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2, April,Male pygofer with fewer than 10 setae; plates distinctly narrowed
con
apically, with three to five setae, two-thirds length of pygofer;
nective expanded and bifid apically, approximately
equal in length tostyle;

with

style

in posteroventralofrounded,extension

apicalcurvedlaterad;view.

Color basicallywith a longitudinal
side

lobe

preapical

fromrobust, curved dorsally, shaft in lateral view bulbous
to apical fifth which is conspicuously narrowed, bifid apicallyaedeagus
midlength

medianstramineous;legs brown; pronotum
median bright yellow line, a yellow
on

line

pronotum;

forewings

and scutellum
line on either

semi-opaque

with

ir

third apical cell with costal two-thirds
regular bright yellow markings,
marked with a darkened band that extends slightly into the anteapical
cell

area.

Holotype male, Rio Caraquata, Matto Grosso, Brazil, March1953,
one male and one female paratype,same label data
(F. Plaumann);(KU).
Balclutha
delongi, new species, appears to be closely related to B.
lineata (Osborn) but can be distinguished by the shape of the aedeagus.
This species is named in honor of Dr. Dwight M. DeLongof OhioState University.
LITERATURE cited
Blocker,

H.

D.

1967.

(Homoptera:Classification
Proc.

Cicadellidae).

ofU.

Balclutha
the Western
Hemisphere
S. National
1-55.
Museum122(3581):

NEW SPECIES OF CRANE FLIES FROM TROPICALIV.

AMERICA.

(D?ptera:CharlesP.

Alexanderof Massachusetts,

University

Tipulidae)1

Amherst,

Mass.

01002

Abstract
New(AustroUmnophila)
species of crane flies include Austrolimnophilabyersiana and Limonia
Limoniafrom Mexico;(Dicranomyia)(Neolimonia)
scabristyla,
Limonia(Dicranomyia)
Shannonomyia
torulosa,
parvicellula,borinquenia,
fromand Hexatoma
Hexatoma(Eriocera)melanonota,(Eriocera)luteicolor,from Peru;
Teucholabis
Puerto Rico;
Teucholabis(Euparatropesa)
angustifascia,
from Ecuador;andTeucholabishorn il a cant ha,(Teucholabis)(Teucholabis)from Colombia.
megaphallus,

The species discussed at this time are from Middle America andnorthern South America. Two species from Mexico were collected by
Dr. George W. Byers, several others from Puerto Rico by Dr. Harry
D. Pratt, Julio Garcia-Diazand Jenaro Maldonado
the reCapriles,1
Accepted
Journal

of

for
the

publication
Kansas

September

Entomological

5,

1967.

Society

41:209-220.

April,

1968.

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JournalEntomologicalKansasSocietyspecies being from Colombia, Ecuador andmaining
Juan Foerster and Luis E. Pe?a. My sincere thanks
the various collectors
for the privilege of studying
the types
species. Except where indicated otherwise
are preserved in the Alexander Collection.

Peru, taken by
are extended tothese interestingof the novelties

new species
Limonia(Dicranomyia)
borinquenia,
to trinitatis;
dark brown,
Alliedcolorationofgeneralbodypraescutum
light brown medially;
wings
dirty white with a conthat includes about
five
spicuous pale brown crossbanded
patternareas before the cord and two beyond, the bands narrower than the
ground interspaces; Sc short, Sex very long, cell M2 open by atrophyof m; male hypopygium
the ventral dististylewithvery large andfleshy, its area nearly five times that of the basistyle.
Male.
0.9

5-5.5

about

Length

mm;

6-7

wing

antenna

mm;

0.7

about

mm.
Female.

about

Length

4-4.5

mm;

5.5-6

wing

mm.

Rostrumbrownish black, palpi black. Antennae
short, brownish
to oval, theblack to black throughout;flagellar segments short-oval
first and last longer, verticils subequal to the segments. Head darkbrown.

