Pseudometopia amblardii (Signoret 1855)

Diagnosis. Crown, pronotum, and scutellum pale yellow; crown with dark spot at apex, ocelli dark; pronotum with anterior dark spot and posterior dark band; forewings blue-gray with a few dark transverse bands.

Female terminalia. Abdominal sternite VII, in ventral view (Fig. 7), with lateral margins slightly parallel, posterior margin emarginate with a slight convex median process within emargination; surface with scattered microsetae. Pygofer, in lateral view, moderately produced posteriorly; surface with microsetae and a few macrosetae on ventral region. First valvifers, in lateral view, ovoid; with small spiniform processes on ventral region. First ovipositor valvulae, in lateral view, slightly broadened beyond basal curvature; dorsal sculptured area formed by linear processes arranged in oblique lines; ventral sculptured area formed mostly by linear processes; apex obtuse with dorsal margin slightly concave (Fig. 19), and denticles on dorsal and ventral margins. Second valvulae, in lateral view, broadened beyond basal curvature; dorsal margin of blade bearing 42 to 50 not continuous teeth, each tooth subsquare, with denticles on dorsal and posterior margins (Fig. 31); ducts not reach the teeth; apex broadly rounded (Fig. 43), with denticles on entire margin; preapical ventral prominence absent. Gonoplacs, in lateral view, with scattered microsetae on ventral margin and a few strong setae on apical region; apex rounded.

Material examined. ARGENTINA. Misiones: Iguazú, 2♂, 10/XII/1951, Willink & Monrós cols. (IFML); 5 km West of Eldorado, 1♀, 19/IX/2003, Logarzo col.; Eldorado, Cueva Miní, 26°22,29´S 54°39,65´W, 1♂ 1♀, 13/ II/2012, hand collection, Dellapé G. col. (MLP).

Distribution. Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina (Young 1968): Misiones (Paradell et al. 2012).