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,
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:
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Pang
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Length: 3.254.00 mm. Form oval, dorsum strongly convex and pubescent (
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). Uniformly reddish or orange-testaceous on both sides, punctation on elytra very fine, close and occasionally almost obsolete. Ventral side reddish-testaceous, metaventrite darker. Abdominal postcoxal line (
<figureCitation id="9AB88FADEA63FFAE018070A5B769FD70" box="[961,1043,716,742]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[182,1393,181,1902]" captionTargetId="figure-15@11.[182,1405,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 7. Novius breviusculus (Sri Lanka, BMNH): a. adult, dorsal view; b. abdomen, male; c. terminal ventrites, female; dh. male genitalia: d. tegmen, lateral view; e, f. tegmen, inner view; g. penis; h. penis capsule; i. spermatheca." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8089933" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8089933/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Fig. 7b</figureCitation>
) complete, shallowly semicircular. Last abdominal ventrite broadly emarginate in female (
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), narrowly and more deeply emarginate in male (
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). Can be reliably differentiated from the more commonly collected
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only by the male genitalia (
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), particularly the shape of the penis guide (
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) and the parameres that are setose only in the apical onethird. Spermatheca (
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) as illustrated, distally enlarged and bulbous.
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, Coffee Res. Stn,
<date id="763DB5E8EA63FFAE013671E9B0A5FC0C" box="[887,991,896,922]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1991-01-17">17.i.1991</date>
/no. 32, pred. of coccid on casuarina, IIE 21624/male genitalia and abdomen in glass vial/
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/Pres. By Int. Inst. Ent. B.M. 1991-1 (
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); S. India/Shevaroys: Yercaud,
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,
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, Y.R. Coll. Pred. on a
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on Crepthsina/
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE037F7679B183FBBD" authority="Weise, A. P. Kapur" authorityName="Weise, A. P. Kapur" authorityYear="1892" box="[318,761,1040,1067]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Rodolia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="breviuscula">Rodolia breviuscula Weise, A.P. Kapur</taxonomicName>
det. 1947/19/Pres. By Com. Inst. Ent. B.M. 1955-49, 1 ex (
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); Ceylon: Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1-1910/
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE00EC765DB0A2FBD9" authority="Wse." authorityName="Weise, A. P. Kapur" authorityYear="1892" box="[685,984,1076,1103]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Rodolia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="breviuscula">Rodolia breviuscula Wse.</taxonomicName>
, 2 ex; Ragalla, Ceylong, 10.xi.17/4301/ predatory on
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE03697630B2AEFBE4" box="[296,468,1112,1139]" class="Insecta" family="Margarodidae" genus="Icerya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="purchasi">Icerya purchasi</taxonomicName>
/Pres. By Imp. Bur. Ent./1919-30, 1 ex; Ceylon, Ragalla, 10.xi.17, J.C. Hutson/Predatory on
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/4301/Pres. By Imp. Bur. Ent.,
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; Peradeniya, Ceylon,
<date id="763DB5E8EA63FFAE01B37614B719FB00" box="[1010,1123,1148,1175]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1918-12">Dec. 1918</date>
/Bred from
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE06A97614B6EEFB00" box="[1256,1428,1148,1175]" class="Insecta" family="Margarodidae" genus="Icerya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="purchasi">Icerya purchasi</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE02D676C9B10CFB2C" authority=", Muls. Det. G. A. K. M." authorityName="Muls. Det. G. A. K. M." box="[151,630,1184,1211]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Novius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="roseipennis">Novius roseipennis, Muls. Det. G.A.K.M.</taxonomicName>
/Pres. By Imp. Bur. Ent./
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE01DA76C9B613FB2D" authority="Weise, A. P. Kapur" authorityName="Weise, A. P. Kapur" authorityYear="1892" box="[923,1385,1184,1211]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Rodolia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="breviuscula">Rodolia breviuscula Weise, A. P. Kapur</taxonomicName>
det. 1947, 2 ex (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4A99C0A3EA63FFAE02867681B104F8F1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="023C9328EA63FFAE02867681B0ADFAB0" blockId="10.[151,1437,644,1895]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE02867681B21BFA94" bold="true" box="[199,353,1256,1282]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Distribution.</emphasis>
Common in south
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(
<collectingRegion id="C0475DCAEA63FFAE00387681B18BFA94" box="[633,753,1256,1282]" country="India" name="Karnataka" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Karnataka</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="C0475DCAEA63FFAE00BA7681B032FA94" box="[763,840,1256,1282]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Kerala</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="C0475DCAEA63FFAE01137681B0A1FA94" box="[850,987,1256,1282]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
);
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE01AD7681B727FA94" box="[1004,1117,1256,1282]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
;
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE06277680B7ADFA95" box="[1126,1239,1257,1283]" name="Myanmar" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
;
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE06A17681B63DFA94" box="[1248,1351,1256,1282]" name="Thailand" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Thailand</collectingCountry>
