Steleops coconuco González-Obando, Calderón-Martínez, Carrejo-Gironza & Manchola, 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: González-Obando, Ranulfo
name: Calderón-Martínez, Nadia R.
name: Carrejo-Gironza, Nancy S.
name: Manchola, Oscar Fernando Saenz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Psocidae
Steleops
Steleops coconuco

description: Steleops coconuco sp. nov.
(Figs 131–137)
Diagnosis. Belonging to group buitrerensis. It differs from the other species of the group by presenting the Rs-M veins joined by a short transverse vein (Fig. 131) and in details of the shape of the different phallosome parts and the hypandrium. Unlike S. iguaquensis, it presents hypandrium with two basal acuminate processes and a central area with field of abundant setae as in many of the species in the group (Fig. 136. Similar species such as S. buitrerensis, have small and apically rounded teeth on the left edge of the hypandrium, and a completely brown pterostigma. It differs from S. enderleini sp. nov., due to having a smaller number of teeth on the left margin of the hypandrium and in the shape of the left paramere.
Male. Color (in plate and 80% ethanol). Head (Fig. 133) yellowish, with Y-shaped dark brown spot from the base of the compound eyes to the anteclypeus, labrum brown. Black compound eyes. Forewing (Fig. 131) completely hyalines, veins and pterostigma brown. Hindwings (Fig. 132) hyalines, veins brown. Epiproct and paraprocts pale brown to cream. Hypandrium brown. Legs pale brown.
Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head (Fig. 133): H/MxW: 1.10; compound eyes large, pedunculated, H/D: 2.40; IO/MxW: 0.75. Vertex V–shaped wide, below upper level of compound eyes, slightly sinuous and almost straight in the medial area. Outer cusp of lacinial tips with four very short denticles. Forewings (Fig. 131): L/W: 2.56. Pterostigma pedunculated: lp/wp: 4.25, areola postica: al/ah: 1.56. Hindwings (Fig. 132): l/w: 2.75 Hypandrium asymmetrical (Fig. 136), medial band with dense groups of setae on tubercles, left margin with 12 teeth, right margin with small striations and small distal teeth; phallosome (Fig. 137) rhomboid, asymmetric, aedeagus apically acuminate and curved to the right. Left and right paramere distally rounded. Epiproct (Fig. 134) projected on the clunium, pyriform, with rounded apical and basal margin, with setae and spicules as illustrated. Paraprocts (Fig. 156) oval in lateral view, with apical process shorter than the body of the paraproct, sub straight, apically curved inward like a small hook, sensory fields with 40-42 trichobothria on basal rosettes.
Measurements (microns). FW: 5575, HW: 4050, F: 1225, T: 2750, t1: 1075, t2: 200, ctt1: 48, f1: 1350, f2: 1500, f3: 1050, f4: 800, IO: 650, d: 320, D: 400, IO/d: 2.03, PO: 0.8
Material studied. Holotype Male. COLOMBIA. Cauca. Puracé. Coconuco. 01.vii.2013. J. A. Moreno. On rock with moss. Musenuv slide code: 32200.
Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, this refers to the Coconuco People (Cauca), where the holotype was collected.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 1-65 in Zootaxa 5605 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5605.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15214261