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 48. Neaporia arrowi Brèthes Neaporia arrowi Brèthes 1925a: 207 . Prodilis arrowi : Korschefsky 1931: 109 : Blackwelder 1945: 444 . Description. Female. Length 3.1 mm , width 2.0 mm; body elongate oval, elytron with side straight, wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface entirely shiny. Color black ( Fig. 299 ); head black with narrow, yellow vitta on each side next to eye (not seen in image), frontal apex reddish yellow ( Fig. 301 ); antenna yellow; mouthparts yellow except apical maxillary palpomere with apical 1/3 dark brown; legs yellow except femur brownish yellow; basal 2 abdominal ventrites black, apical 3 ventrites mostly yellow. Head punctures small, separated by less than twice a diameter; pronotal punctures as large as on head, separated by less than 3 times a diameter; elytral punctures large, coarse, larger than on pronotum, separated by a diameter or less; prosternal, mesosternal punctures large, separated by less than a diameter; metasternum with large punctures along anterior and lateral borders, punctures on remaining surface small, sparse; punctures on abdominal ventrites 1–3 large, separated by a diameter or less, punctures on remaining ventrites small, separated by about a diameter. Head not densely pubescent, frons slightly widened from vertex to clypeus, slightly less than width of eye measured at vertex; eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere long, narrowed to apex in apical 1/3. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin wide, widened from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, wide in basal ½, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum about as wide as long, longer than mesosternum ( Fig. 300 ). Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 short, narrowly rounded, extended slightly beyond midpoint of ventrite. Apex of ventrite 5 arcuate medially. Genitalia with spermathecal capsule slender, base not enlarged, cornu wide, apex rounded ( Fig. 302 ); Genital plates as in Fig. 301 . Male. Unknown. Variation . None observed. Type locality . l’ile Santo Amaro, Brazil . Type depository . BMNH ( lectotype here designated). Geographical distribution . Brazil . Specimens examined . 2. BRAZIL : Lectotype labeled “ Type (orange bordered disc)/ Ilha Santo Amaro nr. Santos, G. E. Bryant , 22.IV.1912 / G. Bryant Coll. 1919–147/ Neaporia arrowi Brethes / LECTOTYPE Neaporia arrowi Brethes Gordon 1970 ; paralectotype “ Alto da Serra , Sao Paulo , Brazil. G. E. Bryant , 21.III.1912 / G. Bryant Coll. 1919–147/ Neaporia arrowi Brethes / Syntype (blue bordered disc).” ( BMNH ). Remarks. Neaporia arrowi is similar to some other species of the genus, but a black head with reddish yellow clypeus, a mostly black body, and densely punctured elytra will usually distinguish this species. The female labeled as a type is here designated and labeled as the lectotype . The female syntype is here designated and labeled as a paralectotype .