Tiphysa egae Crotch, 1874

Milléo, Julianne & de Almeida, Lúcia Massutti, 2003, Revision of the Genus Tiphysa Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Hyperaspidinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (3), pp. 274-280 : 280

Tiphysa egae Crotch, 1874

( Figs. 20, 22 )

Tiphysa egae Crotch, 1874:210 ; Korschefsky 1931:208; Blackwelder 1945:449; Gordon, 1987:26.

Diagnosis. Pronotum, scutellum and elytra dark blue with green metallic reflections and slight punctation ( Fig. 22 ). Male with head black and labrum ferruginous; female with head black and oval spot ferruginous on fronto-clypeal region. Pronotum with wide yellow band on male, narrow on female. Thoracic venter and legs ferruginous (male) or black (female) with median and lateral region of abdomen ferruginous. Abdomen with six segments on female. Length 4.17–4.92 mm. Width 3.50–4.42 mm.

Male. Not examined.

Female. Spermatheca cylindrical, arched; infundibulum long, with three short arms ( Fig. 20).

Variation. The paralectotype has a narrow band on anterolateral angle of pronotum and legs ferruginous.

Types. Lectotype and paralectotype of T. egae , from Amazonas, were examined and deposited in UMZC .

Specimens Examined. BRASIL. Amazonas: Tefé (Egae), two specimens ( UMZC) .

Figures

Figs. 21–22. Dorsal habitus. 21) Tiphysa plumbea Mulsant, 1850; 22) Tiphysa egae Crotch,