Pronotumlightpraescutum
brown, darker laterally. Mesonotal
brown to chestnut brown medially,
the lateral stripes darker, continued
across the suture to include the scutal lobes, scutellum and postnotum
darkerbrown.

dark
tarsalyellowed;darker.

segments
pale

brown

such bands before
wide

as

the

groundHalt?resbrown.

fore

with

Legs

all trochanters
spicuousdark

Pleurabrown.

coxae

remainder

Wings
crossbanded

with

dark

groundpattern

band

stem

at

yellowed,
coxae

yellow,

dirty
white,
that
includesthe bands
arculusknob

remainingof legs brownish

cord and two beyond,interspaces;withbrown,

aboutdarker,notandterminal
with

con

about

five

one-halfasinvolving

the Anal cells; stigma brown, its center paler; veins light brown,
not appreciably darker in the patterned areas except in the costal field.
Venation:
Sc short, Sex ending opposite origin of Rs, Sc2 far retracted,
Sd alone about one-half longer than Rs; cell M2 open by atrophy of
in cases the distance subequal to its own
m; m-cu before fork of M,
length.

dark brown, sternites paler.
Abdominal
tergites and hypopygium
Male
with
tergite relatively
long, narrowed outwardly,
hypopygium
each lobe with relatively
posterior border with a shallow emargination,sclerotized as
few setae; tergal margins and central bar not heavily
lobe oval. Dorsal dististylein trinitatis. Basistylesmall, ventromesala strongly curved yellow rod; ventral style very large and fleshy, its
area approximately
rostralfour to five times that of the basistyle;
are a
two
that
with
slightly separated straight spines
prolongation
small,
with mesal-apicallittle shorter than the prolongation.
Gonapophysis
lobe relatively small, curved gently to the acute tip.

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2, April,

Forest, Puerto Rico,
Holotype, male El Yunque, Luquillo Nationalin Sierra Palm association, at light, altitude 2,600 feet, May
25, 1945
All? topotype, female. Paratopo types, numerous males(H. D. Pratt).
and females, May 25-30, 1945.
it is similar in general appearance to the Cuban Limonia
Althoughtrinitatis Alexander,
the present fly is quite distinct(Dicranomyia)
in hypopygial
the tergite and very
including especiallycharacters,
large fleshy ventral dististyle.
Limonia
Generalments(Dicranomyia)
ones

outer

the

oval,

thoraxofcoloration

new species

torulosa,

antennaebrown;
slightly

with

seg

flagellar

verticils

smaller,wings

short;

suffused with brown, stigma darker, oval, Sei ending shortly before
lobe of basistylewith ventromesal
origin of Rs; male hypopygium
the lobules subequal, the more pointed basal
conspicuously
bilobed,one provided with longer setae.
Male.
RostrumLength
dark

about

5-5.3

mm;
wing
about
one-third

brown,

head, palpi black. Antennae
ones slightly smaller than
Head

dark
Pronotuminthebrown;
brown.

sively yellowed,
Pleurabrown.

brown,
Legs

long

as

vertexmore

dark brown, pleurotergite

concolorous
brown,

ofremainder

oval, the outershort.
verticilsso.
or virtuallycontiguous
scutumanddarkerbrown,
praescutumexten
in paratype;scutellum
brown

on

cinnamonmediotergite

virtually
coxae
with

mm.

as

black; flagellar segments
those at near midlength,eyes
large,
Mesonotalmoreholotype,

5-5.8

the

with

more

trochantersnotum.

yellowed.

Halt?resyellowed;dark

remainderof legs brown, femora slightly darker, with yellowed bases. Wings witha brownish
the oval stigma darker brown; veins brown.
suffusion,
on longitudinal veins beyond general level of origin of
Macrotrichia
Sei ending a variable
Rs, lacking on Sc and both Anals. Venation:
distance before origin of Rs, in the paratypeslightly exceeding one
half the length of the latter; m-cu close to fork of M.
Abdominal
sternites more yellowed.
Malehytergites brown,itsbordervery
popygium withtransverse,
tergiteslightly
posterioremarginate to virtuallytruncate, the border thickened, provided withlong setae. Total area of the basistyle subequal to that of the ventral
ventromesal
the lobules sublobe conspicuously
dististyle,bilobed,equal,

withconspicuous

setae,

those

of

the

more

pointedbasal

lobulelonger. Dorsal dististyle a nearly straight rod, tip short, acute; ventral
style with body oval, prolongation
long, gradually narrowed, at near
midlength with two elongate spines that are directed obliquely outward,
with no additional
lobe as in divisa. Gonapophysis
with mesal-apicallobe slender, tip acute. Lobes subtending base of aedeagus densely
hairy.

Luquillo National
Holotype,
male, El Yunque,in Sierra Palm association,
Rico,
2,600 feet, June
one male, June 4, 1945.
Pratt).
Paratopotype,6,

Forest,1945

Puerto(H. D.

