The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia
Author
Schmidt, Evan R.
Author
New, Timothy R.
text
Memoirs of Museum Victoria
2008
2008-12-31
65
71
152
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-71-152/
journal article
10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.7
1447-2554
12211502
DA62FFC8-02A6-429F-9478-93453E083675
Graminacaecilius frontalis
sp. nov.
Figures 85–90
Material examined
.
Holotype
:
Tasmania
,
Queens Domain
,
Hobart
, tussock grasses,
8 July 1986
.
One
nymph and
2 paratypes
: same data as holotype. Additional records:
site
42A, 1, 12 June 86; 1, 18 July 86; 3, 1, 4 nymphs, 2 Oct 86;
site
42B, 1, 1, 18 July 86;
site
73, 2
, 1, 25 Apr 87;
site
158, 1, 12 Oct 86; 1, 25 July 87.
Description of male. Coloration
(after ca 6 years in alcohol). Body creamy white, with the following exceptions: anterior margin of frons with broad brown band; centripetal margins of ocellidarkbrown;f
1
light brown, f
2
light brown basally merging to dark brown apically, remaining segments dark brown; eyes black; prothorax with brown pleural stripe.
Morphology.
IO:D = 2.2. Eyes ovoid. Median epicranial suture distinct. Ocelli present. Fore wing reduced to a small rudiment, hind wing a small bud. Basal flagellar segment bent. Vertex flattened, elongated. Labrum and lacinia as
G. micropterus
. Epiproct (fig. 85). Paraproct (fig. 85) with small field of papillae and ovoid dome of 10 trichobothria, one seta not in rosette. Hypandrium (fig. 86) median region lacking setae, membranous; posterolateral margins with few strong setae; pair of strong median preapical setae. Phallosome (fig. 87) relatively narrow.
Dimensions
. B 2.0, F 0.434, T 0.679, t
1
0.174, t
2
0.111, rt 1.6:1, ct 0,0, f
1
0.395, f
2
0.316.
Description of female. Coloration
(after ca 6 years in alcohol). As male.
Morphology.
IO:D = 3.0. Medianepicranialsuturedistinct. Apterous. Epiproct strongly setose. Paraproct with large macroseta on posterior margin and small round field of 4 trichobothria. Subgenital plate (fig. 88): apical median area membranous, setae absent; pigmentation barely visible; body of plate setose, pair of preapical setae not as distinct as in
G. micropterus
. Gonapophyses (fig. 89) with external valve remnant bearing a single seta. Spermatheca (fig. 90) with short glandular area.
Dimensions
. B 2.5, F 0.427, T 0.671, t
1
0.158, t
2
0.111, rt 1.4:1, ct 0,0, f
1
0.328, f
2
0.217.
Remarks
. This species has been found by ERS on the Mornington Peninsula,
Victoria
.
Etymology
. Referring to the strongly marked frons of this species.