Neaporia kristina Gordon and Hanley, 2017

Gordon, Robert D. & Hanley, Guy A., 2017, South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVII: systematic revision of Western Hemisphere Cephaloscymnini (Coccinellinae) with description of a cryptic new genus and species of Coccidulini (Coccinellinae), Insecta Mundi 2017 (601), pp. 1-158 : 15-16

2. Neaporia kristina Gordon and Hanley , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 2.3 mm, width 1.6 mm; body oval, wide, slightly elongate; elytra wider than pronotal base, body widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface entirely shiny, lacking microsculpture. Color red except head, pronotum black with greenish tint; elytron with greenish black macula occupying most of apical declivity ( Fig. 54 ); antenna, epipleuron, legs yellow; mouthparts yellow except apical maxillary palpomere dark brown; ventral surface, including abdomen entirely yellow. Head punctures small, separated by a diameter or less; pronotal punctures as large as on head, separated by a diameter or less; elytral punctures as large as on pronotum, separated by less than a diameter; prosternal, mesosternal punctures large, separated by less than a diameter; metasternal punctures large anteriorly and laterally, separated by less than a diameter, finer and sparser medially; punctures on abdominal ventrites 1, 2 large, separated by 1 to 3 times diameter, punctures on remaining ventrites small, separated by about a diameter. Head with frons about the width of an eye measured at vertex ( Fig. 55 ); eye canthus short, barely visible; apical maxillary palpomere nearly parallel sided, slightly narrowed to apex in apical ½. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin wide, widened from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, wide in basal ½, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum slightly longer than mesosternum, with apical margin medially truncate, anterolateral projection small, round, slightly setose. Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 slightly angulate, extended 3/4 distance to apical margin of ventrite. Apex of ventrite 5 widely, weakly emarginate medially. Genitalia with basal lobe about as long as paramere is wide, equal in width throughout, sinuate in apical ½, apex narrowly emarginate; paramere wide in basal 4/5, apical 1/5 sinuate, dorsal margin with short tooth just before apex in lateral view ( Fig. 56, 57 ); sipho lost.

Female. Similar to male except head not densely pubescent, genitalia with spermathecal capsule small, slender, narrowest at middle, base and apex slightly widened, apex of cornu rounded.

Variation. Length 2.1 to 2.6 mm, width 1.5 to 1.7 mm. Head and pronotum often without greenish tint, macula on apical declivity variable in size.

Type material. Holotype male; COSTA RICA; Heredia, Pr : La Selva Biol. Sta., 3 km S Pto. Viejo, 10 o 26'N 84 o 01'W. 10.VII.1994, H. A. Hespenheide. ( USNM) . Paratypes; 7, same data as holotype except dates 18.vi.1985, 11.vii.1994, 26.vii.1996, 6.viii.1996, 16.viii.1996, host data on trunk of Ochroma lagopus , balsa trunk, tree trunk. ( USNM) .

Remarks. This species is similar to N. irma and similar appearing species, but may be recognized by the unusual, unique male genitalia.

Figures

Figures 45–64. Neaporia spp. 45–53) Neaporia irma. 45) Habitus. 46) Abdomen. 47) Frons. 48) Maxillary palpus. 49) Pro and mesosternum. 50) Phallobase ventral. 51) Phallobase lateral. 52) Sipho. 53) Female spermathecal capsule. 54–57) Neaporia kristine. 54) Habitus. 55) Frons. 56) Phallobase ventral. 57) Phallobase lateral. 58–64) Neaporia mabel. 58) Habitus. 59) Basal abdominal ventrite. 60) Frons. 61) Pro and mesosternum. 62) Phallobase ventral. 63) Phallobase lateral. 64) Sipho.