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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccidulinae » Noviini » Novius » Novius circumclusa

Species Novius circumclusa

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

Another accidental introduction - Novius circumclusa

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 circumclusa (Novius circumclusa)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Novius circumclusa (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

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

Remarks

A Central American ladybird beetle.

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)

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.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 23 September, 2008 - 8:49am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 19 July, 2021 - 11:36am

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