Steleops iguaquensis, González-Obando & Calderón-Martínez & Carrejo-Gironza & Manchola, 2025

González-Obando, Ranulfo, Calderón-Martínez, Nadia R., Carrejo-Gironza, Nancy S. & Manchola, Oscar Fernando Saenz, 2025, New species of Steleops Enderlein (Psocodea: Psocoptera: Psocidae): key for species determination and proposal for groups of species, Zootaxa 5605 (1), pp. 1-65 : 40-44

Steleops iguaquensis sp. nov.

( Figs 145–151 )

Diagnosis. Belonging to group buitrerensis . Unlike the other species in the group, it has hypandrium with a single basal acuminate process, central area without field of setae; phallosome with oval parameres ( Fig. 151 ), forewing with brown spots on the anal cells, CuA CuP and pterostigma ( Fig. 145 ).

Male. Color (in plate and 80% ethanol). Head ( Fig. 147 ) dark brown with light cream genae. Dark brown compound eyes. Forewings ( Fig. 145 ) with some spots pale brown to brown, veins brown and pterostigma light brown and brown apically. Hindwings ( Fig. 146 ) hyalines, veins brown. Epiproct and paraprocts pale brown. Hypandrium and phallosome brown.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head ( Fig. 147 ): H/MxW: 1.08; compound eyes large, pedunculated, H/D: 2.40; IO/MxW: 0.71. Vertex V–shaped wide, below upper level of compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tips with four denticles. Forewings ( Fig. 145 ): L/W: 2.90. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 3.94, areola postica: al/ah: 1.45. Hindwings ( Fig. 146 ): l/w: 2.78. Hypandrium asymmetrical ( Fig. 150 ), with an acuminate process in the middle part of the left margin, medial band without setae, left margin with a row of small teeth with a rounded apex after the acuminate process, with two posterior lateromedial projections. Phallosome rhomboid ( Fig. 151 ), asymmetric, with apically rounded parameres; aedeagus apically acuminate and curved to the right, widely articulated to the two parameres, phallobase basally truncated. Epiproct ( Fig. 148 ) projected on the clunium, rhomboid, with rounded margins and narrower anterior end. Paraprocts ( Fig. 149 ) oval with straight apical process, shorter than the rest of the paraproct, ending in a small, curved hook; sensory fields with 40 trichobothria on basal rosettes.

Measurements (microns). FW: 6450, HW: 4175, f1: 1275, IO: 630, d: 310, D: 400, IO/d: 2.03, PO: 0.78

Material studied. Holotype Male. COLOMBIA. Boyacá. SFF Iguaque. 5°38'41.115''N, 73°28'30.588''W. Cabaña Mamaramos. 19.iv–06.v.2000. Malaise trap. Musenuv slide code: 32202.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the Iguaque Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, where the holotype was collected.

Figures

FIGURES 145-151. Steleops iguaquensis sp. nov. Male. 145. Forewings. 146. Hindwing. 147. Head (frontal view). 148. Epiproct. 149. Paraproct. 150. Hypandrium. 151. Phallosome. Scales in mm.