Cyrea novemsignata (Herbst) 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 : 87-88

74. Cyrea novemsignata (Herbst) , new combination

Coccinella novemsignata Herbst, 1793:268 ; Mulsant 1850:1047; Crotch 1874:308; Korschefsky1931:581. Cleothera triacantha Mulsant, 1850:546 ; Crotch 1874:215; Korschefsky, 1931:198; Blackwelder 1945:448;

Gordon 1987:27. NEW SYNONYM.

Description. Male. Length 3.0 mm, width 2.5; body rounded, convex. Dorsal surface smooth, shiny. Color yellow except pronotum with 5 small, dark brown mediobasal spots, 1 short spot anterior to scutellum, 1 slightly larger, triangular spot on each side of middle, and 1 elongate spot on each side of middle of pronotum; elytron reddish yellow, sutural margin of elytron without dark border, with 5 dark spots, humeral spot irregularly triangular, discal spot triangular, connected to sutural margin, 1 small, round posterolateral spot on lateral margin, 1 small round spot at middle of apical declivity, 1 small, triangular spot connected to sutural margin on apical declivity (Fig. 410); ventral surface with head, prosternum, meso- and metaventrites dark brown; abdomen brownish yellow except median 1/3 of ventrites 1-4 slightly darker brownish yellow. Head punctures small, separated by a diameter or less, each puncture about as large as an eye facet; pronotal punctures larger than head punctures, separated by less than to about a diameter, elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, separated by less than to 2 times a diameter; metaventral punctures larger than on elytron, separated by less than a diameter. Clypeus emarginate apically, lateral angle rounded, surface with sparse, long pubescence. Eye canthus about 4 eye facets long, angled forward, apically rounded, yellow. Pronotum narrowed from base to apex, basal and anterior angles abrupt, lateral margin curved, basal margin without trace of bordering line medially. Epipleuron wide, grooved, descending externally, deeply emarginate for reception of femoral apices. Protibia with narrow oblique angle, outer margin slightly curved, smooth, sponda extended beyond angle. Carinae on prosternal process narrowly separated at apex, convergent toward base, joined at basal 1/6, single carina extended to prosternal base. Metaventrite without trace of sparse setal tuft. Basal abdominal ventrite without sparse setal tuft. Abdomen with postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite slightly flattened along posterior ventrite margin, extended forward at apex, ventrite coarsely punctured medially, with small, dense punctures laterally; ventrites 2-6 pubescent throughout, punctures fine, dense; 5th ventrite depressed medially, apical margin feebly emarginate; 6th ventrite short, narrow, depressed medially, apical margin weakly emarginate, angle on each side of emargination rounded. Apical tergite finely, densely punctured, apex emarginate. Genitalia with basal lobe 2/3 as long as paramere, asymmetrical, sides convergent from base nearly to apex, apex rounded with slight emargination on one side; paramere Psc, equal in width from base to rounded apex (Fig. 411, 412); sipho strongly curved in basal 2/3, without visible lateral alae, basal capsule with inner arm long, wide, apex obliquely rounded, outer arm slightly narrower than, and about as long as inner arm, with accessory piece, basal border widely, shallowly emarginate (Fig. 413, 414).

Female. Similar to male except head with clypeus and apex of frons brown. Genitalia with spermathecal capsule somewhat elongate, narrow, basal 1/6 widened, cornu narrowed in apical 1/6; bursal cap broadly oval, with 2 sclerotized arms, apical strut short, weakly widened from base to apex (Fig. 415).

Variation. Length 2.3 to 3.1 mm, width 1.7 to 2.6 mm. Female head varies from typical to entirely dark brown with reddish yellow basal spot on frons, elytron sometimes with narrow, dark brown border on sutural margin, occasionally with all 3 spots on apical declivity weakly connected.

Type locality. Of novemsignata , Surinam ; of triacantha, Cayenne ( French Guiana).

Type depository. Of novemsignata, ZMHB (lectotype here designated); of triacantha, BMNH (lectotype here designated).

Geographical distribution. Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam.

Specimens examined. 58. Brazil. Amazonas, Tabatinga; Amazonas, Leticia; Mosqueira, Rio de Parana; Itaituba; Para; R. Madeira, St. Antonio ; Santarem; Rio de Janeiro. Ecuador. Napo, Yasuní ; Orellana,

Payamino Research Station ; Pompeya. Paraguay. “Paraguay.” Peru. Depto. Loreto, Puerto Almendra. Surinam. Marowijne nr. Langatabbetje ; Paramaribo. ( BMNH) ( CMNH) ( GGC) ( MKRB) ( ZMHB) ( USNM) .

Remarks. Cyrea novemsignata has a dorsal color pattern very similar to that of C. quinquenotata , but differs by having an additional posterolateral spot on the apical declivity, humeral spot often discrete, not connected to sutural margin, and often with sutural margin lacking a dark border. However, both male and female genitalia of these species are nearly identical, so it is possible that only one species is involved.

The generic status of Coccinella novemsignata Herbst has remained unknown until the type specimen was recently examined and proved to be a member of Cyrea . This specimen, a female in the ZMHB labeled “4450/9signata Hbst, Surinam, rest illegible (green paper, handwritten)/ SYNTYPUS Coccinella novemsignata Herbst, 1793 labeled by MNHUB 2004 (red paper)” is designated as the lectotype. A male type in the BMNH labeled “Type (red bordered disc)/5171 (blue disc)/Triacantha.Buq. Muls. Cayenne.(green paper)/Named by Mulsant/ Syntype (blue bordered disc)” is designated as the lectotype of C. triacantha .