Austin, Austin, 2008
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GENUS Bungalotis E. Y. Watson, 1893 View in CoL
Evans (1952) included seven large and robust species in this genus distributed from Mexico to Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil ( Godman and Salvin 1879 -1901; Draudt 1921 -1924; Davis 1928; Williams and Bell 1934; Hoffmann 1941; Evans 1952; Brown and Mielke 1967; Mielke 1967b, 1973; Steinhauser 1975; Freeman 1976, 1977; de Jong 1983; de la Maza and de la Maza 1985; Cock and Alston- Smith 1990; de la Maza et al. 1991; de la Maza and Gutiérrez 1992; Meerman and Boomsma 1993; Lamas 1994; Lamas et al. 1996; Murray 1996; Robbins et al. 1996; Austin et al. 1996; Luis et al. 2004; Nuñez Bustos 2006; Pinheiro and Emery 2006). Three additional species were subsequently described (Mielke 1967b, Freeman 1977, de Jong 1983). Six species of Bungalotis were encountered near Cacaulândia and a new species was found among material from Ecuador. One taxon, formerly considered a subspecies, is raised to species-level status, resulting in a total of twelve formally recognized species.
As noted by Evans (1952), male genitalia of Bungalotis indicate a compact group having a relatively broad tegumen, a robust and undivided uncus, a divided gnathos with broad ventral lobes, an ampulla with a prominent style, an elongate harpe, and a slender aedeagus with a series of spike-like cornuti. Specific differences are in the shape of the tegumen/uncus in dorsal view, the form of the juxta, and the form of the harpe. Females of too few species of Bungalotis were examined to characterize their genitalia for the genus as a whole. For the five phenotypes examined ( Fig. 93-97 View Figure 93-97 ), the genital plate is both broad and elongate with the lamella antevaginalis broader than the lamella postvaginalis; the antrum is prominent, long, and at least partially sclerotized; the ductus bursae is very broad; and the corpus bursae is globular or oblong. In one group, herein called the “ midas ” group (including B. midas Cramer, 1775 , B. astylos (Cramer, 1780) , B. milleri Freeman, 1977 , and an unknown species), the antrum is a long and entirely sclerotized ribbon-like structure that joins the ductus bursae cephalad of its caudal end ( Fig. 93-96 View Figure 93-97 ). The only other species for which the female was examined, Bungalotis quadratum (Sepp, [1845]) ( Fig. 18-19 View Figure 14-25 ), has a shorter sclerotized antrum joining a membranous tube of similar width leading to a bulbous ductus bursae ( Fig. 97 View Figure 93-97 ).
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