Apocephalus comatus subseries

Diagnosis. Abdominal segment 6 with group of three or more long, black, thick dorsolateral setae (Fig. 5). Venter of abdominal segment six with transverse comblike row of densely placed, long setae arising from sternite (Figs. 10–12).

Included species. Apocephalus bilineatus, comatus, and rectisetus . Differentiation of the three species is relatively simple: uniquely among the entire genus Apocephalus, A. bilineatus has two dorsal longitudinal setal palisades on the hind tibia (Fig. 4; the other species have one palisade), A. comatus has short, thick, curved setae medioventrally on segment 6 (Fig. 11), whereas A. rectisetus has a fan of longer (but still thick), straight setae in the same location (Fig. 12).