Triplocania inpa, 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 : 264-266

Triplocania inpa n. sp. (Male).

( Figs 51–57 )

Diagnosis. Close to T. fapeam , differing from it in details of the central sclerite of the hypandrium and in details of phallosome structure (compare Figs 48 and 49 with Figs 55 and 56 ).

Color. Compound eyes black, ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents; head pattern ( Fig. 51 ). Scape pale brown and pedicel pale yellow, f1–f2 yellow, with apex white. Mx4 pale yellow with distal end pale brown. Femora pale yellow; tibiae pale yellow with distal end pale brown; tarsomeres 1–3 yellow. Forewing with a brown marginal band from R2+3 to areola postica, this with a small dark brown spot proximally, and a brown spot between its apex and M, a brown spot between Rs and branching of M, a brown area along CuA and touching CuP, a whitish area at confluence of CuP-1A, and a dark brown spot near the end of 1A; a brown spot on 2A and touching proximally 1A; pterostigma with a clear area posteriorly; veins brown, with dark brown spots at wing margin ( Fig. 52 ). Hindwing almost hyaline, with small dark brown spots distally on veins M, R2+3 and R4+5; veins brown ( Fig. 53 ).

Morphology. Compound eyes without interommatidial setae. Outer cusp of lacinial tip broad, with five denticles ( Fig. 54 ). Forewing pterostigma almost triangular, narrow basally; Rs slightly convex, R2+3 and R4+5 sinous, M stem slightly concave proximally, then almost straight, M1, M2 and M3 sinuous; areola postica tall, with round apex, slightly slanted posteriorly, 2A not reaching wing margin. Hindwing Rs straight, R2+3 straight, R4+5 almost straight, M sinuous. Hypandrium of three sclerites, a large central sclerite, anteriorly straight, wide in the middle, narrowing posteriorly; two stout posterior projections, leaving between them a U-shaped concavity; flanked by rhomboid side sclerites; setae as illustrated ( Fig. 55 ). Phallosome ( Fig. 56 ) with side struts independent, V shaped, fused posteriorly to external parameres, these stout, each with a field of pores mesally on outer margin. Mesal sclerite strongly sclerotized, basally wide transversely and narrow, with antero-lateral corners projected, elongate, narrowing to end, distally acuminate, posteriorly with two forked projections, with a deep concavity between them, the inner process curved, acuminate, outer process rectangular. Four pairs of endophallic sclerites, an anterior pair stout, almost rectangular, wide basally, with sides slightly narrowing posteriorly; an antero-lateral pair, boomerang-shaped; a postero-lateral pair, sinuous, basally narrow, curved outwards distally, close to the ends of the external parameres; posterior pair parallel to the posterior margin of the external parameres, small, strongly sclerotized, with two small antero-lateral projections, and posteriorly with four acuminate projections. Epiproct semi-circular, three setae in mesal position, other setae as illustrated ( Fig. 57 ). Paraprocts broadly semi-elliptic, sensory fields with 26 trichobothria on basal rosettes, setae as illustrated ( Fig. 57 ).

Measurements (in microns): FW: 3512, HW: 2538, F: 998, T: 1488, t1: 672, t2: 68, t3: 123, f1: 595, f2: 534, f3: 428, Mx4: 264, IO: 412, D: 318, d: 206, IO/d: 2.0, PO: 0.52.

Material examined. Holotype male ( INPA ). Brazil. Amazonas. Manaus. Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke. Malaise trap. 25.IX.2003. J. Ribeiro. Paratype: 1 male ( INPA ), same data as the holotype. Etymology. The specific epithet is an invariable combination of letters, corresponding to the acronym of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia ( INPA ), an emblematic institution for scientific research on the Amazon Basin.

Figures

FIGURES 51 – 57. Triplocania inpa n. sp. (Holotype male). 51. Front view of head. 52. Forewing. 53. Hindwing. 54. Lacinial tip. 55. Hypandrium. 56. Phallosome. 57. Clunium, right paraproct and epiproct. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 44 – 50. Triplocania fapeam n. sp. (Holotype male). 44. Front view of head. 45. Forewing. 46. Hindwing. 47. Lacinial tip. 48. Hypandrium. 49. Phallosome. 50. Clunium, right paraproct and epiproct. Scales in mm.