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

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 ) .................................. 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 )............. N. cardinalis

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

3. Penis guide with barb ( Figs. 115, 118 , 131, 136 )... 4

–. Penis guide without barb ( Figs. 103, 110 , 123 )... 5

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

–. Barb on penis guide very small ( Fig. 115 )........................................... N. koebelei

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

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

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

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

Figures

Figures 39–68. Australian Novius species, dorsal view: (39–44) N. bellus; (45) N. bellus, lectotype; (46) N. cardinalis; (47) Vedalia cardinalis, type; (48–51) N. koebelei; (52–55) N. limbatus; (56) N. limbatus, lectotype; (57) N. simplicipennis, lectotype; (58) N. discoidalis, lectotype; (59) N. tripustulus, lectotype; (60–61) N. lindi; (63) N. lindi, lectotype; (64) N. ruber, lectotype; (65–67) N. sanguinolentus; (68) N. sanguinolentus, holotype.

Figures 100–121. Australian Novius species, male genitalia: (100–103) N. bellus; (104–107) N. immaculatus Blackburn, type; (108–111) N. cardinalis; (112–115) N. koebelei; (116–118) N. tridens Lea, type; (119–121) N. limbatus Blackburn, type.

Figures 122–136. Australian Novius species, male genitalia: (122–126) N. lindi; (128–136) N. sanguinolentus.