New species of Euplocania Enderlein (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Psocomorpha) from Colombia and Ecuador
Author
Vinasco-Mondragón, Andrés Felipe
0000-0001-5245-1346
Grupo de Investigaciones Entomológicas (GIE), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, COLOMBIA.
andres.vinasco@correounivalle.edu.co
Author
González-Obando, Ranulfo
0000-0003-4047-8677
Grupo de Investigaciones Entomológicas (GIE), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, COLOMBIA. & ranulfo. gonzález @ correounivalle. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4047 - 8677
ranulfo.gonzález@correounivalle.edu.co
Author
García Aldrete, Alfonso N.
0000-0001-7214-7966
Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70 - 153, CdMx, MÉXICO. andres. vinasco @ correounivalle. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5245 - 1346 & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7214 - 7966
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-09-16
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journal article
147233
10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.1
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Euplocania ticuna
n. sp.
Male
(
Figs 37–42
)
Diagnosis.
This species does not belong in any of the
Euplocania
species
groups. It differs from other species of
Euplocania
that also present the hypandrium with a single sclerite (
Fig. 42
), by pattern of the forewings, shape of the phallosome sclerites and details of the shape of the hypandrium. Forewings of five branches, with M
4
and M
5
forked; cells cu1 and cu2 with brown areas; pterostigma with proximal and distal dark brown bands; hypandrium with pair of posterior projections strongly widened, each with two short posterior processes, one external and one internal, internal one with macrosetae basally. Phallosome with side struts slender, V-shaped, anterior pair of endophallic sclerites very close together at its posterior end, giving the appearance of a V; lateral sclerites broad, curved, angled out. Pair of mesal sclerites almost close to the midline, each with a short posterior process. Therefore, a new species group is proposed for this species, the
ticuna
group (see discussion below).
FIGURES 31–36.
Euplocania teslai
n. sp.
Male. 31. Forewing. 32. Hindwing. 33. Front view of head. 34. Epiproct and right paraproct. 35. Phallosome. 36. Hypandrium. Scales in mm.
FIGURES 37–42.
Euplocania ticuna
n. sp.
Male. 37. Forewing. 38. Hindwing. 39. Front view of head. 40. Left paraproct and epiproct. 41. Phallosome. 42. Hypandrium. Scales in mm.
Color
(of parts mounted on slide). Head (
Fig. 39
) dark brown; compound eyes black; ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Clypeus, labrum and genae dark brown. Genae with transverse narrow stripes. Maxillary palps dark brown, Mx1 paler. Legs: Coxae brown, fore- and mid- femora pale brown, with two brown spots; hind- femora dark brown, light brown apically; trochanters light brown, tibiae and tarsi pale brown. Forewings (
Fig. 37
) mostly hyaline, brown spots at veins ends and on apex of areola postica, other spots as in diagnosis. Hindwings (
Fig. 38
) hyaline, veins brown. Hypandrium brown. Epiproct and paraprocts light brown; paraprocts with dark hemispherical area on outer edge of trichobothrial fields. Endophallic sclerites dark brown.
Morphology
: Head: H/MxW: 3.71; compound eyes mid-sized, H/D: 2.7; IO/MxW: 0.19. Outer cusp of lacinial tips broad, with six denticles. Forewings: L/W: 0.49. Pterostigma wider in the middle: lp/wp: 1.57, areola postica tall, almost reaching M, apex rounded: al/ah: 1.22. Hindwings: l/w: 0.49. Hypandrium (
Fig. 42
) as described in diagnosis. Phallosome (
Fig. 41
), with endophallic sclerites as described in diagnosis, external parameres somewhat widened, with clearly sclerotized internal area, bearing pores. Paraprocts (
Fig. 40
) triangular, with a dense field of setae and macrosetae posteriorly; sensory fields with 27 trichobothrias on basal rosettes. Epiproct (
Fig. 40
) slightly convex anteriorly, rounded posteriorly, setae and macrosetae as illustrated.
Measurements
(in microns). FW: 3125, HW: 2225, F: 550, T: 1387, t1: 590, t2: 70, t3: 100, ctt1: 20, f1: 440, f2: 320, f3:290, Mx4: 230, Mx3: 180, Mx2:130, IO: 400, D: 320, d: 220, IO/d: 1.82, PO: 0.69.
Material studied.
Holotype
male.
COLOMBIA
.
Putumayo
.
Puerto Asís
,
Huitoto
trail,
00° 23’ 21.01’’ N
:
76° 31’ 41.87’’ W
,
264 m
,
27.VII.2014
.
Led light trap
in forest canopy.
J. Panche.
MUSENUV slide code 29955
.
Paratypes
,
2 males
, same locality and collector,
18.II.2015
.
Types
deposited in the
Entomological Museum
of the
Universidad del Valle
(MUSENUV), in
Santiago de Cali
,
Colombia
.
Etymology.
This species is dedicated to the Tikunas, a large Amazonian ethnic group, distributed in the Amazonian trapeze between
Colombia
,
Peru
and
Brazil
. The name means “men painted in black” because of their habits of painting their entire bodies with the fruit of the huitoto tree.