Triplocania calima, 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 : 28-32

Triplocania calima n. sp.

( Figs 75–86 )

Diagnosis. Similar to T. felidiaensis n. sp., T. mariacarmenae n. sp., and T. humboldtiana n. sp., but differs from them in having the lateral arms of the anterior endophallic sclerite long and slender, distally narrow, acuminate; the central process is stout, dilated proximally, narrowing distally, acuminate, bearing a row of short straight spines along the left side, bending to the left ( Fig. 80 ). IX sternum with three well defined areas, the anterior one oval, the central one transverse, with pigmented area V-shaped, and a posterior process in the middle ( Fig. 86 ).

Male. Color (in 80% ethanol). Body pale cream, with pale brown and dark areas. Compound eyes brown, ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Head ( Fig. 77 ) with slender, diagonal brown band from inner margin of each compound eye to near the epistomal sulcus. Vertex, front, clypeus and labrum creamy; vertex and postclypeus with brown spots. Genae with discontinuous areas ochre, from compound eyes to subgenal sulcus. Postgenae cream. Antennae: scape, pedicel and flagella pale brown. Mx1–4 pale brown; Mx4 with apex dark brown. Tergal lobes of meso- and metathorax brown. Thoracic pleura creamy, except brown ochre mesopleura.

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Legs: trochanters and femora of all legs pale cream; fore- and hind- coxae with small ochre spots; mid coxae brown; tibiae and tarsi of all legs pale brown. Wings mostly hyaline; forewing pterostigma pale brown, with brown spots; a pale brown marginal band from pterostigma to R4+5, then the band is wider and brown, to Cu2 and 1A; setae of most veins inserted in brown areolae ( Fig. 75 ). Hindwings with pale brown marginal band, from R4+5 to about two thirds of cell m and throughout cell cu2 ( Fig. 76 ). Abdomen pale cream, with small brown subcuticular irregular spots. Clunium, hypandrium and phallosome dark brown. Epiproct pale brown, with subcuticular brown ochre spots, paraprocts pale brown, with brown latero-dorsal area.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head ( Fig. 77 ): H/MxW: 1.44, H/D: 3.06: IO/MxW: 0.87, MxW/IO: 1.68, compound eyes below the level of the vertex, this rounded, slightly concave in the middle. Outer cusp of lacinial tips broad, with seven denticles. Mx4/Mx2: 1.28; Mx4/Mx3: 2.35. Forewings ( Fig. 75 ): L/W: 2.56. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 5.71, with abundant setae in the membrane; areola postica: la/ha: 1.63; membrane with abundant setae on brown marginal band. Hindwings ( Fig 76 ): l/w: 2.73. Sclerites of hypandrium ( Fig. 79 ), of about the same size, central sclerite asymmetric, anteriorly convex, projected posteriorly in the middle, as illustrated. Phallosome ( Fig. 80 ), V-shaped anteriorly, side struts joined distally to slender external parameres, slightly dilated distally, bearing pores; anterior endophallic sclerites with arms slender, left one with apex sharp and angled outwards, the right one strongly curved dorsally, central sclerite as in diagnosis. Paraprocts oval ( Fig. 78 ), rounded posteriorly, distal area with medium and short abundant setae, with a macroseta near each sensory field, inner border with abundant spicules; sensory fields with 37 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Epiproct broadly trapeziform, wide, posteriorly rounded ( Fig. 78 ), setae as illustrated.

Measurements. FW: 5700, HW: 3750, F: 1300, T: 2325, t1: 800, t2: 137, t3: 175, ctt1: 2 4, Mx4: 375, f1: 1050, f2: 1150, f3: 1050, IO: 740, D: 400, d: 250, IO/d: 2.96. PO: 0.63.

Female. Color (in 80% ethanol). Body, head, legs, epiproct, paraprocts and wings as in the male. Subgenital plate with median area hyaline, pigmented area with broad sides, joined posteriorly, dark brown ( Fig. 85 ). Gonapophyses brown, v1 and basal part of v2 +3 dark brown. IX sternum orange brown. Epiproct cream with pale brown spots. Paraprocts pale cream.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head ( Fig. 83 ): H/MxW: 1.43, H/D: 3.06, compound eyes: IO/MxW: 0.82, MxW/IO: 1.75. Vertex as in the male. Outer cusp of lacinial tips broad, with six denticles. Mx4/ Mx2: 1.52. Wings and legs as in the male. Forewings ( Fig. 81 ): L/W: 2.66. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 5.47, with abundant setae; areola postica: la/ha: 1.70. Hindwings ( Fig. 82 ): l/w: 2.84. Subgenital plate with broadly rounded posterior border, setose as illustrated. Gonapophyses ( Fig. 86 ): v1 elongate, slender, acuminate; v2 +3 proximally with short heel, a row of six macrosetae on v2; distal process long, sinuous and acuminate, with microsetae on surface. IX sternum ( Fig. 86 ), as in diagnosis, posterior area membranous ( Fig. 86 ). Paraprocts ( Fig. 84 ) broad, with field of setae posteriorly; sensory fields with 30 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Epiproct ( Fig. 84 ) elongate, triangular, wide based, posteriorly rounded; setae as illustrated.

Measurements. FW: 6125, HW: 3975, F: 1300, T: 2375, t1: 825, t2: 150, t3: 187.5, ctt1: 24, Mx 4: 362, f1: 1012, f2: 1100, f3: 950, IO: 720, D: 410, d: 280, IO/d: 2.57, PO: 0.68.

Material studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca. Santiago de Cali, Los Andes, Charco Azul , 3°25’20.3’’N : 76°36’50.3’’W, 1658 m., 23.I.2013, MUSENUV slide code 26183 R. González. Paratypes: 1 female, same locality, 23.I.2013, MUSENUV slide code 26184. N. Calderón & R. González . 2 females. Pichindé , 3° 26’ 04.8’’N : 76° 36’ 50.7’’W, 1511 m, 23.I.2013, O. Saenz & N. Calderón. Beating vegetation and dead branches.

Etymology. The specific epithet honors the Calima tribe that inhabited the Andes Mountains of Valle del Cauca in pre-Columbian times.

Figures

FIGURES 75 – 80. Triplocania calima n. sp. Male. 75. Forewing. 76. Hindwing. 77. Front view of head. 78. Paraprocts and epiproct. 79. Hypandrium. 80. Phallosome. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 81 – 86. Triplocania calima n. sp. Female. 81. Forewing. 82. Hindwing. 83. Front view of head. 84. Paraprocts and epiproct. 85. Subgenital plate. 86. Ninth sternum and left gonapophyses. Scales in mm.