Anacroneuria embera, Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Pablo E., 2015

Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Pablo E., 2015, Three new species of Anacroneuria Klapálek (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Panama, Zootaxa 3957 (3), pp. 69-76 : 74

Anacroneuria embera , sp. n.

( Figs. 14–18 )

Material examined. Holotype ♂ ( USNM). Panama: Darién , Darién National Park, field station near to the Perresenico stream, 8° 01' 10.41''N; 77° 44' 17.44'' W, 94 m asl, 17–22 November 2014, R. Salas, PE Gutiérrez Fonseca, light trap.

Adult habitus. Head with dark pigment over ocelli, extending forward to M-line; antennae mostly brown. Median pronotal stripe yellow, midlateral stripes brown, margin yellow. Femora mostly yellow but with a dark apical band. Tibiae dark yellow. Wing membrane light brown, veins dark brown. Cerci yellow brownish ( Fig. 14 ).

Male. Forewing length 9 mm. Hammer thimble-shaped, height more than apical diameter ( Fig. 15 ). Aedeagal apex simple, slender and truncate at tip, finger-shaped; shoulders project slightly, giving apex a trilobed appearance ( Fig. 16 ). Lateral aspect of aedeagus with spoon-shaped tip ( Fig. 17 ). Ventral membranous lobes small ( Fig. 18 ). Dorsal keel small, triangular and extending to the shoulder. Hooks slender at base but stout in apical half.

Female. Unknown.

Nymph. Unknown.

Etymology. The species name honors the Emberá people of Panama, native to the Darien area, and is used as a noun in apposition.

Comments. This species resembles A. uatsi Stark 1998 known from Costa Rica and Honduras. However, A. uatsi has brown marginal pronotal stripes and lacks membranous ventral lobes of the aedeagus.

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 18. Anacroneuria embera sp. n. 14, habitus. 15, male sternum 9. 16, aedeagus dorsal. 17, aedeagus lateral. 18, aedeagus ventral.