Novius cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850)

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).