Polyplectropus zaragozai Bueno-Soria

Chamorro, Maria Lourdes & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2010, 2582, Zootaxa 2582, pp. 1-252 : 188-191

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1175­5334

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scientific name

Polyplectropus zaragozai Bueno-Soria
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Polyplectropus zaragozai Bueno-Soria View in CoL

Figs. 96, 121

Polyplectropus zaragozai Bueno-Soria, 1990: 387 View in CoL . [Type locality: Mexico, Hidalgo, carretera 105, a 60 kms al NO de Pachuca en el Río Tulancingo , Puente Venados; IBUNAM; male].

Polyplectropus zaragozai View in CoL resembles P. zamoranoensis , new species. Both species have comparable male genitalia, particularly in the inferior appendage, but less so in the phallus. Polyplectropus zaragozai View in CoL has 6 medium-sized spines in endothecal membrane of the phallus. In P. zaragozai View in CoL there is a mesal pair directed posterad, a dorsobasal pair curved laterad, and an apicodorsal pair directed dorsad. P. zamoranoensis has 2 short, ventrally curved spines in the endothecal membrane. Additionally, the dorsolateral arm of the phallic sclerite is relatively smaller in P. zaragozai View in CoL (in P. zamoranoensis these are directed dorsolateral, are very prominent and may be confused for endothecal spines), as well as the dorsal branch of the inferior appendage.

Adult. Length of forewing 6–6.5 mm, n=16. Color of head, thorax, and legs yellowish-brown (specimens preserved in alcohol).

Male genitalia. Sternum IX in lateral view rounded, anterior margin highly convex, posterior margin sinuate and submedially concave; in ventral view rectangular, anterior margin highly concave, posterior margin convex and sinuate. Tergum X membranous, oblong, bearing dorsal microsetae; lower lip of tergum X membranous, smooth, without dorsal microsetae; in dorsal view obtuse; in caudal view produced dorsad of phallocrypt. Intermediate appendage not longer than inferior appendage, rod-like, with long basal setae; in dorsal view slightly broad basally, tapering into curved rods; in caudal view lanceolate, curved, narrowing and becoming sclerous apically, directed mesoventrad. Preanal appendage tripartite; dorsolateral process bulbous, originating from dorsum of mesolateral process; mesolateral process setose; in dorsal view deltoid, in lateral view subquadrate; mesoventral process setose; in lateral view hook-like, with ventrad-directed sclerotized apex, ventral margin concave, posterior margin convex; in caudal view not fused basomesally, processes separated, ventral margin of process acute, with ventrolateral margin slightly produced. Inferior appendage bipartite with anterior basal plate extending anterad beyond sternum IX when observed in lateral view; dorsal branch setose, in lateral view lanceolate, basally broad and narrowing apically; in ventral view narrow, lateral margin convex, entire, posterior margin subacute, mesal margin entire, concave, expanding posterad into ventral branch; ventral branch setose, elongate, in lateral view ovate, narrowing posterad; in ventral view deltoid, posteromesal margin produced posterad into pointed apex, shallowly converging mesally. Phallus long; dorsal phallic sclerite in lateral view slightly sinuate, dorsally produced subapically, apex pandurate; apex of dorsal phallic sclerite in dorsal view emarginate; endothecal membrane with 6 stout sclerotized spines, a mesal pair directed posterad, a dorsobasal pair curved laterad, and an apicodorsal pair directed dorsad.

Material examined. MEXICO: Hidalgo: Río Tulancingo, 60 km N.E. de Pachuca, [20°07'00"N, 98°44'00"W], 17.v.1980, J. Bueno-Soria — 2 males [paratype]; 1 female ( IBUNAM); Río Venados , [20°24'00"N, 98°58'00"W], 30.iii.1980. P. Carter — 2 males ( IBUNAM); 19.iv.1980, P. Carter — 3 males ( IBUNAM); 12.vii.1980, P. Carter — 5 males ( IBUNAM); Veracruz: Puente Soteapan, 18°14'00"N, 94°52'00"W, 8.xii.1985, R. Barba — 2 males, 1 female [paratypes] ( IBUNAM) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico ( Bueno-Soria 1990).

IBUNAM

Instituto de BiIología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Trichoptera

Family

Polycentropodidae

Genus

Polyplectropus

Loc

Polyplectropus zaragozai Bueno-Soria

Chamorro, Maria Lourdes & Holzenthal, Ralph W. 2010
2010
Loc

Polyplectropus zaragozai

Bueno-Soria, J. 1990: 387
1990
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