Cyrea januarii (Bréthes) Canepari & Gordon & Hanley, 2016

Canepari, Claudio, Gordon, Robert D. & Hanley, Guy A., 2016, South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVII: Systematic revision of the genera Cyrea Gordon and Canepari and Tiphysa Mulsant (Hyperaspidinae: Brachiacanthini), Insecta Mundi 2016 (486), pp. 1-180 : 73-74

61. Cyrea januarii (Bréthes) , new combination.

Cleothera januarii Bréthes,1925b:161

Hyperaspis januarii: Korschefsky 1931:192 ; Blackwelder 1945:447.

Description. Male holotype. Length 3.0 mm, width 2.4 mm; body oval, convex. Color black except head yellow; pronotum black except anterior margin and anterolateral 1/5 yellow; elytron yellow bordered with black, suture broadly black with lateral expansion in basal 1/2 and minor expansion at apical 1/4, base narrowly black, lateral margin unevenly black except humeral angle yellow with extension of black area at apical 1/4, apex narrowly black ( Fig. 339 ); ventral surface with mouthparts, antennae, legs reddish yellow. Head punctures small, separated by a diameter or less, each puncture as large as 2 eye facets; pronotal punctures smaller than on head, separated by 1 to 3 times a diameter; elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, separated by less than to about 3 times a diameter; metaventral punctures much larger than on pronotum, separated by a diameter or more medially, becoming larger and contiguous toward lateral margin. Clypeus strongly emarginate apically, lateral angle abruptly rounded, surface with sparse, long pubescence. Eye canthus as long as 6 eye facets, angled forward, abruptly rounded apically, yellow. Pronotum narrowed from base to apex, sides rounded, basal and anterior angles abruptly rounded, basal margin without bordering line. Epipleuron narrow, grooved, deeply emarginate for reception of femoral apices. Protibia without angle, outer margin smooth; sponda shallow. Carinae on prosternal process widely separated at apex, convergent before prosternal base, single carina extended to base. Metaventrite with median setal tuft. Abdomen with postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite rounded, extended to apical margin of ventrite at middle, then broadly forward to lateral 1/5 of ventrite; ventrites 1-4 with sparse, long pubescence, punctures sparse medially becoming dense laterally; 5th ventrite weakly depressed medially in apical 1/2, apical margin weakly emarginate medially, surface densely punctate; 6th ventrite short, narrow, not depressed in apical 1/2, apical margin slightly emarginate, densely pubescent, surface smooth, glabrous. Apical tergite finely, densely punctured. Genitalia with basal lobe shorter than paramere, asymmetrical, narrowed to rounded apex; paramere Pvl, wide ( Fig. 340, 341 ); sipho slender, strongly curved, without obvious lateral alae, basal capsule large, inner arm long, wide, apically obliquely truncate, outer arm slightly longer than inner arm, with large accessory piece, basal border deeply emarginate ( Fig. 342, 343 ).

Female. Unknown.

Variation. Unknown.

Type locality. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.

Type depository. BMNH (holotype).

Geographical distribution. Known only from the type locality in Brazil.

Specimens examined. 1. The holotype.

Remarks. The dorsal color pattern is diagnostic for this species.

The male holotype is labeled “Type (orange bordered disc)/type (handwritten)/Brasilia Rio Jan. (handwritten)/Fry. Coll. 1905. 100./ Cleothera januarii Brethes (handwritten).” From the original description it is apparent that Brèthes described only one specimen.

Figures

Figures 339-353. Cyrea spp. 339-343) Cyrea januarii. 339) Habitus. 340) Phallobase ventral. 341) Phallobase lateral. 342) Sipho. 343) Enlarged siphonal apex. 344-348) Cyrea spinalis. 344) Habitus. 345) Phallobase ventral. 346) Phallobase lateral. 347) Sipho. 348) Enlarged siphonal apex. 349-353) Cyrea similaris. 349) Habitus. 350) Phallobase ventral. 351) Phallobase lateral. 352) Sipho. 353) Enlarged siphonal apex.