Loneura
Creators: name: Nieto, Julián Alexander Mendivil
name: Aldrete, Alfonso Neri García
name: Obando, Ranulfo González
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Ptiloneuridae
Loneura

description: Key to species (males) of Loneura
The following species are not included: L. brasiliensis Roesler, L. lienhardi García Aldrete, and L. maesi García Aldrete, of which only females are known. L. quinaria (Navás) is not included because the original description does not allow recognition.
1. Hypandrium of one sclerite, resulting of the fusion of the proximal ends of the side sclerites to the central sclerite, this extended mesally on each side, with two posterior projections in the middle, variously shaped, each bearing a macrosetae apically or subapically (Figs 34, 71–75)............................................................ Group III ...2
- Hypandrium of three-five sclerites, two small, elongate side sclerites, flanking a large central sclerite (Figs 4, 14, 24, 44, 54, 59, 76–87)............................................................................ Groups I and II ... 7
2 Forewings with arc-shaped patches at the end of cells m (Figs 21, 26)........................................... 3
- Forewings without arc-shaped patches at the end of cells m (Figs 11, 16, 31)......................................4
3 Posterior projections of hypandrium widely separated, projected from postero-lateral corners of hypandrium, not curved outwards (Fig. 71)........................................................................ L. amazonica New
- Posterior projections of hypandrium not as above, wide based, narrowing distally and curved outwards (Fig. 72)......................................................................................... L. erwini New & Thornton
4 Hypandrium with elongate posterior projections (Figs 34, 73)................................................. 5
- Hypandrium with short posterior projections (Figs 74, 75).....................................................6
5 Posterior projections of hypandrium stout, columnar, apex rounded, each bearing a subapical macroseta (Fig. 73); posterior pair of endophallic sclerites not connected basally, with a small preapical tooth on inner edge; hindwing usually with M twobranched................................................. L. gorgonaensis García Aldrete, González & Sarria
- Posterior projections of hypandrium slender, distal third narrower, apex pointed, macrosetae in clearly preapical position (Fig. 34); posterior pair of endophallic sclerites basally connected by inverted V-shaped sclerite, without preapical tooth on inner edge; hindwing usually with M three-branched............................................. L. farallonensis n. sp.
6 Posterior projections of hypandrium not columnar, each with an acute mesal extension on outer side, apex slender, rounded and bearing one macroseta (Fig. 74); hindwing usually with M two-branched..................................................................................................... .. L. monticola García Aldrete, González & Sarria
- Posterior projections of hypandrium wide, almost oval, with apical, small conical extension bearing two macrosetae (Fig. 75); hindwing usually with M three-branched............................ L. insularis García Aldrete, González & Sarria
7 Hypandrium of five sclerites: an anterior and a posterior pair, flanking a large central sclerite (Figs 24, 76–79)...................................................................................................... ..Group II ...8
- Hypandrium of three sclerites: two small, elongate side sclerites, flanking a large central sclerite (Figs 4, 14, 44, 54, 59, 80–87)...........................................................................................Group I ...12
8 Anterior side sclerites of hypandrium elongate, posterior side sclerites wide based, elongate; central sclerite with a median posterior projection, flanked by tufts of macrosetae (Figs 24, 76, 77).................................. Subgroup IIA... 9
- Anterior side sclerites of hypandrium elongate, posterior side sclerites small, rounded; central sclerite with two pairs of posterior projections, the lateral pair larger than the median pair (Figs 78, 79)............................ SubgroupIIB... 11
9 Hypandrium with latero-posterior sclerite transverse, robust, blunt on both ends; central sclerite of hypandrium with a long, median posterior projection, arrowhead shaped distally (Fig. 24); anterior endophallic sclerites with thin apices (Fig. 25); hindwing with M-five branched (Figs 21, 26).................................................... L. eberhardi n. sp.
