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Species Novius koebelei

Novius koebelei Olliff - Novius koebelei
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 koebelei (Novius koebelei)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Novius koebelei Olliff, 1892
Syn: Rodolia koebelei (Olliff) (1)
Identification
can only be diagnosed by the details of the male genitalia
Range
introduced into s. Calif.(1), but not established in N. Amer.
Remarks
introduced into California from Australia in 1891, but does not exist there now, although it was thought to have been established for some time. (1)
Works Cited
1.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.