Steleops manizalensis, Obando, Ranulfo González, García, Alfonso N. & Carrejo, Nancy Soraya, 2011

Obando, Ranulfo González, García, Alfonso N. & Carrejo, Nancy Soraya, 2011, New species of Steleops (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Psocidae) from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, Zootaxa 3139, pp. 28-54 : 41-44

Steleops manizalensis n. sp.

( Figs. 33−43 )

Male. Color (in 80% alcohol). Body creamy white, with dark areas as indicated below. Compound eyes greenish, on black background, ocelli hyaline, with dark brown centripetal crescents. Head pattern as illustrated ( Fig. 34 ): one large, dark brown transversal band from each compound eye and upper part of the gena, extending to frons, postclyclypeus and labrum, paler on the clypeus; genae creamy white; vertex and occiput creamy white. Antennae: Scape pale brown, pedicel and flagellum creamy white; maxillary palpomeres 1−3 creamy, Mx4 pale brown, with dark brown apex. Prothoracic coxae creamy white, brown basally; meso and metathoracic coxae dark brown. Pro-, meso-, and metathoracic femora with dark basal spot. Trochanters and tibiae creamy white; tarsi brown. Tergal lobe of mesothorax creamy white with brown spot, metathorax dark brown. Abdomen creamy white, with brown bands on tergum, corresponding to each segment, ventrally less pigmented. Fore wings ( Fig. 33 ) distinctly pigmented, with irregular grayish brown areas, dark brown diagonal band from anterior end of pterostigma to Cu2, joined by a few round spots to greater spot ending in the middle of A; pterostigma with a dark greyish band posteriorly, extending to cell R1; hind wings hyaline, veins brown, R 2+3, R 4+5 and M distally with brown spots, as illustrated ( Fig. 33 ).

Morphology. Head concave at vertex, somewhat trapeziform in front view, compound eyes pedunculate, somewhat elongate, MxW/MnW: 1.31, H/MxW: 1.11; C: 200 microns. Fore wings elongate, slender, L/W: 3.48, costal margin approximately straight; pterostigma wider posteriorly, lp/wp: 5.00. Rs-M fused for a short length; Rs curved towards the pterostigma and shorter than R 2+3; cell M almost rectangular, with concave parallel sides; areola postica trapeziform, elongate. Hind wing Rs-M fused for a short distance, Rs three times as long as the fused length. Vein R 4+5 0.9 times the length of Rs. Hypandrium asymmetric ( Fig. 36 ) with two well sclerotized apical processes; the right one more slender and acuminate than the left one; posterior margin with fine setae. Phallosome pentagonal ( Fig. 37 ) with a stout, rugose, posterior process, bearing a field of small teeth along posterior border.

Clunium extended posteriorly over the area of the paraprocts-epiproct. Paraprocts ( Fig. 38 ) elongate, with slen- der, acuminate mesal prong; sensory fields with 34−35 trichobothria in basal rosettes; epiproct ( Fig. 38 ) broadly pear shaped, extended anteriorly to form a long, distally rounded projection.

Measurements. FW: 5575, HW: 4138, F: 1225, T: 2325, t1: 800, t2: 163, ctt1: 35, Mx4: 220, f1: 1450, f2: 1570, f3: 1310, f4: 1095, IO: 570, D: 370, d: 380, IO/d: 1.50.

Female. Color. Color patterns of head, thorax, wings and abdomen as in the males. Clunium, epiproct, paraproct, ovipositor valvulae and subgenital plate reddish brown.

Morphology. Head concave at vertex, somewhat trapeziform in front view ( Fig. 40 ); MxW/MnW: 1.22; C: 190 microns. Compound eyes elongate, pedunculate, as in the males. Fore wings elongate, L/W: 3.42, shorter than the males; costal margin strongly convex ( Fig. 39 ); pterostigma wider posteriorly, lp/wp: 3.93. Rs-M fused for a short distance, as in the males; Rs curved towards the pterostigma and shorter than R 2+3; cell M almost rectangular, with concave parallel sides; areola postica trapeziform, elongate. Hind wing Rs-M fused at a short distance, as in males; Rs six times as long as the fused length, R 4+5 twice as long as Rs. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 43 ) broad, setose, with stout, long, columnar middle projection, rounded distally. Ninth sternum membranous, concave anteriorly; spermapore circular, surrounded by ochre, irregular rim ( Fig. 42 ). Ovipositor valvulae ( Fig. 42 ): V1 slender, elongate, distally pointed; V2 long, broad, stout, distally rounded; V3 short, relatively small, broad, with macrosetae on posterior margin; with posterior, triangular small lobe. Paraprocts triangular ( Fig. 41 ) with setae on apex and lateral margin; sensory fields with 30 trichobothria in basal rosettes. Epiproct bell-shaped, broad at base, longer than wide, with setae on posterior margin.

Measurements. FW: 5175, HW: 3950, F: 1288, T: 2525, t1: 925, t2: 183, ctt1: 35, f1: 1450, f2: 1950, f3: 1680, f4: 1430, IO: 740, D: 360, d: 395, IO/d: 1.87.

Specimens studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Caldas. Manizales, Río Blanco Reserve (N 05° 03' 56.8''N: 75° 26' 52.5''W. 2339 m. 15.i.2011. MUSENUV slide cod. 23538. Paratype female, same data as holotype. MUSENUV slide cod. 23539. R. González and A. N. García Aldrete. On palm trunk, together with two females of S. rioblancoensis n. sp., described below.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 33 − 38. Steleops manizalensis n. sp. Male. 33. Fore wing and hind wing. 34. Front view of head. 35. Side view of genitalia: Clunium-paraprocts-epiproct and hypandrium. 36. Hypandrium. 37. Phallosome. 38. Paraprocts and epiproct. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 39 − 43. Steleops manizalensis n. sp. Female. 39. Fore wing and hind wing. 40. Front view of head. 41. Paraprocts and epiproct. 42. Left gonapophyses and spermapore. 43. Subgenital plate. Scales in mm.