Apogonalia fractinota ( Fowler, 1899 )

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Apogonalia fractinota ( Fowler, 1899)

( Figs 20–22 )

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum pale yellow with brown areas; two pairs of narrow, irregular longitudinal brown stripes on mediolateral portions. Crown with three broad yellow stripes; pair of anteromedian diagonal brown arches connected medially. Pronotum with four yellow maculae, one elongate mediolateral pair and one lateral pair. Mesonotum with median yellow longitudinal stripe. Forewing red with brown veins; clavus with brown area and yellow elongate maculae between claval veins; corium with area of discal cells brown with yellow maculae; posterior portion of costal area with yellow maculae; apex dark. Face yellow with brown marks. Frons with pair of narrow, dorsomedian longitudinal brown stripes; brown inverted V-shaped median mark; lateral portions with narrow longitudinal brown stripe, slightly sinuous. Clypeus with large, dorsal brown macula. Male pygofer with short, tapered process on inner ventroapical margin. Paraphyses very similar to those of A. blanchardi . Aedeagal shaft with ventral paired processes. Female sternite VII ( Fig. 20 ) with posterior margin broadly convex. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 21 ) with large, subtrapezoidal sclerotized plate, slightly bilobate anteriorly and with pair of anterolateral projections.

Female length. 8.7–9.6 mm (n = 2).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII ( Fig. 20 ) slightly produced posteriorly; posterior margin irregular, broadly convex, with median trapezoidal emargination. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 21 ), in dorsal view, with large, subtrapezoidal sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate slightly bilobate, pair of narrow anterolateral projections; posterior margin truncate. Pygofer similar to that of A. blanchardi . Valvula I similar to that of A. blanchardi . Valvula II similar to that of A. blanchardi ; teeth spaced from one another about one time teeth length on median portion of blade ( Fig. 22 ).

Material examined. Costa Rica: Cartago, one male ( BMNH) ; Puntarenas, one female ( USNM) . Nicaragua: Boaco, one male ( USNM) . Panama : Chiriquí, two males ( USNM) . Uncertain country: one female ( USNM) .

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 28. (16 – 19) Apogonalia dampfi Young, 1977, female: 16, face; 17, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 18, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view; 19, valvula II, apical portion, lateral view. (20 – 22) A. fractinota (Fowler, 1899), female: 20, sternite VII, ventral view; 21, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 22, valvula II, teeth on median portion, lateral view. (23 – 28) A. fraterna Young, 1977, female: 23, dorsal habitus; 24, left forewing, lateral view; 25, sternite VII, ventral view; 26, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 27, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view; 28, valvula II, apical portion, lateral view. Scale bars in mm.