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torulosa is mostAmong regional species, Limonia(Dicranomyia)
similar to L. (D.) coheri Alexander,of Jamaica, differing
especiallyin details of coloration and in the structure of the antennae and malelobe of the ventral style. It
including the ventromesal
hypopygium,in the hypopygial
differs from the associated L. (D.) divisa Alexanderof thein the simple rostral prolongation
structure, mostevidently
ventral dististyle.
new species(Neolimonia)
scabristyla,
front light silvery gray,of thorax yellow;
Generalcoloration
vertex darker; wings yellowed,
stigma barely indicated, Sc short, Sex
ending just beyond origin of Rs; male hypopygium with ventromesal
lobe of basistyleextended into a slender pale lobe; dorsal dististylewith outer fourth dilated into a strongly spinulose head, ventral stylelong and slender, pointed atunequally bilobed, rostral prolongation
apex, at base on face of style with a dense cushion of long yellow
rostral spines; gonsetae that encircle the two widely
separatedlobe
blackened.
withslender,
mesal-apicalapophysis
Limonia

Male.

Length

6.5

about

mm;

antenna

7 mm;

wing

about

1.0 mm.

Rostrum brownish black, palpi black. Antennae with scape brown,
remainder more brownish yellow;
segments oval,
proximal flagellar
that exceed thethe outer ones longer, all with long strong verticils
Front
gray;
segments.
light silvery gray, vertex darker brownish
vertexanterior

about
narrow,brown
medially,
sides
medially,

Pronotum
fulvousyellow

diameter

one-thirdsides

broadly

cleareryellow,oflight
anterior

scape.

yellow.
end

Mesonotumof praescutum

restrictedly darkened ; scutellum and central part of mediotergite weakly
Pleura clear light yellow. Halt?res with stem pale, knob
infuscated.
femoradark brown. Legs with coxae and trochanterslight yellow;
obscureof
remainder
legs
yellow,light yellow, tips vaguely darker,
outertarsalslender,thedarkbrown;
segments
others
crowdedsmall,

claws
at

base.

long,

outer

Wings

spine

yellowed,

long
base

and
and

costal region clear light yellow, stigma barely indicated; veins brown,basal ones yellowed.
veins beyond general level of Rs
Longitudinalwith strong black trichia, including also outer third of 2nd A. Venation:?Sc short, Sc? ending shortly beyond origin of Rs, Sc2 slightly before
this point; R? + 5 long, exceeding one-half Rs, gently arcuated; cell 1st
M2 rectangular, a little shorter than distal section of M1 +2; m-cu atfork ofM.
in
Abdominalslightly more yellowed,
tergites brown, sternites
cluding also eighth and ninth tergites. Male hypopygium with tergite
large, length about one-half breadth, posterior border very shallowly
emarginate

to

form

two

low

rounded

lobes

with

numerous

setae.

lobe at apex nar
Basistylelarger than ventral dististyle, ventromesal
rowed into a slender pale lobe. Dorsal dististyle pale at base, darkened
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2, April,that terminates in an acute spine; provided with abundant blackened
erect spinules, the stem with smaller appressed points virtually to base;rostral prolongation
ventral style pale, unequally bilobed;
long andslender,farther

apex

straight,

above base of prolongationthatsurroundapicallobe

two

a denserostralseparatedblackened.

slender,a

intoproducedwithcushionspines.

Aedeagus

face

point;

style

setae
mesal

with

Gonapophysis
an

apex

broad,

ofof long yellow
obtusecap,

the genital

openings lateral in position.
Mexicomale, 5.4 miles west of Tenancingo,(No. 7),
Holotype,
7,200 feet, July 5, 1961 (G.W. Byers) ; in Snow Entomological
Mexico,Museum,of Kansas.

University

the very Dicranomyia-likeof this fly
Despitegeneral appearance
I am placing it in the subgenus Neolimonia
on the basis of hypopygial
structure,theparticularly

ventralTheredististyle.

arenumerousrepresentatives of the subgenus in the Neotropicalregion, a few othersin the southern United
and a single
States,species, Limonia
in Europe.
dumetorum
The present(Meigen)(Neolimonia)
fly isquite distinct in the hypopygial structure, especially the dorsal dististyle.
(Austrolimnophila)

Austrolimnophila
Generalofcoloration

thoraxbyersiana,
clearer

pleurayellow,

new species
antennaeyellow;

relatively short; halt?res very long, brownish black; legs with femora
and tibiae brown, tarsi chiefly light yellow; wings brownish yellow,
restrictedly patterned with pale brown; Ri +2 long, only a little shorter
than ?C2+3, petiole of cell M\ nearly twice m; abdominal tergites lightbrown, sternites yellowed, ninth segment chiefly brownish black; maleon lower face
two slender tergal lobes, basistylewithhypopygium
bearing a very large flattened yellow lobe.
Male.

about

Length

10.5

mm;

wing

11.2

mm;

antenna

2.2

about

mm.

