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

Steleops lapazensis sp. nov.

( Figs 124–130 View FIGURES 124–130 )

Diagnosis. Belonging to group albertonetoi . Unlike the other species in this group it does not present hypandrium with reniform laminar structures ( Fig. 129 View FIGURES 124–130 ); its phallosome is rhomboid, but left paramere is lobular, elongated, directed towards the left side and partially fused to a pyramidal-shaped aedeagus, right paramere is narrow, narrower distally ( Fig. 130 View FIGURES 124–130 ).

Male. Color (in plate and 8% ethanol). Head ( Fig. 126 View FIGURES 124–130 ) pale cream, with extensive dark brown spots. Black compound eyes. Forewings ( Fig. 124 View FIGURES 124–130 ) basally with three brown spots, one brown spot at apex pterostigma, veins brown. Hindwings ( Fig. 125 View FIGURES 124–130 ) hyalines, veins brown. Epiproct y Paraprocts brown. Hypandrium dark brown. Legs brown.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head ( Fig. 126 View FIGURES 124–130 ): H/MxW: 1.18; compound eyes large, H/ D: 2.63; IO/MxW: 0.70. Vertex V–shaped wide, below upper level of compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tips with four denticles; Mx4/Mx2: 1.29. Forewings ( Fig. 124 View FIGURES 124–130 ): L/W: 2.85. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 3.36, areola postica: al/ah: 1.50. Hindwings ( Fig. 125 View FIGURES 124–130 ): l/w: 3.00. Hypandrium ( Fig. 129 View FIGURES 124–130 ) symmetrical, with tongue-shaped medial band without dorsal papillae, with crenulated lateral margins; with two pairs of large acuminate processes, the first pair in line with the second, longer than the second. Hypandrium arms in the form of stakes curved inwards. Phallosome ( Fig. 130 View FIGURES 124–130 ) rhomboid, asymmetrical, with right paramere in the form of a narrow-sclerotized lobe, the left in the form of an elongated, wide lobe, somewhat sclerotized and partially fused to the aedeagus; pyramidal aedeagus. Paraprocts ( Fig. 128 View FIGURES 124–130 ) oval, with dense group of small, sclerotized teeth, setae and macrosetae as illustrated, apical process shorter than the body of the paraproct, straight, apically curved and acuminate, sensory fields with 30 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Epiproct ( Fig. 127 View FIGURES 124–130 ) projected on the clunium, rhomboid, wider distally, with angledrounded posterior margin, proximally narrow, with rounded anterior margin.

Measurements (microns). FW: 4425, HW: 3150, F: 1050, T: 2075, t1: 850, t2: 175, ctt1: 37, f1: 1200, f2: 1350, f3: 1025, Mx4: 220, IO: 500, d: 300, D: 320, IO/d: 1.67, PO: 0.94

Material studied. Holotype Male. BOLIVIA. La Paz. 28km southeast of Chulumani. 16°28.058’S, 67°26.048’W. 1586 m. 06.iv.2004. A. N. García Aldrete. Manual collection. Musenuv slide code: 32199. GoogleMaps

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the department of La Paz in Bolivia, the town where the studied specimen was collected.

Group buitrerensi s