Cladiopsocus eertmoedi, Obando, Ranulfo González, García Aldrete, Alfonso N. & Carrejo, Nancy, 2016

Obando, Ranulfo González, García Aldrete, Alfonso N. & Carrejo, Nancy, 2016, New species of Cladiopsocus Roesler (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Psocomorpha: Cladiopsocidae) from the Colombian Amazonia, Zootaxa 4127 (1) : -

Cladiopsocus eertmoedi n. sp. Male

( Figs 15–21 )

Diagnosis. Belonging in species group “1”, in the classification of Eertmoed (1986). Unlike C. ramulosus , C. arboricola, C. panchei n. sp. and C. julianae n. sp., it has the paraproctal tubercle enlarged, but without a distinct “thumb”, and a well sclerotized phallosome. The paraproctal prong is unique, double, with a large, pointed outer arm, and a short, truncate inner arm ( Fig. 19 ) that separates it from C. uncinatus (New) , and C. tikunus n. sp.

Color. Head ( Fig. 17 ) dark brown. Compound eyes dark brown, ocelli hyaline. Antennae brown, flagellomeres with clear distal ends; maxillary palps brown. Mesonotum dark brown, metanotum light brown, with mesal line ochre, extended to the metascutellum; thoracic pleura and legs light brown. Forewing membrane hyaline, with smoked spots, forming nearly an anteapical band between R4+5 and M3; pterostigma with two big brown spots on costal margin; wing margin with pale brown spots between R2+3 and R4+5, and M3- Cu1b ( Fig. 15 ); areola postica with brown spots near the margin. Veins pale brown, with brown spots along the veins and distally, on wing margin. Hindwing hyaline with a smoked spot on vein ends, and four spots on wing margin between M and Cu1 ( Fig. 16 ). Abdomen cream, tergites with narrow brown ochre bands, clunium and hypandrium pale brown; phallosome brown; epiproct cream; paraprocts cream to pale brown, with pale brown lobe, paraproctal prong dark brown.

Morphology. As in diagnosis plus the following: Head ( Fig. 17 ). Compound eyes slightly surpassing the level of the vertex, D is 56% the length of the head in front view, almost as wide as the interocular distance (1.09); with interommatidial setae. Forewings ( Fig. 15 ) without spur veins; membrane pterostigma without setae. Hypandrium ( Fig. 20 ) broad, setose, distally rounded, with abundant medium sized setae in distal area. Epiproct almost trapeziform, with wide distal projection and posterior border straight, with three medium setae in mesal field and abundant medium sized setae distally. Paraprocts ( Fig. 19 ) with short mesal tubercle, with rounded anterior border, abundant medium setae and macrosetae; mesal prong strongly sclerotized; sensory fields with 20 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Phallosome anteriorly bilobed, posteriorly with a narrow concavity in the middle, external parameres rounded, membranous, bearing pores; endophallic lobes broadly triangular; arms of internal parameres (= aedeagal arch) bow shaped, directed anteriorly ( Fig. 21 ).

Measurements. FW: 2875, HW: 2150, F: 640, T: 1160, t1: 425, t2: 55, t3: 68, ctt1: 18, f1: 510, f2: 373, f3: 305, f4: 260, Mx4: 195, IO: 220, D: 370, d: 238, IO/d: 0.92, PO: 0.64.

Specimen studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Putumayo. Puerto Asís. Finca de Don Mario, 0°22´58.37” N: 36°31’31.62” W, 264 m. 24–25.X.2014. MUSENUV slide code 26137, J. Panche. Led light trap on forest canopy.

Etymology. This species is dedicated to Dr. Gary E. Eertmoed, in recognition to his important contributions to the taxonomy of the epipsocete psocids, and in particular of the genus Cladiopsocus .

Figures

FIGURES 15 – 21. Cladiopsocus eertmoedi n. sp. Male. 15. Forewing. 16. Hindwing. 17. Front view of head. 18. Epiproct. 19. Left paraproct. 20. Hypandrium. 21. Phallosome. Scales in mm.