Neaporia olga 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 : 34-35

29. Neaporia olga Gordon and Hanley , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 1.6 mm, width 1.3 mm; body oval, slightly elongate, elytron with side slightly rounded, wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface entirely shiny, lacking microsculpture. Color black, pronotum and elytra with reflexed lateral margin reddish brown ( Fig. 196 ); antenna, mouthparts, legs yellow; ventral surface black except epipleuron dark brown; 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, punctures on remaining surface small, sparse; punctures on abdominal ventrites 1, 2 large, separated by less than twice a diameter of puncture, punctures on remaining ventrites small, separated by about a diameter. Head densely pubescent, frons widened from vertex to clypeus, same width as eye measured at vertex ( Fig. 197 ); eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere long, narrowed to apex in apical 1/3. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin wide, equal in width from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, wide in basal ½, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum as wide as long, longer than mesosternum, apical margin slightly arcuate, feebly emarginate at middle, anterolateral projection small, setose. Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 long, extended slightly more than ½ distance to apical margin of ventrite. Apex of ventrite 5 broadly, weakly emarginate medially. Genitalia with basal lobe as long as paramere, wide, side slightly sinuate, narrowed to widely emarginate apex; paramere slender, mostly straight, basal ½ widest, apical ½ narrow, slightly sinuate to blunt apex, dorsal margin without serrations ( Fig. 198, 199 ); sipho slender, slightly narrowed to emarginate apex ( Fig. 200 ).

Female. Similar to male except head not densely pubescent, spermathecal capsule with basal ½ slender, narrowest at middle, cornu enlarged, apex not modified.

Variation. Length 1.5–1.6 mm, width 1.2–1.3 mm.

Type material. Holotype male; BRAZIL: Am. (Amazonas), Reserva Ducke 26km NE Manaus, Hurtado, J.C.G, Licinia micrantha , 17.vi.1996, Tree No. 170, Tray No. 8, BMNH(E), 2003–84. ( BMNH) . Paratypes; 2, 3, same data as holotype except Eschweilea rometicardosi, 01.ix.1995, Tree 24, Tray No. 3, and 07, ii.1996, Tree No. 24, Tray No. 9 ; 1, same data as holotype except Micropholis guyanensis , 18.x.1995, Tree No. 98, Tray No. 9. ( BMNH) .

Remarks. This species is similar to several other black, immaculate species of Neaporia , distinguished only by examination of male genitalia.

Figures

Figures 191–205. Neaporia spp. 191–195) Neaporia brandy 191) Habitus. 192) Frons. 193) Phallobase ventral. 194) Phallobase lateral. 195) Sipho. 196–200) Neaporia olga 196) Habitus. 197) Frons. 198) Phallobase ventral. 199) Phallobase lateral. 200) Base of sipho. 201–205) Neaporia dianne 201) Habitus. 202) Frons. 203) Phallobase ventral. 204) Phallobase lateral. 205) Sipho.