Prodilis claire Gordon and Hanley, 2017

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 : 62

7. Prodilis claire Gordon and Hanley , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 2.4 mm, width 1.8 mm; body oval, slightly elongate, elytron with side rounded, wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface entirely shiny. Color bluish black ( Fig. 351 ); apical 2/3 of head yellow ( Fig. 353 ); pronotum with lateral 1/3 dark reddish brown; lateral margin of elytra reddish brown; antenna, legs yellow; mouthparts yellow except terminal maxillary palpomere dark brown; epipleuron dark yellowish brown; ventral surface reddish brown; abdomen 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 larger than on pronotum, separated by a diameter or less; prosternal punctures as large as on elytron, separated by 1 to 3 times a diameter; mesosternal punctures larger than on prosternum, separated by less than a diameter; metasternal punctures smaller than on mesosternum, sparse, separated by 1 to 4 times a diameter; abdomen with punctures on ventrites 1–3 as large as on metasternum, separated by less than twice a diameter, punctures on remaining ventrites smaller, separated by about a diameter. Head with frons nearly parallel sided, 1.4 times as wide as eye measured at vertex; eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere long, almost parallel sided, weakly widened from midpoint to apex. Pronotum widest behind middle, reflexed lateral margin narrow, equal in width from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, narrow in basal ½, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum longer than wide, longer than mesosternum, apical margin arcuate, lateral carina slender, short, not extended anterior to coxa. Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 long, rounded, extended 4/5 distance to apical margin of ventrite ( Fig. 352 ). Apex of ventrite 5 deeply emarginate medially. Genitalia with basal lobe longer than paramere, slender, side straight, slightly widened from base to narrow, deeply emarginate apex, lateral margin of lobe in apical 1/3 partially folded over venter of lobe on each side, apex bent upward; paramere curved, slender, of equal width throughout, apex rounded, without marginal serrations ( Fig. 354, 355 ); sipho slender, filamentous apex sinuate ( Fig. 356 ).

Female. Unknown.

Variation. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype male; ECUADOR: Pichincha Prov., 15 km E Sto. Domingo, Tinalandia , 23– 26.II. 1981, 700m, H. F. Howden. ( USNM).

Remarks. Prodilis claire is not a distinctive species externally but may be recognized by the long, nearly parallel sided apical maxillary palpomere, bluish black dorsal color, and male genitalia with lateral margin of basal lobe partially folded over ventral surface in apical 1/3. See remarks under P. volgus .

Figures

Figures 351–368. Prodilis spp. 351–356) Prodilis claire 351) Habitus. 352) Basal abdominal ventrites. 353) Frons. 354) Phallobase ventral. 355) Phallobase lateral. 356) Sipho. 357–362) Prodilis volgus 357) Habitus. 358) Basal abdominal ventrites. 359) Frons. 360) Phallobase ventral. 361) Phallobase lateral. 362) Sipho. 363–368) Prodilis geneva 363) Habitus. 364) Basal abdominal ventrites. 365) Frons. 366) Phallobase ventral. 367) Phallobase lateral. 368) Sipho.