Gordonoryssomus limeirai Almeida & Santos, 2014, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Almeida, Lúcia M.
name: Santos, Paula B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Gordonoryssomus
Gordonoryssomus limeirai

description: Gordonoryssomus limeirai sp. nov.
(Fig. 13)
Description of holotype (male). Length 3.71, width 2.78 mm. Form elongate oval, widest at middle of elytra, somewhat flattened dorsoventrally (Fig. 13C). General color and middle of thorax and abdomen brownish yellow. Outline of pronotum and elytron discontinuous. Pronotum yellowish red, with a basal triangular black spot, translucent at apex; finely, densely punctured; pubescence of semierect yellowish white hairs (Fig. 13D). Elytra yellowish red with a large black spot, extending from the base almost to the apex, reaching the middle of humeral callus. With a brownish yellow spot in sutural margin along almost 2/3 of the suture (Fig. 13A). Elytral punctures intermixed coarse and fine, dense, slightly larger than on pronotum; sparse in the discal area. Antenna, mouthparts, hypomera, epipleura, and legs brownish yellow. Metaventrite finely, sparsely punctured medially and anteriorly; coarsely, densely punctured laterally and posteriorly with punctures large, often confluent (Fig. 13B). Abdominal ventrites coarsely punctured, punctures separated by about a diameter or less, punctures becoming coarser laterally. First abdominal ventrite with postcoxal line almost touching the posterior margin of the first abdominal ventrite; precoxal area coarsely punctured on base of cavity (Fig. 13E). Genitalia simple; basal lobe equal in length to the paramere, lateral margin thickened and abruptly widened in apical half, apex bluntly pointed; paramere straight in lateral view, nearly parallel-sided (Fig. 13G, H); sipho flattened, sinuous at apex (Fig. 13F).
Female. Similar to male in all aspects externally. Genitalia with genital plates triangular, not elongated, styli with setae; spermatheca elongate, not uniform, with narrow apex (Fig. 13I, J).
Etymology. This species is named in honor of the dedicated entomologist, Dr. Francisco Limeira de Oliveira.
Discussion. The color pattern is similar to that of G. delicatus, but it differs in length and the size of the sutural spot. Female genitalia with genital plate not elongate, somewhat triangular as in G. deyrollii, G. delicatus and G. mirnae. G. limeirai differs from all other species of the genus by the postcoxal line which almost touches the posterior margin of the first abdominal ventrite and male genitalia with wider basal lobe.
Type material. “ BRAZIL (PI), Caracol / Parque Nacional Serra das/Confusões, Andorinha, 515 m,/ 09º08’27.8”S / 43º33’42.1”W /CZMA” “Suspensa dupla (20 metros)/ 20-30.IX.2013, J.A. Rafael,/ F. Limeira de Oliveira &/ T.T.A. Silva cols./CZMA” “ ♂ ” [white label]. “ HOLOTYPE / Gordonoryssomus / limeirai / Almeida & Santos, 2014” [red label]. 1 ex. [CZMA]; “ BRAZIL (PI), Caracol / Parque Nacional Serra das/Confusões, Andorinha, 515 m,/ 09º08’27.8”S / 43º33’42.1”W /CZMA” “Suspensa dupla (20 metros)/ 20-30.IX.2013, J.A. Rafael, / F. Limeira de Oliveira & / T.T.A. Silva cols./CZMA” “ ♀ ” [White label].“ PARATYPE / Gordonoryssomus / limeirai / Almeida & Santos, 2014” [yellow label]. 1 ex. “DZUP/245996” [DZUP].
Geographical distribution. Brazil (PI) (Fig. 17).
description: Published as part of Almeida, Lúcia M. & Santos, Paula B., 2014, Synopsis of Oryssomini Gordon (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the Neotropical region with new species of Oryssomus Mulsant, Pseudoryssomus Gordon and Gordonoryssomus Almeida & Lima, pp. 42-68 in Zootaxa 3846 (1) on pages 60-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/250860