Abstract
A new species of the genus Neapion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990 subgenus Neotropion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990 (Brentidae: Apioninae) is described and illustrated. Neapion (Neotropion) cleidecostae sp. nov. (Type locality: Paraguay, Misiones) is the second Apioninae species from South America with dense, thin vestiture and raised areas on the elytra. In addition to these characters, vestiture color pattern and male genitalic characters such as penis shape, length of the tuning fork-shaped sclerite in the internal sac (the largest found in Apioninae), and shape of the tegminal plate are diagnostic of this new species.
Highlights
The New World genus Neapion AlonsoZarazaga, 1990 (Apionini: Ixapiina) was defined to include species belonging in the genus Apion Herbst, 1797, subgenus Ixias Sainte-Claire Deville, 1924 sensu Kissinger (1968)
The genus Neapion has 18 described species, six of which in the subgenus Neapion, which is distributed in the Nearctic region (Canada to the Northeastern United States) and in the Mexican transition zone (Mexico)
The subgenus Neotropion comprises 12 species, with seven of them occurring in the Nearctic (USA) and part of the Neotropical region (Central America and the Antilles) (Kissinger, 1968, 1990; O’Brien & Wibmer, 1982; Wibmer & O’Brien, 1986; AlonsoZarazaga, 1990)
Summary
The New World genus Neapion AlonsoZarazaga, 1990 (Apionini: Ixapiina) was defined to include species belonging in the genus Apion Herbst, 1797, subgenus Ixias Sainte-Claire Deville, 1924 sensu Kissinger (1968). Two subgenera were recognized by Alonso-Zarazaga (1990): Neapion (Neapion) umboniferum (Fall, 1898)) and Neotropion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990
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