Pseudosparna iolandae Lanuza-Garay, 2023

Pseudosparna iolandae Lanuza-Garay, 2023 View in CoL

( Fig. 8 -10)

– 1 ♀, Darién Province, Darién National Park, Pirre, Est. Rancho Frio, 16.xi.2000 - 17.i.2001, Malaise Trap, R. Cambra & A. Santos Murgas leg. ( MIUP) .

Description. – Very similar to the male in appearance.

Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III:

– Scape = 1.36. – Pedicel = 0.12. – IV = 0.90. – V = 0.75. – VI = 0.60. – VII = 0.60. – VIII = 0.70. – IX = 0.75. – X = 0.56. – XI = 0.86.

Prothorax 1.46x wider than long; elytra 2.2x longer than wide. The morphological differences between the sexes are confined to the prosternum and abdominal segments. The most noticeable difference lies in the appearance and structure of the prosternum. The prosternal process in males laminiform centrally ( Fig. 9); in females, the prosternal process is distinctly wider ( Fig 10). Abdominal segments in males are finely punctate with short yellowish setae;in females, the abdominal segments are scarcely covered with setae. The ventrite 5 is emarginate, with two short outer spiniform angles in males; in females, the ventrite 5 segment is concave without spiniform angles. The dimensions (mm) of the two females studied are:

– Total length, 7.1 / 7.0;

– Prothoracic length, 1.2 / 1.0;

– Anterior prothoracic width, 1.2 / 1.1;

– Posterior prothoracic width, 1.6 / 1.5.

– Elytral length, 5.0 / 5.0.

– Humeral width, 1.8 / 1.8.