Omophoita sexnotata (Harold, 1876)

(Figs 11, 18, 22, 28)

References: Harold 1876: 120; Blackwelder 1945: 708; Bechyné 1951a: 109; Bechyné 1951b: 65; Scherer 1960: 257; Bechyné 1956: 1038; Bechyné 1958a: 676 (6-notata); Bechyné 1955a: 4 ( Homophoeta).

Type: Homophoeta sexnotata Harold 1876: 120; Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Mendes. Not located .

Length: 6,96–7,28 mm.

Head: reddish-brown. Large pale macula extending to the vertex, rounded. Two pale maculae visible at the lower portion of the frons. Mouthparts: labrum with 10 setae. Antennae: reddish-brown.

Prothorax: pronotum orangish. Metathorax and mesothorax: with the same color as the head. Elytra: elytral integument reddish-brown. Six large rounded pale maculae visible; maculae equidistant, two in the proximal portion of the elytra, two in the median portion and two in the distal portion. Scutellum: triangular, posterior portion rounded. Legs: reddish-brown.

Abdomen: reddish-brown. Male Aedeagus Median lobe (Fig. 22): Ventral sclerite not visible in dorsal view. Apical hood rounded; dorsal median process visible; proximal portion of the dorsal median process wider than the apex; with two broad and parallel projections at the apex, semi-triangular, base of the projections wider than the apex. Dorsal lateral sclerite visible, subtrapezoid, poorly defined. Oblique dorsal process ventrally curved; apex visible in dorsal view, rounded. Female Tignum (Fig. 28): Base wider than the apex; hood-like structure in the median portion present (Fig. 4); median portion opaque; distal portion slender, lateral margins divergent.

Specimens studied: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Pouso Alegre, Pereira & Medeiros I.1960 1 ♁ (MZUSP) ; Paraná: Ponta Grossa, Distrito de Itaiacoca, Almeida, M. C. 20.XI.2009 ; Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Dirings II.1955 1 ♀, 1 ♁ (MZUSP) ; São Paulo: Barueri, Papavero & Lenko, 10.VII.1963 (MZUSP); Campos do Jord „o, Pereira & Medeiros, 4.VIII.1953 (MZUSP); Caraguatatuba, Dirings, VII.1965 (MZUSP); Cássias dos Coqueiros, Barreto, M. P., X.1954 (MZUSP); Monte Alegre, L. Trav. F. & Almeida 27.X.1942 (MZUSP); S„o Paulo, Dirings X.1956 1F (MZUSP) .

Observed distribution in the Southern Brazil: Paraná (Jundiaí do Sul, Ponta Grossa) (Fig. 35).