Hinda humerata (Mulsant) Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Milléo, Julianne, 2000

Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Milléo, Julianne, 2000, Review Of The Genus Hinda Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Hyperaspinae, Brachiacanthadini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (1), pp. 68-87 : 83

Hinda humerata (Mulsant) , new combination

Figs. 22 , 40

Cleothera humerata Mulsant 1850:605 .

Hyperaspis humerata Weise 1910:59 ; Korschefsky 1931:190; Blackwelder 1945:447.

Diagnosis. Body oval­convex. Integument black with yellow spots on pronotum and elytra ( Fig. 22 ). Pronotum with two rounded lateral spots. Each elytron with four large spots: the first round, near suture and base; second approximately same size, near the suture and behind the first; the third located laterally, next to second; fourth and largest, transverse, at apex of elytron.

Length 3.58 mm. Width 2.83 mm.

Male. Unknown.

Female. Genital plate wide with small style; spermatheca cylindrical, forming an arc, with round cornus and poorly evident ramus; infundibulum elongate. Last sternite with dense array of elongate bristles on the apical border ( Fig. 40).

Remarks. H. humerata is similar to H. regularis , H. modesta and H. joeli in general body color, but differs from them in its larger size, smaller number of elytral spots, and pattern of genitalia of the female. This species is restricted to the Amazon basin.

Type Material. Cleothera humerata was described by Mulsant as being from Cayenne (collect. Buquet). It is in the BMNH and has the following labels: [Type] round with red margins, [57–71] round and blue, [Humerata Muls.—Cayene: D.Leprieur], [named by Mulsant].

Material Examined. Guiana Francesa. Cayenne, D. Leprieur, one specimen (holotype) ( BMNH) .

Figures

Figs. 19–24. 19) Hinda regularis; 20) Hinda uncinata; 21) Hinda terminata; 22) Hinda humerata; 23) Hinda joeli; 24) Hinda decemverrucata.