Apogonalia robuSta (Walker, 1851) (Walker, 1851)

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Apogonalia robuSta (Walker, 1851)

( Figs 83, 84 )

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum with pattern similar to that of A. histrio , without orange areas. Pronotum with pair of anterolateral dark brown maculae adjacent to eyes. Forewing pinkish with brown stripes on veins; clavus with yellow stripe adjacent to claval sulcus; costal area with yellow stripe; two transverse blackish stripes apically. Face yellow with dark brown marks. Frons with median, inverted V-shaped dark brown mark; pair of mediolateral elongate Y-shaped dark brown marks connected to median mark; lateral margin with dark brown stripe. Clypeus with median dark brown stripe. Paraphyses with basal sclerite asymmetrical ( Young 1977, fig. 758h). Aedeagal shaft with pair of ventral processes transversely aligned in lateral view ( Young 1977, figs 758p, 759f). Female sternite VII with conspicuous central dark brown macula. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 83 ) with semilunar sclerotized plate, slightly concave anteromedially and truncate posteriorly. Female pygofer ( Fig. 84 ) with apical, narrowly convex small lobe, ventrally delimited by slight concavity.

Female length. 6.0– 6.1 mm (n = 3).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. pinguis ; posterior margin with median concavity slightly narrower. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 83 ), in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate slightly concave medially; posterior margin truncate medially. Pygofer ( Fig. 84 ) slightly produced posteriorly; posterior margin, in lateral view, with small apical lobe narrowly convex, delimited ventrally by slight concavity; disc with dorsal oblique row of long sparse macrosetae, extending from central portion to posterodorsal portion, which has both long and short macrosetae, posteroventral area with narrow oblique stripe of both long or short sparse macrosetae, extending from central portion of discal surface to preapical portion. Valvula I, in ventral view, with short lateral prominence on basal portion; basal margin broadly convex with small median emargination; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta ; teeth, on median portion of blade, very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about twice tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.

Material examined. Dominican Republic: uncertain locality, one male and one female ( CMNH) . Puerto Rico: uncertain locality, two males and one female (UKL), two males and two females ( USNM) .

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.