Hinda designata Mulsant, 1874

Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Milléo, Julianne, 2000, Review Of The Genus Hinda Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Hyperaspinae, Brachiacanthadini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (1), pp. 68-87 : 75-77

Hinda designata Mulsant

Figs. 17 , 28–30

Hinda designata Mulsant 1850:518 ; Korschefsky 1931:177; Blackwelder 1945:446; Gordon 1987:26.

Hinda quinquedecimmaculata Weise 1895:127 ; Korschefsky 1931:177; Blackwelder 1945:446.

Diagnosis. Body oval­convex. Integument black with yellow spots on pronotum and elytra ( Fig. 17 ). Pronotum with black area in base with two large triangular projections towards apex. Scutellum black. Each elytron with six more or less coalescent spots: the first rounded, close to base and suture, linked to second at base which is on humeral callus; third below first, close to suture; fourth, in central disc, nearly rectangular; fifth spot linked to external border; third, fourth and fifth spot connected to each other; sixth spot apical, oval and transverse. Length 3.50–4.25 mm. Width 2.83–3.50 mm.

Male. Median lobe asymmetrical, with rounded, slightly pointed apex, smaller than parameres. Parameres wide at base, constricted in third apical, apically forming two outward curving tips ( Fig. 28 ). Sipho elongate, curved, with truncated apex and membranous projections ( Fig. 29 ).

Female. Genital plate wide, with small style; spermatheca cylindrical, forming an arc with rounded cornus, ramus poorly evident; infundibulum elongate. Last sternite with dense array of elongate bristles on the apical border ( Fig. 30 ).

Variation. The pronotum may have three black projections, one oval in the center, and two lateral, rounded and reaching the margin. The elytral spots may not be connected to each other.

Remarks. This species is similar to H. decas in coloration and symmetry of the male genitalia. However they differ in the larger number of yellow spots in H. designata and in the paramere which in this species is wide with a concave apex. The species, like H. decas , is limited to Colombia.

Type Material. Hinda designata was described by Mulsant from Santa Fé de Bogotá (collect. Dejean, Reiche). The lectotype was designated by Gordon in 1987 and contains that label, plus a blue label [ TYPE] and another with the following: [ TYPE, designata, Reich ]. This specimen was studied and is deposited in UMZC. The type of H. quinquedecimmaculata was described by Weise as from Colombia (Bang­Haas). It has a label with the following: [ Hinda quinquedecimmaculata m. 1895]. It has also another label: [Lectotype Hinda quinquedecimmaculata Weise Gordon 1971 ]; however this designation was not published. This material was studied and is deposited in ZMHU.

Material Examined. Colombia. Santa Fé de Bogota´ , lectotype, one specimen ( ZMHU) ; one specimen, lectotype ( ZMHU); Thieme col., two specimens ( ZMHU); Staudinger col., two specimens ( ZMHU) .

Figures

Figs. 15–18. 15) Hinda buqueti; 16) Hinda decas; 17) Hinda designata; 18) Hinda modesta.

Figs. 28–30. Hinda designata. 28) tegmen; 29) sipho; 30) female genitalia.