Loneura andina García Aldrete, Mendivil & González.

Nieto, Julián Alexander Mendivil, Aldrete, Alfonso Neri García & Obando, Ranulfo González, 2017, Seven new species of Loneura Navás (Insecta: Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Ptiloneuridae) from Valle del Cauca, Colombia, Zootaxa 4227 (4), pp. 495-523 : 518-521

Loneura andina García Aldrete, Mendivil & González. Female

( Figs 66–70 )

Color (in 80% ethanol). Body, head, legs, epiproct, paraprocts and wings as in the male. Subgenital plate hyaline in the middle; pigmented area dark brown. Gonapophyses brown, distal process of v2 +3 cream. Ninth sternum cream.

Morphology. Head ( Fig. 67 ) H/MxW: 1.46; large compound eyes, H/d: 2.95; IO/MxW: 0.77; vertex at the same level as the upper border of the compound eyes; outer cusp of lacinial tip broad, with 6-8 denticles. Forewings ( Fig. 66 ) L/W: 2.63; pterostigma: lp/wp: 4.72, elongate, wider in the middle; M six branched, M6 distally forked; one specimen with M seven branched, with M7 distally forked; areola postica: la/ha: 1.52, tall, apically rounded, slanted posteriorly as in the male. Hindwing ( Fig. 66 ) l/w: 2.86; M three branched, one specimen with of the right hindwing five branched and the left hindwing four branched. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 69 ) wide, posteriorly rounded, setal field as illustrated. Gonapophyses ( Fig. 70 ): v1 long and acuminate; v2 +3 with long, slender proximal heel, a row of six setae on v2; distal process long, sinuous and acuminate, bearing microsetae on surface. Ninth sternum ( Fig. 70 ) well sclerotized, oval, wider in the middle, with a broad transverse area projected posteriorly in the middle. Paraprocts ( Fig. 68 ) broadly triangular, setae as illustrated; sensory fields with 26–29 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Epiproct ( Fig. 68 ) broad, anteriorly convex, triangular, posteriorly rounded, with setae as illustrated.

Measurements (in µm). FW: 6050; HW: 4200; F: 1425; T: 2575; t1: 1050; t2: 80; t3: 155; ctt1: 31; f1: 967; f2: 1030; f3: 887; f4: 750; f5: 500; f6: 425; f7: 345; f8: 300; f9: 275; f10: 255; f11: 265; Mx 4: 370; IO: 675; D: 442; d: 337; IO/d: 2.0; PO: 0.76.

Specimens studied. COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca. Santiago de Cali. Los Andes, Finca Monserrate , 3°25'57.3”N : 76°37’15.4”W, 1682 m., 3.I.2013. 2 females, MUSENUV slide code 26172. R. González & N. Calderón.

Figures

FIGURES 66 – 70. Loneura andina. Female. 66. Forewing and hindwing. 67. Front view of head. 68. Paraproct and epiproct. 69. Subgenital plate. 70. Gonapophyses and ninth sternum. Scales in mm.