Novius virginalis

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Novius virginalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Tribe: Noviini
Genus: Novius
Species:
N. virginalis
Binomial name
Novius virginalis
(Wickham, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Scymnus virginalisWickham, 1905
  • Anovia virginalis(Wickham, 1905)

Novius virginalis is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae, formerly placed in the genus Anovia. [1]

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References

  1. Pang, H., Tang, X.-F., Booth, R.G., Vandenberg, N., Forrester, J., Mchugh, J., & Ślipiński, A. (2020) Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Genus Novius Mulsant of Tribe Noviini. Annales Zoologici 70 (1):1–24. https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.001