Penthetria tropica Statz, 1943

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Penthetria tropica Statz, 1943 (figs. 14, 100)

Penthetria tropica Statz 1943: 39 .

Localities: Rott

Material examined: Holotype, LACMIP 2533.255 / LACMIP Type 3385 (part and counterpart).

Description:

Female (N=1):

Head: missing

Thorax: Length 2.5 mm, width 2.0 mm, brownish-black, only posterior part preserved. Haltere brown.

Legs: only one (mid?) tibia preserved, this is dark brown and slender.

Wing (fig. 100): Length 7.8 mm, width 3.1 mm, length/width = 2.5, dark brownish fumose, veins dark brown throughout. Pterostigma dark brown, indistinctive. Humeral vein present. Subcosta long, running close to R 1. Costa extends a little beyond apex of R 4+5. R 2+3 relatively long, oblique, straight. R 4+5 apically strongly curved. R-M-vertical. M-veins apically gently curved basad. CuA-veins straight. CuP difficult to see (posterior part of wings overlap abdomen). Vein measurements are given in Table 3.

Abdomen: Length 7.9 mm, width 1.9 mm, conical, dark brown. Cerci rather slender.

Male unknown.