Apocharips tropicale Ferrer-Suay & Paretas-Martínez n. sp.

(Fig. 6)

Type material (23). HOLOTYPE 3 (deposited in IAvH): “ COLOMBIA, Norte de Santander, PNN Tamá, Mun. Toledo. Vda. La Camacha. Pozo Negro, 7º21’N 72º28’W, 2213m, Malaise: 02–14.xi.2003, C. Leal leg., M-4050”. PARATYPE 3 (deposited in UB): with the same label as the lectotype.

Diagnosis. Apocharips tropicale resembles A. tamanii both species with males having same propodeal carinae shape and F1 slightly curved. They can be distinguished with the following characters: rhinaria and club begin in F 5 in A. tamanii (Fig. 4 D), in F 4 in A. tropicale (Fig. 6 E); proportions of flagellomeres are F1>F2=F3 (Fig. 4 D) in A. tamanii, F1=F2<F 3 in A. tropicale (Fig. 6 E); and shape of radial cell, A. tamanii with Rs straight not reaching costal margin (Fig. 4 B), while A. tropicale has Rs curved reaching costal margin (Fig. 6 B).

Description. Length. Female unknown. Male: 1.6–1.7 mm.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma dark brown. Scape dark brown, pedicel and F1 dark yellow; F2– F12 brown. Legs yellowish brown. Veins brown.

Head. Triangular, higher than wide, smooth, shiny. Setae below and between toruli, few setae above toruli. Few setae on vertex, many setae on frons. Transfacial line 0.8 times height of compound eye. Malar space 0.5 times height of compound eye.

Antenna. Male: 14-segmented, filiform. All antennomeres with sparse setae. F1–F3 smooth, thinner than remaining flagellomeres; F4–F12 with rhinaria, club-shaped. Antennal formula: 2.5 (2.2); 3.0 (2.2); 3.5 (1.5); 3.5 (1.5); 4.0 (1.7); 4.6 (2.0) (Fig. 6 E).

Mesosoma. Pronotum with abundant long setae on anterior margin, less on posterodorsal margins; with two thick, curved, long carinae (Fig. 6 C). Mesoscutum smooth, shiny, round in dorsal view with few scattered setae (Fig. 6 D). Scutellum smooth, shiny with scattered setae not being more abundant on apex (Fig. 6 D); apex with few carinae (Fig. 6 G). Propodeum with many setae; two propodeal carinae separated by setae in first third, forming a plate in last two thirds, with straight margins (Fig. 6 G).

Forewing. Longer than body, 1.3 times as long as mesosoma+metasoma. With dense pubescence and marginal

setae (Fig. 6 A). Radial cell 2.3 times as long as wide. R1 short, straight; Rs long, curved (Fig. 6 B). Etymology. The specific name refers to the biogeographical region where it was collected. Distribution. Colombia.