Apogonalia pennata Nielson & Godoy, 1995

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Apogonalia pennata Nielson & Godoy, 1995

( Figs 75–77 )

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum almost entirely black. Pronotum ( Fig. 75 ) with small white maculae. Mesonotum ( Fig. 75 ) posteriorly white. Forewing ( Fig. 75 ) uniformly red; apical portion dark. Face almost entirely black. Clypeus laterally white and with large dorsal black macula. Male pygofer posteriorly truncate with inner, ventroapical short tapered spine, medially directed. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal plate; rami long and narrow, with strong subapical expansion and apex acute, right ramus apical and left one subapical. Aedeagal shaft with basiventral paired hook processes, anteriorly directed. Female sternite VII ( Fig. 76 ) with posterior margin broadly convex with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by minute spines and slight central triangular projection. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 77 ), in dorsal view, with broad, subtrapezoidal bilobate sclerotized plate; anterior margin truncate with deep and broad median emargination.

Female length. 9.6–10.0 mm (n = 3).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII ( Fig. 76 ) slightly produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by minute spines and slight central triangular projection. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 77 ), in dorsal view, with broad, subtrapezoidal bilobate sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate truncate, with deep and broad median emargination; posterior margin broadly concave. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion very similar to that of A. blanchardi ; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta ; teeth spaced from one another about one tooth length on median portion of blade.

Material examined. Costa Rica: Limón, four males and four females ( BYU).

Figures

FIGURES 75 – 84. (75 – 77) Apogonalia pennata Nielson & Godoy, 1995, female: 75, dorsal habitus; 76, sternite VII, ventral view; 77, sternite VIII, dorsal view. (78 – 82) A. pinguis Young, 1977, female: 78, dorsal habitus; 79, left forewing, lateral view; 80, sternite VII, ventral view; 81, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 82, pygofer, lateral view. (83 – 84) A. robusta (Walker, 1851), female: 83, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 84, pygofer, lateral view. Scale bars in mm.