Apogonalia monticola ( Fowler, 1899 )

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Apogonalia monticola ( Fowler, 1899)

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Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum black with mosaic of yellow maculae. Crown ( Fig. 67 ) with pair of anteromedian diagonal pale yellow arches; posterolateral margins pale yellow. Pronotum ( Fig. 67 ) posterolaterally with pair of oblique, elongate bright yellow marks. Mesonotum ( Fig. 67 ) black with yellow maculae: one pair anterior to transverse sulcus, one elongate posteromedian pair, and one elongate lateral pair. Forewing ( Fig. 67 ) dark brown with white maculae on anterior third, pink maculae on posterior two-thirds; commissural margin pale yellow except basally; apex brown, hyaline. Face black with numerous small pale yellow maculae. Clypeus with lateral margin pale yellow. Male pygofer with inner ventroapical short spiniform process. Paraphyses asymmetrical, with Y-shaped basal sclerite and at least one long, moderately broad ramus ( Young 1977, fig. 760h). Aedeagal shaft with apex curved dorsally, with pair of long ventromedian spiniform processes ( Young 1977, fig. 760f). Female sternite VIII with semilunar sclerotized plate, anteriorly with pair of slight concavities. Female pygofer broadly convex ventrally. Valvula II with apex subacute.

Female length. 9.4–9.6 mm (n = 2).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. angusta ; posterior margin with slight median concavity. Sternite VIII, in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate; anterior margin with pair of lateral slight concavities. Pygofer moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex; disc with some macrosetae on posterior two-thirds of ventral portion and apical portion. Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion moderately broad; basal margin truncate; blade similar to that of A. histrio . Valvula II, in lateral view, moderately broad beyond basal curvature, slightly narrowing towards subacute apex; blade with about 25 teeth distributed from beginning of expanded portion to apex; teeth, on median portion, triangular and moderately prominent, about 1.5 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one tooth length; preapical prominence distinct, approximately aligned to anteapical tooth; denticles distributed on all dorsal margin of blade and from preapical prominence to apex on ventral margin.

Material examined. Mexico: Nuevo León, two males and two females ( BYU) .

Figures

FIGURES 62 – 74. (62 – 66) Apogonalia mediolineata (Fowler, 1899), female: 62, dorsal habitus; 63, face; 64, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 65, pygofer, lateral view; 66, valvula II, teeth on median portion, lateral view. (67) A. monticola (Fowler, 1899), female: 67, dorsal habitus. (68) A. noda Freytag, 2004, female: 68, dorsal habitus. (69 – 74) A. omani Young, 1977, female: 69, dorsal habitus; 70, left forewing, lateral view; 71, sternite VII, ventral view; 72, pygofer, lateral view; 73, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view; 74, valvula II, apical portion, lateral view. Scale bars in mm.