Parinesa anae, Escalona & Slipinski, 2012

Escalona, H. E. & Slipinski, A., 2012, Revision of the Neotropical ladybird genus Parinesa Gordon (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 3198 (1), pp. 29-53 : 39-40

Parinesa anae sp. nov.

( Figs 51–60, 148)

HOLOTYPE: Venezuela, Falcón, Península de Paraguana, Cerro Santa Ana , 730 m, N 11° 49' 01,2'' W 69° 57' 05,9'', 30–viii–2007, H. Escalona [dissected], ♂ MIZA . PARATYPE: same data as holotype, ♀ MIZA .

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished by the notably depressed and microsculptured metaventral disc ( Fig. 57). Additionally this wingless species is characterized by dorsum black; eyes partially divided by canthus; anterior lobe of prosternum ( Figs 55, 56) short and subtruncate; external border of protibia broadly rounded ( Fig. 58); penis guide short ( Figs 59, 60); parameres ( Fig. 59) gradually broadened to apex.

Description. Measurements (mm, except ratios): BL: 1.3. BW: 1.1. PL: 0.3; PW: 0.9; PL/PW: 0.3; EL: 1.0; EL/W: 0.9; CO: 0.7. Form rounded in dorsal view, convex; wingless. Color black. Surfaces polished; head covered with fine disperse setae, punctures finer and denser than on pronotum and elytra; pronotum with minute sparse setae.

Head slightly convex. Clypeus ( Fig. 51) prominent, apex broadly rounded. Eyes partially divided by ocular canthus. Mentum apical borders rounded ( Fig. 52). Maxilla as in Fig. 53. Antennal club with last 4 segments enlarged ( Fig. 54).

Anterior lobe of prosternum short and subtruncate ( Figs 55, 56), with irregular sparse punctures, prosternal process sulcated. Mesoventral process ( Fig. 57) slightly prominent and broad. Metaventrite ( Fig. 57) short, disc notably depressed and microsculptured. Elytra with fine and disperse punctures and few short setae laterally; lateral side with a coarsely–punctured short striae at metacoxal level. Abdominal process broad; ventrite I coarsely microsculptured. Protibia ( Fig. 58) external border broadly rounded.

Male genitalia ( Figs 59, 60); penis not examined, penis guide ( Fig. 59) short and rounded apically, about half length of parameres. Parameres ( Fig. 60) gradually broadened to apex.

Etymology. Named after the type locality, The Cerro Santa Ana, Venezuela.

Distribution. This species occur in a small extension of cloud forest restricted to the top of Cerro Santa Ana, an isolate hill in the xerophytic Peninsula de Paraguana, Falcon St., Venezuela ( Fig. 148).