Triplocania sarmaca, González-Obando & Carrejo-Gironza & García, 2017

González-Obando, Ranulfo, Carrejo-Gironza, Nancy & García, Alfonso N., 2017, New species of Colombian Triplocania Roesler (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Ptiloneuridae), Zootaxa 4336 (1), pp. 1-113 : 82-83

Triplocania sarmaca n. sp. Female

( Figs 277–280 )

Diagnosis. Ninth sternum convex anteriorly, broadly trapeziform, with a triangular pigmented area posteriorly, on each side of the longitudinal midline ( Fig. 280 ).

Color (in 80% ethanol). Body pale brown. Compound eyes brown; ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Head pattern ( Fig. 279 ). Antennae pale brown. Thorax pale brown, tergal lobes of meso- and metathorax with cream spots. Tibiae and tarsi pale brown, coxae, trochanters and femora cream; coxae with pale brown spots on base and apex; femora proximally and distally with pale brown spots. Forewings almost hyaline, with pale brown bands basally and distally on pterostigma; a pale brown submarginal band from R2+3 to Cu1a, veins with brown spot at wing margin ( Fig. 277 ). Abdomen cream, with subcuticular brown spots. Subgenital plate pale brown, pigmented area dark brown. IX sternum pale brown; gonapophyses brown.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head ( Fig. 279 ): H/MxW: 1.39. H/D: 2.59, IO/MxW: 0.71, MxW/IO: 1.95. Vertex straight , slightly above the level of the compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tip broad, with four to five broad denticles. Forewings ( Fig. 277 ): L/W: 2.53, pterostigma: lp/wp: 4.14; areola postica high, la/ ha: 1.71, distal part of Cu 1a almost straight. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 278 ) wide, with sides converging to round apex. Gonapophyses ( Fig. 280 ): v1 elongate, about 0.9 the length of v2 +3, tapered, with abundant short setae distally ; v2 +3 wider anteriorly, with short proximal heel; eight macrosetae, one more anteriorly, on v2; distal process sinuous, acuminate, with microsetae. IX sternum ( Fig. 280 ).

Measurements. FW: 3450, F: 900, T: 1550, f1: 575, IO: 462.5, D: 350, d: 250, IO/d: 1.85, PO: 0.71. Material studied. Holotype female. COLOMBIA. Putumayo. National Natural Park La Paya, Viviano Cocha trail, 0º08’S: 74º57’W, 210 m, 26–29.I.2003. C. Sarmiento and M. Macanilla. Malaise trap. MAH. Etymology. The specific epithet, a noun in apposition, is an artificial word formed with the roots of the last names of its collectors, to whom the species is dedicated.

Figures

FIGURES 277 – 280. Triplocania sarmaca n. sp. Female. 277. Forewing. 278. Subgenital plate. 279. Front view of head. 280. Ninth sternum and left gonapophyses. Scales in mm.