A review of the tribe Noviini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent Author Poorani, J. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-06-28 5311 1 1 47 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5311.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.1.1 1175-5326 8089905 0E28EEF2-38B4-412F-80C1-CC958A9B7B26 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 .