Rostrum

light yellow,

palpibrownishblack.

Antennaeof maledarkbrown,

intermediatesegments

their longest verticils.

Front

and posterior

part of head obscure yellow,

relatively
theshort,
ofremainder

to diameter
Pronotal

Mesonotalofvertexdark

brown;

anteriormuch

shorterthanvertexnarrow,

subequal

scutellum

cleareryellow.

thescape.
scutumbrownishyellow,

three confluent yellow
withpraescutum
stripes, anterior
interspaces with sparse short black setae, humeral and lateral areas
clearer yellow;
scutal lobes weakly darkened, median area yellowed;
scutellum and mediotergite
brownish yellow, parascutella,
pleurotergite
and pleura clear light yellow. Halt?res brownish black, very long and3 mm).
slender (exceeding
clear
Legs with coxae and trochantersfemoralight yellow;
light brown, darker at tips, bases restrictedly
more yellowed;
tarsi chiefly light yellow, clearer out
tibiae brown;
wardly. Wings weakly brownish yellow, stigmal region and a linear streakin center of cell R weakly more darkened;veins brown. Abundant

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macrotrichia
to lacking near origin of Cu\. Venation:
Sc2 long, ending some distancebeyond fork of ^2+3 + 4; R1 + 2 long, only a little shorter than R2 + s;
cell M\ofpetioletwice

nearly

m-cu

m;

near

at

one-third

+ 4.

M3

ninth segment,
Abdominal
tergites light brown, sternites yellow;
thebrownishofremainder
including
black,
hypopygium
basistyles,
Male
with
sides oblique,yellowed.
tergite transverse,
hypopygiumthat is sub
posterior border with a central U-shaped
emargination
tended on either side by a slender rod bearing a few short apical setae.
Basistyle with a very large flattened yellow lobe on lower face, thisabout as long as the style itself, with numerous relatively short pale
setae

over

lobe

of

margin withnumerousthevirtuallybasistyle,entirefew but verysomebristles,surface.

outerunequal,Dististyles

smallerthanfoot-shaped

blade,

its

a

style

with morelong pale setae, basal enlargement

very

inner

long;

style

nearlysmaller,theapicalglabrous,to the obtuse apex. Phallosome
narrowed graduallywith aedeagus
very small, subtended by short flattened bladelike gonapophyses.
Puebla(No. 3),male, 4 miles west of Huauchinango,
Holotype,in Snow Entomologi
6,200 feet, June 16, 1961 (G. W. Byers);
Mexico,calMuseum,of

University

Kansas.

I take great pleasure in dedicating
this distinct fly to Dr. George
W.
and Tipulidae.
student of the Mecoptera
outstanding
Byers,The only other Neotropicallobe on thespecies that has a major
is the otherwise distinct Austrolimn
basistyle of the male hypopygium
ophilaandsternolobata(Austrolimnophila)

Cochabamba,
terned wings

fromdescribed

Alexander,

readily told from the present fly by the pat
Bolivia,
and by details of hypopygium,including the dististyles

phallosome.
Shannonomyia
Generalof mesonotum

coloration

newparvicellula,dark

speciescinnamonantennaebrown;

short, proximal flagellar segments small, terminal segment long; wings
brownish yellow, with a restricted brown pattern, cell Rs very small,
only about one-half vein R% +4, cell M2 open by atrophy of m, m-cu
nearly its own length beyond the fork of M; male hypopygium withouter dististyle short and stout.
Male.
Length about 5.5 mm; wing 5 mm; antenna about 0.75 mm.
Rostrumdark brown, palpi black. Antennae with the long scapedark brown;
remainder
segments
oval,
flagellar
proximalyellow,ones more
outer
with
long
verticils;
elongate,
crowded,ment
than
one-half
thanlongerpenultimate,
long, more

three or four long setae.
dark

Head

of uniqueterminal
attype discolored,

tip

seg
with

appearingbrown.

Pronotumdarkbrown.

scutumandnamonbrown,

behind.

Halt?reswith

Mesonotum
scutellumstem whitened,almostdarker.

