Hong guerreroi, González & Escalona, 2013

González, Guillermo & Escalona, Hermes E., 2013, Two new species of the ladybird beetle Hong Ślipiński from Chile (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Microweiseinae), Zootaxa 3616 (4), pp. 387-395 : 388-389

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0C6FADFC-042B-4418-9949-6AA102E7830B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5280147
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/592D8B21-9B64-AA58-FF62-F8E2FC9DFC7A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Hong guerreroi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Hong guerreroi sp. nov.

( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 , 5 View FIGURE 5 )

Holotype, male, CHILE, [Provincia] Cauquenes , Res. Nac. [Reserva Nacional] Los Ruiles, 8–i–2002, [leg.] M. Guerrero ( MNHN) . Paratypes, 5 specimens: 1 same data as holotype (male, ANIC) ; 1 same data as holotype ( CPV) ; 2 same data as holotype but 17–i–2002 ( CPMG, MNHN) ; 1 same data as holotype but 22–i–2003, (dissected on slide, male, ANIC) .

Diagnosis. Pronotum densely punctate, punctures separated by about a puncture diameter ( Fig. 1P View FIGURE 1 ). Parameres half length of penis guide ( Figs. 1G–H View FIGURE 1 )

Description. Length: 1.3 mm, width: 0.7 mm. Color light reddish-brown, elytral disc with a broad shield-like black spot. Dorsal surface with decumbent fine long setae mixed with short setae, and covered with coarse punctures ( Figs. 1A–B View FIGURE 1 ). Head elongate, flattened in lateral view, about 1.5 times as long as wide; dorsal surface smooth and polished with coarse punctures separated by less than a puncture diameter near and between eyes. Eyes prominent, reduced to about 50 coarse facets; interocular distance about 4.0 times eye transverse diameter; temple (Lawrence et al. 2011) about 1.5 times eye length. Maxillary palpomere 4 about 3.0 times longer than palpomere 3. Pronotum ( Figs. 1A–B View FIGURE 1 ) transverse, 0.6 times as long as wide, widest at base; posterior angles acute; surface polished, disc densely punctate, punctures smaller than elytral ones, separated by about 1.0 puncture diameter; hypomeron with scarce punctures. Scutellum shield-like. Metaventral disc with coarse punctures. Elytral surface polished with coarse and irregular punctures, separated by about 1.0 puncture diameter, punctures bigger than the pronotal ones (fig. 1Q). Tarsi cryptotetramerous. Abdominal ventrite 1 about as long as ventrites 2–4, with fine punctures on disc ( Fig. 1L View FIGURE 1 ); ventrites 2–5 with punctures scarce at sides; ventrite 5 apex slightly truncate. Male genitalia with parameres small, about half length of penis guide and rounded to apex, apex setose; penis guide ( Figs. 1G–H View FIGURE 1 ) narrow to apex, in lateral view triangular. Penis ( Figs. 1I–K View FIGURE 1 ) long and thin, bent at basal fourth then straight, apex acute, capsule very short, about as long as wide.

Female: Abdominal ventrite 5 with rounded apex ( Fig. 1L View FIGURE 1 ). Genitalia with coxites elongate, about 5 times as long as wide, styli terminal. Spermatheca bicameral ( Figs. 1O View FIGURE 1 ) with oval accessory gland and without infundibulum.

Etymology. Named after Marcelo Guerrero ( Chile), enthusiastic entomologist and friend who has published landmark papers on Chilean beetles, and is the collector of the type series.

Distribution: Chile, Cauquenes Province (36S) ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ).