Carineta apicalis Distant, 1883b

Carineta apicalis Distant 1883b: 192 . (Ega, Amazonas, Brazil and Cayenne, French Guiana)

REMARKS. This is a small (body length <20 mm) unmarked species that is green when fresh but fades to tawny. Females generally have a contrasting castaneous abdomen. The prothorax and head make an obvious triangle. The species can be distinguished by the spine-like extension of the posteromedial male operculum.

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana and Peru (Metcalf 1963c; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2011a; Sanborn & Heath 2014). The species has been recorded from Mapiri and Yungas in Bolivia (Jacobi 1907).