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03BE880CFF88F602FF7F0F251CEBF86C.text	03BE880CFF88F602FF7F0F251CEBF86C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia angusta Freytag 2004	<div><p>Apogonalia anguSta Freytag, 2004</p><p>(Figs 1–5)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with black marks. Crown (Fig. 1) with four large irregular black spots on anterior margin and two between ocelli; some additional black marks on disc. Pronotum (Fig. 1) with pair of anterolateral black maculae adjacent to eye, not attaining anterior margin; disc with two pairs of narrow longitudinal black stripes. Mesonotum (Fig. 1) with pair of longitudinal black stripes on mesoscutum. Forewing (Fig. 1) pinkish with narrow elongate black marks on veins; costal area anteriorly yellow; two transverse blackish stripes apically. Face yellow with black marks; frons medially with elongate, inverted V-shaped dark mark; pair of elongate, Y-shaped mediolateral black marks; lateral margins with black stripe. Clypeus with median black stripe dorsally bifurcated. Male pygofer broadly rounded. Paraphyses with pair of long divergent rami, slightly enlarged near pointed apex. Aedeagal shaft short, with pair of basiventral acute processes (Freytag 2004, fig. 5). Female sternite VII (Fig. 2) with conspicuous central black mark; posterior margin with small, median trapezoidal emargination. Sternite VIII (Fig. 3) with semilunar sclerite, anteromedially produced into narrowly convex lobe.</p><p>Female length. 8.3 mm (n = 1).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 2) moderately produced posteriorly; apical portion abruptly narrow; posterior margin with median, small trapezoidal emargination. Sternite VIII (Fig. 3), in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate; anteromedian margin of plate with narrowly convex produced lobe; membranous portion with sclerotized areas anterolaterally to plate. Pygofer (Fig. 4) moderately produced posteriorly; posterodorsal margin, in lateral view, almost rectilinear; posterior margin triangular; apex narrowly convex; disc with dorsal oblique row of long macrosetae extending from central portion to posterodorsal margin, posteroventral portion with long sparse macrosetae approximately on median third. Valvula I, in ventral view, with short and narrow process on basilateral margin, basal margin convex (Fig. 5); blade, in lateral view (see Fig. 46, A. histrio), elongate and narrow, apical half slightly broad, apex acute; dorsal sculptured area extending along almost entire length of blade; processes linear, forming approximately parallel rows, oblique to blade axis; ventral sculptured area on subapical and apical portions; processes scale-like, distally arranged in approximately parallel and oblique rows. Valvula II, in lateral view (see Fig. 13, A. blanchardi), moderately broad beyond basal curvature, slightly narrowing gradually towards acute apex; blade with about 20 teeth distributed from beginning of expanded portion to apex, closer to one another distally; teeth, on median portion, triangular to trapezoidal and moderately prominent, with length about twice their high, spaced about 1.5 times tooth length; preapical prominence distinct, approximately aligned to anteapical tooth; denticles distributed on all dorsal margin of shaft and from preapical prominence to apex on ventral margin.</p><p>Material examined. Dominican Republic: Azua, two males (holotype and paratype) (CMNH) . Haiti: Ouest, one female (BMNH) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF88F602FF7F0F251CEBF86C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF8AF600FF7F0C861FAEFC68.text	03BE880CFF8AF600FF7F0C861FAEFC68.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia blanchardi (Signoret 1855)	<div><p>Apogonalia blanchardi (Signoret, 1855)</p><p>(Figs 6–15)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum (Fig. 6) yellow with dark brown marks and broad, median yellow stripe bordered by dark brown; yellow median stripe with irregular, elongate dark brown marks. Pronotum with four vivid yellow maculae usually distinct on disc, one mediolateral pair and one lateral pair. Forewing reddish-brown (Fig. 6) with numerous yellow maculae on basal portion; apex dark. Face (Fig. 7) yellow with dark brown marks. Frons with longitudinal dark brown stripes; median portion with inverted V-shaped dark mark; pair of elongate V-shaped mediolateral dark marks. Clypeus orange with median dark brown stripe. Male pygofer with inner ventroapical acute process. Aedeagus with pair of ventral acute processes anteriorly curved. