Triplocania miltoni, Moura-Lima & Silva-Neto & Bravo & García-Aldrete, 2021

Moura-Lima, Daniel, Silva-Neto, Alberto Moreira da, Bravo, Freddy & García-Aldrete, Alfonso N., 2021, Triplocania Roesler (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Ptiloneuridae): review of the internal classification, new species, and new records for the state of Bahia, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 61, pp. 1-11 : 5-9

Triplocania miltoni sp. nov. Male

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Diagnosis: Forewings hyaline ( Fig.23 ); hyandrium of one sclerite, anteriorly convex, posteriorly almost straight with a posterior median projection, wide at base, constricted in the middle and rounded distally ( Fig.26 ); phallosome with anterior mesal pair of endophallic sclerites subdivided into small V-shaped pieces, chain-shaped, external parameres posteriorly with small, pointed projections distributed over the surface ( Fig. 27 ).

Color (in 80% ethanol): Compound eyes black, ocelli hyaline, with dark brown centripetal crescents, head pattern ( Fig. 22 ). Scape and pedicel brown, f1 yellow, with apex brown, f2 pale brown, f3 brown, with apices pale yellow. Mx4 pale brown, with apex brown. Coxae pale brown, trochanters yellow, femora proximally pale brown and then yellow, tibiae yellow with apices pale brown, tarsomeres 1-3 pale brown. Forewings hyaline, veins pale brown ( Fig. 23 ). Hindwings hyaline, veins pale brown ( Fig. 24 ).

Morphology: Head with vertex slightly concave in the middle, slightly below the compound eyes’ upper bor- der, these without interommatidial setae ( Fig. 22 ). Outer cusp of lacinial tips broad, with four denticles ( Fig. 25 ). Forewing pterostigma wider in the middle,narrow anteriorly; areola postica wide, slanted posteriorly,apex widely rounded, M₁ almost straight, M₂ anteriorly concave, posteriorly convex, M₃ slightly convex with a spur vein closer to M stem than to the wing margin, R s stem slightly convex proximally, then almost straight, R₂₊₃ almost straight, R₄₊₅ sinuous ( Fig. 23 ). Hindwing R s stem almost straight, slightly concave, R₂₊₃ and R₄₊₅ straight; M stem straight proximally, then concave distally ( Fig. 24 ). Hypandrium of one sclerite ( Fig. 26 ). Phallosome with side struts independent, V-shaped, fused posteriorly to external parameres,these curved outwards, tip slender anteriorly, broad posteriorly, with small spiniform projections distributed over the apical border’s surface, with pores in the middle. Three pairs of endophallic sclerites, an antero-mesal pair slender, sinuous, subdivided into pieces V-shaped organized in chain (catenulate), a lateral-pair slender, straight anteriorly, slightly curved inwards from three quarters of its length to the apex, this rounded; a posterior pair, stout, elongated, basally wide, with a medial concavity, which give rise almost triangular projections, on each side antero-lateral, narrowing distally, with apex almost triangular ( Fig. 27 ). Epiproct almost trapezoidal, posteriorly slightly concave in the middle, anteriorly rounded with some bristles, other setae as illustrated ( Fig. 28 ). Paraprocts broadly elliptic, sensory fields with 32 trichobothria on basal rosettes, setae as illustrated ( Fig. 28 ).

Measurements (in microns): FW:2978,HW:2199,F: 914, T: 1430, t1: 635, t2: 73, t3: 110, f1: 817, f2: 673, Mx4: 210, IO: 278, D: 383, d: 301, PO: 0.78.

Material examined: Holotype male (MZFS). BRAZIL. Bahia. Milagres. 20-29.III.2012. Leg. Silva-Neto, A.M. & Menezes, E. Light trap . Paratype: 1 male (MZFS). Same data as the holotype, except (Isla 10285). 13.V.2014.

Etymology: This species is dedicated to DML’s father, Milton Robson Ribeiro Lima, for guiding him through different life situations, investing in his education, believing in his potential, and encouraging him.

Figures

Figures 22-28. Triplocania miltoni sp. nov. (Holotype male). (22) Front view of head. (23) Forewing. (24) Hindwing. (25) Lacinial tip. (26) Hypandrium. (27) Phallosome.(28) Clunium,left paraproct and epiproct.Scales in mm.