Anovia Casey 1908

Forrester, Juanita A., Vandenberg, Natalia J. & Mchugh, Joseph V., 2009, Redescription of Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini), with first description of the egg, larva, and pupa, and notes on adult intraspecific elytral pattern variation, Zootaxa 2112, pp. 25-40 : 27

Anovia Casey 1908

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Anovia Casey, 1908: 408 . Leng, 1920: 214. Korschefsky, 1931: 96. Gordon, 1972: 26. (Type species: Scymnus virginalis Wickham , by monotypy).

The type species for Anovia was originally described as Scymnus virginalis Wickham , but subsequent authors questioned the placement in Scymnus ( Casey 1908) . Casey (1908), noting several morphological similarities to both Rodolia Mulsant and Novius Mulsant , erected Anovia to accommodate this species and included all three genera in Exoplectrini. Leng (1920) included Anovia , Novius , and Rodolia in Noviini for the first time.

Diagnosis. Adults of Anovia are diagnosed by the following combination of characters: body convex, subhemispherical dorsum that is widest just posterior to humeral angles ( Figs. 17–22 ); all surfaces including eye facets covered with pale, posteriorly-directed vestiture; eye margin entire, not interrupted by an ocular canthus ( Fig. 23 ); clypeal apex horizontal ( Fig. 23 ); antenna with 8 articles, weakly clubbed ( Fig. 25 ); and tarsi trimerous ( Figs. 32–34 ).

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 22. Anovia circumclusa (Gorham), adult. 17. Habitus, dorsal. 18. Habitus, lateral. 19. Habitus, dorsal. 20. Habitus, lateral. 21. Habitus, dorsal. 22. Habitus, lateral.

FIGURES 23 – 29. Anovia circumclusa (Gorham), adult head and appendages. (Note: setae and eye facets omitted for clarity.) 23. Head, dorsal. 24. Head, ventral. 25. Antenna, left, dorsal. 26. Labrum, dorsal. 27. Mandibles, dorsal. 28. Maxilla, left, dorsal. 29. Labium, ventral.

FIGURES 30 – 34. Anovia circumclusa (Gorham), adult prothorax and appendages. 30. Pronotum, dorsal. 31. Prosternum, ventral. 32. Prothoracic leg, left, anterior. 33. Mesothoracic leg, left, anterior. 34. Metathoracic leg, left, anterior.