Serratitibia abendrothi (Kirsch) Gordon & Canepari & Hanley, 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 : 64-65

40. Serratitibia abendrothi (Kirsch) , new combination

Cleothera abendrothi Kirsch, 1876: 124 .

Hyperaspis abendrothi: Korschefsky 1931: 184 ; Blackwelder 1945: 446.

Description. Male lectotype. Length 2.7 mm, width 2.1 mm; body rounded, convex. Color yellow; pronotum with small, black, basomedial macula weakly emarginate with yellow on anterior border; elytron black with 5 large, yellow spots arranged as in Fig. 270 , mediolateral spot irregularly rounded, apical spot transverse, slightly curved; ventral surface with prosternum, meso–, metaventrites dark brown, abdomen dark reddish brown medially, apical ventrites yellow. Head punctures small, separated by less than diameter, each puncture as large as 2 eye facets, pronotal punctures smaller than head punctures, separated by diameter or less, elytral punctures slightly larger than on pronotum, separated by 1–3 times diameter; metaventrite punctures larger than elytral punctures medially, separated by diameter or more, becoming larger and contiguous laterally. Clypeus weakly emarginate apically, lateral angle abruptly rounded. Eye canthus short, about 2 eye facets long, angled forward, apically rounded, yellow. Pronotum narrowed from base to apex, basal angle rounded, anterior angle abrupt, lateral margin straight, basal margin without bordering line. Epipleuron wide, grooved, deeply emarginate for reception of femoral apices. Protibia narrowly flanged, flange arcuate, with about 8 mostly small teeth, teeth larger medially, sponda with outer margin rounded, produced above tibial border. Carinae on prosternal process widely separated at apex, slightly convergent, joined at basal 1/6, connected to base with short stem. Metaventrite without setal tuft. Basal abdominal ventrite with median setal tuft. Abdomen with primary pores laterally between ventrites 4–5 small, extended under posterior 1/4 of ventrite 4; postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite straight in basal 1/3, arcuately extended along apical margin of ventrite at middle, then broadly curved forward. Abdominal ventrites 1–4 with sparse, long pubescence, with dense, distinct punctures throughout; ventrites 2–4 sparsely pubescent, distinctly, densely punctured throughout; 5th ventrite depressed medially in apical 1/2, apical margin deeply emarginate medially, lateral angle of depression pronounced with small tubercle bearing tuft of dense setae; 6th ventrite short, narrow, depressed in apical 1/2, depressed medially, depression glabrous, with median tubercle, apical margin deeply emarginate, angle on each side of depression pronounced, abrupt, bearing setal tuft. Apical tergite grooved, finely, densely punctate, apex rounded. Genitalia with basal lobe about as long as paramere, narrowed from base to apex; paramere Unm type, wide, apex truncate ( Fig. 271 ); sipho robust, strongly curved, basal capsule long, slender, inner arm short, small, obliquely truncate dorsally, outer arm wide, long, inner angle projecting, with large accessory piece, basal border weakly emarginate ( Fig. 272, 273 ).

Female. Similar to male except pronotum with dark, median macula slightly larger, extended nearly to apical pronotal margin, apex not emarginate with yellow, elytron lacking humeral spot. Genitalia with spermathecal capsule long, slender, curved, slightly widened in apical 1/3; bursal cap with 2 distinct outer arms, median arm short, apical strut short, stout ( Fig. 274 ).

Variation. Length 2.7–3.0 mm, width 1.5–2.6 mm. Size of yellow elytral spots slightly variable.

Type locality. Peru.

Type depository. SNSD (lectotype here designated).

Geographical distribution. Peru.

Specimens examined. 7. Peru. Lectotype and paralectotypes; Dept. Loreto, Explornapo Camp on Rio Sucusari, 2 mi. upstream from Rio Napo (160 km NE Iquitos ), VI-14/ VII-20, 1990, Menke and Awetschenko ; Valle Chanchamayo , 600 m, 1.5.1939, leg. Weyrauch ; V. Chanchamayo , 1400m, VIII-1941, W. Weyrauch 7055 ; Cuzco, Valle de Lares , 75km NW Calca, el. 2,060 m, 1 March 1979, W. E. Steiner. ( SNSD) ( USNM) .

Remarks. Serratitibia abendrothi is characterized by a combination of pronotal macula nearly entire in male, apical margin only slightly indented with yellow; large size of the five elytral spots; protibia with flange narrow, and male 6th abdominal ventrite tuberculate.

The male here designated as lectotype is labeled “Poznzn Coll Kirsch (green paper)/ Abendrothi Kirsch (handwritten)/ Hyperaspis abendrothi Kirsch (handwritten, blue paper)/Typus (red paper)/Staatl. museum für Tierkunde, Dresden.” Five additional specimens in the type series bearing the same labels, excepting the handwritten name on white paper, are designated as paralectotypes.

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.