Triplocania leguizamoensis, González-Obando & Carrejo-Gironza & García, 2017

González-Obando, Ranulfo, Carrejo-Gironza, Nancy & García, Alfonso N., 2017, New species of Colombian Triplocania Roesler (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Ptiloneuridae), Zootaxa 4336 (1), pp. 1-113 : 98

Triplocania leguizamoensis n. sp.

( Figs 335–340 )

Diagnosis. Wings hyaline; hypandrium ( Fig. 338 ) of four sclerites; central sclerite convex anteriorly, with two long, proximally wide posterior lateral processes, stout, acuminate, each bearing a pointed, short process proximally on outer border. Posterior sclerite anteriorly concave, long, widening distally, with posterior border biconcave; side sclerites small. Phallosome with side struts falcate, independent, fused posteriorly to distally dilated external parameres; anterior endophallic sclerites V-shaped, straight, each arm wider anteriorly, distally bent posteriorly; mesal sclerites proximally narrow, widening distally, divided in two arms; posterior sclerites long, straight, terminally wide, with four acuminate processes. Related to T. lamasi Silva-Neto et al. , and T. lamasoides Silva-Neto et al. , from which it differs in the lateral processes of the anterior sclerite of the hypandrium, and in the posterior sclerite of the hypandrium; it also differs from them in the structure of the phallosome ( Fig. 340 ).

Male. Color (in 80% ethanol). Body yellowish brown. Head dark brown, pattern ( Fig. 337 ); compound eyes dark brown; ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Antennae pale brown, scape and pedicel brown. Maxillary palps pale brown. Tergal lobes of meso- and metathorax brown. Thoracic pleura cream, with reddish brown spots. Coxae, trochanters and femora creamy white; tibiae and tarsi pale brown. Wings hyaline, veins brown. Abdomen cream, with irregular, subcuticular pale brown spots; clunium brown. Phallosome dark brown; posterior sclerites dark brown. Epiproct and paraprocts cream, with subcuticular brown spots.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head ( Fig. 337 ): H/MxW: 1.64, H/D: 2.07, compound eyes with abundant interommatidials setae, IO/MxW: 0.55, MxW/IO: 3.09. Vertex slightly emarginate, almost in line with the upper border of the compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tip broad, with five denticles. Mx4/Mx2: 1.41. Forewings ( Fig. 335 ): L/W: 2.64. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 4.0, with setae in the membrane; areola postica: la/ha: 2.44, slanted posteriorly. Hindwings ( Fig. 336 ): l/w: 2.98. Hypandrium ( Fig. 338 ). Phallosome ( Fig. 340 ). Paraprocts ( Fig.339 ) oval, almost straight posteriorly, setae as illustrated; sensory fields with 30 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Epiproct ( Fig. 339 ) wide, slightly concave anteriorly in the middle; mesally with an almost elliptic protuberance; setae as illustrated.

Measurements. FW: 3500, HW: 2512, F: 900, T: 1520, t1: 670, t2: 60, t3: 110, Mx4: 240, ctt1: 23, f1: 620, f2: 530, f3: 460, f4: 430, f5: 305, f6: 280, f7: 240, f8: 205, f9: 190, f10: 180, IO: 320, D: 460, d: 330, IO/d: 0.97, PO: 0.72.

Material studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Putumayo. Puerto Leguizamo. Resguardo Tukunare, buffer area of National Natural Park La Paya , 0°07’24.65’’N : 74°55’38.11’’W, 189 m., 9–10.II.2016, MUSENUV slide code 28634. J. Panche. Led light trap in forest canopy. Paratypes: 12 males, same data as the holotype .

Etymology. The specific name refers to Puerto Leguizamo, where the types were collected.

Figures

FIGURES 335 – 340. Triplocania leguizamoensis n. sp. Male. 335. Forewing. 336. Hindwing. 337. Front view of head. 338. Hypandrium. 339. Epiproct and right paraproct. 340. Phallosome. Scales in mm.