Loneuroides venezolanus García Aldrete, Male

(Figs 36–41)

Color. (In 80% ethanol). Body, head (Fig. 38), legs, epiproct, paraprocts and wings as in the original female diagnosis (García Aldrete, 2006) plus the following: Hypandrium yellowish, phallosome dark brown.

Morphology. As in generic diagnosis plus the following: Outer cusp of lacinial tip broad, with 6–7 denticles. Wings (Figs 36 and 37). Hindwing with M three branched (four branched in the female). Central sclerite of hypandrium (Fig. 40) with median posterior process stout, slightly constricted proximally, obtusely concave posteriorly, with postero-lateral corners pointed, directed posteriorly; lateral processes robust, blunt ended, each bearing a slender, pointed apophysis distally. Phallosome (Fig. 41) Y shaped anteriorly, with stem short, pointed; each arm of the side struts broad, with the inner border rounded. Two pairs of endophallic sclerites, anterior pair bow shaped, proximally wide, hooked, distally slender, with ends spiny; posterior pair proximally wide, narrowing distally, hooked, with apices directed outwards, next to external parameres. A mesal, transverse, strongly sclerotized, broadly M shaped sclerite, convex anteriorly and pointed posteriorly. Paraprocts (Fig. 39) broad, elliptic, with setal field as illustrated and sensory fields with 38 trichobothria in basal rosettes. Epiproct (Fig. 39) broad, convex anteriorly, rounded posteriorly, with setae on sides and posterior border, and an anterior field with short spines mesally, on a slight bulge, next to anterior border.

Measurements. FW: 6175, HW: 4150, F: 1530, T: 2775, t1: 1175, t2: 100, t3: 182, ctt1: 33, f1: 1200, f2: 1300, f3: 850, Mx4: 380, IO: 687, D: 480, d: 355, IO/d: 1.93, PO: 0.73.

Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca. Yumbo. Dapa. Finca Palo Alto, 3°34’9.0”N: 76°34’13.6”W, 1866 m., 26–28.III.2011. 2 males. J. Mendivil. 1 female, same locality, 16.X.2010. Led light trap six meters from ground level. R. González (MUSENUV).