Novius sanguinolentus Mulsant, 1850

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 : 12-14

Novius sanguinolentus Mulsant

( Figs 30–38 , 65–68 , 84–87 , 127–136 )

Novius sanguinolentus Mulsant, 1850: 943 . TL:: “l’Australie”. Booth & Pope, 1989: 363 (Lectotype designation).

Rodolia sanguinolenta: Weise, 1916: 50 . Ślipiński, 2007: 143.

Diagnosis. Novius sanguinolentus is externally very variable and can only be identified by the form of the male genitalia, especially by the characteristic large apical barb on the apex of the penis guide.

Description. Length 2.2–3.5 mm. Body oval, widest near middle, 1.2–1.3 times longer than wide. Color pattern variable. Head and pronotum uniformly dark or with anterior corners of pronotum reddish. Elytra of typical form, testaceous or brown with narrow yellowish lateral margin ( Figs 65–68 ); rare forms with two irregular transverse black stripes on red background. Interocular distance in frontal view 2.7–3.1 times eye

width. Male genitalia ( Figs 127–136 ): parameres slen- der, weakly expanded and rounded apically; penis guide slightly longer than parameres with large apical barb. Penis blunt or weakly pointed apically.

Type material. Lectotype, male, OUM. “HOLOTY- OE, O.U.M./ Novius sanguinolentus Mulsant 1850 , Ann. Sco. Agric, Lyon 2(2):943/ TYPE COL:1942 Novius sanguinolentus Mulsant , HOPE SEPT. OXFORD”

Other specimens examined. New South Wales: Sydney, C. Darwin, 87-42 (2, BMNH) ; NSW, Sydney, 1904, R. C.L. Perkins, Coll. B.M. 1942-95 (1, BMNH). Queensland: Australia: Queensland and env. Rockhampton , 10-11.iii.1965, Exp. Dr. J. Balogh (1, ANIC) ; 6km N of Mt. Molloy , 16.iv.1980, G.F. Hevel & J.A. Fortin, Loan from USHMNH 2031513 (1, USHMNH) ; Queensland Eny. Rockhampton , 10-11.iii.1965, Exp. Dr. J. Balogh (1, ANIC) ; Julatten, nr. Mt. Molloy , 16.i.1962, E.B. Britton, B.M. 1962-153 (1, BMNH) ; Bluff Rg. nr. Biggenden , 8.i.1972, H. Frauca (1, ANIC) ; 7-14m. W. of Herberton, via Watsonville , 1.v.1967, D.H. Colless (1, ANIC). Western Australia: Albany, 91-98, 4169 (1, ANIC). Northern Territory: Darwin, 1.ii.45, B Malkin, (1, USNMNH) ; 23.38S 133.53E, Todd River , 9 km N by E of Alice Springs, 28.ix.1978, M.S. Upton (2, ANIC) .

Distribution. New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory ( Fig. 38 ).

Figures

Figures 30–38. Novius sanguinolentus Mulsant: (30 penis; (31) apical sclerite of penis ventral; (32) apical sclerite of penis lateral (33, 37) tegmen inner; (34) tegmen outer; (35, 36) tegmen lateral; (38) distribution in Australia.

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 69–87. Australian Novius species, anterior view: (69–71) N. bellus; (72–75) N. cardinalis; (76–80) N. koebelei; (81, 82) N. lindi; (83) N. koebelei; (84–87) N. sanguinolentus.

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