Triplocania embera González-Obando & Carrejo-Gironza & García 2017, n. sp.
Description
Triplocania embera n. sp. Male
(Figs 128–133)
Diagnosis. Forewing pattern as in Fig. 128. Central sclerite of hypandrium with two short, stout posterior projections (Fig. 132). Phallosome V-shaped anteriorly, with side struts slender, joined distally to external parameres, these distally straight, bearing a row of sclerotized denticles along the outer border. Two pairs of endophallic sclerites, anterior pair with inner arms slender, acuminate; outer arms club-shaped; mesal pair fused, H-shaped.
Color (in 80% ethanol). Body pale brown. Compound eyes ochre; ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Head pattern (Fig. 130), vertex cream; a slender brown band from each compound eye to ocellar group, genae brown. Postclypeus with a brown area on each side; anteclypeus and labrum pale brown; antennae and maxillary palps pale brown, Mx4 distally dark brown. Tergal lobes of meso- and metathorax pale brown; pleura with ochre brown spots in epimera and episterna, sternum cream. Coxae, trochanters and femora cream, tibiae and tarsi 1 pale brown, tarsomeres 2–3 brown. Forewings mostly hyaline, with brown areas as illustrated (Fig. 128). Hindwings mostly hyaline (Fig. 129), pigmented areas as in diagnosis. Abdomen cream, with subcuticular pale brown spots. Hypandrium pale brown, clunium, paraprocts and epiproct cream with subcuticular pale brown spots. Phallosome dark brown.
Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head (Fig. 130): H/MxW: 1.57; H/D: 2.31, IO/MxW: 0.61, MxW/IO: 2.64; vertex slightly emarginate, almost in line with the upper border of the compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tips broad, with three broad denticles. Mx4/Mx2: 1.43. Forewings (Fig. 128): L/W: 2.40, pterostigma: lp/wp: 3.74; areola postica high, la/ha: 1.72. Hindwings (Fig. 129): l/w: 2.92. Hypandrium (Fig. 131) with abundant macrosetae. Phallosome (Fig. 133). Paraprocts oval (Fig. 131), with macrosetae and medium sized setae on posterior third; sensory fields with 22 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Epiproct trapeziform (Fig. 131) with field of setae as illustrated.
Measurements. FW: 3625, HW: 2625, F: 900, T: 1475, t1: 650, t2: 62, t3: 130, Mx4: 250, ctt1: 23, f1: 625, f2: 600, f3: 500, f4: 437, f5: 287, f6: 275, f7: 237, f8: 212, f9: 175, f10: 167, f11: 200, IO: 350, D: 390, d: 282, IO/d: 1.24, PO: 0.72.
Material studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca. Buenaventura, Alto Anchicayá, trail to Murrapal, 03°33’06.9” N: 76°53’12.6’’ W, 626 m, 15–16.II.2013, MUSENUV slide code 26189. R. González, N. Calderón & O. Saenz. In led light trap. Paratypes: 1 male, Alto Anchicayá, 3°26’N: 76°48’W, 650 m, 30-I.– 13.II.2001, S. Sarria, in Malaise trap. 2 males, Buenaventura, Danubio, 03°36’45.7’’N: 76°53’17.8’’W, 247 m. 28– 29.VIII.2014, R. González, N. Calderón & O. Saenz. 1 male, Buenaventura, Danubio, ca. Bajo Anchicayá, 03°36’58.8’’N: 76°53’59.5’’W, 340 m, same date and collectors as above. Led light trap.
Etymology. This species is dedicated to the Embera ethnic group, inhabitants of the Colombian Biogeographic Chocó, where the holotype was found.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2001-01-30 , 2013-02-15
- Family
- Ptiloneuridae
- Genus
- Triplocania
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Psocodea
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- González-Obando & Carrejo-Gironza & García
- Species
- embera
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Verbatim event date
- 2001-01-30/02-13 , 2013-02-15/16
- Taxonomic concept label
- Triplocania embera González-Obando, Carrejo-Gironza & García, 2017