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal sclerite and pair of long and narrow rami, strongly expanded subapically, apex acute; right ramus apical, left ramus subapical. Female sternite VII (Fig. 8) with posterior margin narrowly convex. Sternite VIII (Fig. 9) with large, semilunar sclerotized plate.</p><p>Female length. 11.6–11.8 mm (n = 2).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 8) moderately produced posteriorly; apical portion abruptly narrow; posterior margin narrowly convex, with median concavity bearing minute lateral processes. Sternite VIII (Fig. 9), in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate, irregularly emarginate on anteromedian portion. Pygofer (Fig. 10) moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin narrowly convex in lateral view; disc with long macrosetae on posterodorsal portion and apical 3/4 of posteroventral portion. Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 11), with basal portion narrow and anteriorly produced; basal margin slightly concave; blade similar to that of A. angusta; apical portion (Fig. 12) acute in lateral view. Valvula II (Figs 13–15) similar to that of A. angusta; preapical prominence approximately aligned to apical tooth (Fig. 14).</p><p>Material examined. Mexico: San Luis Potosí, one male and one female (USNM); Veracruz-Llave, two males (USNM) . Nicaragua: Boaco, one female (USNM) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF8AF600FF7F0C861FAEFC68	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF8AF600FF7F082F1FD3F8A5.text	03BE880CFF8AF600FF7F082F1FD3F8A5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia dampfi Young 1977	<div><p>Apogonalia dampfi Young, 1977</p><p>(Figs 16–19)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with brown marks; two pairs of narrow, irregular mediolateral longitudinal brown stripes (Young 1977, fig. 750a). Crown with anteromedian pair of diagonal brown arches connected medially. Pronotum with four yellow maculae on disc, one mediolateral pair, elongate, and one lateral pair. Forewing red with brown veins; clavus with brown mark and elongate yellow maculae between claval veins; corium with area of discal cells brown, with large yellow marks; apex dark brown. Face (Fig. 16) with mosaic of irregular brown marks on yellow background of frons. Clypeus with median brown stripe dorsally bifurcated. Male pygofer with inner dorsoapical process, short ventroapical acute process directed mesally (Young 1977, fig. 750p). Paraphyses only with basal sclerite (Young 1977, fig. 750h). Aedeagal shaft with long ventroapical process (Young 1977, fig. 750f). Female sternite VII similar to that of A. blanchardi but with median emargination slight. Sternite VIII (Fig. 17) with two sclerotized plates, anterior one arch-shaped and posterior one subtrapezoidal, smaller.</p><p>Female length. 10.1 mm (n = 2).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. blanchardi, with slight median concavity posteriorly. Sternite VIII (Fig. 17), in dorsal view, with anterior arch-shaped sclerotized plate and posterior, smaller subtrapezoidal plate. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 18), with basal portion moderately broad; basal margin transversely truncate; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; preapical prominence anterior to anteapical tooth (Fig. 19).</p><p>Material examined. Costa Rica: Alajuela, one female (USNM) ; San José, one male and one female (USNM) . Guatemala: Chimaltenango, one male (USNM) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF8AF600FF7F082F1FD3F8A5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF8AF607FF7F0B7F1833FCDF.text	03BE880CFF8AF607FF7F0B7F1833FCDF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia fractinota (Fowler 1899)	<div><p>Apogonalia fractinota (Fowler, 1899)</p><p>(Figs 20–22)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum pale yellow with brown areas; two pairs of narrow, irregular longitudinal brown stripes on mediolateral portions. Crown with three broad yellow stripes; pair of anteromedian diagonal brown arches connected medially. Pronotum with four yellow maculae, one elongate mediolateral