Chilocorellus uncinacanthus Zhang & Wang, 2020

Zhang, Xiaoning, Liang, Xinyue, Chen, Xiaosheng & Wang, Xingmin, 2020, Three new species of the genus Chilocorellus Miyatake (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Sticholotidini) from the Philippines, ZooKeys 937, pp. 115-127 : 115

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.937.50139

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scientific name

Chilocorellus uncinacanthus Zhang & Wang
status

sp. nov.

Chilocorellus uncinacanthus Zhang & Wang sp. nov. Figures 1 View Figure 1 , 4 View Figure 4

Holotype.

Philippines: 1 male, CNHM Philippines Zool. Exped. (1946-47) F. G. Werner leg., E. slope Mt. Mckinley, Davao Province, MINDANAO Elev. 6800 ft., 25 Aug. 1946 Lot #26, beating.

Paratypes.

1 female, CNHM Philippines Zool. Exped. (1946-47) H. Hoogstraal leg.; Lake Linau, E. slope Mt. Apo, Davao Province, MINDANAO Elev. 7900 ft., mossy forest. 2 Nov. 1946. 1 female, CNHM Philippines Zool. Exped. (1946-47) H. Hoogstraal leg.; Baclayan, E. slope of Mt. Apo, Davao Province., MINDANAO Elev. 6500 ft., original forest. Nov. 1946. 1 female, CNHM Philippines Zool. Exped. (1946-47) H. Hoogstraal leg.; Lake Linau, E. slope Mt. Mckinley, Davao Province, MINDANAO Elev. 7900 ft. stunted mossy forest, 11 Jun. 1946.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to C. protuberans , C. tenuous , and C. seleuyensis in general appearance (e.g., the elytra yellow without any spots and broad), but can be distinguished from them by the anterior part and apex of penis hatchet-shaped with irregularly serrated coupled teeth. In C. protuberans , the penis is long and slender, with a large penis capsule and apex of penis is curved, with many small teeth. In C. tenuous , penis is very long and slender and apex of penis has many large teeth. In C. seleuyensis , penis is longer than in other species and apex of penis is partly membranous, with many small teeth.

Description.

TL: 3.26-3.30 mm, TW: 2.87-3.02 mm, TH: 1.29-1.40 mm, TL/TW: 1.09-1.14; PL/PW: 0.23-0.24; EL/EW: 0.86-0.98 HW/PW: 0.55-0.58; PW/TW: 0.54-0.55; HW/TW: 0.30-0.32; Eye W/HW: 0.5-0.57.

Head yellow, with eyes silvery gray. Pronotum, scutellar shield, and elytra yellow, with small dense punctures. Underside yellow, except mesoventrite and metaventrite yellowish brown.

Body oval, moderately convex (Fig. 1b, c View Figure 1 ). Head small, 0.3 times elytral width (HW/TW = 1:3.2) with sparse pubescence. Eyes oval, widest interocular distance 0.54 times head width (eye W/HW = 1:1.87). Frons broad with irregular transparent spots, punctures uniform and dense (Fig. 1c, d View Figure 1 ).

Pronotum 0.55 times elytral width (PW/TW = 1: 1.83), moderately transverse, with irregular transparent spots, punctures uniform and dense (Fig. 1c View Figure 1 ). Elytra with transparent humeral angles, punctures uniform and dense (Fig. 1a-c View Figure 1 ). Male genitalia (Fig. 1t-w View Figure 1 ): penis guide in lateral view wide at base and uniformly narrowing to pointed apex; parameres distinctly longer than penis guide, uniformly slender with densely distributed long setae apically (Fig. 1t, u View Figure 1 ); penis tubular, extremely long, curved; flabellate part of penis capsule very broad, anterior part and apex of penis hatchet-shaped with irregularly serrated coupled teeth (Fig. 1v, w View Figure 1 ).

Distribution.

Philippines (Davao).

Etymology.

The name uncinacanthus is composed of the Latin word uncin, which refers to the anterior part of uncinate penis and acantha, referring to the anterior part and apex of the penis.