Lojata andina, Sauceda-V & Takiya, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16605739 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D912B30C-FFB4-FFCA-FF5B-C94044CDFB7E |
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Lojata andina |
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sp. nov. |
Lojata andina sp. nov.
( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 )
Diagnosis. Body coloration ( Figs. 4A, B View FIGURE 4 ) completely brown to dark brown. Head ( Fig. 4A, B View FIGURE 4 ) with crown trapezoidal ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ); median area not projected anteriorly ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Forewing ( Fig. 4A, B View FIGURE 4 ) apex rounded. Pygofer ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ), in lateral view, subquadrate; posterior margin sinuous, forming two broad lobes; inner margin ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ), in caudal view, with sclerotized lobes. Subgenital plate, in lateral view ( Fig. 4G View FIGURE 4 ), with a median and a pre-apical triangular fang-like projections on dorsal margin. Connective ( Fig. 4H View FIGURE 4 ), in dorsal view, with stem much longer than arms, broadly linear, keeled medially. Style ( Fig. 4H View FIGURE 4 ) apodeme slender and short, approximately as long as half the apophysis length; apex rounded. Aedeagus atrium ( Fig. 4I, K View FIGURE 4 ) with ventral margin projected as a pair of broad and elongate ventral processes; extending posteriorly and dorsally; basally separated and connected to base of aedeagus by membrane; posterior half of processes with ventral margin strongly serrated until apex; apex acuminate; shaft tubular and short.
Total length. 13.4 mm (holotype).
Description. Head with antenal ledges foveate. Forewing ( Fig. 4A, B View FIGURE 4 ) brachypterous, exposing three abdominal terga; apex rounded. Profemur with setal rows AM and IC multiseriate; IC setae subequal in aspect and indistinct from AV. Metatibia with AD row of cucullate setae without intercalaries; AD and PD setae similar in size and number, setae irregularly spaced; AV and PV rows of unmodified setae. Other characters of external morphology as in generic description by Young (1968: 25–26).
Coloration. Body coloration ( Figs. 4A, B View FIGURE 4 ) completely brown to dark brown, without contrasting marks or maculae. Body pubescence can give an ivory appearance mostly ventrally.
Male terminalia. Pygofer ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ), in lateral view, not produced posteriorly; subquadrate; with numerous dispersed microsetae over most surface and without processes; posterior margin sinuous, forming two broad lobes; ventral margin without macrosetae; inner margin ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ), in caudal view, with sclerotized lobes. Subgenital plate, in ventral view ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ), triangular, regularly narrowing until apex; separate from the other throughout their length; surface with dispersed microsetae; each plate, in lateral view, reaching pygofer apex; apex rounded; in lateral view ( Fig. 4G View FIGURE 4 ), with a median and a pre-apical triangular fang-like projections on dorsal margin. Connective ( Fig. 4H View FIGURE 4 ) Y-shaped in dorsal view, with stem much longer than arms; arms converging anteriorly; stem broadly linear, keeled medially. Style ( Fig. 4H View FIGURE 4 ) extending as far as connective apex; apodeme slender and short, approximately as long as half the apophysis length; preapical lobe present and triangular; apex rounded. Aedeagus ( Fig. 4I, K View FIGURE 4 ) preatrium inconspicuous; dorsal apodeme short; atrium with ventral margin projected as a pair of broad and elongate ventral processes; extending posteriorly and dorsally; basally separated and connected to base of aedeagus by membrane; posterior half of processes with ventral margin strongly serrated until apex; apex of processes acuminate; shaft tubular and short ( Fig. 4I View FIGURE 4 ). Dorsal connective ( Fig. 4J View FIGURE 4 ) H-shaped Paraphyses absent.
Female. Unknown.
Distribution. Colombia (Antioquia department, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A−B).
Etymology. The specific epithet “ andina ” is derived from the word “Andes” and refers to the high−altitude Andean forests, which are the natural habitat of this species.
Remarks. Until now, only a single species, L. ohausi , was known for the genus. This species was described from a female specimen. The new species, L. andina sp. nov., is herein described based on a single male specimen, making it impossible to compare terminalia characters between these two species. However, the Colombian specimen is here considered a different species due to the distinct external morphology in comparison with the holotype of L. ohausi ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ). This includes characters, such as the general coloration of the body, head morphology, and the shape and size of forewings. Additionally, given that these are brachypterous species with limited mobility, the disjunct distribution was also used as a criterion to separate them as different species.
Examined material. COLOMBIA: Holotype: 1 male “Co Ant Yarumal Vda El Respaldo\ Fca La Maruja Sector Santa Isabel \ −75,72792; 6,910 69 2200−2600m \ 26 ene−4 marzo 2017 bosque T− \ Malaise C.H−Sepulveda & M. Wolff ” ( CEUA: 66377). GoogleMaps
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