Triplocania awa, 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 : 22-25

Triplocania awa n. sp.

( Figs 45–56 )

Diagnosis. Wings mostly hyaline, forewings with brown spots at vein ends. Central sclerite of hypandrium slightly concave anteriorly, with a mid sized posterior process in the middle ( Fig. 48 ). Phallosome Y-shaped anteriorly, with short stem and slender, long arms; anterior pair of endophallic sclerites fused, transverse, sausage-shaped, with a row of short denticles along posterior border; mesal sclerite broadly H-shaped, with anterior arms thicker, lateromesal sclerite wide, anteriorly acuminate; posterior pair of endophallic sclerites elongate, curved, distally wider, with denticles along posterior border ( Fig. 50 ). Ninth sternum straight anteriorly, rounded posteriorly, with a well defined triangular area anteriorly, and two underlying lobes posteriorly ( Fig. 55 ).

Male. Color (in 80% ethanol). Body creamy, with pale brown areas. Compound eyes brown, ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Head pale brown, with dark brown spots in genae, front and clypeus; vertex and postclypeus with brown spots ( Fig. 47 ). Genae with brown spots from the compound eyes to subgenal sulcus. Postgenae cream. Antennae and maxillary palps pale brown. Pronotum and propleura cream; tergal lobes of meso- and metathorax brown, with cream spots. Thoracic pleura brown, with ochre brown stripe at the bottom. Legs pale brown, hind coxae and trochanters cream. Abdomen creamy, with brown subcuticular spots.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head ( Fig. 47 ): H/MxW: 1.60; H/D: 2.17, IO/MxW: 0.50, MxW/IO: 3.23. Vertex slightly below the level of the compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tips broad, with three broad denticles. Mx4/Mx2: 1.4. Forewings ( Fig. 45 ): L/W: 2.54. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 5.11, with abundant setae in the membrane; areola postica: la/ha: 2.0, slanted posteriorly. Hindwings ( Fig. 46 ): l/w: 2.97. Hypandrium sclerites of about the same size. Phallosome ( Fig. 50 ). Paraprocts ( Fig. 49 ) broad, rounded posteriorly, distal part with abundant medium sized and shorts setae; sensory fields with 19 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Epiproct ( Fig. 49 ) wide, rounded posteriorly, setae as illustrated.

Measurements. FW: 3425; HW: 2450, F: 910, T: 1470, t1: 620, t2: 53, t3: 127, Mx4: 225, ctt1: 24, f1: 615, f2: 630, f3: 505, f4: 450, f5: 305, f6: 300, f7: 240, f8: 220, f9: 170, f10: 170, f11: 170, IO: 260, D: 383, d: 290, IO/d: 0.90, PO: 0.76.

Female. Color (in 80% ethanol). As in the male. Subgenital plate with pigmented areas as illustrated ( Fig. 54 ). Gonapophyses brown.

Morphology. Head ( Fig. 53 ): H/MxW: 1.28, H/D: 1.99, IO/MxW: 0.60, MxW/IO: 2.52. Vertex at the level of the compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tips broad, with three broad denticles. Mx4/Mx2: 1.13; Mx4/Mx3: 2.89. Forewings ( Fig. 51 ): L/W: 2.51. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 4.37; areola postica: la/ha: 1.83. Hindwings ( Fig. 52 ): l/w: 2.87. Subgenital plate triangular, densely setose. Gonapophyses ( Fig. 55 ): v1 elongate, slender, acuminate; v2 +3 with short proximal heel; a row of 8–9 setae on v2, including 2–3 macrosetae; distal process long, sinuous, acuminate, with field of microsetae. IX sternum ( Fig. 55 ) with underlying posterior processes distally concave. Paraprocts ( Fig. 56 ) broad, triangular, with abundant setae in distal third; sensory fields with 20 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Epiproct ( Fig. 56 ) triangular, straight anteriorly, posteriorly rounded, setae as illustrated.

Measurements. FW: 4050, HW: 2915, F: 1025, T: 1675, t1: 742, t2: 75, t3: 142, Mx4: 260, ctt1: 26, f1: 950, f2: 900, f3: 800, IO: 367, D: 395, d: 275, IO/d: 1.34, PO: 0.70.

Material studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Putumayo. Mocoa, Fin del Mundo. Camino Viejo, 1°06’34.50”N: 76°36’41.52”W. 902 m. 21.I.2015, MUSENUV slide code 26179. J. Panche. Led light trap on forest canopy . Paratypes, 1 female. Same locality and date, slide code 26180. J. Hoyos. Led light trap. 1 male. Caquetá, Belén de los Andaquíes. Resguardo La Esperanza , 1°37’0.23”N: 75°56’25.78”W. 736 m. 26.II.2017. J. Panche. Led light trap.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the Amerindian Awa, who inhabit on both sides of the border between Colombia and Ecuador in the wet forests of the western slope of the Andes.

Figures

FIGURES 45 – 50. Triplocania awa n. sp. Male. 45. Forewing. 46. Hindwing. 47. Front view of head. 48. Hypandrium. 49. Right paraproct and epiproct. 50. Phallosome. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 51 – 56. Triplocania awa n. sp. Female. 51. Forewing. 52. Hindwing. 53. Front view of head. 54. Subgenital plate. 55. Ninth sternum and left gonapophyses. 56. Epiproct and right paraproct. Scales in mm.