Novius cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850)

Romanowski, Jerzy, Ceryngier, Piotr, Zmuda, Christian, Větrovec, Jaroslav & Szawaryn, Karol, 2020, The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from El Hierro, Canary Islands, Bonn zoological Bulletin 69 (2), pp. 249-261 : 258

Novius cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850)

Material examined. El Gretime (29.I.2017), 3 exx. (leg. J. Krátký); Camino de Jinama (31.I.2017), 1 ex. (leg. J. Krátký); Valverde (30.I.2017), 1 ex. (leg. J. Krátký); Montaña del Gajo (30.I.2017), 1 ex. (leg. J. Krátký); Cueva de Don Juste (8.IV.2019), 1 ex. from succulents; El Sabinal (7.IV.2019), 1 ex. from Juniperus sp. ; El Tomillar (7.IV.2019), 6 exx. from F. carica ; Hoya del Morcillo (6.IV.2019), 1 ex. from P. canariensis ; La Restinga (8.IV.2019), 2 exx. from Hibiscus sp. ; Mirador de Isora (12.IV.2019), 4 exx. from P. dulcis ; Tamaduste (12. IV.2019), 2 exx. from P. lentiscus ; Tigaday (7.IV.2019), 8 exx. from herbaceous plants (leg. J. Romanowski and C. Zmuda).

Distribution. This species, native to Australia, is currently widely distributed in warmer regions throughout the world ( Kovář 2007; Michaud 2012). Reported from all islands of the Canary archipelago ( Oromí et al. 2010; Romanowski et al. 2019).

Remarks. This species has for a long time been placed in the genus Rodolia Mulsant, 1850 . However, Rodolia was recently synonymized with Novius Mulsant, 1846 ( Pang et al. 2020).