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
5446195
TRICHADENOTECNUM BARRERAI
SP. NOV.
Material examined:
Holotype
.
Male
,
Mexico
:
Chiapas
,
Reserva de la Biósfera El Triunfo
,
Ca. Sta. Rita. Vereda
hacia
Cañada
Honda
,
1860 m
,
6.v.1993
, ANGA &
E. Barrera
(
UNAM
).
Etymology:
The specific epithet honours Ernesto Barrera (Instituto de Biología,
UNAM
), one of the
holotype
collectors, friend and colleague of ANGA.
Description:
Male
.
Head
. White in ground colour; vertical and orbital markings large, blackish brown; coronal suture black; frontal suture bordered with brown band dorsally; frons with two pairs of pale brown bands; gena blackish brown with white spot medially; eye black, IO/D = 1.2; ocelli white, ocellar field black; antennal socket bordered with blackish brown band; postclypeus with eight rows of faint brown spots, fused with each other ventrally forming a large blackish brown marking, ventro-lateral corner white; anteclypeus blackish brown. Antenna pale brown, scape and pedicel darker. Mouth parts blackish brown.
Thorax
. Prothorax blackish brown. Mesonotum pale brown; anterior surface of scutum blackish brown; anterior margin of lateral lobe of scutum black; anterior margin of scutellum blackish brown; postnotum brown. Metanotum brown, with pale oval spot on posterior region of each lateral lobe of scutum; medial lobe with white spot posteriorly; scutellum blackish brown. Meso- and metapleurites blackish brown except membranous region white.
Legs.
Blackish brown; tibiae and fore coxa paler; fore and middle femora with pale brown portions at middle and distal end.
Forewing
(
Fig. 36D
). Spots in cell a
1
small, basal one faint. Opposing spots in cell r large, posterior spot placed proximal to anterior one. Proximal band broad in posterior half, interrupted just beyond fork of M + Cu, strongly constricted at anterior end in cell CuA, including circular light area. Median spots sparse. Distal band broad. Spot on roof of cell m
3
broad and dark. Submarginal spots apparent, large; spots in cell r
5
and m
1
larger than others; spot in cell m
3
smaller and paler, partly fused with spot on roof of cell m
3
. Marginal clouds apparent, dark.
Hindwing.
Hyaline with faint brown marking in cell CuP, with longitudinal brown marking in cell r
1
along R1; veins brown.
Abdomen
. White, each segment with blackish brown band ventrally, extending to lateral region.
Terminalia
. Clunial arm (
Fig. 40A
) broad, axeshaped, distal part covered with small denticles. Anterior margin of 8th sternum (
Fig. 40C
) with shallow incision at middle, broadly fused with hypandrium poseriorly. Epiproct lobe (
Fig. 40B
) semicircular in posterior view, dorsal margin with pair of tongue-like lobes projected dorso-laterally. Hypandrium (
Fig. 40C
): left and right processes long, directed postero-internally, then slightly arched, and directed inward apically, slightly broadened near apices, pointed at apices. Phallosome (
Fig. 40D, E
) with pair of short, needle-like processes closely approximated. Phallobase almost parallel sided, widest near anterior end, anterior margin slightly concave.
Length
. B 2.4; FW 3.5; HW 2.6.
Female
. Unknown.
Distribution:
Mexico
.