Panabachia vigilans Muñoz-Tobar & Caterino, 2025, sp. nov.

Panabachia vigilans sp. nov. Figs 3 H, 5 F, 7 F, 8 G Type material. Holotype • ♂ (ZSFQ -i 23412): “ ECUADOR: Pichincha 0.0182°N, 78.6372°W, El Pahuma Orchid Res., 28. v- 1. vi. 2011, 2500 m, Forest litter sifting AT 1337 ” / “ Caterino DNA voucher, Ext. MSC-12624, Morphosp. ElP. A. 023 ”; deposited in ZSFQ. Paratypes (5 ♂, 3 ♀) • 5: same data as holotype (ZSFQ -i 23413 - i 23417) • 3 (same general locality as holotype): 7-8 - Aug- 2008, epiphyte moss sifting (LSAM 0216733, LSAM 0216775, LSAM 0216778, the last deposited in MECN). Diagnosis. Head smooth, with small but distinct lateral vertexal foveae, no median fovea; eyes protuberant but not large, diameter ~ 1 / 2 length of genae; antennal bases elevated with small oblique stria at the inner base; antennae compact, antennomere III slightly elongate, IV – VI rounded, subquadrate, V slightly wider, VII shorter, rounded, VIII – XI forming loose club, VIII – X transverse, with sharp lateral margins, XI ~ 3 × as long as X, rounded, with setose depression on inner apex; male pronotum (Fig. 7 F) with complex modification on anterior 1 / 2, elevated at middle, depressed on either side with upper edge of depression distinctly carinate, upper posterior edge of transverse anteromedial impression carinate, with two small tubercles bearing apical tufts of setae; anterior edge of transverse impression produced posterad, vertically carinate medially, densely setose on sides; elytra with fine microsculpture appearing matte; each elytron with sutural and two close dorsobasal foveae, sutural stria complete, discal stria absent; subhumeral foveae and striae absent; male mesotrochanter very weakly dentate; last abdominal ventrite (Fig. 5 F) slightly depressed at middle, with short diverging tufts of setae at middle of posterior margin. Aedeagus (Fig. 8 G) comprising one piece, broad flattened basal bulb with small subtriangular basal foramen; strongly sclerotized transverse bridge present just anterad basal foramen with laterally projecting digitiform processes bearing long apical setae; apex of median lobe with dorsolateral elevated setal bases projecting obliquely, each bearing a single thick seta, and apicoventral flanges with setose inner and apical margins. TL 1.65 mm, EW 0.34 mm. Distribution. This species is known only from the El Pahuma Orchid Reserve, northwest of Quito in Pichincha province, Ecuador. Etymology. The name of this species is a reference to the ‘ receiver-dish’ - like depressions on the sides of the male pronotum (Fig. 7 F), suggesting it is always aware.

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Panabachia vigilans Muñoz-Tobar & Caterino, 2025, sp. nov.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
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Panabachia vigilans Muñoz-Tobar & Caterino, 2025, sp. nov.

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Panabachia vigilans sp. nov. Figs 3 H, 5 F, 7 F, 8 G Type material. Holotype • ♂ (ZSFQ -i 23412): “ ECUADOR: Pichincha 0.0182°N, 78.6372°W, El Pahuma Orchid Res., 28. v- 1. vi. 2011, 2500 m, Forest litter sifting AT 1337 ” / “ Caterino DNA voucher, Ext. MSC-12624, Morphosp. ElP. A. 023 ”; deposited in ZSFQ. Paratypes (5 ♂, 3 ♀) • 5: same data as holotype (ZSFQ -i 23413 - i 23417) • 3 (same general locality as holotype): 7-8 - Aug- 2008, epiphyte moss sifting (LSAM 0216733, LSAM 0216775, LSAM 0216778, the last deposited in MECN). Diagnosis. Head smooth, with small but distinct lateral vertexal foveae, no median fovea; eyes protuberant but not large, diameter ~ 1 / 2 length of genae; antennal bases elevated with small oblique stria at the inner base; antennae compact, antennomere III slightly elongate, IV – VI rounded, subquadrate, V slightly wider, VII shorter, rounded, VIII – XI forming loose club, VIII – X transverse, with sharp lateral margins, XI ~ 3 × as long as X, rounded, with setose depression on inner apex; male pronotum (Fig. 7 F) with complex modification on anterior 1 / 2, elevated at middle, depressed on either side with upper edge of depression distinctly carinate, upper posterior edge of transverse anteromedial impression carinate, with two small tubercles bearing apical tufts of setae; anterior edge of transverse impression produced posterad, vertically carinate medially, densely setose on sides; elytra with fine microsculpture appearing matte; each elytron with sutural and two close dorsobasal foveae, sutural stria complete, discal stria absent; subhumeral foveae and striae absent; male mesotrochanter very weakly dentate; last abdominal ventrite (Fig. 5 F) slightly depressed at middle, with short diverging tufts of setae at middle of posterior margin. Aedeagus (Fig. 8 G) comprising one piece, broad flattened basal bulb with small subtriangular basal foramen; strongly sclerotized transverse bridge present just anterad basal foramen with laterally projecting digitiform processes bearing long apical setae; apex of median lobe with dorsolateral elevated setal bases projecting obliquely, each bearing a single thick seta, and apicoventral flanges with setose inner and apical margins. TL 1.65 mm, EW 0.34 mm. Distribution. This species is known only from the El Pahuma Orchid Reserve, northwest of Quito in Pichincha province, Ecuador. Etymology. The name of this species is a reference to the ‘ receiver-dish’ - like depressions on the sides of the male pronotum (Fig. 7 F), suggesting it is always aware.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (EC), Clemson University (US)
Life in Land
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Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
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