Hinda decemverrucata (Mulsant)

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 : 85-86

Hinda decemverrucata (Mulsant) , new combination

Figs. 24 , 44–46

Cleothera decem­verrucata Mulsant 1850:603 .

Hyperaspis decem­verrucata: Crotch 1874:213 .

Hyperaspis decemverrucata: Korschefsky 1931:187 ; Blackwelder, 1945:446; Gordon 1987:27.

Diagnosis. Body oval­convex. Integument brown to black with yellow spots on the pronotum and elytra ( Fig. 24 ). Pronotum with three large, oval and longitudinal, yellow spots. Scutellum brown to black. Each elytron with six large spots: two basal, the first larger and quadrangular; second and more elongate lateral to basal humeral callus; third, behind, slightly smaller than first, with oblique base and rounded apex; fourth and fifth smaller, elongate, united, with fourth slightly larger than fifth; with the fifth spot near elytral border; sixth large, triangular, occupying entire elytral apex.

Variation. The central spot of the pronotum may be subdivided, rounded or small. The elytral spots may be partially united: the first and third, and the third and sixth, can be united near the suture. Length 3.92–4.08 mm. Width 3.08–3.50 mm.

Male. Median lobe symmetrical, with truncate apex, approximately the same size as parameres. Parameres wide at base, with strong constriction slightly beyond base, of constant width beyond constriction, and slightly indented near apex ( Fig. 44 ). Sipho elongate, curved, with truncated apex and membranous projections ( Fig. 45 ).

Female. Genital plate wide; spermatheca cylindrical, forming arc, with round cornus and poorly evident ramus; infundibulum elongate. Last sternite with dense array of elongate bristles on the apical border ( Fig. 46 ).

Remarks. Hinda decemverrucata resembles H. decas and H. designata in the color and position of spots, and males have symmetrical genitalia. In H. decemverrucata , however, the central spot of the elytral disc is elongate, differing from that of H. designata . Also the male genitalia is different. In H. decemverrucata the parameres are approximately the same size, while in H. designata they are widened and concave at the apex. The geographical distribution of both species are restricted to Colombia.

Type Material. One specimen of Hyperaspis decemverrucata, Gordon (1987) , from Colombia, with label written [TYPE 10 verrucata Chevr], with three additional labels: one, printed in blue [TYPE], and two others with the following: [Lectotype, Hyperaspis decemverrucata Muls. R. Gordon 70], (the designation of which was unpublished) and [Lectotype, Hyperaspis 10­ decemverrucata Muls. 1850 Gordon 1987 ]. This material was studied ( UMZC).

Material Examined. Colombia. Chevr. , lectotype, one specimen ( UMZC) ; Bogota, three specimens ( UMZC) ; New Granada, two specimens ( UMZC) ; origin not indicated, Chevrolat , one specimen ( UMZC) .

Figures

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

Figs. 44–46. Hinda decemverrucata. 44) tegmen; 45) sipho; 46) female genitalia.