- Hypandrium with latero-posterior sclerite robust and broadly triangular (Figs 76, 77); apices of anterior endophallic sclerites wide, with crenulation on internal margin................................................................ 10
10 Central sclerite of hypandrium with short, pointed median projection, posterior side sclerites stout, broadly triangular (Fig. 76); posterior endophallic sclerites distally slender, bridge straight anteriorly, slightly convex posteriorly................................................................................................ L. jinotegaensis García Aldrete
- Central sclerite of hypandrium with long, distally truncate median projection, posterior side sclerites wide based, with median projection slender, acuminate (Fig. 77); posterior endophallic sclerites distally stout, bridge triangular............................................................................................. L. mirandaensis García Aldrete
11 Central sclerite of hypandrium with lateral posterior projections wide based, of medium length, acuminate; median projections relatively long, stout (Fig. 78); anterior endophallic sclerites apically with a pointed projection on outer edge; forewing pterostigma pigmented throughout................................. L. andina García Aldrete, Mendivil & González
- Central sclerite of hypandrium with lateral posterior projections wide based, long, stout, blunt ended; median projections short, slender (Fig. 79); anterior endophallic sclerites apically blunt, without projection as above; forewing pterostigma posteriad with a hyaline area.......................................... L. tuluaensis García Aldrete, Mendivil & González
12 Central sclerite of hypandrium with one stout median posterior projection (Figs 80–82)........................... 13
- Central sclerite of hypandrium with two caudo-lateral projections (Figs 4, 14, 44, 54, 59, 83–87)..................... 15
13 Posterior projection of central sclerite of hypandrium with a tooth-shaped anteapical protrusion on each side (Fig. 80)............................................................................................ L. crenata Navás
- Posterior projection of central sclerite without anteapical protrusions (Figs 81, 82)................................ 14
14 Posterior projection of central sclerite of hypandrium with apex obtusely convex (Fig. 81)..... L. leonilae García Aldrete
- Posterior projection of central sclerite of hypandrium with apex broadly rounded (Fig. 82)..................................................................................................... L. mombachensis García Aldrete
15 Forewings with marginal pigmented bands or patches (Figs 1, 6, 41, 46, 51)......................................16
- Forewings hyaline, or with some small spots at the end of veins R, M, CuA and CuP (Figs 11, 16, 56, 61)............. 19
16 Forewings with more or less connected spots at the ends of M veins [see original description by Mockford, 1957]; pterostigma mostly hyaline, with only basal and apical spot; central sclerite of hypandrium with apex of latero-posterior projections somewhat truncated (Fig. 83)............................................................. L. splendida Mockford
- Forewings with almost continuous marginal pigmented band from R4+5 to about half a1; pterostigma predominantly dark; central sclerite of hypandrium with latero-posterior projections tapered distally or with acute apex (Figs 4, 44, 54)...... 17
17 Central sclerite of hypandrium with postero-lateral projections tapered, with little separation between them (Fig. 4); phallosome anteriorly V-shaped, with slender side struts (Fig. 5)...................................... L. dapaensis n. sp.
- Central sclerite of hypandrium with postero-lateral projections robust, widely separated (Figs 44, 54); phallosome with wider side struts......................................................................................... 18
18 Central sclerite of hypandrium with proximally constricted posterior projections, distally with the inner border extended to form a curved, pointed process, each half of the central sclerite bearing a distinct mesal tuft of long macrosetae, and a lateral group of long macrosetae (Fig. 44)....................................................... L. monserrate n. sp.
- Central sclerite of hypandrium with slender posterior projections, with pointed ends, curved, with a wide concavity between them; each half of the central sclerite bearing a wide field of long macrosetae (Fig. 54).............. L. quimbaya n. sp.
19 Central sclerite of hypandrium with two stout, acuminate, strongly sclerotized and convergent postero-lateral projections (Fig. 84).......................................................................... L. raramuri García Aldrete
- Central sclerite of hypandrium with postero-lateral projections of variable shape, divergent or parallel (Figs 14, 59, 85–87).................................................................................................... 20
20 Apex of postero-lateral projections broadly rounded (Fig. 85)................................. .. L. boliviana Williner
- Apex of postero-lateral projections tapered or acute (Fig 14, 59, 86, 87)........................................ 21
21 Postero-lateral projections with parallel external margins, separated by narrow notch, U-shaped (Fig. 86)........................................................................................... L. maracaensis García Aldrete
- Postero-lateral projections with divergent external margins, with wide U or V-shaped notch (Figs 14, 59, 87).......... 22
22 Central sclerite of hypandrium with wide U-shaped concavity, between slender, pointed and inwardly curved posterior projections (Fig. 59).......................................................................... L. univalle n. sp.
- Central sclerite of hypandrium with V-shaped concavity (Figs 14, 87)...........................................23
23 Posterior projections of the central sclerite of hypandrium sharp ended (Fig. 87); vertex below the level of the upper border of the compound eyes (in frontal view of head).................... .. L. colombiana García Aldrete, González & Carrejo
- Posterior projections of the central sclerite of the hypandrium stouter and blunt ended (Fig. 14); vertex at the same level as the upper border of the compound eyes (Fig. 12)................................................... L. deibyi n. sp.
description: Published as part of Nieto, Julián Alexander Mendivil, Aldrete, Alfonso Neri García & Obando, Ranulfo González, 2017, Seven new species of Loneura Navás (Insecta: Psocodea: ' Psocoptera': Ptiloneuridae) from Valle del Cauca, Colombia, pp. 495-523 in Zootaxa 4227 (4) on pages 496-497, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/306148