Elaphopsocus boyacaensis, Román-Palacios, Cristian, Obando, Ranulfo González & García Aldrete, Alfonso N., 2016

Román-Palacios, Cristian, Obando, Ranulfo González & García Aldrete, Alfonso N., 2016, Uncovering the diversity of the neotropical genus Elaphopsocus (‘ Psocoptera’: Psocidae: Amphigerontiinae): from one to ten species, Zootaxa 4162 (2), pp. 373-380 : 374

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.11

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B822F49F-3934-426C-8763-673C2E83D365

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6058493

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B0887EF-0465-7459-FF1C-06CEF13A1B0A

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scientific name

Elaphopsocus boyacaensis
status

sp. nov.

Elaphopsocus boyacaensis View in CoL n. sp. Male

( Figs 1–6 View FIGURES 1 – 6 )

Diagnosis. Belonging in Species Group III (Román-P. et al. (2015), as modified above. Hypandrium wide, posteriorly concave, with a heavily sclerotized plate on each side. Phallosome with side struts slender, pointed anteriorly; aedeagal arms stout, club shaped; external parameres slender, bow shaped. Differing from E. roesleri in the pattern of the forewing pigmentation, in having the posterior border of the hypandrium concave, with posterolateral corners slightly projected, and in the clearly different phallosomes (compare Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 6 with Fig. 45 in Román-P. et al. (2015).

Color (in 80% ethanol). Body light brown. Compound eyes black, ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Dark brown banding pattern next to compound eyes. Frontal, fronto-genal, and fronto-clypeal sulci dark brown, postclypeus with brown bands as illustrated ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ). Genae creamy. Coxae, trochanters, femora and tarsi brown, tibiae white. Forewing pattern ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ), with dark brown spots on proximal half, basal to the discal cell. Light brown bands over a hyaline background distally. Pterostigma with small brown spots. Veins brown ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ). Hindwings ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ), almost hyaline, with cell cup light brown. Abdomen uniformly light brown; hypandrium more strongly pigmented distally.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: vertex slightly concave, with compound eyes not reaching the level of the vertex ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ). Pterostigma acute distally, slightly extended posteriorly towards Rs-M. Cell m wide, almost rectangular, crossvein between areola postica and M long ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ). Hypandrium broad, with sclerotized plate at each side ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ), phallosome elongate, with side struts widely separated anteriorly ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ). Paraprocts elongate, marginally sclerotized, with an elongate anterior “handle”, and a posterior stout prong ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ), sensory fields with 34 trichobothria in penta-lobed basal rosettes. Epiproct broadly semicircular, slightly convex anteriorly, marginally sclerotized, with a distal setal field ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ). Clunium densely covered with small papillae, more evident on margins.

Measurements (in microns). FW: 4045, HW: 3862, Mx 4: 215, f1: 662, f2: 471, f3: 421, IO: 520, D: 235, d: 164, IO/d: 3.17, PO: 0.69.

Specimen studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Boyacá. SFF Iguaque, Lagunillas , 05° 25'' N : 73° 27' W, 3380 m. Alexander von Humboldt Institute Collection, slide code ME3-1738, Malaise trap. Paratype male. COLOMBIA. Boyacá. SFF Iguaque, Cabaña mamarramos, 05° 25'' N : 73° 27' W, 2855 m. 7–21.i.2001, Malaise trap. P. Reina.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the Colombian Department of Boyacá, from where this species is so far endemic.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Psocodea

Family

Psocidae

Genus

Elaphopsocus

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