New species of Lachesilla Westwood in the pedicularia group (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Lachesillidae) from the Colombian Amazonia
Author
Manchola, Oscar Fernando Saenz
Author
Aldrete, Alfonso Neri García
Author
Obando, Ranulfo González
text
Zootaxa
2015
3915
4
510
520
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.3
49cd5876-e6a2-43f8-b026-17281938f13f
1175-5326
232504
2AF12107-798E-47CC-9F99-86D02BE7C26A
Key to
Lachesilla
species of the
pedicularia
group in which males have one clunial apophysis
1. Females............................................................................................ 2
-. Males............................................................................................. 6
2. Subgenital plate posteriorly rounded; ninth sternum anteriorly rounded, spermapore towards anterior margin................................................................
Lachesilla cesarcardonai
García Aldrete, González & Saldaña
-. Subgenital plate posteriorly bilobed; ninth sternum with a transverse pigmented area............................... 3
3. Subgenital plate and paraprocts broadly triangular; epiproct concave anteriorly; ninth sternum with broad pigmented area; spermapore small, towards anterior margin.............................
Lachesilla asymmetriproctus
García Aldrete
-. Subgenital plate broad, with or without a pigmented area underlying the plate...................................... 4
4. Subgenital plate extended posteriorly; gonapophyses short and slender; ninth sternum narrow; epiproct concave anteriorly; without a pigmented area underlying the subgenital plate......................
Lachesilla convexicornis
García Aldrete
-. Subgenital plate with a broad, irregular pigmented area on each side of longitudinal midline (
Fig. 17
); epiproct with or without a pigmented basal area................................................................................. 5
5. Gonapophyses large; ninth sternum almost rectangular; epiproct almost straight anteriorly, uniformly pigmented; with an irregular pigmented area on each side of longitudinal midline, underlying the subgenital plate.................................................................................................
Lachesilla macropudenda
García Aldrete
-. Gonapophyses large and slender; ninth sternum membranous, with two rounded, well sclerotized areas and with a narrow transverse band distally (
Fig. 18
); epiproct rounded posteriorly and concave anteriorly (
Fig. 19
)
Lachesilla huitoto
n. sp.
6. Epiproct without apophyses; clunial apophysis short and stout; phallosome apodeme stout, branching distally, “Y” shaped.....................................................................
Lachesilla macropudenda
Garcia Aldrete
-. Epiproct with two apophyses; phallosome apodeme “Y” or “T” shaped; claspers tips free or fused...................... 7
7. Phallosome apodeme “Y” shaped; claspers not fused distally; epiproctal apophyses almost straight and slender; clunial apophysis long, slender, apically pointed and considerably exceeding the distal margin of the epiproct..........................................................................
Lachesilla cesarcardonai
García Aldrete, González & Saldaña
-. Phallosome apodeme “T” shaped; claspers tips fused; clunial apophysis not exceeding the distal margin of the epiproct or shorter.............................................................................................. 8
8. Epiproctal apophyses strongly asymmetric; clunial apophysis stout, slightly curved and obtusely concave at apex, not exceeding the distal margin of the epiproct...................................
Lachesilla asymmetriproctus
García Aldrete
-. Epiproctal apophyses symmetric; clunial apophysis variable................................................... 9
9. Epiproctal apophyses short, not extended or slightly extended beyond the base of the clunial apophysis................ 10
-. Epiproctal apophyses large considerably extended beyond the base of the clunial apophysis…....................... 12
10. Epiproctal apophyses forceps-like (
Fig. 4
), slightly extended beyond the base of the clunial apophysis; clunial apophysis long, slender and widened at the apex; claspers fused distally, forming a projection slightly bifurcated at apex (
Fig. 6
)......................................................................................
Lachesilla putumayensis
n. sp.
-. Epiproctal apophyses not forceps-like, short and clunial apophysis short......................................... 11
11. Epiproct bilobed, apophyses, stout, slightly curved outward; clunial apophysis broad, stout, concave distally; claspers fused distally, forming a projection slightly bifurcated at apex.......................
Lachesilla convexicornis
García Aldrete
-. Epiproct almost rectangular, apophyses broadly joined at base, deeply concave distally forming two acuminate arms bent outwards; clunial apophysis slender, straight at apex.................................
Lachesilla williamsi
García Aldrete
12. Clunial apophysis slender, wider basally, with posterior margin truncate; claspers fused distally, forming a blunt projection; epiproct bilobed, with long, acuminate apophyses..............................
Lachesilla carpinteroi
García Aldrete
-. Clunial apophysis stout, broad; epiproct bilobed, with long, slender apophyses; claspers fused distally, forming a projection bifurcated or acuminate at apex........................................................................ 13
13. Claspers forming an acuminate projection; clunial apophysis almost as long as wide, with posterior margin straight; epiproctal apophyses long, curved, distally acuminate......................
Lachesilla ilama
García Aldrete, González & Saldaña
-. Claspers forming a projection bifurcated at apex (
Fig. 12
).; clunial apophysis longer than wide, with posterior margin straight (
Fig. 10
) or slightly concave (
Fig. 22
); epiproctal apophyses long, almost straight, curved at apex, with a short, broad spine on the inner margin of basal half (
Figs 10
,
22
)..............................................
Lachesilla huitoto
n. sp.