Intraspecific wing venation and phallosome taxonomy updates in species of Loneura Navs (Psocodea, Ptiloneuridae), with one new species from cave and key to Loneura species from Brazil.

cavernicola sp. nov. is here described and illustrated, based on male and female specimens collected in caves located in an ecotone region between the Brazilian Savannah (Cerrado biome) and the Atlantic Forest, in Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. Illustrations are provided of 19 types of variation in the fore and hindwings veins of males and females. Illustrations are presented of the holotype of L. maracaensis Garca Aldrete, along with illustrations of 18 types of variation in the fore and hindwing veins of males and females. Additionally, a new methodology applied in some specimens of L. maracaensis to process the genital pieces allowed us to know the arrangement and delimitations of each of the sclerites and their possible position during copulation. We therefore propose a phallosome taxonomic update. In these everted male genitalia, the spermatic sac and attached glands were identified for the first time. An identification key is presented to the Brazilian species of Loneura, based on males.

First record of Psocodea (Psocoptera) on coffee (Coffea canephora) in the Brazilian Amazon (Rondônia state) / Primeiro registro de Psocodea ('Psocoptera') em café (Coffea canephora) em Rôndonia, na Amazônia brasileira

There is much information regarding the association of Psocoptera and coffee as stored grain pests and little is known about their presence in coffee plants. We conducted a survey in a coffee plantation of Coffea canephora in the municipality of Candeias do Jamari, Rondônia state, Brazil, where we obtained the first record of a coffee plant as a host of Psocoptera in the Brazilian Amazon region, and the first record of a representative of the family Archipsocidae (Archipsocus lenkoi) for the state of Rondônia. The psocid population was concentrated and not evenly distributed over the survey area, which indicates an irregular distribution pattern. We have not detected damage or injury to the coffee plants and therefore we cannot consider these psocids as a pest in the coffee plantation.(AU)

Há muita informação sobre a associação de Psocoptera e café como peste em grãos armazenados, mas pouco se sabe sobre sua presença nas plantas do café. Nós realizamos uma amostragem em uma plantação de café de Coffea canephora no município de Candeias do Jamari, Rondônia, onde obtivemos o primeiro registro de uma planta de café como hospedeira de Psocoptera na Amazônia brasileira e o primeiro registro de um representante da família Archipsocidae (Archipsocus lenkoi) para o estado de Rondônia. A população de psocídeos estava concentrada e não distribuída uniformemente na área de amostragem, o que indica um padrão de distribuição irregular. Não detectamos danos ou injúrias nas plantas de café e, portanto, não podemos considerar esses psocídeos como uma praga na plantação de café.(AU)

Identification key, checklist and new species of Loneura Navs (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera: Ptiloneuridae) from Brazil.

Four Brazilian species of Loneura are described and assigned to infrageneric groups: L. digitiformis n. sp., L. manauara n. sp., and L. marinonii n. sp, to Loneura group I, and L. duckei n. sp. to Loneura group II. This genus now comprises 45 species, of which 8 (18%) are from Brazil. Of these species, 19 are known only from males, 4 known only from females, 21 are known from both sexes, with one species of unknown sex. The infrageneric classification is based on the number of hypandrium sclerites, either one or three, and is based on the 40 species for which males are known, with 20 species in Group I and 20 species in Group II. An identification key to species from Brazil based on male characters is provided, together with a checklist.

A new species of Loneura Navás and taxonomic update of L. boliviana Williner and L. meridionalis García Aldrete (Psocodea: Psocomorpha: Ptiloneuridae).

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.

On Loneura crenata Navás and Loneura ocotensis García Aldrete (Psocodea, ‘Psocoptera, Ptiloneuridae)

Here it is shown that Loneura crenata Navás, 1927 and Loneura ocotensis García Aldrete are distinct species, so the previously proposed synonymy of the latter with the first is not valid. Illustrations of the L. crenata holotype, deposited in the Hamburg University Zoological Museum, are here presented for the first time.(AU)

On Loneura crenata Navás and Loneura ocotensis García Aldrete (Psocodea, Psocoptera, Ptiloneuridae)

Abstract Here it is shown that Loneura crenataNavás, 1927 and Loneura ocotensis García Aldrete are distinct species, so the previously proposed synonymy of the latter with the first is not valid. Illustrations of the L. crenata holotype, deposited in the Hamburg University Zoological Museum, are here presented for the first time.

On Loneura crenata Navás and Loneura ocotensis García Aldrete (Psocodea, 'Psocoptera', Ptiloneuridae)

Abstract Here it is shown that Loneura crenataNavás, 1927 and Loneura ocotensis García Aldrete are distinct species, so the previously proposed synonymy of the latter with the first is not valid. Illustrations of the L. crenata holotype, deposited in the Hamburg University Zoological Museum, are here presented for the first time.