Neaporia arrowi Brèthes, 1970

Gordon, Robert D. & Hanley, Guy A., 2017, South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVII: systematic revision of Western Hemisphere Cephaloscymnini (Coccinellinae) with description of a cryptic new genus and species of Coccidulini (Coccinellinae), Insecta Mundi 2017 (601), pp. 1-158 : 48-49

48. Neaporia arrowi Brèthes

Neaporia arrowi Brèthes 1925a: 207 .

Prodilis arrowi: Korschefsky 1931: 109 : Blackwelder 1945: 444.

Description. Female. Length 3.1 mm, width 2.0 mm; body elongate oval, elytron with side straight, wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface entirely shiny. Color black ( Fig. 299 ); head black with narrow, yellow vitta on each side next to eye (not seen in image), frontal apex reddish yellow ( Fig. 301 ); antenna yellow; mouthparts yellow except apical maxillary palpomere with apical 1/3 dark brown; legs yellow except femur brownish yellow; basal 2 abdominal ventrites black, apical 3 ventrites mostly yellow. Head punctures small, separated by less than twice a diameter; pronotal punctures as large as on head, separated by less than 3 times a diameter; elytral punctures large, coarse, larger than on pronotum, separated by a diameter or less; prosternal, mesosternal punctures large, separated by less than a diameter; metasternum with large punctures along anterior and lateral borders, punctures on remaining surface small, sparse; punctures on abdominal ventrites 1–3 large, separated by a diameter or less, punctures on remaining ventrites small, separated by about a diameter. Head not densely pubescent, frons slightly widened from vertex to clypeus, slightly less than width of eye measured at vertex; eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere long, narrowed to apex in apical 1/3. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin wide, widened from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, wide in basal ½, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum about as wide as long, longer than mesosternum ( Fig. 300 ). Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 short, narrowly rounded, extended slightly beyond midpoint of ventrite. Apex of ventrite 5 arcuate medially. Genitalia with spermathecal capsule slender, base not enlarged, cornu wide, apex rounded ( Fig. 302 ); Genital plates as in Fig. 301 .

Male. Unknown.

Variation. None observed.

Type locality. l’ile Santo Amaro, Brazil.

Type depository. BMNH (lectotype here designated).

Geographical distribution. Brazil.

Specimens examined. 2. BRAZIL: Lectotype labeled “ Type (orange bordered disc)/ Ilha Santo Amaro nr. Santos, G. E. Bryant, 22.IV.1912 / G. Bryant Coll. 1919–147/ Neaporia arrowi Brethes / LECTOTYPE Neaporia arrowi Brethes Gordon 1970 ; paralectotype “ Alto da Serra , Sao Paulo, Brazil. G. E. Bryant, 21.III.1912 / G. Bryant Coll. 1919–147/ Neaporia arrowi Brethes / Syntype (blue bordered disc).” ( BMNH).

Remarks. Neaporia arrowi is similar to some other species of the genus, but a black head with reddish yellow clypeus, a mostly black body, and densely punctured elytra will usually distinguish this species. The female labeled as a type is here designated and labeled as the lectotype. The female syntype is here designated and labeled as a paralectotype.

Figures

Figures 288–302. Neaporia spp. 288–293) Neaporia daisy 288) Habitus. 289) Basal abdominal ventrite. 290) Frons. 291) Phallobase ventral. 292) Phallobase lateral. 293) Sipho. 294–298) Neaporia longifrons 294) Habitus. 295) Basal abdominal ventrite. 296) Frons. 297) Phallobase lateral. 298) Base of sipho. 299–302) Neaporia arrowi 299) Habitus. 300) Pro and mesosternum. 301) Female genital plates. 302) Female spermathecal capsule.