Cladiopsocus pancheorum, 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 : 208

Cladiopsocus pancheorum n. sp. Male

( Figs 63–69 )

Diagnosis. Belonging in species group “2”, subgroup 3, in the classification of Eertmoed (1986). Paraproct tubercle reduced; wings hyaline, without spots and vein stubs as in C. domesticus (New) , C. iscuande n. sp., C. altamiraensis n. sp., C. tukunare n. sp., and the female of C. clarus Eertmoed. The shape of the phallosome and wings relates it to C. domesticus , C. iscuande n. sp., and C. altamiraensis n. sp., but unlike them, the forewing R3 is straight, R2+3 is slightly longer than R3 (1.04) ( Fig. 63 ) and the legs have three tarsomeres. This was already mentioned by Gonzalez et al. (2016: p. 75) as C. domesticus (New) , based on an erroneous identification.

Color. Head ( Fig. 65 ) brown, vertex, front, postclypeus and anteclypeus dark brown, labrum, mandibles, labium and maxillae pale brown. Compound eyes dark brown, ocelli hyaline in a dark brown area. Antennae and maxillary palps brown. Pro- and metanotum pale brown, mesonotum brown, thoracic pleura and legs pale brown. Forewing membrane hyaline ( Fig. 63 ); veins brown, without brown spots along the veins and at wing margin. Hindwings hyaline, veins brown ( Fig. 64 ). Abdomen brown, clunium brown; hypandrium epiproct, paraproct and phallosome brown, paraproctal prong darker proximally.

Morphology. As in diagnosis plus the following: head vertex emarginate, almost at the same level of the upper margin of the compound eyes ( Fig. 65 ); these large, with interommatidial setae, D is 0.54 the length of the head in front view; Forewings ( Fig. 63 ); membrane pterostigma with setae, without spur veins. Hypandrium semioval, crescent-shaped, broad, posterior margin rounded, with medium sized setae and macrosetae. Phallosome arched, with internal parameres united posteriorly, with median posterior elongate tongue distally dilated; external parameres well developed, membranous, broad, triangular ( Fig. 67 ). Epiproct broadly trapeziform, posterior margin slightly rounded ( Fig. 68 ), with three macrosetae mesally and one near each postero-lateral corner, posterior setal field as illustrated. Paraprocts broad ( Fig. 69 ) with medium sized setae and macrosetae as illustrated; mesal prong short, dilated distally, rounded; sensory fields with 18 trichobothria on basal rosettes, plus one trichobothrium without basal rosette.

Measurements. FW: 2662, HW: 2025, F: 637, T: 1107, t1: 435, t2: 45, t3: 57, ctt1: 21, f1: 457, f2: 325, f3: 282, f4: 230, f5: 142, f6: 117, Mx4: 175, IO: 215, D: 367, d: 250, IO/d: 0.86, PO: 0.68.

Specimen studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Putumayo. Puerto Asís. Finca de Don Miguel, 0°22’58.37” N : 36°31’31.62” W, 264 m. 18–19.II.2015. J. Panche. Led light trap in forest canopy. MUSENUV slide code 2894.

Etymology. This species is dedicated to the Panche: Jeferson, Gladys and Luz Mery Panche, in gratefulness for their support collecting psocids in forests of the departments of Caquetá and Putumayo.

Figures

FIGURES 63–69. Cladiopsocus pancheorum n. sp. Male. 63. Forewing. 64. Hindwing. 65. Front view of head. 66. Hypandrium.67. Phallosome.68. Epiproct.69. Paraproct.Scales in mm.