Moritiella elegans Buffington n. sp.

(Figs 1 A–C and 2A–E)

Description and diagnosis

As in description of genus, with: scutellar plate elongate with sides parallel (Fig. 2 E). Differs from M. astrudae by having an elongate scutellar plate.

Material examined

HOLOTYPE. VENEZUELA: Merida, Merida City, 1860m, sweep veg. along trib. to Chama R. 3.V.1981. L. Masner (1 female). Deposited in CNC.

Additional material. PARATYPES. BRAZIL: Rio Grande, Guanabara, IX.1969, M. Alvarenga (1 female) [USNM]; COLOMBIA: Valle 10 km S Cali, 1000m, roadside by sugarcane field, 3.IV.1971. W. Eberhard, C. Garcia (1 female) [CNC]; Vichada PNN, Tupairo Centro Administrativa, Malaise 17, 140m 19–29.VI.2000, ‘Muestra 268’, W.

Villalba, coll. (1 female, DNA voucher MB085, UCR56842) [UCRC]; ECUADOR: Napo Province, Huahua Sumaco, km.45 on Hollin­Loreto road, XII.21.1989, Malaise trap, M & J Wasbauer, H. Real (3 females, one used for SEM in Figs 1–2) [CSCA]; VENEZUELA: Merida, Merida City, 1860m, sweep veg. along trib. to Chama R. 3.V.1981. L. Masner (1 female) [CNC].