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 1 158 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5170031 1942-1354 5170031 A5348E25-CC3E-476B-9AD2-0A6C3A37A61A 46. Neaporia daisy Gordon and Hanley , new species Description. Male holotype . Length 2.0 mm, width 1.6 mm ; body oval, elytron with side slightly rounded, wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface entirely shiny. Color blue ( Fig. 288 ); head black; pronotum with reflexed lateral margin blue; elytra with reflexed lateal margin reddish brown; antenna, epipleuron, legs yellow; mouthparts yellow except maxilla dark brown; venter dark reddish brown; abdomen brown. Head punctures large, separated by a diameter or less; pronotal punctures as large as on head, separated by less than 4 times a diameter; elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, separated by less than 3 twice a diameter; prosternal, mesosternal punctures large, separated by a diameter or less; 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 less than twice a diameter, punctures on remaining ventrites small, separated by about a diameter. Head densely pubescent, frons widened from vertex to clypeus, narrower than eye measured at vertex ( Fig. 290 ); eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere long, slender, narrowed to apex in apical 1/3. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin wide, equal in width from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, wide in basal ½, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum slightly wider than long, slightly longer than mesosternum, apical margin weakly emarginate medially, large, setose anterolateral projection present. Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 long, slightly angulate, extended 4/5 distance to apical margin of ventrite ( Fig. 289 ). Apex of ventrite 5 slightly arcuate. Genitalia with phallobase short, basal lobe as long as paramere, slender, parallel sided in basal 4/5, apical 1/4 narrowed to slender, deep apical emargination; paramere straight, basal 2/3 wide, apical 1/3 tapered to rounded apex, dorsal margin of apical 1/3 deeply emarginate before apex, dorsal margin not serrate ( Fig. 291, 292 ); sipho short, robust ( Fig. 293 ). Female. Unknown. Variation . Unknown. Type material. Holotype male; COSTA RICA : Turrialba , 22 June 1951 , OLCartwright. ( USNM ). Remarks. This species is similar to other mostly blue species of Neaporia and is readily distinguished only by examination of the male genitalia.