;
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE07137681B6E2FA94" box="[1362,1432,1256,1282]" name="China" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">China</collectingCountry>
; Oriental region; Introduced into
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE00427765B13DFAB0" box="[515,583,1292,1318]" name="Guam" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Guam</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE003F7765B042FAB0" box="[638,824,1292,1318]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Marshall Islands</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE01067765B0B6FAB0" box="[839,972,1292,1318]" name="Micronesia" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Micronesia</collectingCountry>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="023C9328EA63FFAE02867759B053FA21" blockId="10.[151,1437,644,1895]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE02867759B298FADC" bold="true" box="[199,482,1328,1354]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Prey/associated habitat.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE03A97759B043FADC" authority="Russell" authorityName="Russell" authorityYear="1965" box="[488,825,1328,1354]" class="Insecta" family="Aleyrodidae" genus="Aleurodicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dispersus">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE03A97759B1A4FADC" box="[488,734,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Aleurodicus dispersus</emphasis>
Russell
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE01027758B7FEFADC" authority="(Douglas)" baseAuthorityName="Douglas" baseAuthorityYear="1890" box="[835,1156,1328,1354]" class="Insecta" family="Margarodidae" genus="Icerya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aegyptiaca">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE01027758B776FADC" box="[835,1036,1329,1354]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Icerya aegyptiaca</emphasis>
(Douglas)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE06CF7758B109FAF9" authority="Maskell (Puttarudriah &amp; Channabasavanna 1957)" authorityName="Maskell (Puttarudriah &amp; Channabasavanna" authorityYear="1957" class="Insecta" family="Margarodidae" genus="Icerya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="purchasi">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE06CF7758B646FADC" box="[1166,1340,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Icerya purchasi</emphasis>
Maskell (
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE02DF773DB111FAF9" author="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P." box="[158,619,1364,1391]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="4 - 19" refId="ref15719" refString="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P. (1957) Notes on some predators of mealybugs (Coccidae: Hemiptera). Mysore Agricultural Journal, 32 (1), 4 - 19." type="journal article" year="1957">Puttarudriah &amp; Channabasavanna 1957</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE00C5773CB072FAF9" box="[644,776,1365,1391]" class="Insecta" family="Margarodidae" genus="Icerya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE00C5773CB1B6FAF8" box="[644,716,1365,1390]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Icerya</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE0158773DB0A5FAF9" box="[793,991,1364,1391]" class="Insecta" family="Margarodidae" genus="Monophlebus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE0158773DB0CBFAF8" box="[793,945,1364,1390]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Monophlebus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
; collected on
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE06CB773DB65BFAF9" box="[1162,1313,1364,1391]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Acalypha" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE06CB773DB78EFAF8" box="[1162,1268,1364,1390]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Acalypha</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
, casuarina (label data). Found feeding extensively on
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE003E7711B0CEFA04" authority="(Green)" baseAuthorityName="Green" box="[639,948,1400,1426]" class="Insecta" family="Margarodidae" genus="Labioproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="polei">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE003E7711B02EFA04" box="[639,852,1400,1426]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Labioproctus polei</emphasis>
(Green)
</taxonomicName>
infesting
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE06677711B78DFA04" box="[1062,1271,1400,1426]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Thevetia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="neriifolia">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE06677711B78DFA04" box="[1062,1271,1400,1426]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Thevetia neriifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in and around Bangalore (
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE035877F5B1AFFA21" author="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P." box="[281,725,1436,1463]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="87 - 96" refId="ref15659" refString="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P. (1953) Beneficial coccinellids of Mysore-I. Indian Journal of Entomology, 15, 87 - 96." type="journal article" year="1953">Puttarudriah &amp; Channabasavanna 1953</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE00A177F5B066FA21" author="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P." box="[736,796,1436,1463]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="1 - 5" refId="ref15689" refString="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P. (1955) Beneficial coccinellids of Mysore-II. Indian Journal of Entomology, 17, 1 - 5." type="journal article" year="1955">1955</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="023C9328EA63FFAE028677A9B61EFA4C" blockId="10.[151,1437,644,1895]" box="[199,1380,1472,1498]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE028677A9B2BBFA4C" bold="true" box="[199,449,1472,1498]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Seasonal occurrence.</emphasis>
Commonly collected during MarchAugust, NovemberDecember in South
