Apogonalia blanchardi (Signoret, 1855)

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Apogonalia blanchardi (Signoret, 1855)

( Figs 6–15 )

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum ( Fig. 6 ) yellow with dark brown marks and broad, median yellow stripe bordered by dark brown; yellow median stripe with irregular, elongate dark brown marks. Pronotum with four vivid yellow maculae usually distinct on disc, one mediolateral pair and one lateral pair. Forewing reddish-brown ( Fig. 6 ) with numerous yellow maculae on basal portion; apex dark. Face ( Fig. 7 ) yellow with dark brown marks. Frons with longitudinal dark brown stripes; median portion with inverted V-shaped dark mark; pair of elongate V-shaped mediolateral dark marks. Clypeus orange with median dark brown stripe. Male pygofer with inner ventroapical acute process. Aedeagus with pair of ventral acute processes anteriorly curved. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal sclerite and pair of long and narrow rami, strongly expanded subapically, apex acute; right ramus apical, left ramus subapical. Female sternite VII ( Fig. 8 ) with posterior margin narrowly convex. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 9 ) with large, semilunar sclerotized plate.

Female length. 11.6–11.8 mm (n = 2).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII ( Fig. 8 ) moderately produced posteriorly; apical portion abruptly narrow; posterior margin narrowly convex, with median concavity bearing minute lateral processes. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 9 ), in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate, irregularly emarginate on anteromedian portion. Pygofer ( Fig. 10 ) moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin narrowly convex in lateral view; disc with long macrosetae on posterodorsal portion and apical 3/4 of posteroventral portion. Valvula I, in ventral view ( Fig. 11 ), with basal portion narrow and anteriorly produced; basal margin slightly concave; blade similar to that of A. angusta ; apical portion ( Fig. 12 ) acute in lateral view. Valvula II ( Figs 13–15 ) similar to that of A. angusta ; preapical prominence approximately aligned to apical tooth ( Fig. 14 ).

Material examined. Mexico: San Luis Potosí, one male and one female ( USNM) ; Veracruz-Llave , two males ( USNM) . Nicaragua: Boaco, one female ( USNM) .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 15. (1 – 5) Apogonalia angusta Freytag, 2004, female: 1, dorsal habitus; 2, sternite VII, ventral view; 3, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 4, pygofer, lateral view; 5, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view. (6 – 15) A. blanchardi (Signoret, 1855), female: 6, dorsal habitus; 7, face; 8, sternite VII, ventral view; 9, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 10, pygofer, lateral view; 11, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view; 12, valvula I, apical portion, lateral view; 13, valvula II, lateral view; 14, valvula II, apical portion, lateral view; 15, valvula II, tooth on median portion, lateral view. Scale bars in mm.