Pentilia jody Gordon and González, 2019

Gordon, Robert D., F, Guillermo González & Hanley, Guy A., 2019, South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XXI: systematic revision of South American Pentilia Mulsant (Cryptognathini), Insecta Mundi 729 (729), pp. 1-27 : 7-8

5. Pentilia jody Gordon and González , new species

Description. Male holotype. Length 2.5 mm, width 2.4 mm; dorsal surface shiny except head densely alutaceous. Color black; head yellow; pronotum with lateral 1/4 yellow; elytron reddish yellow with wide, dark brown lateral margin ( Fig. 24 , specimen imaged is teneral and does not exhibit lateral margin character); venter yellow except meso-, metasternum brown; abdomen yellow except basal abdominal ventrite with median 1/3 apically brown. Head punctures not visible, hidden in alutaceous sculpture; pronotal punctures small, separated by less than to 3 times a diameter; elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, separated by less than to twice a diameter, becoming larger, denser toward lateral margin; prosternum with punctures separated by less than a diameter; mesosternum with coarse punctures separated by a diameter or less; metasternum with large punctures separated by less than to twice a diameter in median 1/2, punctures becoming sparse or absent in lateral 1/2; abdominal ventrites 1, 2 with coarse punctures separated by less than to twice a diameter; ventrites 3–4 finely, densely punctured medially; ventrite 5 finely, densely punctured. Head with frons parallel sided, 1.5 times as wide as eye, clypeal apex widely emarginate, lateral angle abruptly curved ( Fig. 25 ); eye canthus long, about 3/4 width of eye. Prosternum with lateral carina on each side long, straight, extended from apex of intercoxal process to apex of prosternum. Epipleuron strongly descending externally. Postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite curved, extended 7/8 distance to rear margin of ventrite. Genitalia with basal lobe as long as paramere, sides gradually narrowed from base to abruptly rounded apex; paramere slender, nearly straight, apex rounded ( Fig. 26, 27 ); penis short, robust, apex shortly attenuate, in a long flagellum almost as long as the rest of the penis; basal capsule slender, inner arm long, slightly curved, apically rounded, outer arm shorter than inner, apex acute ( Fig. 28 ).

Female. Similar to male except head brown, yellow lateral abdominal margin reduced, obscured with brown; genitalia with spermathecal capsule lost.

Variation. Length 2.3 to 2.5 mm, width 2.3 to 2.4 mm. Teneral specimens tend to have the brown elytral margin reduced or entirely absent, these same specimens also have entirely yellow pronota.

Type material. Holotype male; Tingo Maria, Peru, 1949, J. Dieguez C. ( USNM) . Paratypes 23, 3, same data as for holotype ; 18, Chanchamayo, Peru , Vii 1955, J E Willis coll ; 1, Peru: Junin Dept., Chancham [ayo], Prov. San Ramón ( Mensajero lodge), S11° 6.50′; W75°20.1′, 10– 20.01.2012, 825 m, Leg: Garner & Gunter, 2011, BMNH (E) 2013-62 G.H. Garner ; 1, Forested eastern foothills of the Andes, 2000ft., PERU: Tingo Maria , 1 km E. of town. At edge of woodland, 5.viii.1971., P.S. & H.L. Broomfield, B.M.1971.486. ( BMNH) ( MUSM) ( USNM) .

Remarks. Pentilia jody is distinguished by the elytral color pattern and Peruvian type locality. Pale teneral specimens are more difficult to identify but a Peruvian collecting locality will aid in recognition.

Figures

Figures 18–34. Pentilia spp. 18-23) Pentilia nichole. 18) Habitus. 19) Frons. 20) Penis guide ventral. 21) Penis guide lateral. 22) Penis. 23) Spermathecal capsule 24-29) Pentilia jody. 24) Habitus. 25) Frons. 26) Penis guide ventral. 27) Penis guide lateral. 28) Penis. 29-34) Pentilia kendra. 29) Habitus. 30) Frons. 31) Penis guide ventral. 32) Penis guide lateral. 33) Penis. 34) Spermathecal capsule.