Prodilis rugosa (Gorham)

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 : 77-78

29. Prodilis rugosa (Gorham)

Neaporia rugosa Gorham 1897: 221 .

Prodilis rugosa: Korschefsky 1931: 110 ; Blackwelder 1945: 444.

Description. Male. Length 1.7 mm, width 1.3 mm; body oval, elytron with side rounded, slightly wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface entirely shiny, without trace of microsculpture. Color bluish black; head blue ( Fig. 481 ); pronotum bluish black except reflexed lateral margin reddish yellow; elytron with elongate, oval yellow macula at middle of apical ½, reflexed lateral margin reddish yellow ( Fig. 480 ); antenna, legs yellow; mouthparts yellow except terminal 2/3 of apical maxillary palpomere brown; venter black; abdomen dark brown. Head punctures small, separated by less than a diameter; pronotal punctures larger than on head, separated by a diameter or less; elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, separated by a diameter or less; prosternal punctures large, separated by about a diameter, mesosternal punctures large, separated by less than a diameter, metasternal punctures large, separated by a diameter or less anteriorly and laterally, slightly smaller and separated by a diameter or slightly more medially; abdomen with punctures on ventrites 1–3 large, separated by a diameter or less, punctures on remaining ventrites smaller, separated by about a diameter. Head with frons narrow, widened from vertex to clypeus, slightly wider than eye measured at vertex; eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere long, widened medially. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin narrow, equal in width from base to apex. Epipleuron slightly descending externally, narrow, as wide as pronotal hypomeron, with slight depressions for reception of femoral apex. Prosternum slightly wider than long, slightly longer than mesosternum, base somewhat produced, weakly emarginate medially, lateral carina narrow, short, extended to apex of procoxa. Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 short, rounded, extended slightly more than ½ distance to ventrite apex. Apex of ventrite 5 broadly, shallowly emarginate. Genitalia with basal lobe shorter than paramere, slender, weakly widened from base to emarginate apex, paramere slender, curved in basal 7/8, apical 1/8 recurved to acute apex, with marginal serrations ( Fig. 482, 483 ); sipho robust, with ventral tumosity in apical 1/8 ( Fig. 484 ).

Female. Unknown.

Variation. Unknown.

Type locality. PANAMA: Tolé.

Type depository. BMNH.

Geographical distribution. 1. PANAMA: ( BMNH).

Remarks. This distinctive species is characterized by a mostly blue dorsal surface, dense, deep punctures on both dorsal and ventral surfaces, and the elytral color pattern. Gorham (1897) named it “rugosa” because of the densely punctured dorsal surface resulting in a somewhat rough aspect. The holotype is labeled “Tolé, Panama, Champion./ Neaporia rugosa Gorh (handwritten)/Sp. figured/ HOLOTYPE (red bordered disc)/B.C.A.,Col.,VII./ HOLOTYPE Neaporia rugosa Gorh. det. R.G. Booth 2015.”Ó

Figures

Figures 474–490. Prodilis spp. 474––479) Prodilis shelley 474) Habitus. 475) Basal abdominal ventrites. 476) Frons. 477) Phallobase ventral. 478) Phallobase lateral. 479) Sipho. 480–484) Prodilis rugosa 480) Habitus. 481) Frons. 482) Phallobase ventral. 483) Phallobase lateral. 484) Sipho. 485–490) Prodilis sabrina 485) Habitus. 486) Basal abdominal ventrites. 487) Frons. 488) Phallobase ventral. 489) Phallobase lateral. 490) Sipho.