Neaporia gorhami Brèthes, 2014

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 : 41-42

38. Neaporia gorhami Brèthes

Neaporia gorhami Brèthes 1925a: 208 .

Prodilis gorhami Korschefsky 1931: 109 ; Blackwelder 1945: 444.

Description. Male. Length 1.6 mm, width 1.3 mm; body elongate oval, elytron with side straight, wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface shiny except elytron with trace of microsculpture. Color black, elytra brown (Fig. 239); pronotum with reflexed lateral margin black; antenna yellow; mouthparts, epipleuron, legs yellowish brown; ventral surface dark reddish brown except abdomen yellowish brown. Head punctures small, separated by a diameter or less; pronotal punctures as large as on head, separated by a diameter or less; elytral punctures large, coarse, much larger than on pronotum, separated by less than a diameter; prosternal, mesosternal punctures large, separated by less than a diameter; metasternum with large punctures along anterior and lateral borders, punctures on remaining surface absent or small, sparse; punctures on abdominal ventrites 1–3 large, separated by less than twice a diameter, punctures on remaining ventrites small, separated by about a diameter. Head densely pubescent, frons slightly widened from vertex to clypeus, about 1 ½ times as wide eye measured at vertex (Fig. 241); 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 longer than wide, longer than mesosternum, apical margin arcuate, with small, slightly setose anterolateral projection (Fig. 242). Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 long, extended slightly beyond midpoint of ventrite (Fig. 240). Apex of ventrite 5 broadly, weakly emarginate medially. Genitalia with basal lobe shorter than paramere, slender, parallel sided to emarginate apex; paramere wide in basal 2/3, apical 1/3 narrowed to acute apex, weakly curved, dorsal margin without serrations (Fig. 243, 244); sipho robust, apex lost (Fig. 245).

Female. Similar to male except spermathecal capsule slender, base not enlarged, cornu wide, rounded, with apical beak; bursal cap not sclerotized, not visible, apical strut long, slender, bent in basal ½.

Variation. None observed.

Type locality. BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro.

Type depository. BMNH

Geographical distribution. Brazil.

Specimens examined. 2. Holotype labeled “Type (orange bordered disc)/Fry Rio Jan./ Neaporia gorhami Brèthes /Fry Coll. 1905–100./type!/ HOLOTYPE Neaporia gorhami Brèthes Det. R.G. Booth 2014 .”; 1, Labeled “ Neaporia gorhami (?) Brethes, Costa Lima det. ( BMNH).

Remarks. Neaporia gorhami is similar to several other species of the genus, but a densely, coarsely punctured dorsal surface and brown elytra with black pronotum and head help to distinguish this species, although male genitalia need to be examined to confirm and identification. The male specimen listed above is without locality data so specimen origin is uncertain, but because it has a Costa Lima det. label it is probably Brazilian.