Prodilis olivia 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 : 75-76

26. Prodilis olivia Gordon and Hanley , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 2.7 mm, width 1.3 mm; body rounded, elytron with side rounded, wider than pronotal base, widest before middle of elytra. Dorsal surface shiny except elytron with trace of microsculpture. Color black (Fig. 464); head black except apex of frons yellow (Fig. 466); pronotum black except anterolateral angle narrowly yellow, not seen in image; antenna, mouthparts, legs yellow; epipleuron yellowish brown; venter yellowish brown; abdomen yellow. Head punctures small, separated by a diameter or less; pronotal punctures smaller than on head, separated by a diameter or less; elytral punctures small but larger than on pronotum, separated by a diameter or less; prosternal punctures small, nearly absent; mesosternal punctures large, separated by a diameter or less; metasternum with basal and lateral punctures as large as on mesosternum, median punctures widely separated; abdomen with punctures on ventrites 1–3 large, separated by less than twice a diameter, punctures on remaining ventrites smaller, separated by about a diameter. Head with frons wide, weakly widened from vertex to clypeus, about 1.4 times wider than eye measured at vertex; eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere short, widened from base to apex. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin narrow, equal in width from base to apex. Epipleuron descending externally, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum wider than long, about as long as mesosternum, base broadly, feebly emarginate, lateral carina slender, extended to apex of procoxa. Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 long, slightly angulate, extended 2/3 distance to apex of ventrite (Fig. 465). Apex of ventrite 5 slightly emarginate. Genitalia with basal lobe longer than paramere, slender, sides weakly narrowed from base to emarginate apex; paramere slender, curved, apex poiinted (Fig. 467, 468); sipho not figured.

Female. Similar to male except head black. Spermathecal capsule short, wide, nearly equal in width throughout, apex of cornu rounded.

Variation. Length 2.4 to 2.7 mm, width 2.0 to 1.3 mm.

Type material. Holotype male; COLOMBIA: Cald (Caldas), 1895m, Salento , July 2, 1939, Murillo No 5164. ( USNM) . Paratypes; 8, 3, same data as holotype ; 1, Colombia , Cnd Tabio, 22 May 1946, EAChapin Sta 46–17 ; 1, Popayán #4634 Colombia, Cau 19.VI.1946, E.A. Chapin ; 2, Neira , Colombia, Cld,15.II.41, alt. 2025m, Murillo No 5473 ; 1, Usaquén , Colombia, CND, 13–VIII–39, alt. 2696m, Murillo No 5180. ( USNM) .

Remarks. This species is distinguished by round body form, reduced size of pronotal and elytral punctures, and completely yellow abdomen.