Species Novius circumclusus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Another accidental introduction - Novius circumclusus

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 circumclusus (Novius circumclusus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Novius circumclusus (Gorham)

Syn: Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (1)

Orig. Comb: Zenoria circumclusa Gorham 1899

Explanation of Names

circumclusa (L). "shut in, enclosed on every side"

Identification

In living specimens the ventral abdomen is bright blood red. (Michael C. Thomas, BG comment 2008)

Range

so. FL (Broward and Miami-Dade Cos.) / C. Amer. - Map (Forrester and Vandenberg, 2008)(2)

Remarks

previously known only from Honduras, Mexico, and Panama (Gordon 1972). It has now been collected from three sites in Florida: one in Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale (Broward County) and two in Miami (Dade County).

Print References

Forrester, J.A., Vandenberg, N.J. 2008. First Florida records for Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae:Noviini): A natural enemy of Icerya genistae Hempel (Hemiptera:Margarodidae). Zootaxa 1720: 66-68. (Full PDF)

Gordon, R.D. (1972) The tribe Noviini in the New World (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 62(1): 23–31.

Internet References

Systematic Entomology Laboratory- download page for 3.17 MB PDF article: "Redescription of Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae:Noviini), with First Description of the Egg, Larva, and Pupa, and Notes on Adult Intraspecific Elytral Pattern Variation"

Biologia Centrali-Americana, v.32 (Coleoptera v.7), p.262 - Gorham's original description of the species.

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.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 23 September, 2008 - 8:49am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 February, 2025 - 9:12am

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