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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5170031
1942-1354
5170031
A5348E25-CC3E-476B-9AD2-0A6C3A37A61A
26.
Neaporia naomi
Gordon and Hanley
,
new species
Description. Male
holotype
. Length
1.6 mm
, width
1.2 mm
; body elongate oval, elytron with side straight, wider than pronotal base, widest anterior to middle of elytra. Dorsal surface shiny except elytron with trace of fine microsculpture. Color black; elytron mostly reddish yellow except base near scutellum, internal 1/4 near suture, and apical 1/8 black (
Fig. 182
); antenna, legs, epipleuron yellow, apical maxillary palpomere yellow except apical ½ black; abdomen pale brown. Head punctures large, separated by a diameter or less; pronotal punctures slightly smaller than on head, separated by a diameter or less; elytral punctures as large as on head, 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 absent or 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 densely pubescent, frons widened from vertex to clypeus, slightly wider than eye measured at vertex (
Fig. 183
); eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere long, narrowed to apex in apical ½. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin narrow, equal in width from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, wide in basal ½, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum longer than wide, longer than mesosternum, apical margin slightly emarginate medially, anterolateral projection small, setose Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 long, rounded, extended slightly more than ½ distance to apical margin of ventrite. Apex of ventrite 5 truncate. Genitalia with basal lobe as long as paramere, slender, abruptly widened at middle, apex broadly emarginate; paramere slender in lateral view, wide in dorsal view, nearly straight, widened at basal 1/3, narrowed apically to acutely rounded apex, dorsal margin without serrations (
Fig. 184, 185
); sipho robust, equal in width throughout (
Fig. 186
).
Female.
Unknown.
Variation
. Unknown.
Type material.
Holotype
male; N.E.
BOLIVIA
:
Xylopia sericea
Fogging
; 3.viii.97, Tree 10A – Tray 4,
Oquiriquia forest
,
Tierra Prometida, J.G
. Davies, BMNH (E) 1998–69. (
BMNH
).
Remarks.
Neaporia naomi
is distinguished by the large, reddish yellow macula on each elytron and by male genitalia with paramere dorso–ventrally wide.