Revision of Afrotropical Silky Lacewings (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae) Author Bakkes, Deon K. Author Sole, Catherine L. Author Mansell, Mervyn W. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-12-05 4362 2 151 212 journal article 31241 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.2.1 b93895f2-f4a1-4c78-b0dc-1fee622c25c0 1175-5326 1083970 432FDE90-9F73-4A99-8DC2-55E93503892C Cabralis zambeziensis Bakkes n. sp. ( Figs. 27 –36) Cabralis gloriosus Navás, 1912a:110 (547), pro parte. Type depository: SANC. Holotype: male. Type locality: Mwinilunga , Zambia ( 11°45’S 24°25’E ). Etymology. From the type locality at the source of the Zambezi river , noun in apposition. Material examined: 7 specimens from Zambia , DRC ( JBBC , MRAC , SANC ). See table 1. Type material. Holotype: Database no.: NEUR52669; ( SANC ). Label data: ‘ Zambia / 20km .N. of / Mwinilunga / 11.45S , 24.25E . / 29.x.2006 / A. Gardiner’ ( White rectangle). ‘ Holotype / Cabralis zambezi- / ensis Bakkes / D.K. Bakkes 2015’ ( Large red rectangle). ‘SANC-Pretoria / Database No. / NEUR52669 ’ ( Small blue rectangle). Abdomen cleared by Bakkes in 2014, placed in a glycerine-filled microvial pinned below specimen. FIGURE 26. Cabralis pallidus n. sp. Larva, dorsal habitus. Reared by Peter Duelli, ex-Ingwe Motel, Soutpansberg. Photo credit: Peter Duelli. FIGURE 27. Cabralis zambeziensis n. sp. , habitus, paratype, female, Ndola, Zambia, Database no.: NEUR52670. FIGURE 28. Cabralis zambeziensis n. sp. , anterior body, dorsal, paratype, female, Chiwoma, Zambia, Database no.: NEUR10109. Figure indicates pronotal pattern of white trident with black spot on middle stripe that is diagnostic for this species. Paratypes: Database no.: NEUR10109; 1♀ ( JBBC ). Label data: ‘ ZAMBIA , Chiwoma / 12.20S 24.14E / 6.xi.2004 / S. Collins’ ( White rectangle). ‘ Paratype / Cabralis zambezi- / ensis Bakkes / D.K. Bakkes 2015’ ( Large blue rectangle). ‘SANC-Pretoria / Database No. / NEUR10109 ’ ( Small blue rectangle). Database no.: NEUR52670; 1♀ (JBBC), 1♀ ( MRAC ). Label data: ‘ Zambia / Ndola / 12.58S , 28.37E . / 31.x.2006 / A. Gardiner’ ( White rectangle). ‘ Paratype / Cabralis zambezi- / ensis Bakkes / D.K. Bakkes 2015’ ( Large blue rectangle). ‘SANC-Pretoria / Database No. / NEUR52670 ’ ( Small blue rectangle). Database no.: NEUR52671; 1♀ ( JBBC ). Label data: ‘ Zambia / nr. Munkuntna / 12.43.184S / 27.42.38.2E. / 11.xi.2006 / A. Gardiner’ ( White rectangle). ‘ Paratype / Cabralis zambezi- / ensis Bakkes / D.K. Bakkes 2015’ ( Large blue rectangle). ‘SANC-Pretoria / Database No. / NEUR52671 ’ ( Small blue rectangle). Diagnosis. This species may be distinguished by (1) pronotal pattern of anteriorly-directed white trident shape with black spot on middle stripe ( Fig. 28 ), (2) male mediuncus thick curved with undulating margin in lateral view (Fig. 30). Description. Length body 10–13mm , forewing 17–20mm , hind wing 15–18mm . Length body 12–14mm , forewing 19–21.5mm , hind wing 17–19.5mm . Head with dark yellow hue ( Fig. 28 ). Thorax with pronotum dark brownish with anteriorly-directed white trident-like pattern comprising middle stripe and two shorter stripes laterally, middle stripe bearing black spot midway, small ( Fig. 28 ). Wings . Forewing marked with varying number of spots, large and strongly accentuated, dark brownish and pale yellowish brown ( Fig. 27 ). Abdomen dark brown to blackish ( Fig. 27 ). Male terminalia . Mediuncus strongly decurved, thick hooked shape with undulating margin in lateral view (Fig. 30), apex flattened, bearing setae, dorsal face also bearing setae. Female terminalia . Sternite VII posterior margin deeply depressed, emarginated medially, forming narrow, slender, oblique copulatory fovea in ventral view (Fig. 35); invagination posteriorly directed, hooked-shaped in lateral view (Fig. 36). Distribution. Central Africa: DRC and northern Zambia ( Fig. 4 ). Moist and dense forest habitats. PLATE V: FIGURES 29–32. Cabralis zambeziensis n. sp. , holotype, male, Mwinilunga, Zambia, Database no.: NEUR52669. 29. Apex of abdomen, lateral. 30. Genitalia, lateral. 31. Apex of abdomen, ventral. 32. Genitalia, dorsal. Abbreviations: 6 9 = tergites 6 9, VI IX = sternites 6 9, 9gcx = 9th gonocoxite, cc = cercal callus, ect = ectoprocts, gs = gonarcus, med = mediuncus, spp = superprocessus.