Cyrea renee Canepari and Gordon, 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 : 54-55

40. Cyrea renee Canepari and Gordon , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 4.0 mm, width 3.0 mm; body oval, elongate, convex. Dorsal surface with head and pronotum weakly alutaceous, slightly shiny, elytron smooth, shiny. Color yellow except pronotum with short, dark brown basomedian macula extended 1/4 distance to anterior pronotal margin, macula widened at outer end, with slender, dark brown macula on each side of middle extended from basomedian macula anteriorly to about middle of prosternum, apex of each macula curved laterally; elytron with sutural margin widely bordered in black, apical margin narrowly bordered in black, sutural border widened at middle and weakly widened on apical declivity, with 4 black, elongate spots, humeral and anteromedian spot connected posterior to humeral callus, posterolateral spot elongate oval, posteromedian spot irregularly oval ( Fig. 221 ); ventral surface with head, prosternum, meso- and metaventrites dark brown; abdomen yellow except median 1/3 of ventrites 1-4 dark brown. Head punctures small, separated by less than to about a diameter, each puncture 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 1 to 2 times a diameter; metaventral punctures larger than on elytron, separated by less than a diameter, larger in lateral 2/3. 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 with 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 arcuate, smooth, sponda extended beyond oblique angle ( Fig. 222 ). Carinae on prosternal process short, convergent, joined just anterior to middle of prosternum, connected to prosternal base by single carina. Metaventrite without setal tuft. Basal abdominal ventrite without setal tuft. Abdomen with postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite flattened along posterior ventrite margin, extended forward at apex, ventrite with sparse, long pubescence and small punctures medially becoming smaller and denser laterally; ventrites 2-6 pubescent throughout, punctures fine, sparse medially, becoming denser laterally; 5th ventrite depressed in median 1/3, apex shallowly emarginate; 6th ventrite medially depressed, apex emarginate with lateral angle rounded. Apical tergite finely, densely punctured, apex weakly emarginate. Genitalia with basal lobe about as long as paramere, asymmetrical, sides mostly parallel from base to apex, but sides medially “pinched,” apex broadly rounded; paramere Pem, strongly widened from base to broadly rounded apex ( Fig. 223, 224 ); sipho strongly curved in basal 2/3, with short, visible alae posterior to apex, basal capsule with inner arm long, slender, apically rounded, outer arm curved, wider and longer than inner arm, with accessory piece, basal border shallowly, widely emarginate ( Fig. 225 ).

Female. Similar to male except head with pair of small, brown spots at apex of frons, spots feebly connected, pronotum with basomedian macula widely extended to anterior pronotal margin medially. Genitalia with spermathecal capsule long, slender, equal in width from base to apex; bursal cap widely rounded with 2 sclerotized arms, slightly projected at middle, apical strut short, widened from base to apex ( Fig. 226 ).

Variation. Length 3.6 to 4.0 mm, width 2.8 to 3.0 mm. Female head varies from yellow to reddish yellow, spots in anterior 1/2 of elytron may be narrowly or broadly connected, if narrowly connected then posterior margin of outer spot curved inward.

Type material. Holotype male; Brasil, Est. Biol. Boraceia, Salesópolis - S. P., 16-18.IV.1962, Reichardt col. ( DZUP) . Paratypes; 12, 1, Est. Biol. Boraceia , Salesópolis, S.P. Brasil, 23.III.1961, Reichardt col. ( DZUP) ; 1, Est. Biol. Boraceia , Salesópolis, Sp, 14.VIII.1963, F. Lane col. ( MZSP) ; 1, Est. biol. Boraceia, Salesópolis, SP, 14-18.XI.1973, Exp.Mus Zool. ( DZUP) ; 3, Est. Bio. Boraceia , Salesópolis, SP, 30.IV.1973, Jorge & Vanin col. ( MZSP) ; 1, Boraceia , 5.II.1960, F. Lane col. ( MZSP) ; 2, S. Paulo, Cantareira, IX-955 ( DZUP) ; 1, ( Brazil) Cabeceiras (Lagoa Formosa) GO, 24-27.X.1964, Exp. Dep. Zool. ( DZUP) ; 2, Brazil, Est. Biol. Boracea, Salesopolis, SP, ZII-17-26-1969, JM & BA Campbell ( CNC) .

Geographical distribution. Brazil.

Remarks. Large size and unique dorsal color pattern suffice to identify this species.

Figures

Figures 221-237. Cyrea spp. 221-226) Cyrea renee. 221) Habitus. 222) Proleg. 223) Phallobase ventral. 224) Phallobase lateral. 225) Sipho. 226) Female genitalia. 227-232) Cyrea bernice. 227) Habitus. 228) Phallobase ventral. 229) Phallobase lateral. 230) Sipho. 231) Enlarged siphonal apex. 232) Female genital plate, bursal cap, apical strut, and spermathecal capsule.233-237) Cyrea audrey. 233) Habitus.234) Phallobase ventral. 235) Phallobase lateral. 236) Sipho. 237) Enlarged siphonal apex.