Cladiopsocus laesperanza, 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 : 202-205

Cladiopsocus laesperanza n. sp. Male

( Figs 43–49 )

Diagnosis. Belonging in species group “1”, subgroup 2, in the classification of Eertmoed (1986). Forewings smoked. Unlike other species in subgroup 2, it has the paraproctal prong short, stout, widened distally, with twothree apical teeth, epiproct wider than long, with posterior margin emarginate ( Fig. 48 ).

Color. Head ( Fig. 45 ) brown, front pale brown; anteclypeus, labrum, mandibles, labium and maxilla brown, labium pale brown to cream. Compound eyes dark brown, ocelli hyaline in a dark brown area. Antennae and maxillary palps pale brown, flagellomeres cream apically. Pronotum pale brown, mesonotum and metanotum brown, thoracic pleura and legs pale brown to cream, tibia and tarsi darker. Forewing membrane hyaline, with some areas slightly smoked ( Fig. 43 ); veins brown, with some pale brown spots; wing margin with brown spots, three in areola postica. Hindwings hyaline ( Fig. 44 ). Abdominal terguites pale brown; sternites cream, clunium and hypandrium brown, clunium with narrow anterior border dark brown; epiproct cream; paraprocts pale brown, paraproctal prong brown.

Morphology. As in diagnosis plus the following: head vertex slightly emarginate, almost at the same level of the upper margin of the compound eyes ( Fig. 45 ); these large, D is 0.48 the length of the head in front view; with interommatidial setae. Forewings ( Fig. 43 ); membrane pterostigma with setae; without spur veins. Hypandrium triangular, broad, anteriorly concave, with medium sized setae and macrosetae. Phallosome short, widened distally, internal parameres broadly dilated distally, directed posteriorly; external parameres rounded laterally; endophallic lobes broad, rounded apically, separated along the midline ( Fig. 47 ). Epiproct semioval, wider than long ( Fig. 48 ), emarginate posteriorly, with three macrosetae mesally and one near each postero-lateral corner, posterior setal field as illustrated. Paraprocts ( Fig. 49 ) with medium sized setae and macrosetae on long, stout mesal process as illustrated; mesal prong stout, with two-three large apical teeth; sensory fields with 18 trichobothria on basal rosettes ( Fig. 49 ).

Measurements. FW: 2587, HW: 1900, F: 625, T: 1050, t1: 400, t2: 50, t3: 75, ctt1: 21, f1: 450, f2: 325, f3: 275, f4: 212, f5: 150, f6: 150, f7: 117, f8: 112, f9: 107, f10: 100, f11: 87, Mx4: 170, IO: 250, D: 290, d: 185, IO/d: 1.35, PO: 0.64.

Specimens studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Caquetá. Belén de Los Andaquíes, Resguardo Indígena La Esperanza, 1°36’19.18’’N : 75°56’12.46’’W, 844 m. J. Panche. Led light trap in forest canopy. MUSENUV slide code 2891. Paratypes: 3 males, same data as the holotype . 1 male, Caquetá. San Vicente del Caguán, Laureles, Resguardo Indígena Altamira, 2°27’50.14’’N : 74°55’02.06’’W, 917 m. 27.IV.2017. Led light trap in forest canopy. J. Panche. 2 males, 26.III.2017, same locality and collector.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the Resguardo Indígena La Esperanza, in Belén de los Andaquíes, Caquetá.

Figures

FIGURES 43–49. Cladiopsocus laesperanza n. sp. Male. 43. Forewing. 44. Hindwing. 45. Front view of head. 46. Hypandrium.47.Phallosome.48. Epiproct.49. Paraproct.Scales in mm.