Apogonalia Stali (Signoret, 1855)

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Apogonalia Stali (Signoret, 1855)

( Figs 89–91 )

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with dark brown marks. Crown ( Fig. 89 ) with two pairs of narrow, irregular mediolateral longitudinal dark brown stripes; disc with three broad yellow or orange stripes, lateral ones adjacent to eye. Pronotum ( Fig. 89 ) with anteromedian elongate yellow or orange macula, bordered laterally by black lines; disc with two pairs of yellow or orange maculae irregularly bordered by black lines, one mediolateral pair elongate and another lateral pair short; posterior portion lilac. Mesonotum ( Fig. 89 ) with pair of longitudinal dark brown stripes, connected to each other on transverse sulcus; median portion orange. Forewing ( Fig. 89 ) lilac with brown stripes on veins; clavus with elongate yellow or orange maculae between claval veins; corium with large yellow or orange marks on basal portion and inner discal cell; costal area with broad longitudinal yellow or orange stripe, bordered by dark brown stripes; apical portion with two transverse blackened stripes. Face yellow with dark brown areas; frons with pair of narrow, longitudinal dorsomedian dark brown stripes; median portion with inverted Vshaped dark brown mark; mediolateral portions with pair of elongate Y-shaped dark brown marks, connected to median mark; submarginal lateral portion with broad diagonal dark brown stripe; clypeus with median, dorsally bifurcated dark brown stripe. Male pygofer with minute, inconspicuous spine on inner ventroapical portion. Aedeagal shaft with very short, median ventroapical lobe and without ventral paired process ( Young 1977, fig. 744f). Female sternite VIII ( Fig. 91 ) with arch-shaped sclerotized plate, broadly convex anteriorly and with small posteromedian emargination.

Female length. 8.7–10.1 mm (n = 4).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII ( Fig. 90 ) moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex, with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by small projection and with central triangular notch. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 91 ), in dorsal view, with arch-shaped sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate broadly convex; posterior margin narrowly concave, sinuous, with small and narrow median notch. Pygofer similar to that of A. interrupta . Valvula I, in ventral view, similar to that of A. imitatrix ; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta ; teeth, on median portion of blade, very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.

Material examined. Belize: Toledo, one male and four females ( BMNH) . Guatemala: uncertain locality, one female ( USNM) . Mexico : San Luis Potosí, one male and one female ( USNM) ; uncertain locality, one male (USNM). Uncertain country: one female ( USNM) .

Figures

FIGURES 85 – 97. (85 – 88) Apogonalia sanguinipes (Van Duzee, 1907), female: 85, dorsal habitus; 86, sternite VII, ventral view; 87, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 88, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view. (89 – 91) A. stali (Signoret, 1855), female: 89, dorsal habitus; 90, sternite VII, ventral view; 91, sternite VIII, dorsal view. (92 – 97) A. woodruffi Young, 1977, female: 92, dorsal habitus; 93, left forewing, lateral view; 94, face; 95, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 96, sternite VIII, anterior view; 97, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view. Scale bars in mm.