Cladiopsocus altamiraensis, Obando & García Aldrete & Carrejo, 2018

Obando, Ranulfo González, García Aldrete, Alfonso N. & Carrejo, Nancy, 2018, New species and records of Cladiopsocus Roesler (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Psocomorpha: Cladiopsocidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4378 (2), pp. 191-223 : 194

Cladiopsocus altamiraensis n. sp. Male

( Figs 1–7 )

Diagnosis. Belonging in species group “2”, subgroup 3, in the classification of Eertmoed (1986). Second and third tarsomeres fused, paraproct tubercle reduced; wings hyaline, without spots and stubs as in C. domesticus , C. iscuande n. sp., C. pancheorum n. sp., and female of C. clarus Eertmoed. The shape of the phallosome ( Fig. 5 ) and wings ( Fig. 1 ) relate it to C. pancheorum and C. iscuande . Unlike these, it has the forewing A2 attached distally to A1 before the wing margin ( Fig. 1 ).

Color. Head ( Fig. 3 ) brown, vertex and front dark brown; anteclypeus, labrum, mandibles, labium and maxillary palps pale brown. Compound eyes dark brown, ocelli hyaline in a dark brown area. Antennae and maxillary palps pale brown. Pronotum pale brown, meso- and metanotum, brown, thoracic pleura pale brown. Coxae, trochanters and femora cream, tibiae and tarsi pale brown. Forewing membrane hyaline ( Fig. 1 ); veins pale brown, without brown spots along the veins and at wing margin. Hindwings hyaline ( Fig. 2 ). Abdomen pale brown to cream, incomplete abdominal segmental rings pale brown, clunium and hypandrium pale brown to cream, clunium with narrow anterior edge darker; phallosome brown; epiproct and paraprocts pale brown to cream, paraproctal prong darker proximally.

Morphology. As in diagnosis plus the following: head vertex emarginate, slightly below the upper margin of the compound eyes ( Fig. 3 ); these large, with interommatidial setae. D is 0.57 the length of the head in front view; forewings ( Fig. 1 ); membrane pterostigma with setae, without spur veins. Hypandrium semioval, crescent-shaped, broad, posterior margin rounded, with medium sized setae and macrosetae ( Fig. 4 ). Phallosome arched, internal parameres united posteriorly; endophallic sclerites fused, tongue-shaped, widened distally; external parameres membranous, broad ( Fig. 5 ). Epiproct trapeziform, posterior margin slightly rounded ( Fig. 6 ), with three macrosetae mesally and two near each postero-lateral corner, posterior setal field as illustrated. Paraprocts wide ( Fig. 7 ) with medium sized setae and macrosetae as illustrated; mesal prong short, little sclerotized, widened distally; sensory fields with 21 trichobothria on basal rosettes ( Fig. 7 ).

Measurements. FW: 2825, HW: 2100, F: 600, T: 1125, t1: 437, t2+t3: 95, ctt1: 22, f1: 500, f2: 387, f3: 300, f4: 262, f5: 175, f6: 172, f7: 150, f8: 145, f9: 125, f10: 112, f11: 95, Mx4: 195, IO: 210, D: 250, d: 370, IO/d: 0.84, PO: 0.68.

Specimen studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Caquetá. San Vicente del Caguán, Laureles, Resguardo Indígena Altamira , 2°27’50.14’’N: 74°55’02.06’’W. 917 m. 26.III.2017. J. Panche. Led light trap. MUSENUV slide code 2885.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the type locality of this species, the Resguardo Indígena Altamira.

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Cladiopsocus altamiraensis n. sp. Male.1. Forewing. 2. Hindwing. 3. Front view of head. 4. Hypandrium. 5. Phallosome. 6. Epiproct. 7. Paraproct. Scales in mm.