A pair of new sister species of Loneura from Nicaragua and Venezuela (Psocoptera: Ptiloneuridae)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2007.001.420Keywords:
Psocoptera, Ptiloneuridae, Loneura, sister species, Nicaragua, VenezuelaAbstract
TWO SPECIES OF LONEURA, ONE FROM NICARAGUA AND THE OTHER FROM VENEZUELA, ARE DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED. THEY CONSTITUTE A PAIR OF SISTER SPECIES, BASED ON CHARACTERS OF THE COMPOUND EYES, FOREWING PTEROSTIGMA AND PATTERN OF PIGMENTATION, AND STRUCTURE OF MALE PHALLOSOME AND HYPANDRIUM. ALSO, THEY CONSTITUTE A UNIQUE SPECIES GROUP IN LONEURA. LONEURA.