Neapion (Neotropion), 1990

Sousa, Wesley Oliveira De & Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare, 2018, Two new Brazilian species of Neapion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990 subgenus Neotropion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990 with a key to South American species (Brentidae: Apioninae), Zootaxa 4402 (3), pp. 551-562 : 560

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.8

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:33A988BB-3AB4-4AE7-88C7-6A563FA91D74

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5989624

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A87E6-FFF2-FF9A-FF02-8FCEFA14F982

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Plazi

scientific name

Neapion (Neotropion)
status

 

Key to species of Neapion (Neotropion) of South America

1 Vestiture dense ( Fig 1-3 View FIGURES 1–6 ); elytral intervals convex, with raised areas in intervals 2, 4, 5, 6 ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1–6 )................................................................................................. N. (Neotropion) marquesae sp. n.

- Vestiture sparse; elytral intervals flat, without raised areas ( Fig 15, 16 View FIGURES 15–19 )........................................... 2

2 Rostrum in side view flat ventrally at mesorostral level ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 15–19 ); elytral vestiture with light scales ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 15–19 ).............. 3

- Rostrum in side view convex ventrally at mesorostral level; elytral vestiture with light and dark scales.................. 4

3 Integument dark reddish brown; mesorostrum subequal to width of prorostrum; elytral intervals with scales uniformly arranged; length less than 2 mm; pedon in profile with ventral margin at apex produced slightly; internal sac with ‘tuning-fork’ shaped sclerite 515µm long; tegmen with fenestrae narrowly separated, about 0.16 times fenestrae width, prostegium not bifid.................................................................. N. (Neotropion) americanum (Wagner, 1908)

- Integument dark brown; mesorostrum larger than prorostrum; elytral intervals with some dense area of scales, forming one spot on each of intervals 1–4 at posterior median region of elytra ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 15–19 ); length greater than 2.5 mm; pedon in profile with ventral margin not produced; internal sac with ‘tuning-fork’ shaped sclerite 680 µm long; tegmen with fenestrae widely separated, about 0.7 times fenestrae width, prostegium medially bifid ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 15–19 )................ N. (Neotropion) diringsi sp. n.

4 Scutellum ovate, slightly longer than wide; elytra in profile convex; pedon in profile with dorsal margin at apex produced slightly; internal sac with ‘tuning-fork’ shaped sclerite 455 µm long; tegmen with fenestrae widely separated, about 0.7 times fenestrae width, prostegium not bifid...................................... N. (Neotropion) lebasii (Gyllenhal, 1839)

- Scutellum rectangular, more than twice as long as wide, posteriorly forming slender, awl-shaped projection; elytra in profile acutely gibbose; pedon in profile with dorsal margin not produced; internal sac with ‘tuning-fork’ shaped sclerite 550 µm long; tegmen with fenestrae narrowly separated, about 0.13 times fenestrae width, prostegium medially bifid..................................................................................... N. (Neotropion) peculiare (Wagner, 1909)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Brentidae

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