Novius cardinalis

Novius cardinalis (common names vedalia beetle or cardinal ladybird) is a species of ladybird beetle native to Australia. It was formerly placed in the genus Rodolia, but that genus was synonymized under the genus Novius in 2020.

Novius cardinalis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Ortaliinae
Tribe: Noviini
Genus: Novius
Species:
N. cardinalis
Binomial name
Novius cardinalis
(Mulsant, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Vedalia cardinalis Mulsant, 1850
  • Rodolia cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850)
  • Rodolia aegyptiaca Sicard, 1907
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