Enlinia plumicauda Robinson 1969

Enlinia plumicauda

MALE.—Length 1.1 mm; wing 1.2 mm by 0.7 mm. Very similar to E. lobata with the following observed differences:

Forecoxa with only small hairs externally near base; middle femur (Figure 20) essentially as in E. lobata. Foretarsus (Figure 19) with shorter lobes on segments 2, 3, and 4, segment 1 longer and with more prominent sinus.

Wing (Figure 21) with more rounded anal margin, without evident pigment spots; vein 3 slightly more strongly arched near tip.

Abdomen (Figure 18) with sternite 3 bearing a small crest of short setae but no evident lobe, sternite 4 deeply excavated centrally and bearing a projecting lobe on each side. Hypopygium bearing a pair of yellowish translucent lamellae, each of which bears a long plumose appendage near its base.

FEMALE.—Relatively plain without evident distinction from that of E. lobata.

TYPE-DATA.—Holotype ♂ and allotype ♀ from Mexico: Chiapas, above Arriaga, in sunlight on rock face in partially shaded ravine, 21 May 1963, H. Robinson (USNM 70285). Paratypes: same data as holotype, 1 ♀; Chiapas, near Ixtapan, from wet rock by road above river, 23 May 1963, 1 ♂; near Pichucalco, 24 May 1963, 1 ♀; Oaxaca, above Rio Valle Nacional, on sunlit rocks in stream near shrine, 16 May 1963, 1 ♂; all collected by H. Robinson.