Macrogynoplax anae, Ribeiro & Rafael, 2007

Ribeiro, José Moacir Ferreira & Rafael, José Albertino, 2007, Description of one new species and a key to adults of Macrogynoplax Enderlein (Plecoptera, Perlidae) from Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke, Amazonas, Brazil, Zootaxa 1511 (1), pp. 17-28 : 26-27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1511.1.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B4F8F648-D166-4E07-9503-B2B5D3759166

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5087959

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D94287F9-FFFA-FFDE-60EE-C8F9FC3EFBF4

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Felipe

scientific name

Macrogynoplax anae
status

sp. nov.

Macrogynoplax anae View in CoL , n. sp.

( Figs. 35-43 View FIGURES 35–43 )

Diagnosis. Body is pale yellow in alcohol. Tergum ten of male without sensilla basiconica. Penial hooks absent. Apex of penial armature dilated, with small, distolateral projection with minute bristles. Paraproct short, tip rounded, subapical spine acute.

Description. Holotype male. Yellow, pale yellow in alcohol. Body length 9.5 mm. Head light yellow, 1.0 mm long, 1.9 mm wide; frons with inconspicuous M–shaped spot concolorous with the integument, located between base of antennae and anterior to ocelli; ocelli separated by three times their width; maxillary and labial palpi pale yellow; scape, pedicel, and flagellum pale yellow. Pronotum pale yellow, lacking spots (similar to Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 of M. delicata ). Meso– and metanotum with pale yellow protruberances. Coxa and trochanter pale yellow, femur and tibia without spots. Fore– and hindwings hyaline ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1–8 ). Abdomen pale yellow; cerci pale yellow with lateral bristles longer. Sternum eight ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 35–43 ) wider than long with rounded posterior margin and longer lateral bristles; hammer ( Figs. 37–38 View FIGURES 35–43 ) produced as a callosity, oblique in lateral view; paraproct tip rounded ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 35–43 ), with a distinct subapical denticle. Tergum ten ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 35–43 ) without sensilla basiconica. Penial armature without hooks ( Figs. 40–41 View FIGURES 35–43 ). Membranous apex of aedeagus mushroom–shaped, with a small ventrally directed projection having minute bristles. Penial armature ( Fig. 42–43 View FIGURES 35–43 ) with a small subapical spine in lateral view.

Female. Not associated.

Variations. Length of male 7.8–9.5 mm; forewing length 9.1–12.1 mm, width 2.7–4.0 mm; hindwing length 7.4–10.9 mm, width 3.1–4.5 mm.

Distribution: Amazonas (Manaus).

Material examined. Holotype male ( INPA). BRASIL, AM[mazonas], Manaus ,, Reserva Ducke, Ig.[arapé]. Ipiranga, arm.[adilha] Malaise, 13–20.v.2003, J.M.F.Ribeiro & João Vidal, “ Macrogynoplax anae sp.n. det. J.M.F.Ribeiro & J.A.Rafael, 2003”. Same location, Uberê, 17–24.xii. 2002. João Vidal & Jailson Vidal (Paratype male INPA); same location, ig. Ipiranga; criation, 19.iv.2003 (Paratype male INPA); same location, Ig, Uberê, arm. Malaise, 07–14.vii.2003, J.M.F.Ribeiro & João Vidal (Paratype male MZUSP).

Condition of the type: Dissected abdomen with genitalia in micro vial with glycerin in the same Eppendorf tube, kept in another larger jar with alcohol.

Etymology: Species name is in tribute to Ana Celeste Ribeiro Ferreira, the first researcher to describe Plecoptera species from RFAD (Adolpho Ducke Forested Reserve).

INPA

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia

MZUSP

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Plecoptera

Family

Perlidae

Genus

Macrogynoplax

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