Pararhagadochir marielleae Szumik, Pereyra & Juarez, 2022

Szumik, Claudia, Pereyra, Veronica, Szumik, Victoria E. Goloboff, Costa-Pinto, Paula Jessica & Juarez, Maria Laura, 2022, Embioptera (Insecta) from Brazil: New species and a taxonomic update, ZooKeys 1088, pp. 129-171 : 129

Pararhagadochir marielleae Szumik, Pereyra & Juarez sp. nov.

Figs 30-35

Type material.

Holotype: male, Brazil: MG, Serra do Caraça, 29-XI-71, Exp. Mus. Zool., MZUSP.

Diagnosis.

Pararhagadochir marielleae sp. nov. differs from other species of Pararhagadochir by the shape of the 10Rp2, broad and with multiple keels, 10Lp1 base short and broad, the shape of LC1dp as Fig. 34 .

Description.

Male (holotype). Uniformly light brown with some color details: antenna, prothorax, and legs brownish; abdomen (except segments 9 and 10) and cerci whitish with edges of LC1dp brownish. Total length 10.18. Head width/length = 0.84, anterior margin of the clypeus slightly convex, postocular suture well developed (Fig. 30 ); OR = 0.60; Md with 3-2 incisor teeth and the 1-1 molar teeth, quite blunt; Mm narrow but conspicuous, Sm with anterior margin membranous, quadrangular, surface not depressed (Fig. 31 ). Forewing length 8.53, hindwing length 7.62. Wing base union type A; wing venation: Sc, R1, Rs, Ma, Ma1, Ma2, Mp, Cu, Cua, and A conspicuous (Fig. 32 ); Ma2, Mp, and Cua, clearly not reaching wing edge; cross-veins in forewing: R1-Rs: 3-6, Rs-Ma1: 2, Ma-Mp: 1. Basitarsus of hind leg narrow (Fig. 33 ): length 0.47, width/length = 0.27; medial bladder diameter/basitarsus width = 0.35; four rows of setae on retrolateral face, two rows on anterolateral face, five or six rows on ventrobasal face (Fig. 33 ). Terminalia (Figs 34 , 35 ) typical of the genus but with some distinctive details: caudal margin of 10L straight, inner basal angle of 10L excavate (Fig. 34 ); 10Lp1 base short and broad, external tip of 10Lp1 broad and longer than internal tip (Fig. 34 ). Tips of 10Rp1 visible only at ventral view (Fig. 35 ), Ep apically broad, well developed. 10Rp2 apically broad with numerous longitudinal keels. Hp with transversal keels (Fig. 35 ) and apical edges depigmented. Lpp with unsclerotized node with microtrichia in inner apical angle, close to Hp. LC2 longer than LC1, longitudinal ratio of LC1/LC2 = 0.78, LC1dp conspicuous quadrangular with setae (Figs 34 , 35 ); LC1dp/LC1width = 2.42, LC1dp almost 2.5 × longer than the width of LC1. Female. Unknown.

Etymology.

The specific name is a tribute to Marielle Franco, a Brazilian human rights activist, a symbol of the fight against social inequality and in favor of the rights of black women in Brazil.

Figures

Figures 30 - 35. Parahagadochir marielleae Szumik, Pereyra & Juarez, sp. nov. 30 head, dorsal view 31 Mm + Sm 32 right forewing 33 basitarsus of hind right leg 34 terminalia, dorsal view 35 terminalia, ventral view.