Phlugiola paratushali, Gorochov, 2018

Phlugiola paratushali View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 351–356 View Figs 351–359 )

Etymology. This species is named after the Paratushali Village situated near its type locality.

Type material. Holotype – male, PERU: Junin Department, Satipo Prov. , ~ 18 km N of Satipo Town , environs of waterfall Sinco Cascadas near Paratushali Vill. , 11.283812°S, 74.713915°W, ~ 800 m, primary forest near small river, on lower surface of large leaf of high bush at night, 28–30 November 2017, A. Gorochov, G. Irisov. Paratypes: 1 female, same data as for holotype; 3 females, same department and province, ~ 25 km SE of Satipo Town , environs of Rio Venado Vill., 11.11552°S, 74.46307°W, 1000–1200 m, primary/secondary forest, on leaves of bushes at night, 5–9 December 2017, A. Gorochov, G. Irisov.

Description. Male (holotype). External structure and colouration of body very similar to those of Ph. amazonia Gorochov, 2012 ( Gorochov 2012b), but pronotum slightly shorter, anteroventral part of each lateral pronotal lobe with straight (almost concave) edge having very low but more or less angular anterior projection (in Ph. amazonia , this edge gradually rounded and without projection), posterior band on hind pronotal lobe somewhat lighter (light brown to yellow; Fig. 351 View Figs 351–359 ), last abdominal tergite with less deep posteromedian notch (for comparison see Figs 352 and 357 View Figs 351–359 ) and with median part of posteroventral edge almost straight in posterior view (see Figs 353 and 358 View Figs 351–359 ), each paraproct with slightly shorter apical spinule-like process (see Figs 353 and 358 View Figs 351–359 ), and genital plate with S-shaped styles (vs. these styles arcuately curved; see Figs 352 and 357 View Figs 351–359 ). However, genitalia with sclerotized part distinctly different in shape from that of Ph. amazonia : posterior hooks of this part directed more laterally than backwards (not more backwards than laterally) and almost straight (not arcuate), and spaces between these hooks and nearest sclerotized projections clearly narrower (see Figs 354 and 359 View Figs 351–359 ).

Female. General appearance similar to that of female from Ecuador described by Gorochov (2012b) as belonging to Ph. amazonia , but colouration of pronotum almost as in male described above (i.e. practically without dark longitudinal median band on anterior two thirds of pronotal disc), tegmina slightly smaller (pronotum 2.2–2.3 times as long as tegmen in new subspecies and approximately 2 times as long as tegmen in female from Ecuador) and with somewhat smaller darkened area in distal half ( Fig. 355 View Figs 351–359 ), abdomen also with less large and somewhat less contrast darkened median areas on tergites ( Fig. 355 View Figs 351–359 ), and genital plate with slightly narrower distal half almost truncated (not rounded) at apex ( Fig. 356 View Figs 351–359 ).

Length (mm). Body: male (without styles of genital plate) 8.5, female 8.3–9.5; pronotum: male 3.8, female 3.0–3.2; exposed part of tegmina (lateral view): male 1.5, female 0.9–1.1; hind femora: male 10.0, female 9.8–10.2; ovipositor 4.0–4.3.

Comparison. The new subspecies differs from Ph. amazonia (type locality: Ucayali Department of Peru not far from Atalaya Town) in the different shape of male genital sclerite (see Figs 354 and 359 View Figs 351–359 ) and some other small characters of male listed above. This genital difference indicates that the males compared belong to two separate but very similar species (not subspecies), and that the female from Ecuador (paratype of Ph. amazonia ), distinguished from all the other congeners by the pronotum darker, may belong to an additional closely related species of this genus.