Three new species of Anacroneuria Klapálek (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Panama
Author
Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Pablo E.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3957
3
69
76
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.5
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1175-5326
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Anacroneuria embera
,
sp. n.
(
Figs. 14–18
)
Material examined
.
Holotype
♂
(
USNM
).
Panama
:
Darién
,
Darién
National Park, field station near to the Perresenico stream,
8° 01' 10.41''N
;
77° 44' 17.44'' W
,
94 m
asl,
17–22 November 2014
, R. Salas, PE Gutiérrez Fonseca, light trap.
Adult habitus
. Head with dark pigment over ocelli, extending forward to M-line; antennae mostly brown. Median pronotal stripe yellow, midlateral stripes brown, margin yellow. Femora mostly yellow but with a dark apical band. Tibiae dark yellow. Wing membrane light brown, veins dark brown. Cerci yellow brownish (
Fig. 14
).
Male
. Forewing length
9 mm
. Hammer thimble-shaped, height more than apical diameter (
Fig. 15
). Aedeagal apex simple, slender and truncate at tip, finger-shaped; shoulders project slightly, giving apex a trilobed appearance (
Fig. 16
). Lateral aspect of aedeagus with spoon-shaped tip (
Fig. 17
). Ventral membranous lobes small (
Fig. 18
). Dorsal keel small, triangular and extending to the shoulder. Hooks slender at base but stout in apical half.
Female
. Unknown.
Nymph
. Unknown.
Etymology
. The species name honors the
Emberá
people of
Panama
, native to the
Darien
area, and is used as a noun in apposition.
Comments.
This species resembles
A. uatsi
Stark 1998
known from
Costa Rica
and
Honduras
. However,
A. uatsi
has brown marginal pronotal stripes and lacks membranous ventral lobes of the aedeagus.