Novius pumilus

Novius pumilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Novius
Species:	N. pumilus
Binomial name
	Novius pumilus; (Weise, 1892)
Synonyms
	Rodolia pumila Weise, 1892; Rodolia okinawensis Miyatake, 1959;

Novius pumilus is a beetle in the genus Novius found in Taiwan, India (Punjab, Uttarakhand), Vietnam, China, Japan and Micronesia (including Guam).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.4–2.6 mm (0.094–0.102 in). The species is hairy and has a lady beetle shape with a two-winged shell. The coloration is dark orange. The eyes are large and beady.

Introductions

The species has spread into the western US like many other Novius species.

Life history

They have been recorded preying on Icerya species.

References

1 2 3 Poorani, J. (2023). "A review of the tribe Noviini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent". Zootaxa. 5311 (1): 1–47. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
↑ "Novius pumilus - Plazi TreatmentBank". tb.plazi.org. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
1 2 "New state, island and prey records from Hawai'i, U.S.A., and a new country record from Laos for lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)".
↑ Tang, Xue-Fei; Huang, Yu-Hao; Li, Hao-Sen; Chen, Pei-Tao; Yang, Huan-Ying; Liang, Yuan-Sen; Du, Xue-Yong; Liu, Zhen-Hua; Li, En-Feng; Yang, Yu-Chen; Pang, Hong (2022-01-31). "Genomic insight into the scale specialization of the biological control agent Novius pumilus (Weise, 1892)". BMC Genomics. 23 (1): 90. doi:10.1186/s12864-022-08299-w. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 8805230. PMID 35100986.

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[:2-1] 1 2 3 Poorani, J. (2023). "A review of the tribe Noviini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent". Zootaxa. 5311 (1): 1–47. Retrieved August 19, 2026.

[2] "Novius pumilus - Plazi TreatmentBank". tb.plazi.org. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

[:0-3] 1 2 "New state, island and prey records from Hawai'i, U.S.A., and a new country record from Laos for lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)".

[4] Tang, Xue-Fei; Huang, Yu-Hao; Li, Hao-Sen; Chen, Pei-Tao; Yang, Huan-Ying; Liang, Yuan-Sen; Du, Xue-Yong; Liu, Zhen-Hua; Li, En-Feng; Yang, Yu-Chen; Pang, Hong (2022-01-31). "Genomic insight into the scale specialization of the biological control agent Novius pumilus (Weise, 1892)". BMC Genomics. 23 (1): 90. doi:10.1186/s12864-022-08299-w. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 8805230. PMID 35100986.