Cyrea annette Canepari and Gordon, 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 : 27-28

12. Cyrea annette Canepari and Gordon , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 2.8 mm, width 2.3 mm; body rounded, convex. Dorsal surface with head alutaceous, dull, pronotum and elytron smooth, shiny. Color yellow except pronotum with short, narrow, dark brown basomedian macula extended 1/6 distance to anterior pronotal margin, macula with short median projection and larger angulate projection at each end, comma shaped spot present on each side of middle at midpoint of pronotum; elytron with dark brown sutural border from scutellum nearly to apex, border triangularly widened anterior to middle of elytron, 3 large, dark brown spots present, 2 connected spots in anterior 1/2, and irregularly transverse spot on apical declivity ( Fig. 59 ); ventral surface with head, prosternum, meso- and metaventrites dark brown; abdomen yellowish brown. Head punctures small, separated by less than to about a diameter, each puncture as large as an eye facet; pronotal punctures larger than head punctures, separated by less than to about a diameter, elytral punctures as large as on pronotum, separated by 1 to 2 times a diameter; metaventral punctures about as large as on elytron, separated by 1 to 3 times a diameter medially, larger and separated by less than a diameter in lateral 2/3. Clypeus emarginate apically, lateral angle rounded, surface with sparse, long pubescence. Eye canthus about 6 eye facets long, angled forward, apically rounded, yellow. Pronotum narrowed from base to apex, basal and anterior angles abrupt, lateral margin straight, basal margin without trace of bordering line medially. Epipleuron wide, grooved, not descending externally, deeply emarginate for reception of femoral apices. Protibia with narrow oblique angle, outer margin slightly arcuate, smooth, sponda slightly extended beyond angle. Carinae on prosternal process narrowly separated at apex, convergent, joined just before prosternal base, connected to prosternal base by single carina. Metaventrite without setal tuft. Basal abdominal ventrite without setal tuft. Abdomen with postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite rounded throughout, extended forward at apex, ventrite with sparse, long pubescence and small punctures sparse medially becoming denser laterally; ventrites 2-6 pubescent throughout, punctures fine, sparse medially, becoming denser laterally; 5th ventrite depressed in median 1/3, apex shallowly emarginate; 6th ventrite medially depressed, apex emarginate with lateral angle rounded. Apical tergite finely, densely punctured, apex weakly emarginate, nearly truncate. Genitalia with basal lobe 1/2 as long as paramere, asymmetrical, sides parallel from base to apex, apex obliquely truncate; paramere Pav, widened from base to rounded apex, upper margin with sclerotized projection, or “ear” slightly posterior to apex ( Fig. 60, 61 ); sipho strongly curved in basal 2/3, without visible alae, basal capsule with inner arm short, wide, angled forward, outer arm wider and longer than inner arm, with accessory piece, basal border shallowly, abruptly emarginate ( Fig. 62, 63 ).

Female. Similar to male except head with apex of clypeus brown. Genitalia with spermathecal capsule short, wide, weakly curved, basal 1/2 wide, apical 1/2 narrow; bursal cap oval, without visible arms, apical strut short, spatulate in apical 1/2 ( Fig. 65 ).

Variation. Length 2.7 to 3.0 mm, width 2.2 to 2.7 mm. Pronotum may have brown maculae widened with anterior spots curved and reaching mediobasal spot, elytron sometimes with anterior spot divided into two spots, anterolateral angle of outer spot narrowly connected to base of elytron, or with posterior spot narrowed medially but not divided into two spots.

Type material. Holotype male; Venezuela, Caracas, 18. July II.34, Korschefsky Collection 1952. ( USNM) . Paratypes; 4, 1, Trinidad, St. Benedict , July 1 - 15, 62, J. Maldonado C ( USNM). 1, Trinidad, Mt. Tucuche., vii.1905., F.Birch., B.M.1927-540, Brit. Mus. 1934-56 ( BMNH) ; 1, Trinidad, Curepe , 27-3-1961, N. Gopaul Coll. ( USNM) ; 1, Aranguez , Trinidad, 7-5-1961, N. Gopaul Coll. ( USNM) ; 1, Saugre-Grande , Trinidad, Oct. 1959 ( USNM) .

Remarks. The dorsal color pattern is somewhat useful for identification, but the male genitalia are completely diagnostic.

Figures

Figures 49-64. Cyrea spp. 49-52) Cyrea melanura. 49) Habitus. 50) Phallobase ventral. 51) Sipho. 52) Enlarged siphonal apex. 53-58) Cyrea emiliae. 53) Habitus. 54) Phallobase ventral. 55) Phallobase lateral. 56) Sipho. 57) Enlarged siphonal apex.58) Female genitalia.59-64) Cyrea annette. 59) Habitus. 60) Phallobase ventral.61)Phallobase lateral. 62) Sipho. 63) Enlarged siphonal apex. 64) Female genitalia.

Figures 65-82. Cyrea spp. 65-70) Cyrea trepida, 65) Habitus. 66) Phallobase ventral. 67) Phallobase lateral. 68) Sipho. 69) Enlarged siphonal apex. 70) Female genitalia. 71-76) Cyrea vivian. 71) Habitus. 72) Proleg. 73) Phallobase ventral. 74) Phallobase lateral. 75) Sipho. 76) Enlarged siphonal apex. 77-82) Cyrea roberta. 77) Habitus. 78) Phallobase ventral. 79) Phallobase lateral. 80) Sipho. 81) Enlarged siphonal apex. 82) Female genitalia.