Apogonalia woodruffi Young, 1977

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Apogonalia woodruffi Young, 1977

( Figs 92–97 )

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum ( Fig. 92 ) with pattern similar to that of A. krameri . Mesonotum ( Fig. 92 ) with three large anterior yellow marks and one posterior mark, bordered by dark brown. Forewing ( Figs 92, 93 ) red with numerous small bluish-white maculae on clavus and adjacent corium; outer discal cell with irregular white stripe adjacent to outer margin; apical portion gray. Face ( Fig. 94 ) with pattern similar to that of A. krameri . Male pygofer with long inner ventroapical process, extending medially and crossing median line ( Young 1977, fig. 761p). Aedeagal shaft with unpaired ventral process with apical third bifurcated ( Young 1977, fig. 761f). Female sternite VII with broad, subrectangular posteromedian emargination, bordered by short projections. Sternite VIII ( Figs 95, 96 ) with short, arch-shaped sclerotized plate, broadly concave on anteromedian portion and with broad, median longitudinal depression.

Female length. 10.8 mm (n = 1).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. stali . Sternite VIII, in dorsal view ( Fig. 95 ), with short, arch-shaped sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate broadly convex, with broad and deep median concavity; posterior margin slightly produced and truncate medially; dorsal surface with broad and deep longitudinal median depression; anterior surface ( Fig. 96 ) strongly bilobate dorsolaterally. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view ( Fig. 97 ), with basal portion slightly broad and bearing short lateral prominence; basal margin slightly oblique, irregular and subtruncate; 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 one tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to tooth anterior to anteapical one.

Material examined. Guatemala: Alta Verapaz, one male ( USNM) . Mexico: Veracruz-Llave , one female ( USNM) .

Figures

FIGURES 85 – 97. (85 – 88) Apogonalia sanguinipes (Van Duzee, 1907), female: 85, dorsal habitus; 86, sternite VII, ventral view; 87, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 88, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view. (89 – 91) A. stali (Signoret, 1855), female: 89, dorsal habitus; 90, sternite VII, ventral view; 91, sternite VIII, dorsal view. (92 – 97) A. woodruffi Young, 1977, female: 92, dorsal habitus; 93, left forewing, lateral view; 94, face; 95, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 96, sternite VIII, anterior view; 97, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view. Scale bars in mm.