Apogonalia pennata Nielson & Godoy, 1995

(Figs 75–77)

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum almost entirely black. Pronotum (Fig. 75) with small white maculae. Mesonotum (Fig. 75) posteriorly white. Forewing (Fig. 75) uniformly red; apical portion dark. Face almost entirely black. Clypeus laterally white and with large dorsal black macula. Male pygofer posteriorly truncate with inner, ventroapical short tapered spine, medially directed. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal plate; rami long and narrow, with strong subapical expansion and apex acute, right ramus apical and left one subapical. Aedeagal shaft with basiventral paired hook processes, anteriorly directed. Female sternite VII (Fig. 76) with posterior margin broadly convex with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by minute spines and slight central triangular projection. Sternite VIII (Fig. 77), in dorsal view, with broad, subtrapezoidal bilobate sclerotized plate; anterior margin truncate with deep and broad median emargination.

Female length. 9.6–10.0 mm (n = 3).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 76) slightly produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by minute spines and slight central triangular projection. Sternite VIII (Fig. 77), in dorsal view, with broad, subtrapezoidal bilobate sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate truncate, with deep and broad median emargination; posterior margin broadly concave. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion very similar to that of A. blanchardi; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth spaced from one another about one tooth length on median portion of blade.

Material examined. Costa Rica: Limón, four males and four females (BYU).