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
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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.