Chnoodes chaudoiri Mulsant, 1850

Krüger, Thaysa C., Castro-Guedes, Camila F. & Almeida, Lúcia M., 2016, Two new species of Chnoodes Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 4078 (1), pp. 269-283 : 273

Chnoodes chaudoiri Mulsant, 1850

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Chnoodes chaudoiri Mulsant, 1850: 911 ; Crotch, 1874: 286; Brèthes, 1925b: 207; Korschefsky, 1932: 226; Blackwelder, 1945: 450; Gordon, 1987: 34.

Material examined. BRAZIL: Chapada Brazil Acc. No. 2966, Oct., Chnoodes chaudori Muls. det. Dieke 1954, G.H. Dieke Coll’n. 1965, 2 specimens ( USNM); Minas Gerais: Lagoa Santa, Mus. Westerm., Brasil, Rhds, 1 specimen ( ZMUC); Lagoa Santa, Chnoodes sp. det. R. Gordon 86, 1 specimen ( ZMUC); Catas Altas (Serra do Caraça), 27.XI–5.XII.1972, Exp. Mus. Zool. leg., 1 specimen ( MZSP); III.1963, F. Werner, U. Martins & L. Silva leg., 1 specimen ( MZSP). Espírito Santo: Rio São José, XI.1952, B. Soares leg., 1 specimen ( DZUP). Rio de Janeiro: Ilha Grande (Vila Dois Rios), 18.V.2008, Proj. Coleop. leg., 1 specimen ( DZUP); Petrópolis, 5–7.III.1962, J. Bechyné leg., 1 specimen ( DZUP); Rio de Janeiro (Corcovado), 15.IX.1961, J.S. Moure, Alvarenga & Seabra leg., 1 specimen ( MNRJ); Rio de Janeiro (Corcovado), X.1961, Ex-coleção M. Alvarenga, M. Alvarenga leg., 1 specimen ( MNRJ); Rio de Janeiro (Corcovado), 3.XII.1965, Moure & Seabra leg., 1 specimen ( DZUP); Rio de Janeiro (Corcovado), Coleção M. Alvarenga, X.1967, 1 specimen; II.1961, 1 specimen; X.1967, 1 specimen; V.1963, 2 specimens, Alvarenga & Seabra leg. ( DZUP, MNRJ); Rio de Janeiro (Corcovado), 15.X.1976, 2 specimens; 27.X.1975, 2 specimens, M. A. Monné & C. A. Campos Seabra leg. ( MNRJ); Rio de Janeiro, X.1963, M. Alvarenga leg., 1 specimen ( USNM); Rio de Janeiro (Floresta da Tijuca), Coleção M. Alvarenga, II.1961, 2 specimens; I.1961, 1 specimen, C.A. Campos Seabra ( MNRJ); Rio de Janeiro (Floresta da Tijuca), IV.1961, Excoleção M. Alvarenga, M. Alvarenga leg., 1 specimen ( MNRJ); Rio de Janeiro (Represa Rio Grande), IX.1961, Coleção M. Alvarenga, F.M. Oliveira leg., 1 specimen ( DZUP); Rio de Janeiro (Represa Rio Grande), 25.III.1961, 2 specimens; 10.XI.1966, 1 specimen; III.1969, 1 specimen, F.M. Oliveira leg. ( DZUP); Rio de Janeiro (Represa Rio Grande), Depto Zool. UF - Paraná, III.1972, 1 specimen; 20.V.1967, 2 specimens; 13.X.1967, 1 specimen, F.M. Oliveira leg. ( DZUP); Teresópolis (Parque Nacional Serra dos Órgãos), VIII.2007, Vivian leg., 2 specimens ( DZUP). São Paulo: Caraguatatuba (Reserva Florestal), 40 m, VII.1965, Exp. Dep. Zool., 1 specimen ( MZSP); São Paulo (Cantareira), II.1962, J. Halik leg., 1 specimen ( MZSP).

Male. Length 3.14–3.58 mm, width 2.52–3.00 mm. Body rounded, with sparse yellowish pubescence. General color reddish, pronotum with two basal black spots, sometimes fused; scutellum reddish or black. Elytra reddish, each with three black spots: two rounded spots in the basal third and one transversely elongated spots on apex ( Figs 2 A–D). Antennae, mouthparts, hypomera, epipleura and legs reddish, except femora, which are dark brown or black ( Fig. 2 B). Meso-, metasternum and anterior half of first abdominal ventrite reddish or black.

Genitalia symmetrical; basal lobe shorter than parameres, apex acute ( Fig. 2 E). Parameres elongated, with long bristles throughout their length ( Fig. 2 F). Sipho with emarginate apex and elongated siphonal capsule ( Fig. 2 G).

Female. Length 3.2–4.00 mm, width 2.66–3.36 mm. Coxites longer than wide, subtriangular; apex mammilliform, with long bristles ( Fig. 2 H). Spermatheca C-shaped, elongated, with slightly acuminate apex ( Fig. 2 I).

Geographical distribution. Brazil (MG, ES, RJ, SP).

Remarks. Chnoodes chaudoiri differs from other species of the genus in the elytral and pronotal color; it also differs in the shape of the male and female genitalia.

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FIGURE 2. Chnoodes chaudoiri Mulsant, 1850. A – D. habitus; A. dorsal; B. ventral; C. frontal view; D. lateral; E – G. male genitalia; E. tegmen, ventral; F. tegmen, lateral; G. sipho lateral view. H – I. female genitalia; H. coxites; I. spermatheca.