Novius, Mulsant

Pang, Hong, Tang, Xue-Fei & Ślipiński, Adam, 2020, A New Species Of Novius Mulsant From New Caledonia (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini), Annales Zoologici 70 (1), pp. 25-32 : 27

Key to the Novius species from New Caledonia

1. Body large, over 6 mm long and flat ( Figs 39–43 )............................... N. marek sp. nov.

–. Body distinctly smaller, less than 4.5 mm and convex..................................... 2

2. Body red; elytra with characteristic black colour pattern ( Figs 1, 2 ); male genitalia with tegminal penis guide very broad at base and strongly narrowing in apical half ( Fig. 7 ). Male genitalia as in Figs 7–12 ; female genitalia as in Figs 5, 6.................................... N . cardinalis (Mulsant)

–. Body yellow or brownish without or with very light colour pattern; male genitalia different......... 3

3. Body length 2.5–2.8 mm; darker colour pattern U-shaped or only elytral margin darker......... 4

–. Body length 3.2–3.5 mm; elytra with mosaic darker colour pattern; teneral specimens almost unicoloured ( Figs 35, 36 ). Female genitalia as in Figs 37, 38 ; male unknown.......... N. pronubus (Chazeau)

4. Body broader and without colour pattern ( Fig. 26 ). Tegmen with parameres truncate apically and penis guide with apical barb ( Figs 31, 32 ); penis as in Figs 28–30 ; female genitalia as in Figs 33, 34.................................... N . lydiae (Chazeau)

–. Body narrower, usually with darker pattern ( Figs 13, 14 ). Tegmen with narrow and apically rounded parameres and penis guide without apical barb ( Figs 17, 18 ); penis as in Figs 15, 16 ; female genitalia as in Figs 19–25........... N . delobeli (Chazeau)

Figures

Figures 39–52. Novius marek Ślipiński and Pang sp. nov.: (39–41) holotype male; (42–44) paratype female; (45) female genitalia; (46) spermatheca; (47) female abdomen; (48, 49) tegmen lateral and inner; (50–52) penis and variation of apical piece of penis.

Figures 1–12. Novius cardinalis (Mulsant): (1, 2) colour pattern; (3, 4) abdominal postcoxal line; (5, 6) female genitalia; (7) tegmen lateral; (8) tegmen inner; (9–12) penis and variation of apical sclerite of penis.

Figures 35–38. Novius pronubus (Chazeau): (35) colour pattern, teneral specimen?; (36) abdominal postcoxal area; (37, 38) female genitalia.

Figures 26–34. Novius lydiae (Chazeau): (26) colour pattern; (27) abdomen, ventral; (28–30) penis; (31, 32) tegmen, inner and lateral; (33) bursa copulatrix and spermatheca; (34) female terminalia.

Figures 13–25. Novius delobeli (Chazeau): (13, 14) colour pattern; (15, 16) penis; (17, 18) tegmen lateral and inner; (19–22) female genitalia; (23, 24) spermatheca; (25) abdomen.