Novius cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850) (Fig 5f).

Examined material: 7 exx. “ Chile, Isla de Pascua, Hanga Roa, 30/3/2006, leg. J. Mondaca ” (MNHN); 4 exx., same data, except by the dates “ 1/4/2006 ”, “ 16/4/2006 ” y “ 21/4/2006 ” (MNHN) .

Original reference: González (2008): “ Isla de Pascua”.

Comments: Species successfully introduced from Australia to USA in 1888 to control Icerya purchasi ( Hemiptera: Monophlebidae), a pest which was attacking the citrus plantations in California. This species has been historically assigned to the genus Rodolia Mulsant, and has recently been assigned to Novius Mulsant (Kondo & González 2020, Pang et al. 2020). Currently present in all South America, in Chile introduced in 1931 (Zúñiga 1985), with established populations between Arica and San Antonio (González 2006).