Polyplectropus mignonae Bueno-Soria, 1990

Chamorro, Maria Lourdes & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2010, 2582, Zootaxa 2582, pp. 1-252 : 97-99

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6318949

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0349878B-DD32-A45C-02FC-0E40FD15FB07

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Polyplectropus mignonae Bueno-Soria
status

 

Polyplectropus mignonae Bueno-Soria View in CoL

Figs. 48, 124

Polyplectropus mignonae Bueno-Soria, 1990: 376 View in CoL . [Type locality: Nicaragua, Puente Quinama, E. Villa Somoza; NMNH; male.]

This species resembles P. adamsae , new species in the shape of the phallus and of the intermediate and preanal appendages. The 2 species have similar inferior appendages but P. mignonae View in CoL has a basally broader dorsal branch with apical spines, whereas P. adamsae has a narrower dorsal branch with apical and preapical spines.

Adult. Length of forewing 4.2–5 mm, n = 4. Color of head, thorax, and legs yellowish-brown; setae on body grey and golden brown; tegulae with long, golden brown and grey setae; setae on wings darker brown along costal margin, rest of wing lighter shade of brown with scattered patches of grey setae.

Male genitalia. Sternum IX in lateral view broadly deltoid, anterior margin convex, posterior margin sinuate and medially produced; in ventral view rectangular, anterior margin concave, posterior margin with median flange. Tergum X membranous, oblong, bearing dorsal microsetae; lower lip of tergum X membranous bearing microsetae, digitate and slightly ridged; in dorsal view digitate; in caudal view produced dorsad of phallocrypt. Intermediate appendage as long as inferior appendage, narrowly digitate with long setae throughout; in dorsal view digitate, linear; in caudal view digitate, elongate, apically curved, directed posterolaterad. Preanal appendage bipartite; mesolateral process setose; in dorsal view oblong, in lateral view oblong; mesoventral process setose; in lateral view quadrate with ventrad-directed sclerotized apex, anteroventral margin concave, posterior margin truncate; in caudal view processes separated, ventral margin of process rounded. Inferior appendage bipartite with anterior basal plate not extending anterad beyond sternum IX when observed in lateral view; dorsal branch setose, in lateral view obclavate, basally broad and narrowing apically with 2 apical spines; in ventral view narrow, lateral margin convex, entire, posterior margin subacute, mesal margin entire, concave, expanding posterad into ventral branch, basal width of dorsal branch differs from holotype being narrower and more ventrally curved in some specimens; ventral branch setose, short, bearing a row of 4–7 robust, sclerotized spines along posterior margin; in lateral view clavate, rounded posterad; in ventral view subquadrate, posteromesal margin convex, mesal margin slightly concave, gradually converging mesally. Phallus elongate; dorsal phallic sclerite in lateral view cylindrical, apex pandurate to oblong; endothecal membrane without embedded spines.

Female genitalia. Similar to the female of P. bredini .

Material Examined. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: Parque Nacional Guanacaste, Quebrada Pedregal, El Hacha , 10°58'59"N, 85°32'20"W, 300 m, 27.vii.1987, Holzenthal, Morse & Clausen — 1 male ( UMSP) GoogleMaps ; Puntarenas: Arenal, Queb [rada] Tronadorcita , 24.vii.1967, O. S. Flint — 1 male [paratype] ( NMNH) ; NICARAGUA: Chontales: Puente Quinama, E. Villa Somoza, 29.vii.1967, O. S. Flint — 2 males [holotype & paratype] ( NMNH) .

Distribution. Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

UMSP

University of Minnesota Insect Collection

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Trichoptera

Family

Polycentropodidae

Genus

Polyplectropus

Loc

Polyplectropus mignonae Bueno-Soria

Chamorro, Maria Lourdes & Holzenthal, Ralph W. 2010
2010
Loc

Polyplectropus mignonae Bueno-Soria, 1990: 376

Bueno-Soria, J. 1990: 376
1990
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