Triplocania mariaelinae, Neto, Alberto Moreira Da Silva, García Aldrete, Alfonso N. & Rafael, José Albertino, 2016

Neto, Alberto Moreira Da Silva, García Aldrete, Alfonso N. & Rafael, José Albertino, 2016, Twelve new species of Triplocania Roesler (Psocodea: ' Psocoptera': Ptiloneuridae), from South America, Zootaxa 4109 (3), pp. 251-283 : 272-275

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E6431450-3FDB-4AB9-80AE-DFE31AA666F4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5696317

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C987FB-9B37-FF8B-FF5C-97C521EE2268

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Plazi

scientific name

Triplocania mariaelinae
status

sp. nov.

Triplocania mariaelinae View in CoL n. sp.

( Figures 87–102 View FIGURES 87 – 94 View FIGURES 95 – 102 )

Diagnosis. Differing from the known species of Triplocania by the uniquely shaped central sclerite of the hypandrium, strongly convex anteriorly and posteriorly, with a median, stout, setose posterior process. The phallosome is reminiscent to that of T. lucida Roesler , differing from it in general structure, and in having only two pairs of endophallic sclerites.

Male. Color. Compound eyes black, ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents; head pattern ( Fig. 87 View FIGURES 87 – 94 ). Scape pale brown, pedicel yellow; f1–f3 yellow, with apex white. Mx4 pale yellow. Femora pale yellow; tibiae yellow; tarsomeres 1–3 pale yellow. Forewing mostly hyaline; pterostigma with a small brown spot distally, a small brown spot on confluence of CuP-1A, with a brown area limited by CuP proximally at wing margin; veins brown ( Fig. 88 View FIGURES 87 – 94 ). Hindwing hyaline; veins brown ( Fig. 89 View FIGURES 87 – 94 ).

Morphology. Head vertex straight; compound eyes without interommatidial setae. Outer cusp of lacinial tip broad, with four denticles ( Fig. 90 View FIGURES 87 – 94 ). Forewing pterostigma wider in the middle, narrow basally; Rs stem slightly convex proximally, then almost straight, R2+3 straight, R4+5 sinuous, M stem slightly concave proximally, then almost straight, M1 stem slightly convex proximally, then almost straight, M2 and M3 almost straight,; areola postica wide basally, slightly slanted posteriorly, 2A not reaching wing margin. Hindwing Rs slightly convex, R2+3 and R4+5 almost straight, M sinuous. Hypandrium of three sclerites, a large central sclerite, anteriorly and posteriorly convex, with borders sclerotized; a short, blunt ended, median posterior setose process; side sclerites large, irregular in shape; setae as illustrated ( Fig. 91 View FIGURES 87 – 94 ). Phallosome ( Fig. 92 View FIGURES 87 – 94 ) with side struts independent, V shaped, fused posteriorly to external parameres, these with tip broad and with pores posteriorly; two pairs of endophallic sclerites, anterior pair of three arms, inner arms short, with pointed processes on outer border; outer arms long, stout, blunt ended, middle arms wide based, narrowing distally, acuminate. Posterior pair proximally rounded, long, slender, narrow in the middle and widening posteriorly, curved inwards, ending in four acuminate apophyses. Epiproct wide based, broadly triangular, with a small area heavily sclerotized in the middle, setae as illustrated ( Fig. 93 View FIGURES 87 – 94 ). Paraprocts broad, almost square, sensory fields with 21 trichobothria on basal rosettes, setae as illustrated ( Fig. 94 View FIGURES 87 – 94 ).

Measurements (in microns): FW: 2807, HW: 1920, F: 734, T: 1232, t1: 513, t2: 58, t3: 114, f1: 370, f2: 190, Mx4: 283, IO: 340, D: 323, d: 188, IO/d: 1.80, PO: 0.58.

Female. Color. Essentially as in the male.

Morphology. Head with vertex slightly concave, compound eyes without interommatidial setae ( Fig. 95 View FIGURES 95 – 102 ). Fore- and hindwings ( Figs 96, 97 View FIGURES 95 – 102 ) same as in the male. Outer cusp of lacinial tip broad, with four denticles ( Fig. 98 View FIGURES 95 – 102 ). Subgenital plate broad, sides converging to a pointed apex; pigmented area with a deep, longitudinal cleft in the middle ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES 95 – 102 ). Ninth sternum ( Fig. 100 View FIGURES 95 – 102 ) broad, with anterior border strongly sclerotized, with a deep concavity in the middle; two almost elliptic areas, one large and one small, near posterior border, on each side of the longitudinal midline. Gonapophyses: v1 long, slender, heavily sclerotized; v2 +3 stout, wide proximally, with short, blunt ended heel; five setae on outer lobe as illustrated, distal process slender, acuminate, with a field of microsetae ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 95 – 102 ). Epiproct triangular, sclerotized almost throughout, with three mesal setae, other setae as illustrated ( Fig. 102 View FIGURES 95 – 102 ). Paraprocts broadly triangular, with a distinct area more sclerotized, sensory fields with 25 trichobothria on basal rosettes; setae as illustrated ( Fig. 102 View FIGURES 95 – 102 ).

Measurements (in microns): FW: 3010, HW: 1993, F: 764, T: 1240, t1: 534, t2: 62, t3: 133, f1: 393, f2: 201, Mx4: 292, IO: 350, D: 338, d: 198, IO/d: 1.76, PO: 0.58.

Material examined. Holotype male ( INPA ). Brazil. Pará, Altamira. Caverna Abrigo do Sismógrafo (03º17’18”S: 52º13’28”W). 7.VII.2009. Franco, F. Paratypes: 1 male and 1 female (LES/UFSCar). Same data as the holotype. 1 female ( INPA ). Same data as the holotype.

Etymology. This species is dedicated to Dra Maria Elina Bichuette , of the Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil, for the loan of the specimens from Altamira here described, and in recognition to her enthusiasm and energetic psocid collecting in Brazilian caves.

INPA

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Psocodea

Family

Ptiloneuridae

Genus

Triplocania

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