Systematics and biogeography of the New World species of Trichadenotecnum Enderlein (Insecta: Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Psocidae)
Author
Yoshizawa, Kazunori
Author
Aldrete, Alfonso Neri García
Author
Mockford, Edward L.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2008
2008-08-31
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journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00398.x
0024-4082
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THE
ROESLERI
GROUP
Diagnosis:
Small psocids, length of forewing
c
.
2 mm
. Forewing (
Fig. 1D–F
) extensively covered with small spots; spots in cell a faint; opposing spots of r absent or only posterior spot distinct; proximal band only distinct just below fork of M + Cu and along basal section of vein Rs; distal band faint, indistinct in cell r
3
; submarginal spots sometimes indistinct, especially in cells r
1
, r
3
and m
3
; marginal clouds only distinct along vein ends; Rs fork acute; third section of CuA almost straight, directed posteriorly.
Male terminalia
. No clunial arm present (
Fig. 3A, E
). Epiproct
with keel-like projection posteriorly
(
Fig. 3B, E
); epiproct lobe well expanded,
its dorsal margin with some rather long setae
(
Fig. 3B, F
). Paraproctal distal lobe small (
Fig. 3A, E
); distal process long and almost straight, directed posteriorly.
Eighth venter
(
Fig. 3C, I
)
with transversal single sclerite fused with hypandrium posteriorly at middle
. Hypandrium (
Fig. 3C, G, I
) symmetrical; median tongue well developed, its ventral surface with denticles. Phallosome (
Fig. 3D, H, J
) variable in shape but consistently symmetrical.
Female genitalia
(
Fig. 4
). Ventral valve short, not reaching external valve.