Cryptogonus fusiformis Huo & Ren

Huo, Lizhi, Li, Wenjing, Chen, Xiaosheng, Ren, Shunxiang & Wang, Xingmin, 2015, New species, new synonymies and a new record of the genus Cryptogonus Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from China, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62 (2), pp. 203-210 : 203

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Coccinellidae

Cryptogonus fusiformis Huo & Ren sp. n. Figure 2

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from other Cryptogonus species by its fusiform penis guide in ventral view (Fig. 2f).

Description.

TL: 2.68 mm, TW: 2.14 mm, TH: 1.36 mm, TL/TW: 1.25; PL/PW: 0.51; EL/EW: 1.00, HW/PW: 0.58; PW/EW: 0.72. ID/HW: 0.50.

Body rounded, densely covered with short, silver white pubescence (Fig. 2 a–b). Base of head yellow, anterior part black and clypeus dark brown. Dorsum entirely black. Ventral side black except legs and abdomen partially reddish brown.

Punctures on frons dense and coarse, 0.5-1.0 diameters apart. Punctures on pronotum and elytra fine and sparse, 2-4 diameters apart. Punctures on metaventrite fine and sparse at middle, 5 diameters apart, coarse and dense on both sides, 0.3 diameters apart.

Male genitalia. Penis long with apex pointed. Penis capsule with longer outer branch and short inner one. Tegminal strut slightly longer than tegmen. Parameres 2 times length of phallobase with apex densely setose (Fig. 2g). Penis guide, in lateral view strongly curved as S-shape, equivalent to parameres, in ventral view gradually broadening toward midlength, narrowing to pointed apex (Fig. 2f).

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Types.

Holotype: 1 male, CHINA: Yunnan Prov.: Mengdui Town, Zhenkang County, 23°54.16′N, 98°54.02′E, ca 1400 m, 18.V.2008, Wang XM et al. leg. (SCAU).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a Latin adjective referring to its fusiform penis guide in ventral view.