Hong slipinskii, 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 : 389-393

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.5280149
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/592D8B21-9B67-AA5C-FF62-FBF2FA98FB3C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Hong slipinskii
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Hong slipinskii sp. nov.

( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 , 4 View FIGURE 4 , 5 View FIGURE 5 )

Holotype, male, CHILE, Prov. [Provincia] Concepción , El Manzano, 17–x–1996, leg. T. Cekalovic [ MNHN] . Paratypes, 2 specimens. CHILE: VI R. [Región de O’Higgins], Nancagua, C. [Cerro] Rucatalca , 30–i–2011 [leg. A. Lüer] ( CPAL). [Provincia] Malleco, 10 Mi N. of Perquenco, 6–i–[19]51 / Forested swampy brook, Ross & Michelbacher collectors (dissected for SEM, CAS) .

Diagnosis. Pronotum finely punctate, punctures separated by more than a puncture diameter ( Fig 2P View FIGURE 2 ). Parameres as long as penis guide ( Figs. 2H–I View FIGURE 2 ).

Description. Length: 1.1 mm, width: 0.6 mm. Color reddish-brown, elytral disc with diffuse circular dark reddish spot; dorsal surface clothed with long, sparse and decumbent setae mixed with short setae; punctures fine on pronotum and coarse on elytra ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ). Head elongate, flattened in lateral view, 1.5 times as long as wide; dorsal surface polished with coarse punctures separated by about 1.0 puncture diameter, smaller and sparse near labrum. 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 ( Figs. 2G View FIGURE 2 , 3A View FIGURE 3 ). Maxillary palpomere 4 about 3.0 times longer than 3. Pronotum transverse, 0.5 times as long as wide, widest at base; posterior angles acute, lateral edges mostly smooth; surface polished, disc finely punctate, punctures smaller than on elytra and separated by about 1.5–2.0 times a puncture diameter ( Figs. 2P View FIGURE 2 , 3C View FIGURE 3 ); hypomeron with few punctures ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ). Scutellum shield-like ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Elytral surface polished with coarse punctures, separated by about 1.0–1.5 diameters, punctures bigger than pronotal ones ( Figs. 2Q View FIGURE 2 , 3G–H View FIGURE 3 ). Metaventral disc with fine punctures, postcoxal lines margined with coarse punctures ( Figs. 2M View FIGURE 2 , 3E View FIGURE 3 ). Tarsi cryptotetramerous ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ). Abdominal ventrite 1 about as long as ventrites 2–4, postcoxal lines margined with punctures; ventrites 2–5 with fine punctures on disc, ventrite 5 with apex broadly rounded ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Male genitalia: parameres elongate and rounded to apex, almost as long as penis guide, apex setose; penis guide narrowing to apex, in lateral view triangular ( Figs. 2I View FIGURE 2 ). Penis long and thin, bent at basal fourth then straight with pointed apex; capsule short, about two times as long as wide ( Figs. 2J–L View FIGURE 2 ).

Female: Abdominal ventrite 5 with rounded apex. Genitalia with coxites elongate ( Fig. 2O View FIGURE 2 ), about 5 times as long as wide, styli terminal. Spermatheca not examined.

Etymology. Named after Adam ṡlipi ṅski (CSIRO, ANIC), friend and tireless coleopterist, for his contribution to the knowledge of the world Coccinellidae .

Distribution. Chile, Colchagua, Concepción and Malleco Provinces, from 34ºS to 39ºS ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ).