A review of the tribe Noviini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent
Author
Poorani, J.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-06-28
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5311.1.1
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10.11646/zootaxa.5311.1.1
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Novius netara
(Kapur)
(
Fig. 18c
)
Rodolia netara
Kapur, 1949: 537
.-
Poorani 2002: 318
.
Novius netara
:
Pang
et al
. 2020: 19
.
Diagnosis.
Length:
3.25 mm
; width: 3.00 mm. Form (
Fig. 18c
) broadly oval, moderately convex. Dorsum reddish brown except head darker, with a black discal spot on each elytron closer to suture than lateral margin. Male genitalia not studied.
Material examined.
Holotype
, on minuten pin on rectangular card, “Type (red bordered circular label)/
Rodolia netara
,
n. sp.
, TYPE,
A.P. Kapur
1947/IMP. INST.ENT.COLL. No. 10688/S.
INDIA
Munnar 1947, Plant Protection Adviser, Feeds
on
Icerya purchasi
/
Holotype
(red bordered circular label)/Pres. By Impt. Inst. Ent. B.M. 1947-405” (
BMNH
).
Distribution.
India
(
Tamil Nadu
).
Note.
The
holotype
(
BMNH
) appears to be a female and this is the only species with a pair of black discal spots on elytra. I have not seen a matching specimen in any
Indian
collections
.