Synonyms
Paraphellus magnopunctatus Slipinski and Tomaszewska, 2005: 380.
Diagnosis
Very similar to P. rostratus but differs in having the pronotum with a distinct line separating anterior corners and the abdominal ventrite 1 with two large pores associated with postcoxal line.
Description
Length 0.8-1.0 mm. Winged; form elongate oval, convex; surfaces distinctly and uniformly setose with setae mostly suberect and pointing backwards. Brown to dark brown, ventral side testaceous; labrum and appendages yellowish brown. Surfaces between punctures highly polished and strongly shiny. Head flat, regularly punctate and shortly setose, punctures 1-2 diameters apart; each puncture as large as an eye facet, and with a short curved seta. Clypeus distinctly prominent forming short rostrum, weakly arcuate anteriorly. Eyes small, coarsely facetted, dorsally separated by about 4 times width of an eye. Antenna 8-segmented with long 1-segmented club. Pronotum widest just before base and gradually narrowing anteriorly, pronotal margins narrow explanate but visible from above; anterolateral line distinct. Disc strongly convex medially, sloping laterally, densely punctate, punctures as large as those on frons, 2-3 diameters apart, laterally punctures becoming slightly coarser and denser. Scutellum oval, well visible, glabrous. Elytron shiny, sparsely and coarsely punctate, punctures irregular and 2-3 times as large as those on pronotum, usually separated by less than one diameter. Elytral margins very narrow but entirely visible from above. Epipleuron narrow and extending to level of abdominal ventrite 3. Abdomen: postcoxal line of first ventrite incomplete, not reaching lateral margin, with 2 big pores on each side.
Male
Male genitalia: tegmen 1.2 times and median lobe 1.8 times as long as abdomen; trabes about as long as the basal piece; parameres moderately developed, each with 2 long setae at apex.
Female
Not externally different from male.
Variation
Not observed.
Distribution and Biology
Known from few localities in northern Queensland. Adults have been collected in flight intercept traps. The larva is unknown. Click on map for larger version (use the bowser 'back arrow' to return to this page).
Species References
Slipinski, A., Tomaszewska, W. 2005. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part 3. Tribe Sukunahikonini. Australian Journal of Entomology, 44: 369-384.
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