Sasajiscymnus paltatus ( Pang & Huang, 1986 )

TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 5207 (1), pp. 1-104 : 31

Sasajiscymnus paltatus ( Pang & Huang, 1986)

(Figs 20, 66)

Chinese name: 矛ūḧ瓢•

Pseudoscymnus paltatus Pang & Huang, 1986: 64 (type locality: Shaxian, Fujian, China).— Pang et al. 2004: 88; Kovář 2007: 582.

Sasajiscymnus paltaus: Iqbal et al. 2020: 386 [Misspelling].

Diagnosis. This species can be easily distinguished from other Sasajiscymnus by the body uniformly yellow without any contrasting markings (Figs 20a–c).

Description. TL: 2.04–2.31 mm, TW: 1.60–1.79 mm, TH: 1.10–1.23 mm.

Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 20a–c). Body uniformly yellow. Interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view.Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, slightly recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 20e).

Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis with membranous appendage (Figs 20f–g). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then gradually narrowing to pointed apex; parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base in ventral view, tapering towards apex (Figs 20h–i).

Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus.

Material examined. Holotype: China: Fujian: ♂, Shaxian District , V.1979, Huang BK leg ( SCAU) . Paratypes: China: Fujian: 3♀, Same data as holotype ( SCAU) .

Distribution. China (Fujian).