Novius (beetle)

Novius
Novius cardinalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Ortaliinae
Tribe: Noviini
Genus: Novius
Mulsant, 1846
Synonyms
  • Nomius Mulsant, 1846 (Preocc.)
  • Rodolia Mulsant, 1850
  • Rodolia (Macronovius) Weise, 1885
  • Eurodolia Weise, 1895
  • Anovia Casey, 1908
  • Rhodolia Poole, 1996 (Missp.)

Novius is a genus of ladybird beetles belonging to the family Coccinellidae, and the sole member of the tribe Noviini. The genus as presently defined contains over 70 species, most of which were formerly placed in the genera Rodolia and Anovia, but after decades of debate, both of these genera are now considered to be junior synonyms of Novius.[1]

  1. ^ 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): 1–24. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.001.