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''Novius'' is a genus of
''Novius'' species regularly feed on scale insects,
* '' Novius alluaudi'' (Sicard, 1909)
* '' Novius amabilis'' (Kapur, 1949)
* ''
ladybird beetle
Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. Some entomologists prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as they ...
s belonging to the family Coccinellidae, and the sole member of the tribe Noviini. The genus as presently defined contains over 70 species, most of which were formerly placed in the genera ''Rodolia'' and ''Anovia'', but after decades of debate, both of these genera are now considered to be junior synonyms of ''Novius''.Pang, H., Tang, X.-F., Booth, R.G., Vandenberg, N., Forrester, J., Mchugh, J., & Ślipiński, A. (2020) Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Genus ''Novius'' Mulsant of Tribe Noviini. ''Annales Zoologici'' 70 (1):1–24. https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.001
Description
''Novius'' species have a semispherical body, covered with dense, short hairs. They are reddish-purple, with or without black spots.
''Novius'' species regularly feed on scale insects, aphid
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids. A t ...
s and small mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear e ...
s, which makes them candidates as biological control agents. One such species used in biocontrol is '' Novius cardinalis'', introduced worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions, and now effectively cosmopolitan. Other species have been introduced in more restricted areas (e.g., Micronesia
Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, and ...
), though always for the biological control of pest insects.
Novius andamanicus Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith, in Scotland; ''Novius'' in Lat ...
'' (Weise, 1901)
* '' Novius apicalis'' (Sicard, 1909)
* '' Novius argodi'' (Sicard, 1909)
* '' Novius bellus'' Blackburn, 1889
* '' Novius breviusculus'' (Weise, 1892)
* ''Novius canariensis Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith, in Scotland; ''Novius'' in Lat ...
'' Korschefsky, 1931
* '' Novius capucinus'' (Fürsch, 1975)
* '' Novius cardinalis'' (Mulsant, 1850) - Vedalia beetle
* '' Novius chapaensis'' (Hoang, 1980)
* '' Novius cinctipennis'' (Weise, 1912)
* '' Novius circumclusus'' (Gorham, 1899)
* '' Novius concolor'' (Lewis, 1879)
* ''Novius conicollis Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith, in Scotland; ''Novius'' in Lat ...
'' Korschefsky, 1931
* '' Novius contrarius'' (Sicard, 1931)
* '' Novius cruentatus'' Mulsant, 1846
* '' Novius delobeli'' (Chazeau, 1981)
* '' Novius fausti'' (Weise, 1885)
* '' Novius ferrugineus'' (Weise, 1900)
* '' Novius formosanus'' (Korschefsky, 1935)
* ''Novius fulvescens Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith, in Scotland; ''Novius'' in Lat ...
'' (Hoang, 1980)
* '' Novius fumidus'' (Mulsant, 1850)
* '' Novius hauseri'' Mader, 1930
* '' Novius iceryae'' (Janson, 1889)
* '' Novius insularis'' (Weise, 1895)
* '' Novius koebelei'' Olliff, 1892
* '' Novius limbatus'' Motschulsky, 1866
* ''Novius lindi Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith, in Scotland; ''Novius'' in Lat ...
'' Blackburn, 1889
* '' Novius lydiae'' (Chazeau, 1991)
* '' Novius manganensis'' (Singh, 2014)
* '' Novius marek'' Ślipiński & Pang, 2020
* '' Novius marginatus'' (Bielawski, 1960)
* '' Novius mayottensis'' (Fürsch, 2003)
* '' Novius mexicanus'' (Gordon, 1972)
* '' Novius minimus'' (Kapur, 1949)
* '' Novius minutus'' (Sicard, 1909)
* ''Novius netara Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith
The River Nith ( gd, Abhai ...
'' (Kapur, 1949)
* '' Novius niger'' (Fürsch, 1995)
* '' Novius nigerrimus'' Fürsch, 1960
* '' Novius nigrofrontalis'' (Kapur, 1951)
* ''Novius obscuricollis Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith, in Scotland; ''Novius'' in Lat ...
'' (Sicard, 1931)
* '' Novius occidentalis'' (Weise, 1898)
* '' Novius octoguttatus'' (Weise, 1910)
* '' Novius parvulus'' (Kirsch & Mitteil, 1875)
* '' Novius peruvianus'' (Gordon, 1972)
* '' Novius picicollis'' (Weise, 1900)
* '' Novius podagricus'' (Weise, 1908)
* '' Novius pronuba'' (Chazeau, 1991)
* '' Novius prosternalis'' (Sicard, 1909)
* '' Novius pumila'' (Weise, 1892)
* ''Novius punctigera Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith, in Scotland; ''Novius'' in Lat ...
'' (Weise, 1901)
* ''Novius punicus Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith, in Scotland; ''Novius'' in Lat ...
'' (Gordon, 1972)
* '' Novius quadrimaculatus'' (Mader, 1939)
* '' Novius quadriplagiatus'' (Sicard, 1909)
* '' Novius quadrispilotus'' (Sicard, 1909)
* '' Novius rubeus'' (Mulsant, 1850)
* '' Novius ruficollis'' (Mulsant, 1850)
* '' Novius rufipennis'' (Pic, 1926)
* '' Novius rufocincta'' (Lewis, 1896)
* '' Novius rufopilosus'' (Mulsant, 1850)
* ''Novius sanguinolentus Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith, in Scotland; ''Novius'' in Lat ...
'' Mulsant, 1850
* '' Novius seabrai'' (Sicard, 1921)
* '' Novius senegalensis'' (Weise, 1913)
* ''Novius sexmaculatus Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
* Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
* Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith
The River Nith ( gd, Abh ...
'' (Korschefsky, 1940)
* ''Novius sexnotatus Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith
The River Nith ( gd, Abhai ...
'' (Mulsant, 1850)
* '' Novius shuiro'' (Kitano, 2014)
* '' Novius songchuanus'' (Hoang, 1980)
* '' Novius tamdaoanus'' (Hoang, 1980)
* '' Novius usambaricus'' (Weise, 1898)
* '' Novius virginalis'' (Wickham, 1905)
* '' Novius vulpinus'' (Fürsch, 1974)
* '' Novius weisei'' (Gordon, 1972)
* '' Novius westermanni'' (Crotch, 1874)
* '' Novius xianfengensis'' (Xiao, 1992)
* ''Novius yemenensis Novius may refer to:
*Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul of the Roman Empire in 78
*Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist of the first century BCE
*Tiberius Claudius Novius, leading statesman of Athens 41-61
*River Nith, in Scotland; ''Novius'' in Lat ...
'' Raimundo & Fürsch, 2006
References
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