Serratitibia teresa Gordon and Canepari, 2013

Gordon, Robert D., Canepari, Claudio & Hanley, Guy A., 2013, South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XII: New name for Cyra Mulsant, review of Brachiacanthini genera, and systematic revision of Cleothera Mulsant, Hinda Mulsant and Serratitibia Gordon and Canepari, new genus, Insecta Mundi 2013 (278), pp. 1-150 : 66-67

42. Serratitibia teresa Gordon and Canepari , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 3.0 mm, width 2.6 mm; body oval, convex. Dorsal surface shiny, lacking alutaceous sculpture. Color yellow; pronotum with large, black basomedial macula extended about 3/4 distance to anterior pronotal margin, apex of macula very slightly emarginate with yellow; elytron black with 5 small, yellow spots arranged in rows of 2 each with apical spot, mediolateral spot irregularly oval, apical spot transversely oval, apical border weakly emarginate ( Fig. 281 ); prosternum, meso–, metaventrites dark brown; abdomen reddish brown except median area of ventrites 1–3 dark brown. Head punctures small, separated by less than diameter, each puncture as large as 1 eye facet; pronotal punctures as large as head punctures, separated by less than diameter; elytral punctures as large as on pronotum, separated by 1–2 times diameter; metaventral punctures larger than on elytra, separated by less than 2 times diameter medially, larger laterally. Clypeus weakly emarginate apically, lateral angle abruptly rounded. Eye canthus about 6 eye facets long, slightly angled forward, apically rounded, yellow. Pronotum narrowed from base to apex, basal angle broadly rounded, anterior angle abruptly rounded, lateral margin rounded, basal margin without trace of bordering line. Epipleuron narrow, deeply grooved, deeply emarginate for reception of femoral apices. Protibial flange as wide as remainder of protibia, outer margin arcuate, with about 8 small teeth throughout, (teeth severely worn) median 2 teeth slightly larger, sponda extended beyond protibial border. Carinae on prosternal process narrowly separated at apex, weakly convergent, joined at basal 1/6 of prosternum, connected to base by short stem. Metaventrite without setal tuft. Basal abdominal ventrite with median setal tuft. Abdomen with primary pores laterally between ventrites 4–5 large, extended under apical 1/3 of ventrite 4; postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite angled to posterior ventrite margin, rounded along margin, apex extended forward. Abdominal ventrites 1–4 with short, sparse pubescence, punctures on basal 3 ventrites large medially, separated by diameter or less, becoming smaller and dense laterally, ventrites 3–5 densely punctured throughout; 5th ventrite depressed medially in apical 1/2, apical border weakly emarginate medially, lateral angle of emargination with small tubercle bearing tuft of dense setae; 6th ventrite narrow, deeply depressed medially, depression glabrous, without median tubercle, apical margin shallowly emarginate, angle on each side of emargination bearing tuft of setae. Apical tergite short, narrow, apex medially emarginate, surface densely, finely punctured. Genitalia with basal lobe slender, about as long as paramere, sides nearly straight, slightly pinched medially, weakly convergent, apex obliquely truncate; paramere Unm type, wide, widened apically, apex slightly emarginate ( Fig. 282, 283 ); sipho robust, strongly curved in basal 1/2, basal capsule with inner arm long, narrowed medially, apex obliquely truncate, outer arm slightly longer than inner arm, wide, curved, with accessory piece, basal border deeply emarginate ( Fig. 284, 285 ).

Female. Unknown.

Variation. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype male; Peru, Dep. Huanuco, F. Sinchono, VIII–1947, Schunke ( USNM).

Remarks. The large size, basomedial pronotal macula large, extended 3/4 distance to anterior pronotal margin, male 6th abdominal ventrite without median tubercle, and apically emarginate paramere of male genitalia help to distinguish this species.

Figures

Figures 270–285. 270–274) Serratitibia abendrothi. 270) Habitus. 271) Phallobase ventral. 272) Enlarged siphonal apex. 273) Sipho. 274) Female genitalia. 275–280) Serratitibia quincemil. 275) Habitus. 276) Phallobase ventral. 277) Phallobase lateral. 278) Enlarged siphonal apex. 279) Sipho. 280) Male abdomen. 281–285) Serratitibia teresa. 281) Habitus. 282) Phallobase ventral. 283) Phallobase lateral. 284) Enlarged siphonal apex. 285) Sipho.