Parinesa lemae, Escalona & Slipinski, 2012

Escalona, H. E. & Slipinski, A., 2012, Revision of the Neotropical ladybird genus Parinesa Gordon (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 3198 (1), pp. 29-53 : 46

Parinesa lemae sp. nov.

( Figs 13, 107–119, 148)

HOLOTYPE: Venezuela, Bolívar, El Dorado – Sta. Elena, km. 143, 1200 m, 18–x–1972, J. & B. Bechyne leg., ♂ MIZA . PARATYPES: 5 specimens. Same data as holotype , 2 specimens NMNH. Venezuela: Bolívar: km. 121, 1100 m, 26–x–1972, J. & B. Bechyne leg. , 1 specimen, MIZA; km. 168, 1200 m, 19–x–1972, J. & B. Bechyne leg. , 1 specimen MIZA. Salto El Danto, vía Gran Sabana , 900 m, 11–ix–1989, C. J. Rosales col. , 1 specimen MIZA .

Diagnosis. P. lemae is the only known Parinesa species with light brown or yellow sides of pronotum and head. Additional diagnostic characters are winged, eyes divided by ocular canthus, clypeus truncate ( Fig. 107), anterior lobe of prosternum short and subtruncate ( Fig. 112), protibia with external border broadly rounded, and metaventrite well developed ( Fig. 113).

Description. Measurements (mm, except ratios): BL: 1.5–1.6. BW: 1.2–1.3. PL: 0.2; PW: 0.8; PL/PW: 0.3; EL: 1.1–1.2; EL/W: 0.8–1.0; CO: 0.6. Body rounded, convex, winged; color brown with light brown to yellow areas on pronotal sides and head; ventral surface yellowish. Microsculpture finer on head than on pronotum; elytra ( Fig. 13) polished with fine dense punctures.

Head ( Fig. 107) slightly convex. Clypeus apex ( Fig. 107) truncate. Eyes divided by ocular canthus. Mentum with apical borders subtruncated ( Fig. 108). Maxilla as in Fig. 109. Mandible as in Fig. 110. Antennal club with four terminal enlarged segments ( Fig. 111).

Anterior lobe of prosternum ( Fig. 112) short and subtruncate, microsculptured and irregularly punctate; prosternal process slightly sulcate. Mesoventral process ( Fig. 113) broad, flat and microsculptured. Metaventrite ( Fig. 113) well developed, microsculptured, with fine sparse punctures, without discrimen. Elytra ( Fig. 13) with fine sparse punctures, without lateral stria. Abdominal process broad ( Fig. 114), ventrite I microsculptured with fine sparse punctures, apex of ventrite V crenulate ( Fig. 115). Protibia with external border broadly rounded.

Male genitalia ( Figs 116–119): penis curved ( Fig. 118); penis guide broader at base in lateral view ( Fig. 116) and parallel in ventral view ( Fig. 117). Parameres ( Fig. 116) rounded apically, slightly shorter than penis guide.

Etymology. Named after the type locality, the impressive Sierra de Lema in the Guyana shield.

Distribution. Known only from a cloud forest in Sierra de Lema, Bolivar St., Venezuela ( Fig. 148).