Hyperaspis picta (Gorham, 1899) Szawaryn & Nestor-Arriola, 2025

Hyperaspis picta comb. nov.

Figs 1–3 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3

Cinachyra picta Gorham, 1899: 263 .– Korschefsky 1931: 109; Blackwelder 1945: 443; Fürsch 1996: 29.

Semra picta ( Gorham, 1899) : Özdikmen 2007: 25; Nedvěd & Kovář 2012: 530.

Diagnosis. Hyperaspis picta comb. nov. is a very distinctive and unique among all other Hyperaspis species. It can be easily distinguished from congeners by its color pattern (black body surface with large, orange, central irregular macula on elytra) and a very distinctive wrinkled surface of elytra.

Material examined. Holotype. MEXICO: Chilpancingo, Guerrero, 4600 ft. June. H.H. Smith / Cinachyra picta, Gorh. [hand writing]/ B.C.A., Col., VII./Type [red circle]/ HOLOTYPE Cinachyra picta Gorham 1899: 263 det. R.G. Booth 2005/ NMHUK010369515 / ♂ [NHM] ( Fig. 1A–C, F View FIGURE 1 ) . Other material. MEXICO: Tres Marias, Huitzilac , Morelos, 19.067093°N, 99.261239°W, alt. 2302 m / pine forest, on compound flowers, XI-3-2021, Col. K. Y. Acosta, J. G. Martinez & V. H. Toledo / CIUM-cocc-2662 / ♀ [ CIUM] ( Fig. 1D, E View FIGURE 1 ) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Mexico: Guerrero, Morelos.

Redescription. Length = 2.45 mm, width = 1.93 mm; TL/EW = 1.27; PL/PW = 0.40; EL/EW = 0.94. Body oval ( Figs 1A, D View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 ), strongly convex ( Fig. 1C, E View FIGURE 1 ), winged.

Head black with two orange maculae located at base of the antennae, close to anterior margin of clypeus ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ) (in female specimen the head is entirely black, Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ); pronotum black with orange-yellow margin of anterior corners and two barely visible small orange maculae on either side of pronotum ( Fig. 1B, C View FIGURE 1 ) (in female specimen anterior maculae are connected and form irregular ring-like macule in anterior pronotal projections, Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ), two elliptical orange spots in pronotal discal area; elytra black with three pairs of small orange maculae (anterior, mediolateral, and posterior) and a large orange irregular maculae in the central part of elytra ( Fig. 1A, D View FIGURE 1 ); ventral side black to dark brown with abdomen brown-orange; legs orange. Head and pronotum with surface rugged, appearing dull, with distinct sculpture ( Fig 2A–D View FIGURE 2 ); elytra distinctly and densely wrinkled, wrinkles more deeply marked in posterior part of elytra ( Fig. 2A, E View FIGURE 2 ). Head sparsely covered with small single punctae ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ), pronotum and elytra covered with small, shallow double punctae (one bearing minute seta, second without seta) ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ).

Head partially concealed by pronotum; ventral antennal grooves distinct, short and straight ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 ). Eyes ( Fig. 2D, G View FIGURE 2 ) large, finely faceted, moderately convex, dorsally with inner orbits arcuate; ocular canthus absent; interocular distance about 0.50 times as wide as head width across eyes; interfacetal setae minute, sparsely distributed. Antennal insertions invisible from above ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ), covered with lateral extensions of clypeus. Anterior clypeal margin slightly produced, with rounded lateral lobes extending anteriorly, emarginate medially. Antenna short, about 0.44 times as long as width of head capsule, composed of 11 antennomeres ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 ); scape enlarged, distinctly roundly projected anteriorly; pedicel narrower than scape, subquadrate, barrel-shaped; antennomere 3 shorter than pedicel, antennomeres 3–5 elongate, antennomeres 6–8 trapezoidal, broadening anteriorly, antennomeres 9–11 forming elongated, fusiform antennal club; antennomere 9 distinctly elongate, much longer than two apical antennomeres combined; antennomere 10 obliquely truncate apically, terminal antennomere short, sub-triangular. Labrum truncate at apex. Mandible apically bidentate. Maxillary cardo transverse with outer margin projecting laterally, reaching slightly outside of mouth cavity ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); maxillary palp short with terminal palpomere slightly widened apically, obliquely truncate at apex. Gula with distinct, central large pore ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ). Submentum transverse with anterior margin straight; mentum cordate in shape, anterior margin with distinctly projected lobes, ventral surface with lateral longitudinal carinae; prementum transverse; labial palps separated by distance about equal to width of palpiger; penultimate palpomere large, elongate; ultimate palpomere conical, distinctly narrower and shorter than penultimate one ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ).

