Neaporia kayla 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 : 36

31. Neaporia kayla Gordon and Hanley , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 1.6 mm, width 1.2 mm; body oval, elytron with side weakly rounded, wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface shiny except elytron with trace of microsculpture. Color black with greenish tint ( Fig. 206 ); head yellowish red with anterior ½ yellow; pronotum yellowish red; antenna, middle of prosternum, legs yellow; mouthparts yellow except apical 1/ 4 of ultimate maxillary palpomere brown; epipleuron dark reddish brown; ventral surface black except abdomen dark brown. Head punctures large, separated by a diameter or less; pronotal punctures as large as on head, separated by a diameter or less; elytral punctures 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 and in basal ½, punctures on remaining surface small, separated by a diameter or less; 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 widened from vertex to clypeus, 1.4 times width of eye measured at vertex ( Fig. 207 ); eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere long, narrowed to apex in apical 1/3. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin narrow, equal in width from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, wide in basal ½, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum wider than long, about as long as mesosternum, apical margin barely perceptibly emarginate medially, with small anterolateral projection. Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 long, weakly angulate, extended more than ½ distance to apical margin of ventrite. Apex of ventrite 5 broadly, strongly emarginate medially. Genitalia with basal lobe less than ½ as long as paramere, triangular, widest at base, then narrowed to abruptly rounded apex, apex not emarginate; paramere slender, widened in apical ½, apex narrowly rounded, recurved, margins without serrations ( Fig. 208, 209 ); sipho short, slender ( Fig. 210 ).

Female. Similar to male except female genitalia with spermathecal capsule short, bent medially, ramus wide, cornu slender, apex rounded; bursal cap widely rounded, apical strut short, wide.

Variation. None observed.

Type material. Holotype male; BRAZIL; Fry RioJano., Fry Coll. 1905. 100. ( BMNH) . Paratypes; 2, 1, same data as holotype ; 1, (Brazil) Cl. Fry, Pernamb., Fry Coll. 1905. 100. ( BMNH) .

Remarks. This species is distinguished by dorsal coloration and unique male genitalia. Entirely pale head and pronotum contrasted with a dark elytron are distinctive within Neaporia as are male genitalia with a basal lobe less than ½ length of paramere.

Figures

Figures 206–218. Neaporia spp. 206–210) Neaporia kayla 206) Habitus. 207) Frons. 208) Phallobase ventral. 209) Phallobase lateral. 210) Sipho. 211–214) Neaporia tracey 211) Elytron. 212) Frons. 213) Phallobase ventral. 214) Sipho. 215–218) Neaporia leona 215) Habitus. 216) Frons. 217) Phallobase ventral. 218. Sipho.