Novius argodi (Sicard, 1909)

Ansi, Amin Al, Alkhalaf, Areej A., Fadl, Hassan, Rasool, Iftekhar & Dhafer, Hathal Al, 2020, An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) with eight new records from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 1006, pp. 35-89 : 35

Novius argodi (Sicard, 1909)

Rodolia argodi Sicard, 1909: 142.

Remark.

This species is known as a predator of scale insects, including Icerya purchasi Maskell, as mentioned in the label data by Fürsch (1968); it is a pest of Citrus spp. and Casuarina sp. ( Martin 1972).

Material examined.

Riyadh: Specimen was taken from ANMA collection that was collected from Riyadh city, V.1966, ANMA, 1ex, det. Fürsch 1968.

Local distribution.

This species was listed by Martin (1972) and reported from Asir and Makkah by Abu-Thuraya (1982).

World distribution.

Asia: SA ( Martin 1972; Abu-Thuraya 1982); it is widespread in Africa ( Raimundo and van Harten 2000); AE ( Raimundo et al. 2007).