Zumatrichia vieja Flint 1970

Zumatrichia vieja

Although this species is clearly a member of the galtena group, it is quite distinctive. The very long, slightly fimbriate basodorsal process of the clasper with its mesal tooth and the angulate spines of the aedeagus are distinctive.

ADULT.—Length of forewing, 3 mm. Coloration typical pattern of grayish green and fuscus. Male genitalia: Eighth sternum without processes, rounded laterally, with a midventral cleft. Ninth segment with anterolateral angle enlarged and prolonged; posterolateral process slender, tipped by a long, slender seta. Lateral penis sheath broad, rounded, slightly more than 1½ times as long as broad, with a midventral tooth. Clasper with a long, slender, basodorsal process, tip slightly fimbriate, with a mesal tooth near midlength, process bowed outwardly beyond this tooth; ventral lobe with long, fingerlike apicolateral lobe. Aedeagus apically with a rounded basolateral plate, a slender, angulate middorsal process, a pair of long, angulate lateral spines, basally with a large number of small, internal spines.

MATERIAL.—Holotype, male. COSTA RICA: PUNTARENAS: Rio La Vieja, near Lagarto, east of Palmar Norte, 2–3 July 1967, Flint and Ortiz. USNM Type 70906. Paratypes: Same data, 7 ; Palmar Sur, 21 Aug. 1965, R. T. Allen, 3 (INHS); same, but 23 Aug. 1965, 6 (INHS). SAN JOSE: Rio General, Pacuare, 1 July 1967, Flint, Ortiz and Spangler, 1 .