pair and one lateral pair. Mesonotum with median yellow longitudinal stripe. Forewing red with brown veins; clavus with brown area and yellow elongate maculae between claval veins; corium with area of discal cells brown with yellow maculae; posterior portion of costal area with yellow maculae; apex dark. Face yellow with brown marks. Frons with pair of narrow, dorsomedian longitudinal brown stripes; brown inverted V-shaped median mark; lateral portions with narrow longitudinal brown stripe, slightly sinuous. Clypeus with large, dorsal brown macula. Male pygofer with short, tapered process on inner ventroapical margin. Paraphyses very similar to those of A. blanchardi . Aedeagal shaft with ventral paired processes. Female sternite VII (Fig. 20) with posterior margin broadly convex. Sternite VIII (Fig. 21) with large, subtrapezoidal sclerotized plate, slightly bilobate anteriorly and with pair of anterolateral projections.</p><p>Female length. 8.7–9.6 mm (n = 2).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 20) slightly produced posteriorly; posterior margin irregular, broadly convex, with median trapezoidal emargination. Sternite VIII (Fig. 21), in dorsal view, with large, subtrapezoidal sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate slightly bilobate, pair of narrow anterolateral projections; posterior margin truncate. Pygofer similar to that of A. blanchardi . Valvula I similar to that of A. blanchardi . Valvula II similar to that of A. blanchardi; teeth spaced from one another about one time teeth length on median portion of blade (Fig. 22).</p><p>Material examined. Costa Rica: Cartago, one male (BMNH) ; Puntarenas, one female (USNM) . Nicaragua: Boaco, one male (USNM) . Panama: Chiriquí, two males (USNM) . Uncertain country: one female (USNM) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF8AF607FF7F0B7F1833FCDF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF8DF607FF7F0FBE1F2AF8C8.text	03BE880CFF8DF607FF7F0FBE1F2AF8C8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia fraterna Young 1977	<div><p>Apogonalia fraterna Young, 1977</p><p>(Figs 23–28)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum pale yellow with black areas. Crown (Fig. 23) with anteromedian pair of diagonal black arches connected medially; posterior half with mosaic. Pronotum (Fig. 23) with median stripe and pair of lateral, anteriorly convergent arches, yellow bordered by black. Mesonotum (Fig. 23) with pair of broad, longitudinal black stripes; median portion yellow. Forewing (Figs 23, 24) red with whitish stripes on cells, apex gray; claval sulcus with broad and conspicuous blackish stripe bordered by white stripes; costal area with two adjacent longitudinal stripes, innermost white and outermost black. Face pale yellow with black marks; lateral portions yellow; frons with dorsomedian pair of narrow longitudinal black stripes; median portion with inverted Vshaped black mark; pair of mediolateral, elongate Y-shaped black marks. Clypeus with mosaic and ventral black macula. Male pygofer with posterior margin concave (Young 1977, fig. 752c), long unpaired process on inner ventroapical portion (Young 1977, fig. 752p). Paraphyses with basal sclerite asymmetrical, rami long and conspicuous (Young 1977, fig. 752h). Aedeagal shaft approximately rectilinear, with long unpaired ventral process (Young 1977, fig. 752f). Female sternite VII (Fig. 25) with posterior margin triangular, apex concave. Sternite VIII (Fig. 26) with sclerotized plate concave on anteromedian margin, depressed on median line.</p><p>Female length. 10.4 mm (n = 1).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 25) moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin triangular; apex convex. Sternite VIII (Fig. 26), in dorsal view, with transverse sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate with broad median concavity; dorsal surface convex, medially depressed; posterior margin truncate. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 27), with basal portion moderately broad; basal margin oblique and broadly convex; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth, on median portion, triangular and elongate, moderately prominent, 3–4 times longer than high, spaced from one another about 0.5 tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth (Fig. 28).