Zumatrichia chiriquiensis Flint 1970

Zumatrichia chiriquiensis

This species is clearly related to the following, Z. strobilina, new species, from which it is distinguished by the different shape and spination of the basodorsal process of the clasper, the broader lateral penis sheaths, and the very different structure of the aedeagus.

ADULT.—Length of forewing, 3.5–4 mm. Coloration typical pattern of grayish green and fuscus. Male genitalia : Eighth sternum without processes; posterior margin, with a U-shaped posteromesal excision. Ninth segment with anterolateral angle slightly produced and obliquely truncate; posterolateral lobe slender, with a single long seta. Lateral penis sheath broad and rounded, about 1½ times as long as broad; with a midventral tooth; in ventral aspect with apical portion bisinuate. Clasper with basodorsal process elongate, slightly sinuate, with several spinelike teeth apicomesally; ventral lobe in lateral aspect with tip produced into a dorsal hook, in ventral aspect with posterior margin broadly conical. Aedeagus apically with a pair of lateral plates, a middorsal rod angled apically, and a pair of large, curved ventral spines.

MATERIAL.—Holotype, male. PANAMA: CHIRIQUI: Dolega, 17 July 1967, O. S. Flint, Jr. USNM Type 70907. Paratypes: Same data, 4 ; Rio El Pueblo, Dolega, 2,000 feet, 27 June 1964, A. Broce, 17 ; Doleguita, David, 3 June 1964, A. Broce, 20 ; Rovira, David, 2,200 feet, 13 July 1964, A. Broce, 3 ; Rio Chiriqui Viejo, El Volcan, 5,280 feet, 22 July 1964, A. Broce, 1 . COSTA RICA: SAN JOSE: Rio General, Pacuare, 1 July 1967, Flint, Ortiz, and Spangler, 8 .