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE076277A9B61AFA4C" box="[1315,1376,1472,1498]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">India</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="023C9328EA63FFAE0286778DB184FA68" blockId="10.[151,1437,644,1895]" box="[199,766,1508,1534]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE0286778DB205FA68" bold="true" box="[199,383,1508,1534]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Natural enemy.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE03C7778DB180FA68" authority="(Dalman)" baseAuthorityName="Dalman" baseAuthorityYear="1820" box="[390,762,1508,1534]" class="Insecta" family="Encyrtidae" genus="Homalotylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flaminius">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE03C7778DB1FEFA68" box="[390,644,1508,1534]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Homalotylus flaminius</emphasis>
(Dalman)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="023C9328EA63FFAE02867461B216F96C" blockId="10.[151,1437,644,1895]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE02867461B26BF9B4" bold="true" box="[199,273,1544,1570]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Notes.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE03597460B2CAF9B4" author="Kapur, A. P." box="[280,432,1544,1571]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="531 - 538" refId="ref14639" refString="Kapur, A. P. (1949) On the Indian species of Rodolia Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 39, 531 - 538. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300022616" type="journal article" year="1949">Kapur (1949)</bibRefCitation>
described it in detail and illustrated the genitalia. It is mentioned as commonly present in South
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(
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE03687445B192F9D1" author="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P." box="[297,744,1580,1607]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="87 - 96" refId="ref15659" refString="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P. (1953) Beneficial coccinellids of Mysore-I. Indian Journal of Entomology, 15, 87 - 96." type="journal article" year="1953">Puttarudriah &amp; Channabasavanna 1953</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE00B57445B055F9D1" author="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P." box="[756,815,1580,1607]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="1 - 5" refId="ref15689" refString="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P. (1955) Beneficial coccinellids of Mysore-II. Indian Journal of Entomology, 17, 1 - 5." type="journal article" year="1955">1955</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE017A7445B00EF9D1" author="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P." box="[827,884,1580,1607]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="4 - 19" refId="ref15719" refString="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P. (1957) Notes on some predators of mealybugs (Coccidae: Hemiptera). Mysore Agricultural Journal, 32 (1), 4 - 19." type="journal article" year="1957">1957</bibRefCitation>
) but it is likely that the most common species in peninsular
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE03557439B22AF9FC" box="[276,336,1616,1642]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">India</collectingCountry>
,
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE031D7438B2A7F9FC" authorityName="Kapur" authorityYear="1949" box="[348,477,1616,1642]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Rodolia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amabilis">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE031D7438B2A7F9FC" box="[348,477,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. amabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is commonly misidentified as
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE01007438B095F9FC" box="[833,1007,1616,1642]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Novius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="breviusculus">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE01007438B095F9FC" box="[833,1007,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. breviusculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see note under
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE06EA7438B656F9FC" authorityName="Kapur" authorityYear="1949" box="[1195,1324,1616,1642]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Rodolia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amabilis">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE06EA7438B656F9FC" box="[1195,1324,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. amabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
about the wrong illustration of spermatheca by
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE0079741CB1BAF918" author="Kapur, A. P." box="[568,704,1652,1679]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="531 - 538" refId="ref14639" refString="Kapur, A. P. (1949) On the Indian species of Rodolia Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 39, 531 - 538. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300022616" type="journal article" year="1949">Kapur 1949</bibRefCitation>
). In extensive field collections from different parts of south
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE071D741DB6E2F918" box="[1372,1432,1652,1678]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">India</collectingCountry>
, I came across only
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE032E74F0B28AF924" authorityName="Kapur" authorityYear="1949" box="[367,496,1688,1714]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Rodolia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amabilis">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE032E74F0B28AF924" box="[367,496,1688,1714]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. amabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE006674F0B1DAF924" baseAuthorityName="Subramaniam" baseAuthorityYear="1955" box="[551,672,1688,1714]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Novius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fumidus">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE006674F0B1DAF924" box="[551,672,1688,1714]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. fumidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in large numbers and
<taxonomicName id="C583E8ABEA63FFAE01D874F0B73DF924" box="[921,1095,1688,1714]" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Novius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="breviusculus">
<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE01D874F0B73DF924" box="[921,1095,1688,1714]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. breviusculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to be rarely collected.
