Noviini

Poorani, J., 2023, A review of the tribe Noviini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 5311 (1), pp. 1-47 : 2

Tribe Noviini

Form short and broadly oval to distinctly elongate oval, dorsum weakly to strongly convex, always densely pubescent. Eyes large and prominent, densely setose with short, erect hairs. Antennae with 8 antennomeres, short and weakly clubbed, eyes not emarginate by post-antennal canthus. Terminal maxillary palpomere securiform. Labial palpi twosegmented. Labrum transverse. Prosternum almost as wide as anterior coxae which almost conceal it except for a very narrow anterior margin, prosternal process distinctly raised, variably shaped and pubescent. Anterior margin of mesoventrite not emarginate. Abdominal postcoxal line complete, usually shallowly semicircular. Tarsi trimerous.

Taxonomic placement. Noviini was originally placed under the subfamily Coccidulinae and later shifted to Ortaliinae by Kovář (1996). At present, it is included in the subfamily Coccinellinae (Seago et al. 2007) and recently, Che et al. (2021) also recovered it as a monophyletic group in Coccinellinae with strong support in their phylogenetic analysis.