Trichadenotecnum slossonae, (BANKS)

Yoshizawa, Kazunori, Aldrete, Alfonso Neri García & Mockford, Edward L., 2008, Systematics and biogeography of the New World species of Trichadenotecnum Enderlein (Insecta: Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Psocidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153 (4), pp. 651-723 : 703-705

TRICHADENOTECNUM SLOSSONAE (BANKS)

Psocus slossonae Banks, 1903: 236 ; Chapman, 1930: 273 (male).

Psocus quaesitus Chapman, 1930: 270 (female).

Trichadenotecnum unum Sommerman, 1948: 167 (synonymy by Mockford, 1993: 287).

Trichadenotecnum slossonae (Banks) : Mockford, 1993: 287.

Material examined: USA: 2 females, Virginia, Giles Co., Jefferson National Forest , 8.ix.1984 , CH ( MHNG); 1 female, Virginia, Floyd Co., Buffalo Mountain , 9.ix.1984 , CH ( MHNG); 2 males 1 female, Virginia, Floyd Co., Indian Ride , 9.ix.1984 , CH ( MHNG); 1 male, same locality, 10.ix.1984 , CH ( MHNG); 1 male, Virginia, Tazewell Co., Burkes Garden , 11.vii.1987 , V. M. Dalton ( MHNG); 1 male 2 females, Virginia, Giles Co, Mountain Lake Scenic Area , 17.ix.1984 , CH ( MHNG); 2 male 3 females, Virginia, Blue Ride Parkway , 18.ix.1984 , CH ( MHNG); 1 female, Virginia, Madison Co., Oak Park , 10.viii.1988 , D. Burckhardt ( MHNG); 1 male, Virginia, Isle of Wight Co., Blackwater Ecologic Preserve , 1.vii.1994 , S. M. Roble ( MHNG); 1 female, Virginia, Augusta Co., Blue Ride Parkway , 16.ix.1994 , S. M. Roble ( MHNG); 1 male, Virginia, Wythe Co., Sand Mountain , 23.vii.1998 , S. M. Roble, C. S. Hobson, R. Charles ( MHNG); 1 male, Virginia, Brunswick Co., Fort Pickett Military Reservation , 3.x.2000 , A. C. Chazal, S. M. Roble ( MHNG); 1 female, Tennessee, Sevier Co., Great Smoky National Park , 14.ix.1984 , CL ( MHNG); 2 males 1 female, Tennessee, Unicoi Co., Cherokee National Forest , 16.ix.1984 , CH ( MHNG); 1 male, 2 females, Florida, Okaloosa Co., Blackwater River State Forest , Nature Center , 27.x.1973 , ELM ( ISU);

Key to species of the slossonae group (Females are known only for T. slossonae .)

1. Epiproct lobe bilobed dorsally ( Fig. 38B ) ................................................................................................3

– Epiproct lobe not bilobed dorsally ( Fig. 41B )...........................................................................................2

2. Hypandrial processes short; epiproct lobe semicircular ................................................... T. simile Mockford

– Hypandrial processes long ( Fig. 41C ); epiproct lobe conical ( Fig. 41B )...................... T. denticulatum sp. nov.

3. Clunial arm broad apically ( Fig. 38A )....................................................................................................4

– Clunial arm narrow apically ( Fig. 42A )........................................................................... T. miffy sp. nov.

4. Dorsal margin of epiproct lobe deeply hollowed medially ( Fig. 38B ) ................................. T. slossonae (Banks)

– Epiproct lobe semicircular in posterior view, with pair of small projections dorso-laterally ( Fig. 40B ) ................. ......................................................................................................................... T. barrerai sp. nov.

Mexico: Nuevo León, 20 km south Monterrey , 2 males, 3 females, 1800 m, 25.xii.1969, ANGA ( UNAM) .

Diagnosis. This species can be clearly distinguished from the other species of the group by the dorsally broadened and clearly bilobed epiproct lobe in the male ( Fig. 38B ). Female genital structures are as in Figure 39 .

Figures

Figure 38. Male terminalia structures of Trichadenotecnum slossonae, showing terminalia in lateral view (A), epiproct in posterior view (B), hypandrium in ventral view (C) and phallosome in ventral (D) and lateral views (E).

Figure 39. Female genitalia of Trichadenotecnum slossonae, showing subgenital plate (A), gonapophyses (B) and internal plate (C) in ventral view.

Figure 40. Male terminalia structures of Trichadenotecnum barrerai, showing terminalia in lateral view (A), epiproct in posterior view (B), hypandrium in ventral view (C) and phallosome in ventral (D) and lateral views (E); everted endophallus is not illustrated in D or E.

Figure 41. Male terminalia structures of Trichadenotecnum denticulatum, showing terminalia in lateral view (A), epiproct in posterior view (B), hypandrium in ventral view (C) and phallosome in ventral (D) and lateral views (E); everted endophallus is not illustrated in D or E.

Figure 42. Male terminalia structures of Trichadenotecnum miffy, showing clunial arm in lateral view (A), epiproct in posterior view (B), paraproct in lateral view (C), hypandrium in ventral view (D) and phallosome in ventral (E).