Hinda modesta Weise 1910:59

Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Milléo, Julianne, 2000, Review Of The Genus Hinda Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Hyperaspinae, Brachiacanthadini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (1), pp. 68-87 : 77-78

Hinda modesta Weise 1910:59 ; Korschefsky 1931:177; Blackwelder 1945:446.

Diagnosis. Body oval­convex. Integument black, pronotum and elytra with yellow spots ( Fig. 18 ). Pronotum with transverse black trapezoid­shaped spot, bordered antero­laterally with narrow yellow margin. Each elytron with four spots: the first, a round basal spot close to suture and to base of elytron; the second, also round, slightly larger than first and near the suture in center of elytral disc; third, also round, close to lateral margin; fourth, transverse, largest and very close to suture and to external border of elytron. Length 2.58–2.92 mm. Width 1.92–2.25 mm.

Male. Median lobe asymmetrical, smaller than parameres, with wide base and truncate apex; parameres wide, with long bristles ( Fig. 31 ). Sipho long, curved, with modified membranous apex ( Fig. 32 ).

Female. Genital plate wide with small style; spermatheca arched, cylindrical, with rounded cornus and poorly evident ramus; infundibulum elongate. Last sternite with dense elongate bristles on apical border ( Fig. 33 ).

Variation. A lateral spot is sometimes present between the elytral callus and the external border, and is triangular, small or may join the third spot.

Remarks. Hinda modesta resembles H. regularis , H. humerata and H. joeli in color, but the spots are distributed differently, and the genitalia differ.

Type Material. The holotype, male, is from Itapura, São Paulo, 1904, of 2.08–3.00 mm, was described by Weise , and was requested from ZMHU but could not be found .

Material Examined. Brazil. Para´ : Benfica, Ananindéua, 7.XI.1962 ,

J.Bechyné col., Convênio DZSP­Goeldi, five specimens ( DZSP), 23.X.1962 , four specimens ( DZSP); VIII.1964 , Machado & Pereira, one specimen ( DZSP); Santa Isabel of Para´ , 30.III.1962 , J.Bechyné col., Convênio DZSP­Goeldi, six specimens ( DZSP); Belém ( Icoraci ), 3.VIII.1962 , J. Bechyné col., five specimens ( DZSP); ( Utinga ), 2.II.1962 , J. Bechyné col., two specimens, 10.X.1962, one specimen ( DZSP); Jacareacanga , X.1959 , M. Alvarenga, one specimen ( DZUP); Amazonas: Tapuruquara ( Rio Negro ), 25–27.XI.1962 , J. Bechyné col., Convênio DZSP— Goeldi, six specimens ( DZSP); Rio Cauaburi , 7– 8.XII.1962 , J.Bechyné col., two specimens ( DZSP); Rondônia, 29.X.1986 , C.Elias leg, one specimen (Polonoroeste) ( DZUP); unknown origin, one specimen, FCC 18 ( MNRJ) .

Figures

Figs. 15–18. 15) Hinda buqueti; 16) Hinda decas; 17) Hinda designata; 18) Hinda modesta.

Figs. 31–33. Hinda modesta. 31) tegmen; 32) sipho; 33) female genitalia.