Revision Of The Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Genus Novius Mulsant Of Tribe Noviini Author Pang, Hong State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences / School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; e-mails: Lsshpang @ mail. sysu. edu. cn, Tangxf 5 @ mail 2. sysu. edu. cn Author Tang, Xue-Fei State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences / School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; e-mails: Lsshpang @ mail. sysu. edu. cn, Tangxf 5 @ mail 2. sysu. edu. cn Author Booth, Roger G. The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK; e-mail: r. booth @ nhm. ac. uk Author Vandenberg, Natalia Systematic Entomology Lab, Agricultural Research Service, USDA c / o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution P. O. Box 37012, MRC- 168, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, U. S. A; e-mails: VandenbergN @ si. edu or Natalia. Vandenberg @ usda. gov Author Forrester, Juanita Division of Science, Chattahoochee Technical College, 1645 Bluffs Parkway, Canton, Georgia, 30114, U. S. A; e-mail: juanita. forrester @ gmail. com Author Mchugh, Joseph Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 413 Biological Sciences Building, Athens, Georgia, 30602 - 2603, U. S. A; e-mail: mchugh. jv @ gmail. com Author Ślipiński, Adam Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia; e-mail: Adam. Slipinski @ csiro. au text Annales Zoologici 2020 2020-03-30 70 1 1 24 journal article 10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.001 b8147d5e-955a-4e04-8862-0a30cbfc084b 1734-1833 3776582 Key to Australian species of Novius Mulsant 1. Elytra red with black, medially expanded, sutural stripe and additional black blotches or stripes ( Figs. 39,43–47 ) .................................. 2 –. Elytra variable yellow, red, or black, but never red with black, medially expanded sutural stripe.... 3 2. Each elytron with two oblique to transverse black blotches ( Figs. 46, 47 )............. N. cardinalis –. Each elytron with forked longitudinal stripe starting at humerus ( Figs. 43–45 ).............. N. bellus 3. Penis guide with barb ( Figs. 115, 118 , 131, 136 )... 4 –. Penis guide without barb ( Figs. 103, 110 , 123 )... 5 4. Barb on penis guide very distinct, large ( Figs. 129, 131, 136 ).................... N. sanguinolentus –. Barb on penis guide very small ( Fig. 115 )........................................... N. koebelei 5. Penis guide in lateral view very thick at base and abruptly narrowed in apical half ( Fig. 111 )........................................ N. cardinalis –. Penis guide in lateral view slender and gradually narrowing apically ( Fig. 102 ).................. 6 6. Parameres distinctly expanded apically; penis guide about as long as parameres; penis blunt or weakly pointed apically ( Fig. 102 )............. N. bellus –. Parameres parallel sided, not expanded apically; penis guide distinctly longer than parameres; penis sharply pointed apically ( Figs. 123, 124 )... N. lindi