Pleuradark

uniformly
darkbrown,

apex of knob darker.

cin
paler

Legs with

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2, April,coxae brownish yellow, basal half of fore pair darker, trochanters
yellowed; remainder of legs dark brown, femoral bases yellowed. Wings
brownish yellow, prearcular and costal fields clearer yellow; a restrictedbrown

pattern,smallincludingfork of M3+4 and as marginal

theveins,

other

veins

brown;

virtually
outer

at

arculus,of Rs,

originspots on ic3, ic4 andonlacking

darkerlight brown,onmacrotrichia

spots

sectionof

ic4 + 5;stigmain the infuscated
vein

more

R5,

cord,

Sc2,

on

less evidently
nearlycircular,areas.

Abundanton

restrictedouterthird of Mi+ 2 and M3; no trichia on veins before cord and posterior
to R. Venation:
Sc relatively long, Sei ending shortly beyond midlength of Rs, Sc2 slightly removed; Rs long, angulated at origin; cellRs very small, its petiole (it3 + 4) unusuallylong, about twice the cell;
cell M% open by atrophy of m; m-cu nearly its own length beyond thefork of M.
dark brown, proximal
sternites more yellowed.
AbdomenMalehypopygium with outer dististyle
relatively short and stout, bidentate
at tip, axial spine only slightly curved. Gonapophysis
small, pale,
outer

third

narrowedaintostraight

Aedeagusspine.

unsmall,

modified.
Forest, Puerto Rico,
Holotype, male, El Yunque, Luquillo Nationalin Sierra Palm association, 2,600 feet, June 6, 1945 (H. D. Pratt).
The nearest ally is Shannonomyia
likewisetriangularis Alexander,from Puerto Rico, which has the wing pattern and venation
quite
different. Various other species in Jamaica have cell M% of the wings
in the larger cell ic3 with 2?3 + 4
open as in the present fly, differingmuch shorter or lacking and with a different wing pattern. The three
speciesareconcerned

and S. nudipennis
long
outer

antennae
wingof

S. myersiana

Alexander,
the maleS.

differ

in

and

the

nacrea(Alexander)

furtherin the veryinof macrotrichia

presencethecells.
Hexatoma

ThoraxAlexander,some of which(Eriocera)

newluteicolor,speciessubhyaline,

almost uniformly
light yellow,
pleura; wings
especiallywith pale brown pattern that includes the prearcular fieldandborder,costal

a

seam

over

the

cord,

wing

tip

of Rs that does not reach vein M behind, cell
abdomendark
light brown, pleural membrane

and

an

area

at

origin

1st M% rectangular;
brown to brownish

black.

Male.
Length about 8 mm; wing 7.8 mm; antenna about 2.0 mm.
Rostrumbrownish yellow, palpi dark brown. Antennaeof male7
withobscure yellow,
remainder pale brown,
scape and pedicelalittleshorterthanterminal
Headsegment
segmented;
penultimate.
brownish gray; anterior vertex broad, low vertical
tubercle with acentral blackened
smaller lateral spots behind antennalline, withfossae.

Thoraxalmostuniformly

light yellow,

praescutumwitha scarcely

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clear light yellow, dorsopleural membrane
brownishorange. Halt?res
black. Legs with all coxae and trochanters light yellow, remainder dark
femoralbrown,

bases

pale brown pattern
seams

over

cord,

narrowly

yellowed.

that includes

wing

region,stigmal

Wings
an

and

tip,

a

with

subhyaline,

field and costal border,

the prearcular

area

at

of Rs

originthat does not reach vein M behind; posterior basal cells not darkened;veins dark brown. Longitudinalveins beyond
the general level oforigin of Rs with conspicuous black trichia, on 1st A continued basadto the arculus, 2nd A with a few on basal half and isolated
virtuallyvein
Venation:trichia before tip, the condition evidently
variable.
to one-fifth Ri + 2; cell 1st M2 rectangular, with
R2 about one-fourthm-cu at or beyond its base to about one-third length of cell.
including hypopygium,
light brown, the pleural membrane
Abdomen,dark brown to brownish black.
State Forest, Puerto Rico, July-August
male, Maricao
Holotype,1960 (J. Maldonado
male.
Capriles).
Paratopotype,most
The
is Hexatoma
similarregional(Eriocera)
speciesthorax conspicuously(von R?der) which has the yellowed
trifasciata
the darkened wing pattern much more evident, and with apruinose,
distinctive abdominal pattern.
Hexatoma(Eriocera)

newmelanonota,

speciesThoracic
dorsum extensively polished black, including praescutum
and scutal lobes, posterior sclerites of no turn and the pleura heavily
antennae

pruinose;chieflybrownishpatternthatin

7-segmented

black;

includes

wings

cells

C

both

whitened,andSc,

small,

tosubquadrate

length;abdomenMale.

