Pseudoazya mirabilis, Duarte-de-Mélo & Basílio & Moura Lima & Almeida, 2024

Pseudoazya mirabilis Duarte-de-Mélo & Almeida, sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. Pseudoazya mirabilis sp. nov. is similar to P. nana , P. gnoma and P.pusilla , by sharing one spot on the discal area of the elytra. It differs from: P.pusilla by the longitudinal rows of large elytral punctations; from P. gnoma by the iridescence of the elytra; and from P. nana by longitudinal rows of punctations beyond the spot area, also by iridescent and violaceous spot. Differs from all other species of Pseudoazya by the sinuous inner area of the apex of the penis.

Description. Female. Holotype. Length 2.11 mm, width 1.84 mm. Body dark, with whitish setae, oval, convex, to times longer than elytral height ( Fig. 2A, C, D View Figure 2 ). Dorsal tegument shiny, iridescent, with punctations; one iridescent, violaceous spot formed by dark setae in the central area of elytra ( Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ).

Head. Dorsal surface greenish; dull glow. Antennae and mouthparts yellowish. Punctations with the same size and distant from each other, by more than a diameter of a punctuation ( Fig. 2B, C View Figure 2 ).

Thorax. Pronotum with color and punctations similar of the head. Ventral surface black; coxae, trocanters and femora, brownish. Lateral area of pro, meso and metasternum with punctuation distant from each other by less than one diameter of the punctuation; metasternum punctations wider in the lateral area. Epipleura with punctuations sparse on base and dense on apex. Hipomera and epipleura with fovea to reception of femoral apex. Mesosternum about 2/3 of longitudinal length of prosternum ( Fig. 2A–D View Figure 2 ).

Elytra. Punctations denser than in the head and pronotum, with irregular size and distance, being separated by less than a diameter. Longitudinal rows of wide punctations from suture to outer elytral margin ( Fig. 2A, D View Figure 2 ).

Abdomen. Ventrites brownish to yellowish. Punctations of ventrite I with the same size than the mesosternum. Punctations of the other abdominal areas sparse, separated by two diameters or more, denser in the ventrite V. Ventrite VI not emarginate ( Fig. 2F View Figure 2 ).

Genitalia. Coxites subtriangular, rounded apex, three times longer than wide. Spermatheca apex narrower than the base, five times longer than wide ( Fig. 2J–K View Figure 2 ).

Male. Similar to female, except by ventrite VI hidden by ventrite V, emarginated ( Fig. 2E View Figure 2 ). Tegmen two times longer than wide; penis guide half of the length of parameres, wider in the base and sharp in the apex; parameres with base in ventral view with basal half narrow and apical wide and rounded, lobed, three times wider than the base, with setae in all apical margin of parameres ( Fig. 2G, H View Figure 2 ). Penis capsule with inner arm 1.4 times longer than wide, curved, with an emargination at the base of penis tube, assuming the shape of a semicircle, and outer arm two times wider than long; penis apex bifid, with sinuous inner area ( Fig. 2I View Figure 2 ).

Type material. HOLOTYPE: “ Brasil. Pernambuco,\ Camaragibe, PE 027, Km 14,\ 1-30.vi. 2018, 140m, - 7.929ºS,\ - 35.038ºW, P.C. Grossi ”, “ ♀ ”, [ DZUP 246596 View Materials ]. PARATYPE: “ Brasil. Pernambuco,\ Camaragibe, PE 027, Km 14,\ 1-30. vi. 2018, 140m, - 7.929ºS,\ - 35.038ºW, P.C. Grossi ”,“ ♂ ”, [ CERPE]. GoogleMaps

Etymology. The name Pseudoazya mirabilis sp. nov. alludes to the overall appearance of the species, which is remarkable.

Geographic distribution. Brazil: Pernambuco ( Fig. 3 View Figure 3 ).

Remarks. Only two specimens from Pseudoazya mirabilis sp. nov. are currently known. The female specimen was selected as the holotype because the male specimen is teneral.