South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XIX: Overview of Cryptognathini and systematic revision of South American Cryptognatha Mulsant Author F, Guillermo González Author Hanley, Guy A. Author Gordon, Robert D. text Insecta Mundi 2019 2019-06-28 714 714 1 32 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.3674855 ac53680f-6358-4d6b-8880-ccf3dd73297e 1942-1354 3674855 F9BABD1C-B18B-47FD-9B87-F44C49FD9D30 15. Cryptognatha shelia González and Hanley , new species Description. Male holotype . Length 2.6 mm , width 1.5 mm . Dorsal surface slightly dull, with distinct microsculpture. Color dark brown; head yellow; pronotum with narrow anterior border, lateral 1/4 yellow ( Fig. 82 ); venter entirely yellow. Head without punctures; pronotal punctures small, separated by a diameter or less; elytral punctures slightly larger than on pronotum, separated by a diameter or less, becoming gradually larger toward lateral margin; prosternal punctures large, indistinct, mesosternal punctures large, separated by less than a diameter, nearly contiguous, metasternal punctures large, separated by two or three times a diameter medially, absent in lateral 1/3; basal abdominal ventrite with coarse punctures separated by about a diameter medially, lateral 1/3 of ventrite lacking punctation, ventrites 2–4 finely punctured, punctures separated by about a diameter, ventrite 5 with dense, fine punctation. Head with frons parallel-sided, medially depressed, three times as wide as eye, apex truncate medially, lateral 1/8 slightly retracted, angle acute ( Fig. 83 ); eye canthus long, about 3/4 width of eye. Prosternum with lateral carina on each side extended from apex of intercoxal process 1/2 distance to apex of prosternum, curved laterally. Epipleuron strongly descending externally. Postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite evenly curved, extended 3/4 distance to rear margin of ventrite. Genitalia elongate, penis guide about as long as paramere, oval, sides parallel in basal 3/4, curved to rounded apex in anterior 1/4; paramere long, slender, narrow in basal 1/3, widened to rounded apex in apical 2/3 ( Fig. 84, 85 ); penis lost. Female. Similar to male except head brown, pronotum brown with anterior 1/4 yellowish brown; genitalia lost. Variation. Length 2.6 to 2.7 mm , meso- and metasternum vary from yellow to dark brown. Type material. Holotype male; Bahia Brazil . ( USNM ) . Paratypes , 2, same data as holotype except 1 paratype with additional label “ Cryptognatha pudibunda Muls. ” Ch’28. ( USNM ). Remarks. Cryptognatha shelia differs from similar black or dark brown species by a slightly larger size, the male pronotum with a yellow anterior border, and distinctive male genitalia.