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Four species of Euplocania from Colombia (Euplocania huitota n. sp., E. kakwa n. sp., E. nukak n. sp. and E. ticuna n. sp.) and four species from Ecuador (E. napensis n. sp., E. shuar n. sp., E. teslai n. sp. and E. waorani n. sp.), in four species groups, are described and illustrated. The new species group ticuna, from Colombia and waorani, from Ecuador are diagnosed. The number of species in Euplocania is raised to 61, in 17 species groups. A key to the males of the known species of Euplocania is presented.
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Insecta , Neoptera , Male , Animals , Colombia , Ecuador , Body SizeABSTRACT
A new species of Loneura named as Loneura willineri n. sp. is described from Bolivia, and and variation in the venation of the fore and hindwings discussed. Both sexes of Loneura meridionalis García Aldrete are described, inclulding variation in the fore and hindwing venation, and this species is withdrawn from synonymy with Loneura boliviana, a species now considered a nomen dubium.
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Neoptera/anatomy & histology , Neoptera/classification , Animals , Bolivia , Female , MaleABSTRACT
A new species of Timnewia from the Brazilian state of Amazonas, is here described, illustrated and named as: Timnewia amazonense n. sp. This new species differs from T. greeni and T. jeaneae in details of the hypandrium and phallosome. New observations on variation in the forewing venation of T. jeaneae are also presented.
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Neoptera , Animal Distribution , Animals , Insecta , Neoptera/classification , Neoptera/physiology , Wings, AnimalABSTRACT
Four species of Triplocania are described and illustrated (T. brancoi n. sp., T. ferratilis n. sp., T. pains n. sp., and T. zairae n. sp.), all based on male specimens collected in caves of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. An identification key is presented to the Brazilian species of Triplocania, based on males, together with information on both sexes and distributions.
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Caves , Insecta , Animal Distribution , Animal Structures , Animals , Body Size , Brazil , Female , Male , Organ SizeABSTRACT
Two new species of Brasineura are described from Brazil based on male specimens: Brasineura calori sp. n. (Bahia: Brazil) and Brasineura morrense sp. n. (Bahia: Brazil). They differ from the other species in the genus, in which the males are known, by hypandrium and phallosome structures. New records and comments on variation in the fore- and hind- wing venation of B. troglophilica Silva-Neto García Aldrete and B. diamantina Silva-Neto García Aldrete are presented. The identification key to male Brasineura species is updated.
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Insecta , Animal Distribution , Animal Structures , Animals , Body Size , Male , Organ SizeABSTRACT
The Psocodea genera Ptiloneura Enderlein and Loneura Navás are redefined. Some species of Loneura are transferred to Ptiloneura. Loneuroides García Aldrete is synonymized with Ptiloneura. Ptiloneura ceases to be monotypic, and extends its distribution to Brazil, Colombia, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
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Insecta , Animal Distribution , AnimalsABSTRACT
Eight species of Lachesilla, in species group forcepeta, are described and illustrated: three species from Costa Rica (Lachesilla herediana n. sp., Lachesilla raravis n. sp., and Lachesilla ticana n. sp.), one species from Costa Rica and Panama (Lachesilla odontiforceps n. sp.), one species each from Brazil (Lachesilla oriximinaensis n. sp.), Mexico (Lachesilla concaensis n. sp.) and Panama (Lachesilla albrookensis n. sp.), and one species from Guatemala, Mexico and Panama (Lachesilla tenuidenticulata n. sp.). The location of the types is indicated in each description.
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Insecta , AnimalsABSTRACT
A new Loneura species from the Brazilian state of Bahia (Loneura baiana n. sp.), is here described and illustrated. It is assignable to a species group of the genus but not to any of its subgroups. The previously unknown female of Loneura maracaensis Garcia Aldrete is described and illustrated, comments on variation in the fore- and hindwing venation of two male specimens of this species are included. Information on sexes known and distribution is included for all known species of Loneura.
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Insecta , Neoptera , Animal Distribution , Animals , Brazil , Female , MaleABSTRACT
Seven new species of Brazilian Euplocania are described and illustrated, five species belong in the amabilis species group (Euplocania bujariensis n. sp., Euplocania cearaensis n. sp., Euplocania hutchingsi n. sp., Euplocania pseudopictaoides n. sp. and Euplocania xavieri n. sp.) one species belong in the marginata species group (Euplocania uariniensis n. sp.) and one species is not assignable to any of the known species groups of the genus. For this species, E. quinquedivisa n. sp., a new species group is here diagnosed, the quinquedivisa group. Information on sexes known and distribution is included for all known species of Euplocania. The first identification key to males of Euplocania species from Brazil is presented.
