Neocoelindroma albicephala, Gonçalves & Prando, 2025
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Neocoelindroma albicephala |
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Neocoelindroma albicephala sp. nov.
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( Figs 3A–L View FIGURE 3 ; 5E, F View FIGURE 5 )
Diagnosis: Head ( Fig. 3A, B View FIGURE 3 ) ivory. Clypeus ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ) expanded apically. Male pygofer ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ), longer than high, ventral margin with a well-developed subapical tooth; posterior margin acutely rounded. Anal tube ( Fig. 3E, F View FIGURE 3 ) with a pair of long basal processes, crossed with each other, preapical region with secondary narrow lateral projection. Subgenital plates ( Fig. 3H View FIGURE 3 ) subrectangular, slightly wider at median third, abruptly narrowed at apical portion. Aedeagus ( Fig. 3K, L View FIGURE 3 ), with shaft long and thin along entire length, tubular, laterally compressed at apical portion, directed dorsally and curved posteriorly, apex rounded; gonopore subapical on ventral margin.
Measurements. Male, 4.7 mm (n = 1).
Description. Head, in dorsal view ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ), coronal suture present throughout posterior half of crown. Head, in frontal view ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ), clypeus approximately 1.6 times higher than maximum width, apical portion expanded. Forewing ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ) approximately 3.6 times longer than maximum width; basis of second and fourth apical cells approximately equidistant and proximal to base of third apical cell. Other external morphological characters, as the generic description in Marques-Costa & Cavichioli (2007).
Coloration. Ivory ( Figs 3A–C View FIGURE 3 ; 5E, F View FIGURE 5 ). Head and face, except gena ( Figs 3A–C View FIGURE 3 ; 5E, F View FIGURE 5 ) ivory without marks. Pronotum, mesonotum, and forewing ( Figs 3A–D View FIGURE 3 ; 5 E, F View FIGURE 5 ) ivory. Thorax ( Fig. 3B, C View FIGURE 3 ) ventrally dark brown to black. Legs ( Fig. 5E, F View FIGURE 5 ) pale yellow with brown areas.
Male terminalia. Pygofer, in lateral view ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ), approximately 2.2 times longer than high; dorsal and ventral margins parallel on basal two-thirds, convergent on apical third; ventral margin with a well-developed subapical tooth; posterior margin acutely rounded. Anal tube ( Fig. 3E, F View FIGURE 3 ) with tergite X cylindrical, bearing a pair of elongated and strongly ventrally curved basal processes, crossed one with each other; preapical region of process with secondary elongated and narrow lateral projection, directed outwards and curved dorsally, slightly expanded apically; apex of processes acute. Subgenital plates, in lateral view ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3 ), slightly surpassing the pygofer apex; in ventral view ( Fig. 3H View FIGURE 3 ), subrectangular, slightly wider at median third, abruptly narrowed at apical portion; ventral surface with few microsetae on apical portion; apex of each plate rounded. Connective ( Fig. 3I View FIGURE 3 ) approximately one-third length of the styles. Style ( Fig. 3I, J View FIGURE 3 ) elongated; apodeme bilobed, with dorsal projection broadly rounded and ventral projection subtriangular; apophysis with apical portion expanded and curved dorsally, with some robust setae on outer side of preapical lobe and thin setae on ventral surface, under the apical hook; apical hook well-developed, curved ventrally, apex acute. Aedeagus ( Fig. 3K, L View FIGURE 3 ) with preatrium and dorsal apodeme developed; shaft tubular, thin along entire length, directed dorsally and curved posteriorly, apical portion laterally compressed, apex rounded; gonopore subapical on ventral margin.
Female. Unknown.
Distribution. Ecuador (Orellana).
Etymology. From Latin, albus = white and cephalus = head. The name alludes to light-colored head, in contrast to the other species of the genus: N. nigricephala , characterized by black head.
Material examined. Male holotype: “ ECUADOR, Orellana, \ Transect Ent. 1 km S. Onkone \ Gare Camp, Reserva Etnica \ Waorani Onkone Gare Camp , \ 00°39’10”S – 076°26’00”W; \ 220 m; 12.ii.1995; T.L. Erwin \ et al.; T-2; Fogging terre firme \ Forest; Lot #982”, “DNA voucher \ Entomologia DZRJ \ ENT5331” ( MEPN) GoogleMaps .
Notes. Neocoelindroma albicephala sp. nov. differs from N. nigricephala as follows: 1) head ivory, without macula ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ), whereas N. nigricephala has a large black apical macula on crown and face completely black (Marques-Costa & Cavichioli 2007; figs 1, 3); 2) basal processes of anal tube with a subapical lateral projection ( Fig. 3E, F View FIGURE 3 ), whereas in N. nigricephala , the basal processes lack projections (Marques-Costa & Cavichioli 2007; figs 5, 10); and 3) aedeagus shorter, shaft with constant width throughout its length, apex rounded, and gonopore subapical ( Fig. 3K, L View FIGURE 3 ), while N. nigricephala has a longer aedeagus with the shaft progressively tapering distally, apex acute, and gonopore apical (Marques-Costa & Cavichioli 2007; fig. 9).
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