South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XXI: systematic revision of South American Pentilia Mulsant (Cryptognathini) Author Gordon, Robert D. Author F, Guillermo González Author Hanley, Guy A. text Insecta Mundi 2019 2019-09-27 729 729 1 27 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.3675043 b1aa1869-9519-4d18-ba2c-25e6517ff390 1942-1354 3675043 B3C0E818-8A1B-482C-9C21-001722E93768 4. Pentilia nichole Gordon and González , new species Description. Male holotype . Length 2.3 mm , width 2.1 mm ; dorsal surface shiny except head densely alutaceous. Color black; pronotum with lateral 1/4, apical 1/4 yellow; elytron with wide, yellow lateral margin enlarged into incipient macula on apical declivity, in addition an irregularly oval macula present medially in basal 1/2 ( Fig. 18 ); venter yellow; abdomen yellow except apex of basal abdominal ventrite. Head punctures not visible, hidden in alutaceous sculpture; pronotal punctures small, separated by less than to 3 times a diameter; elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, separated by less than to 4 times a diameter, becoming larger, denser toward lateral margin; prosternum with small punctures separated by less than a diameter; mesosternum with coarse punctures separated by a diameter or less; metasternum with punctures smaller than on mesosternum, separated by 1 to 3 times a diameter in median 3/4, punctures becoming absent in lateral 1/4; abdominal ventrites 1, 2 with coarse punctures separated by less than to twice a diameter; ventrites 3–4 finely, densely punctured medially; ventrite 5 finely, densely punctured. Head with frons parallel sided, 1.2 times as wide as eye, clypeal apex widely emarginate, lateral angle abruptly curved ( Fig. 19 ); eye canthus long, about 3/4 width of eye. Prosternum with lateral carina on each side short, straight, extended from apex of intercoxal process 1/4 distance to apex of prosternum. Epipleuron strongly descending externally. Postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite slightly flattened along posterior ventrite margin, extended 7/8 distance to rear margin of ventrite. Genitalia with basal lobe as long as paramere, sides gradually narrowed from base to abruptly rounded apex; paramere slender, nearly straight, apex rounded ( Fig. 20, 21 ); penis with apical portion divided; basal capsule slender, inner arm long slightly curved, apex truncate, outer arm long, straight, apex abruptly curved ( Fig. 22 ). Female. Similar to male except spermathecal capsule slender, ramus not enlarged, cornu evenly curved to rounded apex ( Fig. 23 ). Variation. Length 2.0 to 2.4 mm , width 1.8 to 2.3 mm . Pronotal color varies from entirely yellow to lateral 1/3 yellow with all intergrades between, size and shape of elytral maculae vary slightly. Type material. Holotype male; BRAZIL , Recife , Pernambuco , Krauss X-1961 ( USNM ) . Paratypes 68, 39, Pernam. , Fry Coll. 1905-100, 23, same data as holotype ; 1, Exochomus Pernamb, Pascoe Coll. 98-60; 1, Pernambuco , Brazil , 2/183 ; 2, Brazil , Macuió (sp?), ( Ipioca ), 26-6-1994 , Lima , I-M. N JM- leg. ( BMNH ) ( USNM ) . Remarks. This species is possibly conspecific with P . traci in spite of the quite different dorsal color patterns. The male genitalia are virtually identical and both are from Brazil . They are maintained as separate species because of the different color patterns.