Sasajiscymnus gibbosus (Yu, 1997)

TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 5207 (1), pp. 1-104 : 22-23

Sasajiscymnus gibbosus (Yu, 1997)

( Figs 13 , 72)

Chinese name: 瘤叶ḧ瓢•

Pseudoscymnus gibbosus Yu, 1997: 720 (type locality: Wang’erbao, Wanzhou, Chongqing, China).— Pang et al. 2004: 87; Kovář 2007: 582.

Sasajiscymnus gibbosus: Iqbal et al. 2020: 384 .

Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence ( Figs 13a–c ). Head yellow with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellow. Scutellar shield yellowish brown. Elytra black with yellowish brown apices and humeral angles. Ventral surfaces yellowish brown to black. Legs yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, slightly recurved toward the base of ventrite ( Fig. 13d ).

Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis with membranous appendage ( Fig. 13e ). Penis guide widest at base in lateral view, apically pointed; parameres inconspicuous, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 3/ 4 in ventral view, then sharply narrowing to pointed apex ( Figs 13f–g ).

Female genitalia: Unknow.

Material examined. Holotype: China: Chongqing: ♂, Wang’erbao, WanZhou District , 28.IX.1994, Li FS leg ( CAU).

Distribution. China (Chongqing).

Figures

FIGURE 13. S. gibbosus (Yu, 1997), holotype: a dorsal view, b lateral view, c frontal view, d abdomen, e–g male genitalia: e basal part of penis, f tegmen, ventral view, g tegmen, lateral view. Scale bars: a–c: 0.5 mm; d–h: 0.1 mm.