Novius breviuscula explained

Novius breviuscula is a species of lady beetle native to India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Description

Body length is about 3.25 to 5.5 mm.^[7] Body hemispherical. Body color dark brownish red both dorsally and ventrally. Body with greyish white or light yellow pubescence. There are fine, close and shallow punctures on head and pronotum. In male, the sixth abdominal sternite is fairly deeply emarginate at the apex. In female however, the sixth abdominal sternite is entire.^[8]

Biology

It is a predator of Maconellicoccus hirsutus.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Further notes on the Indian species of Rodolia Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) . 2021-09-16 . sportdocbox.com.
2. Web site: Poorani . J. . 2002-01-01 . An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian Subregion . 2021-09-16 . Oriental Insects . 307–383 . 10.1080/00305316.2002.10417335.
3. Web site: Vinothkumar . B. . 2013-09-04 . Diversity of Coccinellid Predators in Upland Rainfed Rice Ecosystem . 2021-09-16 . Journal of Biological Control . 184–189 . en.
4. Web site: Biodiversity and seasonality of predaceous coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in mango agro-ecosystem of Jharkhand . 2021-09-16 . The Ecoscan: 8(1&2): 53-57, 2014.
5. Web site: Diversity of coccinellid predators in upland rainfed rice ecosystem . 2021-09-16 . Journal of Biological Control, 27(3): 184–189, 2013.
6. Web site: FURTHER NOTES ON THE INDIAN SPECIES OF RODOLIA MULSANT (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE). . 2021-09-17 . faunaofindia.
7. Web site: New records of predatory coccinellids beetles (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) in Western plain zone of Uttar Pradesh . 2021-09-16 . Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(3): 1140-1147.
8. Web site: ON THE INDIAN SPECIES OF RODOLIA MULSANT (COLEOPTERA—COCCINELLIDAE). . 2021-09-16 . Bulletin of entomological research, 1949.