Two new Aaroniella species from western México (Psocoptera: Philotarsidae)

Abstract

THE MEXICAN SPECIES AARONIELLA CHAMELANA AND A. HOFFMANNAE, FROM THE COAST OF JALISCO, ARE DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED. THE FORMER IS CLOSE TO A. DENTATE MOCKFORD & EVANS, FROM TRINIDAD, AND DIFFERERS FROM OTHER NEOTROPICAL AARONIELLA WOTHOUT SETAL SPOTS OF THE FOREWING IN GENITAL DETAILS. THE LATTER IS CLOSE TO THE EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN A. MACULOSA (AARON) FROM WICH IT DIFFERS IN THE SHAPE OF THE PTEROSSTIGMA, IN THE PIGMENTATION OF THE THORACIC PLEURAE AND IN GENITAL DETAILS.