Elaphopsocus Roesler

Román-P, Cristian, Obando, Ranulfo González & García Aldrete, Alfonso N., 2015, The genus Elaphopsocus Roesler (Psocodea:`Psocoptera´: Psocidae) with six new species from Brazil and Colombia, Zootaxa 3957 (2), pp. 151-168 : 152

Elaphopsocus Roesler

Elaphopsocus Roesler, 1940: 239 . Type species: Elaphopsocus glaphyrostigma Roesler , by monotypy. The etymology of the genus name (Elaphos means deer, in Greek) refers to the external parameres being antler-like.

Roesler diagnosed the genus in four lines, utilizing male forewing, hypandrium and phallosome characters. The information provided by the species described below allows the following expanded generic diagnosis: forewings with a distinct, variable pigmented pattern ( Figs 3 , 9 , 13 , 16 , 22 , 28 , 34 , 38 , 47 , 50 , 52, 53, 54 ); pterostigma much wider posteriorly, with posterior angle decidedly extended towards Rs. Areola postica with sides slightly convex, with a short crossvein between its apex and M. Hypandrium broad, with posterior border either straight, with postero-lateral corners rounded, not projected posteriorly, or with posterior border straight, convex or concave, with postero-lateral corners projected into a short or long extension. Phallosome with side struts anteriorly fused or independent. Aedeagus forming an arch or with aedeagal arms separate. External parameres simple, or complex, branched antler like, as in the type species. Male paraprocts with a distinct mesal or posterior prong. Female subgenital plate broad, with a median process, straight posteriorly. Gonapophyses: v1 long, slender, distally acuminate, v2 broad, with an acuminate distal process, v3 broad, bearing setae posteriorly, lacking posterior lobe.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Elaphopsocus nasa n. sp. Female. Scale in mm.

FIGURES 1 – 6. Elaphopsocus nasa n. sp. Male. 1. Front view of head. 2. Paraprocts and epiproct. 3. Forewing. 4. Hindwing. 5. Phallosome. 6. Hypandrium. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 7 – 12. Elaphopsocus nasa n. sp. Female. 7. Front view of head. 8. Paraprocts and epiproct. 9. Forewing. 10. Hindwing. 11. Gonapophyses and ninth sternum. 12. Subgenital plate. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 14 – 19. Elaphopsocus gorrones n. sp. Male. 14. Front view of head. 14. Paraprocts and epiproct. 16. Forewing. 17. Hindwing. 18. Phallosome. 19. Hypandrium. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 20 – 25. Elaphopsocus gorrones n. sp. Female. 20. Front view of head. 21. Paraprocts and epiproct. 22. Forewing. 23. Hindwing. 24. Gonapophyses and ninth sternum. 25. Subgenital plate. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 26 – 31. Elaphopsocus rayoi n. sp. Male. 26. Front view of head. 27. Paraprocts and epiproct. 28. Forewing. 29. Hindwing. 30. Phallosome. 31. Hypandrium. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 32 – 37. Elaphopsocus bahianus n. sp. Male. 32. Front view of head. 33. Paraprocts, epiproct and hind margin of clunium. 34. Forewing. 35. Hindwing. 36. Phallosome. 37. Hypandrium. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 38 – 42. Elaphopsocus amazonicus n. sp. Male. 38. Forewing. 39. Hindwing. 40. Right paraproct, epiproct and posterior border of clunium. 41. Phallosome. 42. Hypandrium. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 43 – 49. Elaphopsocus roesleri n. sp. Male. 43. Front view of head. 44. Paraprocts and epiproct. 45. Phallosome. 46. Hindwing. 47. Forewing. 48. Lateral view of abdomen terminalia. 49. Hypandrium. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 50 – 51. Elaphopsocus glaphyrostigma Roesler. 50. Forewing. 51. Phallosome. From Roesler (1940). Scales in mm.

FIGURES 52 – 54. Morphological variation of the forewing in Elaphopsocus. 52. Angulate pterostigma in E. gorrones n. sp. 53. Rounded pterostigma in E. nasa n. sp. 54. Pterostigma in E. roesleri n. sp. illuminated from below (A) and above (B).