Triplocania sarriae González, Carrejo & García Aldrete.

González-Obando, Ranulfo, Carrejo-Gironza, Nancy & García, Alfonso N., 2021, New species of Triplocania Roesler (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Ptiloneuridae) from Colombia and Peru, Zootaxa 5080 (1), pp. 1-63 : 49-59

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Triplocania sarriae González, Carrejo & García Aldrete. View in CoL Male

( Figs 145–150 View FIGURES 145–150 )

Diagnosis. Belonging in Group II of González, Carrejo & García Aldrete (2017), equivalent to group MSB of Silva-Neto, Rafael & García Aldrete (2015) (Forewings with M 3 branched; hypandrium of two to five sclerites). It is related to T. lamensuraensis González, Carrejo & García Aldrete , from which it differs in having the posterolateral processes of the central sclerite of the hypandrium larger and stouter, and in having the median posterior process deeply cleft posteriorly. IX sternum oval, anterior side with short and wide central process, posterior side with lateroposterior processesapically rounded, separated by pronounced concavity.

Color (in 80% ethanol). Body brown, with cream and ochre spots. Head pale brown, with dark brown pattern ( Fig. 147 View FIGURES 145–150 ). Compound eyes black, ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Maxillary palps pale brown, Mx4 darker distally. Antennae pale brown, flagellomeres with cream apices. Tergal lobes of meso- and metathorax pale brown; pleurae pale brown, with small ochre spots. Legs pale brown, fore- coxae with small dark spot on base. Forewings with hyaline and light brown areas, light brown narrow marginal band from R 2+3 to CuA 1 ( Fig. 146 View FIGURES 145–150 ), pterostigma with brown band distally, veins pale brown, with brown spot at veins ends. Hindwings hyaline, veins pale brown ( Fig. 146 View FIGURES 145–150 ). Abdomen cream, with ochre brown areas; hypandrium, paraprocts and epiproct pale brown; endophallic sclerites dark brown.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head ( Fig. 147 View FIGURES 145–150 ): H/MxW: 1.63; H/D: 2.13; IO/MxW: 0.52. Vertex slightly emarginate, slightly below the level of the upper border of the compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tips broad, with four denticles. Mx4/Mx2: 1.14. Forewings ( Fig. 145 View FIGURES 145–150 ): L/W: 2.55. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 5.35. Areola postica triangular: la/ha: 1.52, CuA 1 concave distally. Hindwings ( Fig. 146 View FIGURES 145–150 ): l/p: 2.90. Hypandrium ( Fig. 149 View FIGURES 145–150 ). Phallosome ( Fig. 150 View FIGURES 145–150 ), side struts slender, V-shaped; anterior endophallic sclerites fused, straight anteriorly, rounded posteriorly, twice as long as wide; lateral sclerites large, broadly rectangular, each with a large, curved, acuminate process on outer border, near the anterior end, and a small, stout, curved process at the outer postero-lateral corner; postero-lateral sclerites long, curved, narrow proximally, wide distally, with apices rounded; mesal sclerite Hshaped, divided in two halves, anterior and posterior processes medium sized, the posterior ones distally acuminate; posterior sclerites long, slender, distally curved outward, acuminate. Paraprocts oval, with abundant medium and short sized setae on apical third, with macrosetae, one distally spatulate; sensory fields with 30 trichobothria on basal rosettes ( Fig. 148 View FIGURES 145–150 ). Epiproct ( Fig. 148 View FIGURES 145–150 ) wide, broadly rounded posteriorly, setae as illustrated.

Measurements. FW: 4300, HW: 2950, F: 1125, T: 1775, t1: 762, t2: 85, t3: 145, ctt1: 27, f1: 875, f2: 800, f3: 675, Mx4: 250, IO: 310, d: 340, D: 460, IO/d: 0.91, PO: 0.74.

Material studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca. Dagua, El Queremal, La Elsa, 03°34’18.9’’N: 76°45’46’’W, 942 m. 21.IV.2017. R. González. Shannon light trap. MUSENUV slide code 29953. GoogleMaps

Classification

Triplocania Roesler presently includes 118 species, of which 18 are known from females only, 56 species are known only from males, and 44 species are known from both sexes.

