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 18. Pentilia kari Gordon and González , new species Description. Male holotype . Length 2.0 mm, width 1.8 mm ; dorsal surface shiny. Color black; head yellow with brown clypeal apex; pronotum with lateral 1/3, anterior 1/3 yellow ( Fig. 94 ); venter yellow; abdomen yellow except median 1/3 of ventrites 1, 2, light brown. Head punctures small, separated by less than a diameter; pronotal punctures as large as on head, separated by less than a diameter; elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, separated by less than to 3 times a diameter, becoming larger, denser toward lateral margin; prosternum with small punctures separated by less than a diameter; mesosternum with punctures larger than on prosternum, separated by about a diameter; metasternum with punctures in median 1/3 as large as on mesosternum, separated by less than to twice a diameter in median 1/3, punctures absent in lateral 1/3; abdomen with ventrites 1, 2 coarsely punctured, punctures separated by about a diameter; ventrites 3, 4 densely punctured; 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. 95 ); eye canthus long, about 3/4 width of eye. Prosternum with lateral carina on each side straight, extended from apex of intercoxal process to about 1/4 distance to apex of prosternum. Epipleuron strongly descending externally. Postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite curved, extended 3/4 distance to rear margin of ventrite. Genitalia with penis guide long, basal lobe as long as paramere, sides nearly parallel in basal 2/3, gradually narrowed from base to rounded apex in apical 2/3; paramere weakly sinuate, apex rounded ( Fig. 96, 97 ); penis long, slender, apex briefly attenuate; basal capsule with inner arm short, narrow, apically acute, outer arm wide, long, apex rounded ( Fig. 98 ). Female. Similar to male except head, pronotum black; spermathecal capsule with widened ramus, cornu slender, medially bent, apex rounded ( Fig. 99 ). Variation. Length 1.8 to 2.2 mm , width 1.7 to 2.0 mm. Female head, pronotum may be dark brown instead of black, extent of yellow area on male pronotum variable, male venter may have meso-, metasternum dark brown. Type material. Holotype male; COLOMBIA : Sasaima , Cund. (Cundinamarc), 19 Mar 1965 , J. A. Ramos collector. ( USNM ) . Paratypes 36, 2, same data as for holotype except dates 19 Mar 1965 , 28 Aug 1965 ; 24, Colombia , Pacho , 1859m , 26.IX.’40, 25.II.’40, 26.IX,’40, various Murillo numbers ; 1, Garzón, Colombia, Huila , 25.X.39, Murillo No 40 ; 1, San Vicente de Chucuri , Colombia, Sant ( Santander ), 8-XI- ‘35, Murillo No 82 ; 1, Colombia , Cauca 1000m , Puerta Tejada , May 23, 1939 , Murillo No 5269 ; 1, Pto Tejada, Colombia, Cauca , 23.V.39, Murillo No 5269 ; 3, Colombia, Cnd 26 II’42, Rio Negro below Pacho, Murillo No 664 ; 1, LETICIA, Amazonas , Colombia 700 ft. , Feb. 23- Mar. 1974, H. & A. Howden ; 2, V. Medellin , en Naranjo , Jul. 1944 , Gallego. ( USNM ) . Other specimen. 1, Carinas, Rio Beni, Boliv. Jan, MR Lopez Collector, Mulford BioExpl, 1921-22 . ( USNM ) . Remarks. This Colombian species is recognized primarily by the male genitalia, but a pronotum with wide lateral and anterior yellow areas also is of value in identification, especially in distinguishing it from P . egena .