Afidentula manderstjernae bahraini, Tomaszewska, Wioletta & Szawaryn, Karol, 2013

Tomaszewska, Wioletta & Szawaryn, Karol, 2013, Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini), Zootaxa 3608 (1) : -

Afidentula manderstjernae bahraini ssp. nov.

( Figs. 41–46 , 175 )

Diagnosis. Very similar to the nominotypical form but has the body larger and slightly more elongate. The female genitalia ( Figs. 44, 45 ) should be consulted for proper identification.

Description. Length 3.96 mm; TL/EW = 1.4; PL/PW = 0.42; EL/EW = 1.04; EW/PW = 1.62.

Head, mouthparts, prosternum, mesoventrite and legs reddish-brown, metaventrite black. Pronotum brown, with black macula antero-medially; elytron brown with six large black spots arranged as 2–3–1, with apical spot transverse. Abdomen reddish-brown with black median part.

Abdomen with apical margin of female ventrite 5 weakly sinuate ( Fig. 41 ). Female sternite and tergite VIII rounded ( Figs. 42, 43 ).

Female genitalia ( Figs. 44, 45 ). Proctiger (TX) weakly emarginate apically ( Figs. 45, 46 ); coxites elongateoval. Spermatheca small, membranous, vermiform with small sclerotized appendix at apex; outlet of accessory gland distant from sperm duct.

Male not known.

Type material. Holotype, female: “ Bahrain 10.VIII.78 / C.P.B.C. EPi-8/78- 48-I / C.I.E. COLL. A. 10656/ Pres by Comm Inst Ent B.M. 1977-1/ Z613/ Afidentula manderstjernae (Ms.) det. E.A.J. Duffy 1978/ Adult on Zea mays ” (BMNH).

Etymology. The name is derived from the type locality of this subspecies.

Distribution. Bahrain.

Host plant: Zea mays L. ( Poaceae ).

Figures

FIGURES 41 – 46. Afidentula manderstjernae bahraini spp. nov.; 41) abdomen, female; 42) abdominal tergite VIII, female; 43) abdominal strenite VIII, female; 44) spermatheca; 45) ovipositor, ventral; 46) proctiger (TX, female), dorsal.

FIGURES 164 – 176. Habitus, dorsal; 164) A. quindecemguttata (Dieke); 165, 166) A. himalayana Kapur; 167) A. stephensi (Mulsant); 168) A. bisquadripunctata (Gyllenhal); 169) A. thanhsonensis Hoang; 170) A. semisqualens sp. nov.; 171) A. manderstjernae bielawski ssp. nov; 172) A. manderstjernae bhutani ssp. nov.; 173) A. manderstjernae manderstjernae (Mulsant); 174) A. m. manderstjernae (Mulsant), holotype; 175) A. manderstjernae bahraini ssp. nov.; 176) Afidentula minima (Gorham).