Hinda regularis Erichson

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 : 78-79

Hinda regularis Erichson

Figs. 19 , 34

Hinda regularis Erichson 1847:183 ; Mulsant 1853:292; Weise 1899: 269; 1902:174; Korschefsky 1931:177; Blackwelder 1945:446.

Diagnosis. Body oval­convex. Integument black with yellow spots on pronotum and elytra ( Fig. 19 ). Pronotum with two lateral round black spots reaching the border, and meeting in anterior region. Scutellum black. Each elytron with seven large spots: the first round, basal; the second elongate, on outer side of humeral callus; the third triangular, below and in line with first, close to elytral suture; fourth in center of anterior half of disc; the fifth close to suture and below first and third spots; the sixth connected to external border; seventh round, apical, connected to external border. Length 3.00 mm. Width 2.58 mm.

Male. Unknown.

Female. Genital plate wide, with style evident; apermatheca cylindrical, arched, with round horn poorly evident ramus. Last sternite with dense array of elongate bristles on apical margin ( Fig. 34).

Remarks. Hinda regularis is similar to H. modesta , H. humerata and H. joeli in the pattern of elytral spots. They differ, however, in having a different number of spots, and the females have different genitalia patterns. This species is restricted to Peru.

Type Material. The holotype, from Peru, described by Erichson, was requested from the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt­Universität ( ZNHU), Berlin. We received, however, the only specimen which was not the type specimen, yet presents the same characteristics described by Erichson. Therefore we designated the specimen as lectotype .

Material Examined. Peru. Callanga , lectotype ( ZMHU) .

Figures

Figs. 19–24. 19) Hinda regularis; 20) Hinda uncinata; 21) Hinda terminata; 22) Hinda humerata; 23) Hinda joeli; 24) Hinda decemverrucata.