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Species Novius virginalis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)
Subfamily Coccidulinae
Tribe Noviini
Genus Novius
Species virginalis (Novius virginalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Novius virginalis (Wickham)
Syn: Anovia virginalis (Wickham) (1)
Orig. Comb: Scymnus virginalis Wickham, 1905
Size
Length 2.4 to 3.1 mm (2)
Identification
variable pattern, see Gordon's figures (2)
Range
sw. UT to southmost TX / Mex. - Map (stars) (2)(TAMUIC spmns)
Print References
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): 1-24. (1)
Wickham, H.F. 1905. New species of Coleoptera from the western United States II. The Canadian Entomologist 37: 165-171.
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Genus Novius Mulsant of Tribe Noviini.
Pang et al. 2020. Annales Zoologici 70(1): 1-24.
2.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.