Lichenomima bonaverensis, González-Obando & Calderón-Martínez & Carrejo-Gironza, 2023

González-Obando, Ranulfo, Calderón-Martínez, Nadia R. & Carrejo-Gironza, Nancy S., 2023, New species of Myopsocidae (Insecta: Psocodea: “ Psocoptera ”) from Colombia, Zootaxa 5377 (1), pp. 1-61 : 9

Lichenomima bonaverensis n. sp.

( Figs 1–5 )

Diagnosis. Belonging to the assemblage of species that presents semioval epiproct, elongated phallosome and fused side struts basally. Due to the general shape of the phallosome, mainly for the elongated shape (like lobules) of the external parameres, it is somewhat similar to L. chelata ( Thornton & Woo 1973) ( Fig. 171 ), but it differs from it because its side struts are very narrow basally and the lobes of the external parameres have subparallel margins, each somewhat truncated apically and partially overlapping ( Fig. 5 ).

Male. Color. Head ( Fig. 3 ) brown, with dark brown spots on vertex and genae; compound eyes dark brown to black; ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents; antennae pale brown; maxillary palps pale brown. Thorax brown, with cream spots. Legs brown, trochanter paler distally dark brown, femora and tibiae darker apically. Forewings ( Fig. 1 ) with hyaline areas and pale brown spots, veins brown, with hyaline areas; alar margin, subcostal and anal vein punctate, pterostigma dark brown, with brown spots, extend outside the margin R1. Hindwings ( Fig. 2 ) smoked, almost hyaline, brown veins and dotted costal-apical margin.Abdomen white creamy, clunium, phallosome brown ( Fig. 5 ), epiproct and paraprocts ( Fig. 4 ) pale brown.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head ( Fig. 3 ): H/MxW: 1.30; compound eyes large, H/ D: 1.75; IO/MxW: 0.50. Vertex slightly sinuous, clearly below upper margin of compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tips broad, with five denticles; Mx4/Mx2: 1.12. Forewings ( Fig. 1 ): L/W: 2.75. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 2.99, areola postica high, triangular, with apex reaching vein M, al/ah: 1.59. Hindwings ( Fig. 2 ): l/w: 2.80. Phallosome ( Fig. 5 ). Hypandrium missing. Paraprocts ovoid, with apical process of rounded apex and curved inwards, another short process in the middle part of the inner margin ( Fig. 4 ), with a dense field of setae and macrosetae on distal area; sensory fields with 30 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Epiproct ( Fig. 4 ) semioval, with scattered setae and macrosetae, basal field with three central setae, others lateral and over distal field, as illustrated.

Measurements. FW: 3400, HW: 2450, F: 600, T: 1175, t1: 415, t2: 63, t3: 81, ctt1: 20, f1: 725, f2: 675, f3: 587.5, f4: 550, f5: 375, f6: 287.5, f7: 225, f8: 187.5, f9: 155, f10: 122.5, f11: 65, Mx4: 152, IO: 270, d: 295, D: 400, IO/d: 0.92, PO: 0.74.

Material studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura. Pericos, 03°50’55.7”N: 76°47’14.0” W. 478m. 9–10. viii.2013. MUSENUV slide code: 31290. O. Saenz, N. Calderón. Led light trap in forest canopy.

Etymology. This species is dedicated to the municipality of Buenaventura, Colombia, where the holotype was found.

Figures

FIGURES 1–5. Lichenomima bonaverensis n. sp. Male. 1. Forewing. 2. Hindwing. 3. Head (frontal view). 4. Paraproct and epiproct. 5. Phallosome. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 170–180. Phallosome and epiproct of some Myopsocus and Lichenomima species. 170–178. Phallosome, 179–180. Epiproct. 170 and 180. L. punctipennis, redrawn from Mockford (1996). 171. L. chelata, redraw from Thornton & Woo (1973). 172. L. onca, 173. M. pennyi. 174. M. parvus, redraw from Mockford (1991). 175. L. ariasi. 176. M. minor, redraw from New & Thornton (1975). 177 and 179. M. minutus. 178. M. circularis, redraw from Mockford (1996). 173 and 175 redrawn from New (1979).