LengthFemale.

8 mm;

about

Lengthabout

10-10.5

borders
wing

m-cu

at

of segments

or

7.5-8

wing

legs

brown

cord,

wing

cell 1st M2
mid

beyondlight gray.

antenna

8 mm;

mm;

at

band

cells unpatterned,
withshort-rectangular,

black, posteriora conspicuous

a. complete

tip and a large area at origin of Rs, Anal

andhalt?ressexes;

with

about

1.8 mm.

mm.

in both sexes;
Rostrumand palpi black. Antennae
7-segmented
scape and pedicel dark brown, flagellum brownish black; first flagellar
stouter and somewhat
shorter than the combined
segment of malesecond and third segments,
terminal two segments subequal. Headblack,

heavilypruinoseto appeargray.

and scutal lobes polished
Mesonotal
praescutum
black, central
postnotum
region of scutum and scutellum black, weakly
pruinose;on posterior
third. Pleura
gray, medio tergite more blackened
lightbrownish black. Halt?res withgray pruinose, dorsopleural membranestem dark brown, knob blackened. Legs with coxae light gray pruinose;
trochanters brownish yellow; remainder of legs brownish black, femoral
bases

patternnarrowly

yellowed.

that

includesWings

whitened,withcells C and Se, a completeaconspicuous

band

brown

at cordthatincludes
originVol.

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theandstigma,thatreachesof Rs

relatively
vein M;

cells Msubequal
to1968

narrow

wing
brown

a

paler

extreme bases of cells R and M

and Cu;veins

unpatterned;

2, April,

Venation:brown.

to R2+?

m-cu

with

at

or

a
tip;
wash

area
large
in centers

at

Anal

cells

darkened;
relatively

cell 1st M2

to twice this length;

short-rectangular,

+2

Ri

217

small,

offromshort,

subquadrate

midlength.

beyondAbdomen black, basal tergite and broad posterior borders of suc
black. Ovipositor with cerci
ceeding segments light gray; hypopygium
and

long

slender,

outer

the

ends

upcurved.

gentlyPuertoForest,Luquillo Nationalmale, El Yunque,
Holotype,
D.
1945
in
Palm
Sierra(H.
26,
2,600 feet, May
association,
Rico,
female,Pratt).
Allotopotype,female, May
25, 1945. Paratopotype,
altitude unknown, June 10, 1945 (Julio Garcia-Diaz).
Other generally similar regional species include Hexatoma(Eriocera)luteicolor, new species, and H. (E.) trifasciata (von R?der), both withthe thoracic notum generally yellow and with the wing pattern slightly
different. Von R?der describes the antennae of the type of his species
as being eight-segmented,
which may be incorrect.
new species(Euparatropesa)
angustifascia,
Allied to heteropoda; pro thorax yellow; wings whitened, with threebrown bands, the one at cord narrow, posteriorly
ending at vein Cu;
male hypopygiumwith setae of outer dististyle unusuallylong, beak
Teucholabis

of

inner

style

LengthHead,includingthe

2.2 mm.

rostrum, dark reddish brown, palpi black.

Antennaebidentate,
7 mm;

wing

segments
brown;
flagellar
oval,Prothorax
Mesonotum
yellow.
brane

yellowed.
mid-coxa
almostPleuratolowerlarger.
point
antennaabout

unequally
about

Male.

with

the wing-root,

6.2

subequal
a

mm;
to

their

polished
black,
narrowtransverse
metapleurawithverticils.
memdorsopleuralsilverysmaller

band

from

similarspot.

stem black, knob light yellow.
fore and
Halt?res with
Legs withcoxae and trochanters yellow, posterior pair polished black;
middlefore femora black, the basal fifth yellow, tibiae brownish yellow, basebroadly, the tip narrowly more brownish black, tarsi black; middle
femora yellow,
terminal tarsal segment black; posteriorlegs yellow,theouter fifth,base narrowly,
about
includingbroadly
black,
tip
tibiae yellow, tip narrowly dark brown, tarsi black, proximal two-thirdsof basitarsi slightly dilated. Wings whitened,patterned with brown,
fromincluding three separate bands, the first at arculus, extending
costa to vein 1st A, more expanded in costal field; band at cord narrow,extending from costa to Cu, narrowest behind; outer band including
the apex, more broadly darkened in radial field, including all of cellin centers
Rs and outer halves of ic4 and R5, with paler suffusionsof cell 2nd M2 and M3; veins brown, darker in the patterned areas,
Cell ic3 large, veins
yellowed in part of the prearcular field. Venation:
ic3 +4 and ic4 subequal; m-cu shortly before fork of M.

