Ordobrevia nubifer (Fall, 1901)

(Figs 16 D–F, 18)

Material examined. USA: California: 3 exs. (in ethanol) and 2 exs. (dried with an ultrathin coating of gold), Trinity Co.: 2 mi S Weaveryille, Weaver Creek, 14.VII.1988, W. D. Shepard leg.

Description. Body elongate, gradually narrowing from middle to apex; convex dorsally and flattened ventrally; slightly prominent spiracles on mesothorax and abdominal segments I–VIII. Body color entirely orange, and appendages orange. Dorsal and ventral surfaces entirely smooth, dorsum with long simple setae and long brush-like setae.

Head visible from above, well exposed from prothorax; as wide as long; clypeus transverse, with setae on front; a pair of small spines on both sides of clypeus; vertex smooth with brush-like setae.

Thorax not serrated on sides; dorsum entirely smooth with long brush-like setae. Prothorax longer than width, 2.2 times as long as mesothorax; with 3 ventral sclerites, procoxae closed posteriorly; branched setae on hind margins. Meso- and metathorax transverse; metathorax longer than mesothorax. Mesothorax with five ventral sclerites.

Abdomen 9-segmented; segments I–VIII transverse, dorsal surface entirely smooth with brush-like setae; pleural sclerites on segments I–VII. Brush-like setae on hind margin of segments I–VIII. Three to five teeth on lateral hind margin of segments I–VIII; tergal sutures on dorso-lateral area lacking. Last segment (segment IX) longer than wide, gradually narrowing to apex, without longitudinal ridge, apex with a pair of spines; dorsal surface smooth; ventral operculum, opercular claws, and anal gills present.

Identification. The larvae examined in this study were identified by W.D. Shepard. Distribution. North America.

Bibliography. Sanderson (1953, 1954).