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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https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00398.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00398.x
0024-4082
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THE
CIRCULAROIDES
GROUP
Diagnosis:
Small sized psocids, length of forewing
c
.
2 mm
.
Forewing
(
Fig. 1A–C
),
not extensively covered with small spots
(secondary reversal); cell a with single marking; opposing spots in cell r absent; Rs fork acute; 3rd section of CuA almost straight, directed posteriorly.
Male terminalia
(
Fig. 2
): No clunial arm. Epiproct with well-expanded lobe. Paraproctal distal lobe small; distal process almost straight. Eighth venter with pair of small sclerites widely separated from hypandrium. Hypandrium asymmetrical,
with lobe-like projection on right side
(= modified right process),
medially with wide membranous region
;
left process well developed
; median tongue absent.
Phallosome asymmetrical
, broadened posteriorly, with weakly sclerotized parameres (
sensu
Yoshizawa, 1998
; Yoshizawa, 2004; not
Yoshizawa, 2001
), postero-lateral corner with extension.
Female genitalia
: Ventral valve of gonapophyses short, not reaching external valve. External valve lacking posterior lobe. Internal plate little sclerotized.
Remarks:
Although
Yoshizawa (2001)
assigned the parthenogenetic
T. circularoides
to the
spiniserrulum