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
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Key to the genera of
Ptiloneuridae
(Modified from
García Aldrete 2006
)
1. Hindwing M one-branched............................................................................. 2
-. Hindwing M two to five-branched........................................................................ 8
2. Forewing 2A joining wing margin; no crossveins between 2A and wing margin................................... 3
-. Forewing 2A joining 1A; one crossvein between 2A and wing margin; two crossveins between 1A and wing margin.........................................................................................
Timnewia
García Aldrete
3. Forewing areola postica high, with apex rounded............................................................. 4
-. Forewing areola postica low, very long...............................................
Perucania
New & Thornton
4. Labral sclerites incomplete, not reaching anterior margin of labrum.............................................. 5
-. Labral sclerites complete, reaching anterior margin of labrum..............................
Willreevesia
García Aldrete
5. Forewing M three-branched, occasionally M3 forked.................................. ……………………………...6
-. Forewing M more than three-branched..................................................................... 7
6. Hypandrium formed by a central sclerite, which may bear central or lateral apophyses, with one or two smaller sclerites on each side.............................................................................
Triplocania
Roesler
-. Hypandrium formed by a single sclerite, with postero-lateral, slender projections................
Belicania
García Aldrete
7. Forewing M four-branched.............................................................
Euplocania
Enderlein
-. Forewing M six-branched...........................................................
Omilneura
García Aldrete
8. Forewing areola postica free, high, with apex rounded........................................................ 9
-. Forewing areola postica high, rigidly triangular, joined to M by a crossvein……....................
Ptiloneuropsis
Roesler
9. Forewing 2A simple, pterostigma long, smooth............................................................. 10
-. Forewing 2A with one crossvein to wing margin, pterostigma long, distinctly spurred..........
Loneuroides
García Aldrete
10. Forewing M five to seven-branched; hindwing M two to five-branched.......................................... 11
-. Forewing M eight-branched; hindwing M five-branched; hypandrium a broad sclerite projected posteriorly to form a wide, almost rectangular lobe, with a dense field of setae on each postero-lateral corner; a dense field of setae on each side of central projection............................................................................
Ptiloneura
Enderlein
11. Forewing M five to seven-branched; hindwing M two to five-branched; hypandrium a central sclerite with one or two smaller ones on each side; central sclerite with one central or with two lateral posterior projections; phallosome V- or Y-shaped.................................................
Loneura
Navás
(=
Brisacia
Azar, Nel & Waller
n. syn.
; see discussion)
-. Forewing M five to six-branched; hindwing M two to four-branched; hypandrium of one sclerite, without projections. Phallo- some closed anteriorly, rounded, U-shaped, with lateral extensions of the phallobase, posterior pair of endophallic sclerites basally fused to form a V-shaped structure, each arm of the V distally forked or rounded, enclosing a membrane with numerous pores.................................................................................
Brasineura
n. gen.