A first dichotomy divides the species in the genus in two well defined groups, on basis of the wing venation: a large group of 103 species, with venation caeciliusid (e. g. forewing Rs of two branches, M of three branches; hindwing Rs of two branches, M unbranched), and a smaller group of 15 species, in which the forewing Rs is two branched, and M is dichotomously branched; as in the former group, the hindwing Rs is two branched, and M is unbranched.

Silva-Neto et al. (2015) called the first group MPB (forewing M with only primary branches); the second group was called MSB (forewing M with secondary branches). Later on, in a monograph on the Colombian species of Triplocania, González et al. (2017) , established Group I (equivalent to the MPB group above), and Group II (equivalent to group MSB above), without acknowledging that they had been created by Silva-Neto et al. (2015).

Moura Lima et al., (2021) diagnosed a Subgroup MPB1 as follows: hypandrium of one sclerite, side struts not expanded to form a shield, including the following species: T. awa González Obando, Carrejo and García Aldrete , T. bravoi Silva-Neto, Rafael & García Aldrete , T. caudata New, T. caudatoides García Aldrete , T. cervantesi García Aldrete , T. ferratilis Silva-Neto, García Aldrete, Rafael & Lopes Ferreira , T. halffterorum García Aldrete , T. immaculata New, T. chocoensis González-Obando, Carrejo & García Aldrete , T. garciamarquezi González-Obando, Carrejo & García Aldrete , T. huitota González-Obando, Carrejo & García Aldrete , T. litophila González-Obando, Carrejo & García Aldrete and T. lucida Roesler.

Finally, Moura Lima et al. (2021) diagnosed a Subgroup MPB3, equivalent to the Magnifica Subgroup of Silva- Neto & García Aldrete (2019), to which we will return later.

With respect to the MPB Subgroups above, some precisions are important: of the species in the Subgroup MPB1, T. awa , T. immaculata , T. chocoensis , T. garciamarquezi , T. huitota , T. litophila and T. lucida , must be transferred to Subgroup MPB2, as they have an hypandrium of three sclerites (cf. González-Obando et al., (2017). As for the Subgroup MPB2, T. immaculata is correctly included, but it had been included also in Subgroup MPB1. Also, T. ecuatorianaoides was not included. T. spinosa Mockford must be transferred to Subgroup MPB1, as the hypandrium is of one sclerite.

On basis of the hypandrium structure, the males of the species in Subgroup MPB1 can be classified as follows:

Species group annyae . Hypandrium straight anteriorly, sides deeply concave mesally, to form a large posterior lobe. Species included. Triplocania annyae Moura Lima, Silva-Neto, Bravo & García Aldrete.

Species group bravoi . Hypandrium anteriorly rounded, proximal ends of the side sclerites fused to the central sclerite, posterior border with two median stout processes, distally concave or rounded. Species included. Triplocania bravoi Silva-Neto, Rafael & García Aldrete , T. antioquensis González Obando, Carrejo-Gironza & García Aldrete

Species group caudata . Hypandrium with one median posterior process. Species included. Triplocania caudata New, T. caudatoides García Aldrete

Species group cervantesi . Hypandrium broadly trapeziform, bearing a curved inward, blunt ended posterior process on each postero-lateral corner. Species included. Triplocania cervantesi García Aldrete.

Species group ferratilis . Hypandrium with two lateral posterior processes, distally truncate, and two medisn posterior processes, distally dilated, bearing short, acuminate cones. Species included. Triplocania ferratilis Silva- Neto, García Aldrete, Rafael & Lopes Ferreira.

Species group lauziae . Hypandrium straight anteriorly, with mesal, lateral, irregular processes and two median acuminate processes directed outward. Species included. Triplocania lauziae Moura Lima, Silva-Neto, Bravo & García Aldrete.

Species group marginepicta . Hypandrium with a process on each postero-lateral corner. Species included. Triplocania halffterorum García Aldrete , T. marginepicta Roesler , T. reflexa Roesler and T. spinosa Mockford.

Species group miltoni . Hypandrium almost semicircular, bearing mesally, near the posterior border, a wide based, distally rounded flap. Species included. Triplocania miltoni Moura Lima, Silva-Neto, Bravo & García Aldrete.

