Prodilis kristy 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 : 72-73

22. Prodilis kristy Gordon and Hanley , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 2.4 mm, width 1.9 mm; body oval, elytron with side rounded, wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface shiny. Color blue (Fig. 410); head blue with anterior ½ yellow, base of yellow area tridentate, pubescent; antenna, legs yellow; epipleuron brownish red; mouthparts yellow except apical maxillary palpomere brown; abdomen medially brown with lateral, apical 1/4 yellow. Head punctures large, separated by less than a diameter; pronotal punctures smaller than on head, separated by les than a diameter; elytral punctures larger than on head, separated by a diameter or less; prosternal punctures sparse, nearly absent; mesosternal punctures large, separated by less than a diameter; metasternal punctures small, nearly absent except present on lateral, anterior 1/4; abdomen with punctures on ventrites 1–2 small, nearly absent, punctures on remaining ventrites smaller, separated by about a diameter. Head with frons widened from vertex to clypeus, as wide as 1.4 times eye measured at vertex; eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere short, widened from base to apex. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin wide, equal in width from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, wide, slightly descending externally, as wide as pronotal hypomeron, without depressions. Prosternum wider than long, about as long as mesosternum, base weakly arcuate, lateral carina slender, extended to base of procoxa. Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 long, angulate, extended to apex of ventrite (Fig, 441). Apex of ventrite 5 with wide, short emargination. Basal lobe of genitalia shorter than paramere, slender, widened from base to emarginate apex, each on each side of emargination widened, round; paramere slender basally, widened from base to rounded apex, without marginal serrations ( Fig. 443, 444 ); sipho robust ( Fig. 445 ).

Female. Head blue, not pubescent ( Fig. 442 ). Female genitalia with spermathecal capsule long slender, slightly narrowed at middle, cornu apically rounded ( Fig. 446 ).

Variation. None observed.

Type material. Holotype male; BRAZIL: Am , (Amazonas), Reserve Ducki, 26km NE Manaus, Hurtado, L.C. G., Micropholis guyanensis 15.x1995, Tree No. 50a, Tray NO. 5, BMNH(E) 2003–84. ( BMNH) Paratypes 5, same data as holotype except Tree No. 129 Tray No. 10 Eschweilera pseudodecolorans 25.vi.1996, Tree No. 166 Tray No. 5 Licania micrantha 27.vi.1996, Tree No. 166 Tray No. 8 Licania micrantha 27.vi.1996, Tree No. 147 Tray No. Corythophora alta 22,vi,1996, Tree No. 155, Tray No. 7 Micropholis guyanensis 07.ii.1996. ( BMNH).

Remarks. This species is characterized in males by head maculation and genital structure.

Figures

Figures 440–457. Prodilis spp. 440–446) Prodilis kristy 440) Habitus. 441) Basal abdominal ventrites. 442) Frons. 443) Phallobase ventral. 444) Phallobase lateral. 445) Sipho. 446) Female spermathecal capsule. 447–451) Prodilis kristine 447) Habitus. 448) Frons. 449) Phallobase ventral. 450) Phallobase lateral. 451) Sipho. 452–457) Prodilis plagioderina 452) Habitus. 453) Basal abdominal ventrites. 454) Frons. 455) Phallobase ventral. 456) Phallobase lateral. 457) Sipho.