Pronotum with anterior corners rounded, slightly projected, not swollen with regular border; anterior margin without bordering line in median part; posterior angle with short, oblique line, posterior margin bordered medially ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 2D View FIGURE 2 ). Prothoracic hypomeron smooth; notosternal suture distinct; prosternal process parallel sided, truncate apically; its surface with short, parallel, lateral carinae ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ). Prosternum in front of coxa shorter than procoxal longitudinal diameter at the same position; anterior pronotal margin with complete bordering line; procoxal cavity transverse without anterior bordering line, with apically rounded lateral slit ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ).

Mesoventrite short, transverse, anteriorly emargined with complete raised border; mesoventral process at median width of coxa about as wide as corresponding mesocoxal diameter; meso-metaventral articulation with suture visible; junction straight ( Fig. 2F, H View FIGURE 2 ). Scutellar shield sub-triangular ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ). Elytra with sides rounded; lateral margins narrow, not or barely visible from above; humeral calli present ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ); elytral epipleuron relatively wide, incomplete apically, inner margin with incomplete bordering line; with foveae for reception of mid and hind femora in repose ( Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 ). Metaventrite with discrimen long but incomplete anteriorly; metaventral postcoxal lines joined at middle forming straight line, roundly recurved and complete laterally ( Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 ); metaventral surface coarsely punctate, with microreticulation on lateral sides; metepimeron distinct.

Legs with trochanters angulate ( Fig. 2H, I View FIGURE 2 ); pro- and mid femora broad, hind femora slightly swollen; tibiae slender, with distinct apical carina present, tibial apices without spurs ( Fig. 2I View FIGURE 2 ); tarsi with four tarsomeres, pseudotrimerous; tarsal claws in female and male with large quadrate basal tooth ( Fig. 2J View FIGURE 2 ); empodium absent.

Abdomen with six ventrites in both sexes ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ); ventrite 1 long, about as long as ventrites 2 and 3 combined, ventrite 2–5 sub-equal in length; abdominal postcoxal lines separate medially, incomplete, posteriorly almost reaching hind margin of ventrite 1 and slightly recurved; hind margin of ventrite 5 in male truncate ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ), in female straight to slightly emarginate; ventrite 6 in male apically truncate ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ); ventrite 6 in female apically rounded, in both sexes tergite VIII apically rounded ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ). In both sexes ventrite 6 with lateral pockets for accommodation of laterally bent tergite VIII, lateral margins of tergite VIII partially covers ventrite 6 and is visible ventrally. Small glandular pores between ventrites 2–3 and 3–4 present, almost inconspicuous in females.

Male terminalia and genitalia. Sternite IX ( Fig. 3J View FIGURE 3 ) with additional sclerite at base of apodeme in form of inverted V; apodeme narrow, simple, rod-like; tergite X short, transverse. Tegmen in inner view ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3 ) with penis guide asymmetrical, petal shaped; parameres ( Fig. 3G, H View FIGURE 3 ) articulated with phallobase, well developed, distinctly longer than penis guide, asymmetric, with fringe of dense, long setae on apices and outer margins; tegminal strut rod-like. Penis basal capsule with inner arm well developed, outer arm slightly reduced; penis of equal diameter along the entire length; penis tip lightly sclerotized, partially membranous ( Fig. 3I View FIGURE 3 ).

Female genitalia. Sperm duct longer than spermatheca; infundibulum absent; spermatheca compound, basal unit elongate ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ) and apical portion spherical ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ) connected by narrow duct, spermathecal accessory gland present ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Coxites sub-quadrate, deeply excavated at base, truncate on apices; apical margins covered with long setae ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ); styli present. Proctiger large, transverse, with anterior margin emarginated, and posterior margin almost straight, slightly emarginated, covered with long setae ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ).