Cyrea devillii (Mulsant) Canepari & Gordon & Hanley, 2016

Canepari, Claudio, Gordon, Robert D. & Hanley, Guy A., 2016, South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVII: Systematic revision of the genera Cyrea Gordon and Canepari and Tiphysa Mulsant (Hyperaspidinae: Brachiacanthini), Insecta Mundi 2016 (486), pp. 1-180 : 57-58

43. Cyrea devillii (Mulsant) , new combination

Cleothera devillii Mulsant, 1850:560 .

Hyperaspis devilii: Crotch 1874:215 ; Gordon 1987:27.

Hyperaspis devillei: Korschefsky 1931:187 ; Blackwelder 1945:446.

Description. Male. Length 2.5 mm, width 2.0 mm; body rounded, convex. Dorsal surface smooth, shiny. Color yellow except pronotum with black basomedian macula extended about 5/6 distance to anterior pronotal margin, apical margin of macula not emarginate, lateral 1/5 of pronotum irregularly yellow; elytron reddish yellow with small, pale brown spot on humeral callus, sutural margin irregularly reddish brown from scutellum to wide, dark brown oval spot on apical declivity ( Fig. 238 ); ventral surface with head, prosternum, meso- and metaventrites brownish yellow; abdomen yellow except median 1/3 of ventrites 1-4 brownish yellow. Head punctures small, separated by a diameter or less, each puncture about as large as an eye facet; pronotal punctures larger than head punctures, separated by less than to 2 times a diameter, elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, separated by less than to about 2 times a diameter; metaventral punctures larger than on elytron, separated by about a diameter medially, separated by less than a diameter in lateral 1/3. Clypeus emarginate apically, lateral angle rounded, surface with sparse, long pubescence. Eye canthus about 6 eye facets long, slightly angled forward, nearly straight, apically rounded, yellow. Pronotum narrowed from base to apex, basal and anterior angles abrupt, lateral margin weakly rounded, basal margin without trace of bordering line medially. Epipleuron narrow, not grooved, not descending externally, deeply emarginate for reception of femoral apices. Protibia with narrow oblique angle, outer margin slightly curved, smooth, sponda slightly extended beyond angle. Carinae on prosternal process widely separated at apex, convergent toward base, joined at basal 1/3 of prosternum, single carina extended to prosternal base. Metaventrite with trace of sparse setal tuft. Basal abdominal ventrite with sparse setal tuft. Abdomen with postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite slightly flattened along posterior ventrite margin, extended forward at apex, ventrite with small, dense punctures; ventrites 2-6 pubescent throughout, punctures fine, dense; 5th ventrite depressed medially, apical margin broadly, feebly emarginate; 6th ventrite short, narrow, depressed medially, apical margin weakly emarginate, angle on each side of emargination abrupt. Apical tergite finely, densely punctured, apex emarginate. Genitalia with basal lobe 3/4 as long as paramere, asymmetrical, sides sinuate, convergent from base to rounded apex; paramere Pvl, lower margin broadly produced, apex abruptly rounded ( Fig. 239, 240 ); sipho strongly curved in basal 2/3, without visible alae, basal capsule with inner arm elongate, narrow, apex widened, obliquely truncate, outer arm slightly narrower and about as long as inner arm, with small accessory piece, basal border widely, shallowly emarginate ( Fig. 241, 242 ).

Female. Similar to male except head dark brown, pronotum dark brown except lateral 1/5 yellowish brown. Genitalia with spermathecal capsule short, slender, weakly curved, widened from base to acute apex; bursal cap oval, with 2 small, sclerotized arms, apical strut short, slender ( Fig. 243 ).

Variation. Length 2.2 to 2.7 mm, width 1.7 to 2.2 mm. Elytron with dark brown spot on apical declivity variable in shape, sometimes extended to apex of elytron, then widened along posterior elytral margin, sutural margin from scutellum to apical declivity may lack dark border, or border color may vary from brown to black.

Type locality. Brazil.

Type depository. UMZC (lectotype designated by Gordon 1987).

Geographical distribution. Brazil.

Specimens examined. 16. Brazil. MG (Minas Gerais), Mar de Espanha; MG, Serra Caraca MG, Vicosa; Minas Gerais, Vile Monteverde; RJ, Petrópolis; Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo, Pau d’ Alho Itú; SP, Ribiero Pires; S. Paulo, Sitio Bananal, Guarulhos; St. Joao d. R. ( BMNH) ( DZUP) ( MZSP) ( USNM) ( ZMHB).

Remarks. Cyrea devillii has a distinctive dorsal color pattern by which it may be recognized. It is apparently a frequently collected Brazilian species, at least from the southeastern portion of the country.

Mulsant (1850) stated that he had type material from the Chevrolat and Paris Museum collections. Therefore, in addition to the UMZC lectotype, a type specimen in the MNHP labeled “Museum Paris, Bresil, Minas-Geraes a Gayaz, de Castelnau 19-47/150/ Cleothera devillei Muls. , auct. det.” is designated a paralectotype.

Figures

Figures 238-253. Cyrea spp. 238-243) Cyrea devillii. 238) Habitus. 239) Phallobase ventral. 240) Phallobase lateral. 241) Sipho. 242) Enlarged siphonal apex. 243) Female genitalic plate and spermathecal capsule. 244-248) Cyrea yolanda. 244) Habitus. 245) Phallobase ventral. 246) Phallobase lateral. 247) Sipho. 248) Enlarged siphonal apex. 249-253) Cyrea jeannette. 249) Habitus. 250) Phallobase ventral. 251) Phallobase lateral. 252) Sipho. 253) Enlarged siphonal apex.