Apogonalia omani Young, 1977

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Apogonalia omani Young, 1977

( Figs 69–74 )

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum dark brown with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Crown ( Fig. 69 ) with pair of anteromedian diagonal dark brown arches connected to each other medially. Pronotum with pair of roundish, mediolateral yellow or fulvous maculae ( Fig. 69 ). Forewing ( Figs 69, 70 ) red with numerous small white maculae, veins brown; corium with irregular whitish maculae on median portion, bordered by brown or black, forming an arch; apex gray. Face dark brown with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Clypeus with ventral dark brown macula. Male pygofer with inner spiniform process on dorsoapical margin, inner long and broad process on ventromedian portion ( Young 1977, fig. 757p). Paraphyses with V-shaped basal sclerite and pair of minute (vestigial) rami ( Young 1977, fig. 757h). Aedeagal shaft approximately rectilinear with pair of robust ventromedian hook-shaped processes ( Young 1977, fig. 757f). Female pygofer with posterior margin broadly convex, ventral margin very long and rectilinear ( Fig. 72 ). Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal margin broad and transversely truncate ( Fig. 73 ). Valvula II with apex convex ( Fig. 74 ).

Female length. 8.6 mm (n = 1).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII ( Fig. 71 ) broad, slightly produced posteriorly; apical portion abruptly narrowed; posterior margin with median rectangular emargination bearing slight, triangular central projection. Sternite VIII absent. Pygofer ( Fig. 72 ) moderately produced posteriorly; basal portion very elongate; dorsal margin irregularly sinuous in lateral view; posterior margin broadly convex; ventral margin very long and rectilinear; disc posteriorly with long and short macrosetae, ventral margin with row of long macrosetae, absent on basal portion. Valvula I, in ventral view ( Fig. 73 ), with basal portion subtriangular and broad, with small lateral prominence; basal margin transversely truncate; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta , with apex convex ( Fig. 74 ); teeth, on median portion, very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth ( Fig. 74 ).

Material examined. USA: Arizona, one male and one female ( USNM).

Figures

FIGURES 62 – 74. (62 – 66) Apogonalia mediolineata (Fowler, 1899), female: 62, dorsal habitus; 63, face; 64, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 65, pygofer, lateral view; 66, valvula II, teeth on median portion, lateral view. (67) A. monticola (Fowler, 1899), female: 67, dorsal habitus. (68) A. noda Freytag, 2004, female: 68, dorsal habitus. (69 – 74) A. omani Young, 1977, female: 69, dorsal habitus; 70, left forewing, lateral view; 71, sternite VII, ventral view; 72, pygofer, lateral view; 73, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view; 74, valvula II, apical portion, lateral view. Scale bars in mm.