Coeliaria luteicornis ( Mulsant, 1850 ) Churata-Salcedo & Almeida, 2017

Churata-Salcedo, Julissa M. & Almeida, Lúcia M., 2017, Review of Coeliaria (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chnoodini), Zoologia (e 19866) 34, pp. 1-11 : 7-8

Coeliaria luteicornis ( Mulsant, 1850) , comb. nov.

Figs 38–46, 55

Exoplectra luteicornis Mulsant, 1850: 919 (original description); Crotch 1874: 284 (synonymy); Korschefsky 1932: 227 (catalog); Blackwelder 1945: 450 (checklist); Costa et al. 2008: 365, 373, 374 (revision, Brazilian species).

Redescription. Male. Length 5.50–6.25 mm, width 4.42–5.25 mm. Body ovate, with fine, short, thick, whitish or yellowish pubescence; with thin, sparse punctuation; integument black with blue metallic reflections ( Figs 38–41). Head, antennae and mouthparts dark, reddish ( Fig. 39). Pronotum transverse, narrower than elytra, with emarginated anterior margin, straight lateral margin, rounded anteriorly, and with posterior margin subsinuous ( Fig. 40), hypomera with round- ed fovea ( Fig. 39). Prosternal process sub-quadrangular, apex without carina ( Fig. 39). Scutellum black. Elytra dark, without spots ( Figs 38–41); epipleura wide, narrowing towards apex, with slight fovea for reception of femoral apex ( Fig. 39). Meso- and metaventrite black. Legs black with flattened femora, and tibiae with acute angulation at the outer margin ( Fig. 39). Abdomen reddish, with oblique line ( Figs 39, 41). Genitalia symmetrical; tegmen with penis guide wide at base and narrowing at apex; parameres wide, with short bristles, slightly larger than penis guide ( Figs 43, 44). Penis sclerotized, J-shaped, with rounded apex, developed penis capsule ( Fig. 45).

Female. Similar to male. Coxites sub-triangular, with long bristles; spermatheca C-shaped with highly developed ramus ( Fig. 46).

Type material. It was not possible to study the type material, which, according to Gordon (1987) is deposited in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle , Paris, France. We were not able to locate this specimen there .

Material examined. Brazil. São Paulo: Mairiporã, 4–13. I. 1967, C. Costa col., 1 specimen ( DZUP 188384 ) ; Paraná: P. Grossa, Pedreira, Coleção F. Justus Jor , 2 specimens ( DZUP 192084 , 288380 ) ; Santa Catarina: Seara (Nova Teutônia), XI.1951, F. Plaumann col., 1 female ( DZUP 192101 ) ; XI.1951, F. Plaumann col., 4 specimens ( DZUP 192055 , 192066 , 192082 , 192083 ) ; X.1965, F. Plaumann col., 1 specimen ( DZUP 192100 ) ; XI.1965, F. Plaumann col., 8 specimens ( DZUP 192077–192078 , 192080–192081 , 192085–192086 – 192087 , 192099 ) ; I.1966, F. Plaumann col., 2 specimens ( DZUP 192053 , 192065 ) ; XI.1966, F. Plaumann col., 6 specimens ( DZUP 192052 , 192059–192060 – 192061 , 192064 , 192079 ) ; 27°11’B. 52°23’L, Fritz Plaumann, I.1974, 6 specimens ( DZUP 192057 , 288382 – 288383,192058 , 288385–288386 ) ; V.1974, 2 specimens ( DZUP 192046 , 192026 ) ; X.1974, 1 female ( DZUP 192056 ) ; X.1974, 2 specimens ( DZUP 192047 , 288387 ) ; X.1974, 4 specimens ( DZUP 192048 , 192051 , 288384,192049 ) ; XI.1974, 5 specimens ( DZUP 192050 , 192062 , 288381 , 192063 , 288388 ) ; Nov 74 , 1 specimen ( DZUP 192028 ) ; XII.1974, 1 specimen ( DZUP 192054 ) ; Fritz Plaumann, 1 female ( DZUP 192027 ) ; Rio Grande do Sul: Derrubadas , 27.X. 2003, I. Heydrich col., 1 specimen ( MCN 228613 ) ; 28.X. 2003, I. Heydrich col., 1 specimen ( MCN 227521 ) ; 30.X.2003, A. Barcellos col., 27°14’14.7”S, 53°58’46.0”W, 1 specimen ( MCN 227530 ) ; 31.X.2003, L. Moura col., 1 specimen ( MCN 227520 ) ; 20.X. 2004, A. Barcellos col., 1 specimen ( MCN 231547 ) ; 20.X.2004, L. Moura col., 1 specimen ( MCN 231575 ) ; 21.X. 2004, L. Moura col., 5 specimens ( MCN 231544 , 231593 , 231581 , 231592 , 231589 ) ; 21.X. 2004, R. Ott col., 2 specimens ( MCN 231566 , 231596 ) ; 21.X. 2004, L. Podgaiski col., 1 specimen ( MCN 231556 ) ; 22.X. 2004, I. Heydrich col., 2 specimens ( MCN 231582 , 230461 ) ; 22. X. 2004, R. Ott col., 1 specimen ( MCN 231579 ) ; 22.X. 2004, A. Barcellos col., 2 specimens ( MCN 230462 , 230463 ) ; 22.X. 2004, L. Moura col., 1 specimen ( MCN 231610 ) ; 22.X. 2004, L. Podgaiski col., 1 specimen ( MCN 230479 ) .

Geographical distribution. Brazil ( Fig. 55).

Remarks. Coeliaria luteicornis shows a deep fovea in the hypomera, characteristic of Coeliaria ; additionally, it has an oval body with whitish or yellowish pubescence. The male genitalia is similar to that of C. erythrogaster , but the female differs in the shape of the spermatheca. The most distinctive characteristic of this species is its oval body.