Neaporia violet Gordon and Hanley, 2017

Gordon, Robert D. & Hanley, Guy A., 2017, 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), Insecta Mundi 2017 (601), pp. 1-158 : 43-44

41. Neaporia violet Gordon and Hanley , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 2.0 mm, width 1.2 mm; body elongate oval, elytron with side slightly rounded, wider than pronotal base, widest posterior to middle of elytra. Dorsal surface entirely shiny. Color black with brassy sheen ( Fig. 258 ); head dark reddish brown becoming paler on anterior ½ of frons and clypeus ( Fig. 260 ); pronotum dark brown with reflexed lateral margin reddish brown; antenna, epipleuron, legs brownish yellow; mouthparts brownish yellow except apical 1/6 of terminal maxillary palpomere dark brown; ventral surface dark reddish brown except abdomen yellowish brown. Head punctures large, separated by a diameter or less; pronotal punctures as large as on head, separated by a diameter or less; elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, 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 less than three times a diameter, punctures on remaining ventrites small, separated by about a diameter. Head densely pubescent, frons slightly widened from vertex to clypeus, slightly wider than eye measured at vertex; eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere long, narrowed to apex in terminal 1/3. Pronotum widest anterior to 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 arcuate, with small, not setose anterolateral projection ( Fig. 261 ). Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 short, rounded, extended to midpoint of ventrite ( Fig. 259 ). Apex of ventrite 5 weakly emarginate medially. Genitalia with phallobase extremely long, slender, basal lobe as long as paramere, slender, parallel sided to deeply emarginate apex; paramere slender, nearly straight, dorsal margin without serrations ( Fig. 262 ); sipho as in ( Fig. 263 ).

Female. Unknown.

Variation. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype male; VENEZUELA: Tach., 2600m., 47km. NE San Cristobal, V. 1718.1974, H. &A. Howden. ( USNM).

Remarks. This species is recognized with certainty only by examination of the unique male genitalia. If additional specimens were collected, the presence of a brassy elytral sheen would be another unusual character to aid in identification.

Figures

Figures 252–270. Neaporia spp. 252–257) Neaporia bobbie 252) Habitus. 253) Basal abdominal ventrite. 254) Frons. 255) Phallobase ventral. 256) Phallobase lateral. 257) Sipho. 258–263) Neaporia violet 258) Habitus. 259) Basal abdominal ventrite. 260) Frons. 261) Prosternum. 262) Phallobase lateral. 263) Sipho. 264–270) Neaporia metallica 264) Habitus. 265) Basal abdominal ventrite. 266) Frons. 267) Prosternum. 268) Phallobase ventral. 269) Phallobase lateral. 270) Sipho.