South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVII: systematic revision of Western Hemisphere Cephaloscymnini (Coccinellinae) with description of a cryptic new genus and species of Coccidulini (Coccinellinae)
Author
Gordon, Robert D.
Author
Hanley, Guy A.
text
Insecta Mundi
2017
2017-12-29
2017
601
1
158
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5170031
1942-1354
5170031
A5348E25-CC3E-476B-9AD2-0A6C3A37A61A
7.
Neaporia marsha
Gordon and Hanley
,
new species
Description. Male
holotype
. Length approximately 3.0 mm, width
2.2 mm
; body short, wide, elytra much wider than pronotal base, widest at anterior 1/3 of elytra. Elytral surface entirely shiny, lacking microsculpture. Color of head and pronotum unknown, elytron pale red except black macula extended from base to apex medially, macula narrow on basal margin inside humeral callus, narrowly extended along sutural margin to just posterior to middle then widened to occupy remainder of elytron (
Fig. 82
); venter and legs yellow except prosternum slightly darker than remainder of venter. Elytral punctures separated by a diameter or less; prosternal punctures large, separated by less than a diameter; metasternal depression impunctate, lateral punctures large, separated by less than a diameter; punctures on abdominal ventrites 1, 2 large, separated by less than 3 times a diameter, inside of postcoxal lines lacking punctures, punctures on remaining ventrites small, separated by about a diameter. Epipleuron flat, wide in basal ½. Prosternum as in
Fig.84
. Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 short, narrow, evenly rounded, extended slightly more than ½ distance to apical margin of ventrite (
Fig. 83
). Apex of ventrite 5 evenly rounded. Genitalia with basal lobe as long as paramere, wide in basal ½, then narrowed in apical ½ to bluntly rounded apex; paramere widest medially, narrowed to thickened, abruptly bent apex, dorsal margin with trace of blunt serrations medially (
Fig. 85–86
); sipho robust, wide throughout, apex complex, sinuate medially (
Fig. 87
).
Female.
Unknown.
Variation
. Unknown.
Type material.
Holotype
male;
Ivon
,
Beni
,
Boliv
(
BOLIVIA
)
Feb
, WMMann, Mulford Biol. Expl. 1921– 1922.m USNM.
Remarks.
The
holotype
is missing a head and pronotum but the remainder is intact including abdomen with male genitalia. Because of this and the unique elytral color pattern the species is described. It does not resemble any known species of
Neaporia
in color pattern, but male genitalia are similar to those of several other species.