First Florida records for Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini): A natural enemy of Icerya genistae Hempel (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)

Authors

• Juanita A. Forrester, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 413 Biological Sciences Building, Athens, Georgia, 30602-2603Follow
• Natalia J. Vandenberg, Systematic Entomology Lab (SEL), Plant Sciences Institute, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC-168, Washington, DC 20013-7012Follow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2008

Comments

Published in Zootaxa 1720: 66–68 (2008).

Abstract

Lady beetles in the tribe Noviini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are well-known control agents for scale insects. The tribe consists of ~ 80 species divided among three genera, and is represented on every continent except Antarctica. Anovia Casey is native to North and South America, Novius Mulsant is restricted to Australia, and Rodolia Mulsant, while native to Australia, has been widely introduced to other regions of the world.