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE02D674D5B122F941" author="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P." box="[151,600,1724,1751]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="87 - 96" refId="ref15659" refString="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P. (1953) Beneficial coccinellids of Mysore-I. Indian Journal of Entomology, 15, 87 - 96." type="journal article" year="1953">Puttarudriah &amp; Channabasavanna (1953</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE002574D5B1E5F941" author="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P." box="[612,671,1724,1751]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="1 - 5" refId="ref15689" refString="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P. (1955) Beneficial coccinellids of Mysore-II. Indian Journal of Entomology, 17, 1 - 5." type="journal article" year="1955">1955</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="6612EED9EA63FFAE00E874D5B198F941" author="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P." box="[681,738,1724,1751]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="4 - 19" refId="ref15719" refString="Puttarudriah, M. &amp; Channabasavanna, G. P. (1957) Notes on some predators of mealybugs (Coccidae: Hemiptera). Mysore Agricultural Journal, 32 (1), 4 - 19." type="journal article" year="1957">1957</bibRefCitation>
) provided brief notes on this species and Subramaniam (1955) studied its biology.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="023C9328EA63FFAE0286756DB104F8F1" blockId="10.[151,1437,644,1895]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
Male genitalia of specimens examined from north-eastern
<collectingCountry id="7A94D3B8EA63FFAE0122756DB0E7F888" box="[867,925,1796,1822]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">India</collectingCountry>
that are close to
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<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE0627756CB66FF888" box="[1126,1301,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. breviusculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="9AB88FADEA63FFAE0767756DB6EEF888" box="[1318,1428,1796,1822]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1759,1783]" captionTargetBox="[164,1425,204,1734]" captionTargetId="figure-21@12.[151,1435,181,1734]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 8. Novius sp. nr. breviusculus (Weise) (Assam): a. abdomen, male; be. male genitalia: b. tegmen, lateral view; c, d. tegmen, inner view; e. penis." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8089935" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8089935/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Fig. 8be</figureCitation>
) have a narrower penis guide (
<figureCitation id="9AB88FADEA63FFAE03A37541B137F8D4" box="[482,589,1832,1858]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1759,1783]" captionTargetBox="[164,1425,204,1734]" captionTargetId="figure-21@12.[151,1435,181,1734]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 8. Novius sp. nr. breviusculus (Weise) (Assam): a. abdomen, male; be. male genitalia: b. tegmen, lateral view; c, d. tegmen, inner view; e. penis." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8089935" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8089935/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Fig. 8c, d</figureCitation>
) and the penis apex has small serrations (
<figureCitation id="9AB88FADEA63FFAE065E7541B70AF8D4" box="[1055,1136,1832,1858]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1759,1783]" captionTargetBox="[164,1425,204,1734]" captionTargetId="figure-21@12.[151,1435,181,1734]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 8. Novius sp. nr. breviusculus (Weise) (Assam): a. abdomen, male; be. male genitalia: b. tegmen, lateral view; c, d. tegmen, inner view; e. penis." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8089935" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8089935/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Fig. 8e</figureCitation>
). Additional material of
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<emphasis id="30F74F3AEA63FFAE07C27540B25EF8F0" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. breviusculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is required to clarify its status.
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