Review Of The Genus Hinda Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Hyperaspinae, Brachiacanthadini)
Author
Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De
Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal do Paraná C. P. 19020; CEP 81531 990 Curitiba, Paraná, BRASIL
Author
Milléo, Julianne
Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal do Paraná C. P. 19020; CEP 81531 990 Curitiba, Paraná, BRASIL
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2000
2000-03-01
54
1
68
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journal article
10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0068:rotghm]2.0.co;2
1938-4394
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Hinda terminata
(Gorham)
,
new combination
Figs. 21
,
38–39
Hyperaspis terminata
Gorham 1894:202
;
Korschefsky 1931:177
;
Blackwelder 1945:446
.
Figs. 38–39.
Hinda terminata
.
38
) tegmen;
39
) sipho.
Diagnosis.
Body ovalconvex. Integument pale yellow with black spots on pronotum and elytra (
Fig. 21
). Pronotum with square central spot with lateral constriction and small invagination in anterior portion. Scutellum black. Elytra yellow, with apical triangular spot onefourth length of elytra. Length
2.67 mm
. Width
2.17 mm
.
Male.
Median lobe asymmetric, smaller than parameres, very wide base; apex rounded with anterior projection. Parameres foliate and widened with long bristles along rounded borders (
Fig. 38
). Sipho elongate, curved, with apex wrinkled, with lateral projections and apical projection (
Fig. 39
).
Female.
Unknown.
Remarks.
Hinda terminata
is similar to
H. uncinata
and
H. buqueti
in the yellow background of the elytra, but it differs from them in that only the elytral apex is black. Also, the male genitalia are asymmetrical, and the species has the same geographic distribution in the Atlantic Coastal region.
Type Material.
One specimen of
Hyperaspis terminata
,
from V. de Chiriqui, 25–4,000. Champion, with the label [
Hyperaspis terminata Gorham
], and having two other labels: one round with orange margins, with the following written information [Type]; the other with the following data: [
Lectotype
,
Hyperaspis terminata
Gorh. GORDON 1970
] (
BMNH
). This designation was never published however.
Material Examined.
Panama´
.
V. de Chiriqui
,
Champion
leg.,
lectotype
(
BMNH
)
.
Brazil
.
Minas Gerais
:
Camanducaia
(
Vila Monte Verde
),
15.XI.1965
,
J. Halik
leg.,
one specimen
(
MZSP
)
;
Santa Bárbara
(
Serra do Caraça
),
23 25.XI.1960
,
Araújo
&
Martins
leg.,
two specimens
(
MZSP
)
.