The species in Subgroup MPB2, can be classified as follows:

Subgroup MPB2A. Lateral sclerites smaller than the central sclerite.

Species group altamira . Central sclerite of hypandrium rounded anteriorly; postero-lateral corners extended posteriorly to form two medium sized processes narrowing distally, and two median, long, acuminate processes, leaving a wide, U-shaped concavity between them. Species included. Triplocania altamira González, Carrejo & García Aldrete.

Species group andaqui . Central sclerite straight anteriorly, wide transversely, with two long, slender, acuminate postero-lateral processes, in one case with a pair of short, median posterior processes. Species included. Triplocania andaqui González, Carrejo & García Aldrete and T. dimitrii González, Carrejo & García Aldrete.

Species group chocoensis . Central sclerite posteriorly with an almost circular concavity in the middle, below the posterior processes. Species included. Triplocania chocoensis González, Carrejo & García Aldrete.

Species group maesi . Central sclerite wide, with mesal or postero-lateral processes, and a stout, median posterior process simple or bilobed. Species included. Triplocania bubuae González, Carrejo & García Aldrete , T. garciamarquezi González, Carrejo & García Aldrete , T. maesi García Aldrete , T. pericosensis González, Carrejo & García Aldrete , and T. rugosa González, Carrejo & García Aldrete.

Species group bifida . Central sclerite extended posteriorly in the middle. Species included. Triplocania antisuyuensis González Obando, Carrejo & García Aldrete , T. awa González, Carrejo & García Aldrete , T. bifida García Aldrete , T. brancoi Silva-Neto, García Aldrete, Rafael & Lopes Ferreira , T. mariaelinae Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael , T. rondoniensis García Aldrete , T. triangularis Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael , and T. zairae Silva-Neto, García Aldrete, Rafael & Lopes Ferreira.

Species group pumas . Central sclerite with one median, acuminate process. Species included. Triplocania pumas Silva-Neto, Cutrim & Rafael.

Species group robusta . Central sclerite broad, slightly bilobed posteriorly. Species included. Triplocania robusta García Aldrete , and T. robustoides González, Carrejo & García Aldrete.

Species group tahuantisuyuensis . Central sclerite with postero-lateral corners rounded, slightly projected postero-laterally. Two median processes long, narrowing distally, acuminate. Species included. Triplocania tahuantinsuyuensis González, Carrejo & García Aldrete.

Species group trifida . Central sclerite with a median, posterior acuminate process, with one acuminate process on each side. Species included. Triplocania trifida Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael , and T. matildae González, Carrejo & García Aldrete.

Species group yupanquii . Central sclerite convex anteriorly, with small, pointed postero-lateral processes, and two stout, median processes, close together, with an incision between them. Species included. Triplocania yupanquii González Obando, Carrejo & García Aldrete.

Subgroup MPB2B. Lateral sclerites of hypandrium broadly elliptic or triangular, as large as the central sclerite.

Species group calima . Central sclerite rounded anteriorly, extended mesally to each side; one median posterior process distally acuminate, straight or directed to one side. Species included. Triplocania calima González, Carrejo & García Aldrete , T. felidiaensis González, Carrejo & García Aldrete , T. humboldtiana González, Carrejo & García Aldrete and T. mariacarmenae González, Carrejo & García Aldrete.

Species group erwini . Central sclerite slightly convex or concave anteriorly in the middle, two median posterior processes, distally rounded or straight. Species included. Triplocania erwini Silva-Neto, Rafael & García Aldrete and T. diamantina Moura Lima, Silva-Neto, Bravo & García Aldrete.

Subgroup MPB3 (Species group magnifica , of Silva-Neto & García Aldrete (2019).

This Subgroup deserves special mention, because one of its constituent species ( Triplocania magnifica Roesler ), has the hypandrium of three sclerites, a large central one, flanked by large, rhombiform side sclerites. The other two species in the group ( T. manueli Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael and T. rosae Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael ) have the hypandrium of five sclerites, a large central one, flanked by large elongate sclerites wider in the middle and one curved, spinose sclerite posteriorly on each side of the median process of the central sclerite. The three species share the same forewing pattern of pigmentation, having the side struts proximally expanded to form a shield and having v1 stout, wider in the middle.