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Abdomen with first segment black, second and third chiefly yellow,
outer segments black.
Sternal pocket on segment five oval, central
part with four longitudinallyparallel darkened
lines; pocket of seg
ment 6 with numerous relatively
setae.
Male
with
long
hypopygiumouter dististyle with numerous unusuallylong setae, chiefly on outerthe lower
face; inner style with apex of beak unequallybidentate,pointlarger.

1962
Holotype,
male, Quincemil,
Cuzco, Peru, October
15-20,(L. E. Pe?a).
The closest relative of the present fly is Teucholabis(Euparatropesa) heteropoda Alexander which differs in the diagnostic characters
listed.
new species
homilacantha,
to the melanocephalasizegroup, allied to amblyphallos;
Belongs
9.5 mm) ; femora yellow,
very large (wing of maleconspicuously
banded with black; wings broad, light yellow, with three pale brownwith spine of basistyle
bands, apical one narrow; male hypopygium
provided with conspicuous
spinules; outer dististylelong, tip acute,
Teucholabis

a

with

smallerscopicallyMale.

subterminal

of

apex

knob;

aedeagus

micro

obtuse,roughened.
relatively

both

with

scape

ments

oval,

above

about

long,

and beneath,remainder

yellow,outer

antenna
9.5 mm;wing
remainderof
one-half

13 mm;

about

LengthRostrumyellow(Teucholabis)ones

sides black,black

brownishblack.

toflagellar
remainder

black;

Front
orange,elongate.
widenedbeneath.
orange,Pronotum2.0 mm.
narrowly

palpi

more

orbitsposteriornarrowlybrownishblack.
Cervicalregionfusca ted above.
Mesonotal
praescutum

about
head,

Antennaesegblack,

inorange,weaklysides
chestnut
brown,

polished,

humeral region yellow; median area black, the posterior half weakly
divided to form two stripes that end before suture; lateral black areastocrossing

sutureposteriorpraescutum,

includescutalscutum,lobes,
scutellum

the

broad

and

anterior

tergite deep yellow, posterior part of postnotum
black, very heavily gray pruinose on mesopleura,and sternopleurite withmetapleura;pteropleurite

centralofdarkened.

Pleuraandpteropleurite
conspicuous whitesetae.

Halt?resweaklydarkened.

coxae

and

weaklydarkened;baseof knob
whitened,coxae
trochantersforeyellow,

regionof medio

half

with
Legs
fore
femorablackened,yellow, the broad tips and a narrow ring near midlength
middlefemora black with two yellow rings, outer one about one-halfthe black tip, posterior
femora with nearly the basal half yellowed,
tibiae yellow, bases and tips narrowly black, basitarsi yellow with aslightly enlarged blackened area, second segment yellow, the tip andremainder of tarsi brownish black. Wings
broad, light yellow, with
three

band

pale

brown

chiefly

bands,

beyondtheoutercord, basal

apicaldarkening

area

very

endingnarrow,

centralat vein2nd A,

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veins yellow,

darker;stigmadark

brown

thirds

Rs,

over

the

cord.

about
Sei
endingone-fourthR2
Rs;

far removed,
opposite
ic2 + 3 + 4; cell 2nd A broad.
abundant
withlong white

Sc2

than
longerAbdomenin the patterned

darkenedslightly
Venation:

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2, April,narsternitesorange,setae,

areas,

two
oppositeabout
one-halfbasal segment uniformly
dark; base of
rowly darkened sublaterally,
Sternalinfuscated, apices of basitarsi yellowed.
hypopygium weaklyof thepockets on segments 5 and 6 generally as in other members
group. Male hypopygium with spine of basistyle pro
melanocephalavided with abundant spicules; mesal flange with few triangular points.
Outer dististylelong and slender, about one-half longer than spine ofbasistyle, narrowed gradually to acute tip, with a smaller subterminal
the inner a blackened cultrate
knob; inner style with arms divaricate,blade, its tip acute. Aedeagus with apex obtuse, very microscopicallysetae

subterminal

roughened,

long

but

sparse.