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Insecta , Neoptera , Animal Distribution , Animals , Brazil , MaleABSTRACT
A species of Lithoseopsis Mockford, from the Brazilian state of Pará, is described and illustrated. It is the first species of Lithoseopsis recorded in Brazil, and the first of that genus known in South America. It differs from all the other species in the genus in details of the forewing pigmentation and spermapore sclerite. A map with the distribution of the Lithoseopsis species is included and two species groups of Lithoseopsis are diagnosed.
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Insecta , Pigmentation , AnimalsABSTRACT
Eight species of Euplocania from Colombia, in species groups Bonaverensis, Enderleini and Patinoi, are here described and illustrated. They raise to 40 the number of species described in the genus, 27 of which are found in Colombia. Of the Colombian species, one is shared with Ecuador and one is shared with Brazil and Peru. A key to identify the males of the species here described is included.
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Insecta , Animals , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Male , PeruABSTRACT
Upon examination of ptiloneurid specimens recently collected in forests of natural areas and Natural National Parks in Colombia, ten males and seven females were found that represent five species of an undescribed ptiloneurid genus. It differs from the other genera in the family by characters of the wings, hypandrium, phallosome, epiproct, female gonapophyses, and sternum IX. An identification key to the males of the genera of Ptiloneuridae, and a key to the species of the new genus are presented. A test on the validity and monophyly of the new genus, and its position within the family was also conducted.
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Thirteen species of Cladiopsocus Roesler, from the Colombian departments of Caquetá, Chocó, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander and Putumayo are here described and illustrated. New records of eight described species of Cladiopsocus, from the departments of Caquetá, Cauca, Quindío and Valle del Cauca are included. The number of species in the genus is increased to 41, of which 27 are Colombian. An updated identification key to the males of the genus is included, as well as a map of species distribution.
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Insecta , Animals , Colombia , Male , NeopteraABSTRACT
Two new Brazilian species of Brasineura are described and illustrated, one based on male and female specimens and one based on male specimens only: Brasineura jiboia n.sp. (Bahia: Brazil) and Brasineura spinosa n.sp. (Espírito Santo: Brazil). They differ from the other species in the genus, in which the males are known, by hypandrium and phallosome structures. The first known female Brasineura is described here. The first identification key to males of Brasineura species is presented, as well as a proposal of homology for the structures of the phallosome.
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Insecta , Animal Distribution , Animal Structures , Animals , Body Size , Brazil , Female , Male , Organ SizeABSTRACT
A new species of Ptiloneuropsis from the Brazilian state of Bahia is here described and illustrated, it is based on male and female specimens; it differs from P. immaculata Roesler in details of the hypandrium and phallosome; the female is the first known in the genus.
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Insecta , Animal Structures , Animals , Body Size , Brazil , Female , Male , Organ SizeABSTRACT
Based on a survey of the genus Triplocania (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera') in forests of natural areas and Natural Parks in Colombia, 46 species were found, 42 of which are new to science and are here described and illustrated. Added to T. colombiana García Aldrete, the number of species of Triplocania now known in Colombia is raised to 47. To date, 40 species described in this paper are recorded only in Colombia, and seven species are shared with neighboring countries, three with Brazil, one with Venezuela, two with Ecuador, and one with Ecuador and Brazil. Females of three previously known species are also described. An identification key to the species of Triplocania present in Colombia is included.
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Insecta , Animal Distribution , Animal Structures , Animals , Body Size , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Female , Organ Size , VenezuelaABSTRACT
Sixteen species of Lachesilla in species group corona are here described and illustrated. Five of them are endemic to Guatemala, one each are endemic to Costa Rica and Panama, four and three species respectively are endemic to the Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, and two species are shared by Chiapas and Guatemala.
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Insecta , Animals , Central America , Costa Rica , Guatemala , Mexico , PanamaABSTRACT
Five new species of Euplocania from Colombia belonging in four species groups are here described and illustrated. They increase to 22 the number of species described in the genus, thirteen of which are endemic to Colombia, with one species shared with Brazil and Peru. Three new species groups of Euplocania are here diagnosed. A key to the identification of males of Colombian Euplocania is included.
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A new species of Timnewia from the Brazilian state of Roraima, is here described and illustrated. It differs from T. greeni (New) in details of the forewing and in hypandrium and phallosome morphology.
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Insecta/classification , Animal Distribution , Animal Structures/anatomy & histology , Animal Structures/growth & development , Animals , Body Size , Brazil , Female , Insecta/anatomy & histology , Insecta/growth & development , Male , Organ SizeABSTRACT
For 75 years, the genus Elaphopsocus was considered a monotypic lineage of neotropical psocids. As a result of recent work in South America, this genus presently includes seven species from Brazil and Colombia. We here describe three new species from the East Colombian high Andes.
