Two new species of Chnoodes Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Brazil Author Krüger, Thaysa C. Author Castro-Guedes, Camila F. Author Almeida, Lúcia M. text Zootaxa 2016 4078 1 269 283 journal article 46794 10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.24 249154a6-60d8-4211-8e99-6d1bd1e18103 1175-5326 260660 6933D1C8-CB19-4F96-AF9E-7F116C2F3E36 Key to species of Chnoodes Chevrolat from Brazil 1. Pronotum and elytra yellowish brown or black, with spots..................................................... 2 1’. Dorsal color pattern different............................................................................ 3 2(1). Pronotum and elytra yellowish brown, with a quadrangular black spot in the middle of the elytra and two on the lateral margin of each elytron, one elongated spot below the humeral callus and another transverse spot on the apex ( Fig. 1 )...................................................................................... Chnoodes brasiliensis Korschefsky 2’. Elytra yellowish brown, with four black spots: a central fused pentagonal spot, and three spots on the lateral margin of each elytron (one triangular spot on the humeral callus, one rectangular in the middle, and one small triangular on the apex) ( Fig. 4 )............................................................................. Chnoodes pentagona Crotch 3(1’). Pronotum and elytra dark brown or black, without spots....................................................... 4 3’. Pronotum and elytra dark brown or black, with yellowish border................................................ 5 4(3). Center disc bare ( Fig. 3 ).................................................... Chnoodes discomaculata (Crotch) 4’. Center disc with pubescence; pronotum and elytra metallic dark brownish, anterior pronotal border castaneous ( Fig. 6 )....................................................................................... Chnoodes tarsalis Weise 5(3’). Elytra black with or without spots......................................................................... 6 5’. Elytra reddish with or without spots....................................................................... 7 6(5). Elytra with a yellowish border and two yellowish areas below the callus and near the apex ( Fig. 7 ).................................................................................................... Chnoodes machadoi sp.nov. 6’. Elytra with one elongated yellowish spot on the disc ( Fig. 8 ).......................... Chnoodes unimaculata sp.nov. 7(5’). Pronotum with two basal black spots, sometimes fused; each elytron with three black spots: two rounded in the basal third and one elongated transverse spot on the apex ( Fig. 2 ).................................... Chnoodes chaudoiri Mulsant 7’. Pronotum with one black spot, elytra without spots ( Fig. 5 )....................... Chnoodes pseudosanguinea Brèthes