San Mateo, Ecuador, August 27, 1956
Holotype, male, Esmeraldas,(Juan Foerster).
Teucholabis
homilacantha
like T.
is most(Teucholabis)(T.)
in the large size, coloration of thediffering
amblyphallos Alexander,
structure, especially the spine of thelegs, and in details of hypopygial
basistyle, outer dististyle and aedeagus.
new species(Teucholabis) megaphallus,
male
6.5
of
mm) ; general coloration of entire
large (wingbody polished black; knob of halt?re light yellow; antennae and legs
black; wings obscure yellow with three brown bands, the outer oneawithbeing the broad apex; male hypopygium
spine of basistylesmall blade; outer dististyleelongate, the outer third narrowed into a
Teucholabis

Sizestrongspine;

that

microscopic
Male.

dilated

outer

the

large,

third

apex

outwardly,

a broad

blade

pale

with

subtruncate,afew

points.

Rostrumtheveryaedeagus

is slightly
Lengthandremainder

short-oval,

about

palpi
of head.

progressively

6.5

mm;

the
black,
Antennae
decreasing

6.5

mm.

wing
formerrelatively

black

throughout;in sizeshort,

outwardly,

about

flagellar
shorter

one-half
segments
their
than

verticils. Head polished black.
Thorax polished black, the scutum and scutellum with long blacksmall and inconspicuous;setae, those of the praescutum
dorsopleuralobscure yellow. Halt?res with stem black, knob
region restrictedly
light yellow. Legs with coxae black, trochanters brownish black; remainder of legs black, terminal segment of posterior tarsi with a pairof small hairy lobes. Wings with ground obscure yellow, with threebrown bands, basal area extensive
but diffuse and inconspicuous;
second

band

at

cord,

darkestat

stigma,very

narrow

at

m-cu;

outer

band including the broad apex, involving virtually
all cells beyond
level of cell 1st M2, the extreme bases of cells 2nd M2 and M3 vaguely

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Venation:Sc?

Societyabout

endingmid

oppositelength of Rs; R2 just beyond fork of Rs.
Abdomen black throughout.
Sternal pocket of fifth segment con
theincluding a dense central area of small black points,
spicuous,setae

strongdirectedatcaudad,anterior

of

end

a

with

pocketnarrowband with five or six strong setae; sixth sternite with about
eight long slender bristles on either side, directed chiefly inward acrossthe broad midline. Male hypopygium with spine of basistyle a small
blade, narrow at base, outer half dilated, terminating in a slender spine ;mesalfour or five points.
flange relatively
small, the margin with
Outer dististyleelongate, near base with a powerful appressed blacktransverse

spine,

broadest

setae,

outer

singleapical

at
third

near

narrowed

spine,

themidlength
into a
outer

where

marginnumerous

are

there
acute

strongspine;

inner

microscopically

long

style

with

a

basal

serrulate,

lobe a large oval blade without
setae. Aedeagus very large, the outer
third a broad pale blade, apex subtruncate, with a few microscopic
points.

1400 meters,
Holotype,
male, Mount Redondo, Colombia, altitude
December
22, 1956 (Juan Foerster).
is quite distinct from other
Teucholabis(Teucholabis) megaphallus
large black species having banded wings in the hypopygial
structure,especially the spine of the basistyle, dististyles, and the aedeagus.

A NEW

OF THE GENUS
SUBGENUS, BELANDRENA,: Apoidea )1
AN DREN A (Hymenoptera
D.
Illinois

NaturalRibble2

W.
History

Survey,111.

Urbana,Abstract
n. sp.
is erectedforAndrenasubgenus,
Belandrena,nemophilae,
n. sp., and A. sphaeralceae
A. sagittagalea,
from the south(type species),
Linsleya key
to species,
westernThe
UnitedStates.
subgeneric
position,
diagnoses,on parasites,
notes
seasonal
and plant
host
range,
descriptions,variation,
activity
to Hydrophyllaceae
A strong preference
for flowers belonging
records are included.
is indicated.
and MalvaceaeA

newspecies of Andrena

Threesubgenus

Scaphandrena

formhitherto

undescribed

a

group

naturalwhich

or included
meritsin thesubgenericis proposed below to include
The subgenus Belandrena
recognition.
these species from the southwestern United States. An early treatment
1
2Accepted
Present
Journaloffor publication5, 1967.
September
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address:
Station,the

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1968.

82070.