Apogonalia krameri Young, 1977

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Apogonalia krameri Young, 1977

( Figs 57–60 )

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum black with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Crown ( Fig. 57 ) with pair of anteromedian diagonal black arches medially connected. Pronotum ( Fig. 57 ) with posterior portion bluish. Mesonotum ( Fig. 57 ) yellow with black maculae on mesoscutum. Forewing ( Fig. 57 ) red; clavus with numerous bluish-white maculae and narrow stripes; claval sulcus with black stripe bordered by narrow bluish-white stripes; costal area with two longitudinal adjacent stripes, innermost irregular and bluish-white, outermost black; outer discal cell with irregular bluish-white stripe; outer apical portion with bluish-white maculae; apex gray. Face black with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Clypeus with ventral black macula. Male pygofer with posterior margin truncate ( Young 1977, fig. 749c) and long paired process on inner ventroapical portion ( Young 1977, fig. 749p). Paraphyses with basal sclerite symmetrical and rami minute (vestigial) ( Young 1977, fig. 749q). Aedeagal shaft with hook-shaped basiventral paired processes, symmetrical and anteriorly directed. Female sternite VII similar to that of A. fraterna . Sternite VIII ( Fig. 58 ) with two broad superposed sclerotized plates, dorsalmost elliptical and ventralmost bilobate, with broad and deep subtriangular anteromedian emargination.

Female length. 9.1–10.1 mm (n = 2).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. fraterna . Sternite VIII ( Fig. 58 ), in dorsal view, with two broad, superposed sclerotized plates, dorsalmost plate elliptical, ventralmost plate bilobate with broad and deep subtriangular median emargination on anterior margin and slight median concavity on posterior margin. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view ( Fig. 59 ), with basal portion slightly broad with small lateral prominence; basal margin obliquely truncate; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta ; teeth, on median portion ( Fig. 60 ), very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one tooth length; preapical prominence anterior to anteapical tooth.

Material examined. Honduras: Francisco Morazán, two males and two females ( USNM) . Mexico: Oaxaca, one male ( USNM).

Figures

FIGURES 51 – 61. (51 – 56) Apogonalia interrupta (Signoret, 1855), female: 51, dorsal habitus; 52, left forewing, lateral view; 53, sternite VII, ventral view; 54, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 55, pygofer, lateral view; 56, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view. (57 – 60) A. krameri Young, 1977, female: 57, dorsal habitus; 58, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 59, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view; 60, valvula II, tooth on median portion, lateral view. (61) A. loxa Freytag, 2004, female: 61, dorsal habitus. Scale bars in mm.