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
13.
Neaporia hilda
Gordon and Hanley
,
new species
Description. Male
holotype
. Length 2.0 mm, width
1.6 mm
; body slightly elongate, elytra with sides nearly parallel in basal ½, wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface entirely shiny, lacking microsculpture. Color black; pronotum black with slightly greenish tint, reflexed lateral margin reddish yellow; elytron with 2 reddish yellow maculae, anterior macula irregularly rectangular from posterior to humeral callus to midpoint, posterior macula irregularly rounded medially on apical declivity (
Fig. 117
); mouthparts yellow except apical 1/3 of apical maxillary palpomere dark brown; antenna yellow; legs reddish brown except tibia and apical ½ of femur brown; ventral surface dark brown except apical 2 ventrites yellowish brown. Head punctures large, separated by less than a diameter; pronotal punctures about as large as on head, separated by a diameter or less; elytral punctures larger than 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 small, sparse; punctures on abdominal ventrites 1–2 large, separated by a diameter or less, punctures on remaining ventrites small, separated by about a diameter. Head densely pubescent with frons wider than an eye measured at vertex (
Fig. 118
); eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere long, narrowed to apex in apical 1/3. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin narrow, widened from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, wide in basal ½, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum slightly longer than wide, longer than mesosternum, with apical margin slightly arcuate, male anterolateral projection large, prominent, distinctly setose (
Fig. 119
). Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 long, evenly rounded, extended nearly to apical margin of ventrite (
Fig. 118
). Apex of ventrite 5 mostly truncate, widely emarginate medially. Genitalia with basal lobe slightly shorter than paramere, slender, parallel sided, abruptly narrowed to apex in apical 1/8; paramere wide, widest medially, apical 1/5 weakly curved, weakly narrowed to abruptly rounded apex, dorsal margin with blunt serrations medially (
Fig. 121, 122
); sipho wide in basal ½, apical ½ abruptly narrowed (
Fig. 123
).
Female.
Similar to male except head not densely pubescent, spermathecal capsule slender, narrowed medially, apex of cornu rounded. (
Fig. 120
).
Variation
. Length 2.0 to
2.1 mm
.
Type material.
Holotype
male; COLUMBIA;
La Union
, CND (
Cundinamarca
), 29–VI–39, alt.
1900 m
., Murillo No 5069. (
USNM
)
.
Paratypes
; 2,1,
Buga
,
Colombia
,
Val
(
Valle
) 4.II.41, alt.
1010 m
,
Murillo No
5416
;
1,
Monterredondo
,
Cundinamarca
, Kolumb.(
Colombia
),
1400 m
, leg.
Schneble
1961.18.X (
USNM
)
.
Other specimens
. 2;
1, COLUMBIA, N.de S.(
Norte De Santander
)
2300m
.,
25km
.
S. Chinacota
,
May 14, 1974
,
H. &A. Howden
;
2,
Colombia
,
Cund
(
Cundinamarca
)
1900m
,
La Union
,
June 28, 1939
,
Murillo No
5061 (
USNM
)
.
Remarks.
Neaporia hilda
is distinguished by its elytral color pattern and Colombian locality. Two female individuals under “other specimens,” also from
Colombia
, differ by having all elytral maculae reduced in size and are overall slightly smaller than the
holotype
. They closely resemble the type specimens in all other regards.