Loneuroides venezolanus García Aldrete

García Aldrete, Alfonso N., Obando, Ranulfo González & Gironza, Nancy Carrejo, 2016, New species of Loneuroides García Aldrete (Psocodea: ' Psocoptera': Ptiloneuridae) from Colombia, and description of the male L. venezolanus García Aldrete, Zootaxa 4093 (1), pp. 103-117 : 114-115

Loneuroides venezolanus García Aldrete , Male

( Figs 36–41 )

Color. (In 80% ethanol). Body, head ( Fig. 38 ), legs, epiproct, paraprocts and wings as in the original female diagnosis (García Aldrete, 2006) plus the following: Hypandrium yellowish, phallosome dark brown.

Morphology. As in generic diagnosis plus the following: Outer cusp of lacinial tip broad, with 6–7 denticles. Wings ( Figs 36 and 37 ). Hindwing with M three branched (four branched in the female). Central sclerite of hypandrium ( Fig. 40 ) with median posterior process stout, slightly constricted proximally, obtusely concave posteriorly, with postero-lateral corners pointed, directed posteriorly; lateral processes robust, blunt ended, each bearing a slender, pointed apophysis distally. Phallosome ( Fig. 41 ) Y shaped anteriorly, with stem short, pointed; each arm of the side struts broad, with the inner border rounded. Two pairs of endophallic sclerites, anterior pair bow shaped, proximally wide, hooked, distally slender, with ends spiny; posterior pair proximally wide, narrowing distally, hooked, with apices directed outwards, next to external parameres. A mesal, transverse, strongly sclerotized, broadly M shaped sclerite, convex anteriorly and pointed posteriorly. Paraprocts ( Fig. 39 ) broad, elliptic, with setal field as illustrated and sensory fields with 38 trichobothria in basal rosettes. Epiproct ( Fig. 39 ) broad, convex anteriorly, rounded posteriorly, with setae on sides and posterior border, and an anterior field with short spines mesally, on a slight bulge, next to anterior border.

Measurements. FW: 6175, HW: 4150, F: 1530, T: 2775, t1: 1175, t2: 100, t3: 182, ctt1: 33, f1: 1200, f2: 1300, f3: 850, Mx4: 380, IO: 687, D: 480, d: 355, IO/d: 1.93, PO: 0.73.

Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca. Yumbo. Dapa. Finca Palo Alto, 3°34’9.0”N: 76°34’13.6”W, 1866 m., 26–28.III.2011. 2 males. J. Mendivil. 1 female, same locality, 16.X.2010. Led light trap six meters from ground level. R. González (MUSENUV).

Figures

FIGURES 36 – 41. Loneuroides venezolanus García Aldrete. Male. 36. Forewing. 37. Hindwing. 38. Front view of head. 39. Right paraproct and epiproct. 40. Central sclerite of hypandrium. 41. Phallosome. Scales in mm.