 122–136 )... 4

–. Penis guide without barb ( Figs. 103, 110 View Figures 100–121 , 123 View Figures 122–136 )... 5

4. Barb on penis guide very distinct, large ( Figs. 129, 131, 136 View Figures 122–136 ).................... N. sanguinolentus

–. Barb on penis guide very small ( Fig. 115 View Figures 100–121 )........................................... N. koebelei

5. Penis guide in lateral view very thick at base and abruptly narrowed in apical half ( Fig. 111 View Figures 100–121 )........................................ N. cardinalis

–. Penis guide in lateral view slender and gradually narrowing apically ( Fig. 102 View Figures 100–121 ).................. 6

6. Parameres distinctly expanded apically; penis guide about as long as parameres; penis blunt or weakly pointed apically ( Fig. 102 View Figures 100–121 )............. N. bellus

–. Parameres parallel sided, not expanded apically; penis guide distinctly longer than parameres; penis sharply pointed apically ( Figs. 123, 124 View Figures 122–136 )... N. lindi

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

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