Anacroneuria embera, Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Pablo E., 2015

Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Pablo E., 2015, Three new species of Anacroneuria Klapálek (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Panama, Zootaxa 3957 (3), pp. 69-76 : 74

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3CAEA8AC-7AB0-4937-B125-427053A21EDD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5697342

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CED608-334A-3359-2C83-FD57CFA9FABD

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Anacroneuria embera
status

sp. nov.

Anacroneuria embera View in CoL , sp. n.

( Figs. 14–18 View FIGURES 14 – 18 )

Material examined. Holotype ♂ ( USNM). Panama: Darién , Darién National Park, field station near to the Perresenico stream, 8° 01' 10.41''N; 77° 44' 17.44'' W, 94 m asl, 17–22 November 2014, R. Salas, PE Gutiérrez Fonseca, light trap.

Adult habitus. Head with dark pigment over ocelli, extending forward to M-line; antennae mostly brown. Median pronotal stripe yellow, midlateral stripes brown, margin yellow. Femora mostly yellow but with a dark apical band. Tibiae dark yellow. Wing membrane light brown, veins dark brown. Cerci yellow brownish ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 14 – 18 ).

Male. Forewing length 9 mm. Hammer thimble-shaped, height more than apical diameter ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 14 – 18 ). Aedeagal apex simple, slender and truncate at tip, finger-shaped; shoulders project slightly, giving apex a trilobed appearance ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 14 – 18 ). Lateral aspect of aedeagus with spoon-shaped tip ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 14 – 18 ). Ventral membranous lobes small ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 14 – 18 ). Dorsal keel small, triangular and extending to the shoulder. Hooks slender at base but stout in apical half.

Female. Unknown.

Nymph. Unknown.

Etymology. The species name honors the Emberá people of Panama, native to the Darien area, and is used as a noun in apposition.

Comments. This species resembles A. uatsi Stark 1998 known from Costa Rica and Honduras. However, A. uatsi has brown marginal pronotal stripes and lacks membranous ventral lobes of the aedeagus.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Plecoptera

Family

Perlidae

Genus

Anacroneuria

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