A new genus in the family Ptiloneuridae (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Psocomorpha: Epipsocetae) from Brazil
Author
Neto, Alberto Moreira Da Silva
Author
García Aldrete, Alfonso N.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3914
2
168
174
journal article
42278
10.11646/zootaxa.3914.2.6
57b3a117-e401-4efb-be00-174be6a24ea2
1175-5326
239856
CE5BA8ED-5210-42FF-BA15-F2B372364BD6
Family
Ptiloneuridae
Diagnosis.
Labral sclerites incomplete, not reaching the proximal end of the labrum with the exception of
Willreevesia
. Three-segmented tarsi. Forewing with two anal veins, forewing M with 3–8 branches and hindwing M with 1–5 branches. Phallosome V- or Y-shaped, complex, open posteriorly, with distinct endophallic sclerites. Hypandrium of one to five sclerites, usually with a large, central sclerite, with posterior projections, with one or two small side sclerites on each side. Ovipositor valvulae with
v1
present and
v3
a finger-like, setose lobe broadly attached to side of
v2
(
García Aldrete & Mockford 2012
).