Elaphopsocus cundinamarcaensis, Román-Palacios, Cristian, Obando, Ranulfo González & García Aldrete, Alfonso N., 2016

Román-Palacios, Cristian, Obando, Ranulfo González & García Aldrete, Alfonso N., 2016, Uncovering the diversity of the neotropical genus Elaphopsocus (‘ Psocoptera’: Psocidae: Amphigerontiinae): from one to ten species, Zootaxa 4162 (2), pp. 373-380 : 374-377

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.11

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B822F49F-3934-426C-8763-673C2E83D365

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6058495

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B0887EF-0465-745C-FF1C-0182F11A1E19

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scientific name

Elaphopsocus cundinamarcaensis
status

sp. nov.

Elaphopsocus cundinamarcaensis View in CoL n. sp. Male

( Figs 7–12 View FIGURES 7 – 12 )

Diagnosis. Belonging in Species Group III (Román-P. et al. 2015) as modified above. Hypandrium wide, posteriorly convex, ending in a small button-like projection. Phallosome with side struts proximally rounded, each arm bearing proximally a pointed process on inner edge, aedeagal arms long, distally acuminate, dilated medially; external parameres long, slender, bow shaped, distally pointed, curved outwards ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ). Differing from E. roesleri in the forewing pigmentation pattern, and in the structure of the hypandrium and phallosome. Differing from E. boyacaensis in having the hypandrium convex, with postero-lateral corners not projected, and in the structure of the phallosome (compare Figs 6 View FIGURES 1 – 6 and 12 View FIGURES 7 – 12 in this paper).

Male. Color (in 80% ethanol). Body light brown. Compound eyes black, ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Dark brown banding pattern next to compound eyes. Frontal, fronto-genal, and fronto-clypeal sulci dark brown, postclypeus with brown bands as illustrated ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ). Genae creamy. Antennae pale brown, scape unpigmented. Maxillary palpomeres dark brown. Coxae, trochanters, femora and tarsi brown, tibiae white. Forewing pattern ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ), with dark brown spots proximally, basal to the discal cell. Light brown spots over a hyaline background distally. Pterostigma with small brown spots. Veins brown. Hindwing ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ) almost hyaline, with cell cup light brown. Abdomen uniformly light brown; hypandrium strongly pigmented in distal half.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: vertex slightly concave, with compound eyes not reaching the level of the vertex ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ). Pterostigma slightly extended posteriorly towards Rs-M. Cell m wide, almost rectangular, crossvein between areola postica and M long ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ). Hypandrium broad ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ), phallosome pieces long ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ). Paraprocts elongate, marginally sclerotized, with a long anterior “handle”, and a posterior stout prong ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ), sensory fields with 33 trichobothria in penta-lobed basal rosettes. Epiproct broadly semicircular, slightly convex anteriorly, marginally sclerotized, with a setal field on distal third ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ). Clunium with small papillae over the central area.

Measurements (in microns). FW: 4312, HW: 3421, Mx 4: 205, f1: 670, f2: 477, f3: 405, IO: 524, D: 238, d: 163, IO/d: 3.21, PO: 0.69.

Specimen studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Cundinamarca. National Natural Park Chigaza Charrascales , 04° 31'' N : 73° 34' W, 2990 m. 22.V–22.vi.2001. Malaise trap. F. Guzmán.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the Colombian Department of Cundinamarca, where the holotype was collected.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Psocodea

Family

Psocidae

Genus

Elaphopsocus

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