</p><p>Material examined. Mexico: Guerrero, one specimen without abdomen (BMNH); Jalisco, one female (BMNH); Oaxaca, one male (BMNH) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF8DF607FF7F0FBE1F2AF8C8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF8FF605FF7F0C861C36FA3C.text	03BE880CFF8FF605FF7F0C861C36FA3C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia germana (Fowler 1899)	<div><p>Apogonalia germana (Fowler, 1899)</p><p>(Figs 29–39)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum (Figs 29, 30) yellow with brown marks. Crown with anteromedian pair of diagonal brown arches connected medially; posterior half with mosaic. Pronotum with posterior portion pink (Fig. 29) or yellow (Fig. 30); disc almost entirely with mosaic of small areas bordered by brown; mediolateral portions with (Fig. 30) or without (Fig. 29) pair of roundish yellow maculae. Forewing (Figs 29, 30) pink with small dark red marks; basal portion of corium with or without white areas; apex gray. Face (Fig. 31) yellow with brown marks. Frons with mosaic of rounded areas bordered by brown; brown lines on muscle impression areas. Clypeus with ventral brown macula. Male pygofer without processes. Paraphyses variable, with left ramus minute or long. Aedeagal shaft with pair of hook-shaped to falciform, strongly asymmetrical ventral processes (Young 1977, figs 754f, s–u). Female sternite VII similar to that of A. fraterna, or with conspicuous median concavity on posterior margin (Fig. 32), or continuously narrow posteriorly from median portion, with slight median concavity on posterior margin (Fig. 33). Sternite VIII with transverse sclerotized plate slightly depressed on median line, with anterior and posterior margins variable (Figs 34, 35). Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion very broad (Fig. 38). Valvula II with teeth elongate on median portion (Fig. 39).</p><p>Female length. 10.7–12.4 mm (n = 4).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. fraterna (Fig. 25) (specimen from Michoacán de Ocampo), or with conspicuous median concavity on posterior margin (Fig. 32, specimen from Veracruz-Llave), or continuously narrow posteriorly from median portion, with slight median concavity on posterior margin (Fig. 33, specimen from Puebla). Sternite VIII, in dorsal view, with transverse sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate broadly convex (Fig. 34, specimen from Michoacán de Ocampo) or irregularly emarginated (Fig. 35, specimen from Veracruz-Llave), with small median concavity; dorsal surface with slight, longitudinal median depression; posterior margin subtruncate (Fig. 34) or broadly convex and irregular (Fig. 35); lateral portions with (Fig. 35) or without (Fig. 34) pair of narrow, oblique sclerotized areas. Pygofer moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin, in lateral view, broadly convex (Fig. 37, specimen from Veracruz-Llave) or triangular and with apex narrowly convex (Fig. 36, specimen from Michoacán de Ocampo); disc posteriorly with long macrosetae on dorsal portion and apical 2/3 of ventral portion. Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 38), with basal portion very broad; basal margin slightly concave, with short lateral prominence; blade similar to that of A. blanchardi . Valvula II similar to that of A. blanchardi; teeth, on median portion (Fig. 39), triangular and elongate, moderately produced, 3–4 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one time tooth length (specimen from Michoacán de Ocampo) or 0.5 tooth length (specimen from Veracruz-Llave); preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth (specimen from Veracruz-Llave) or apical tooth (specimen from Michoacán de Ocampo).</p><p>Material examined. Mexico: Hidalgo, one male (USNM); Michoacán de Ocampo, one female (USNM); Puebla, one male and one female (BYU); Veracruz-Llave, one male and one female (BYU), two males and one female (USNM).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF8FF605FF7F0C861C36FA3C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF8FF60BFF7F0A031825FF7B.text	03BE880CFF8FF60BFF7F0A031825FF7B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia histrio (Fabricius 1794)	<div><p>Apogonalia hiStrio (Fabricius, 1794)</p><p>(Figs 40–47)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with dark brown marks; two pairs of narrow, irregular longitudinal dark brown stripes on mediolateral portions, usually discontinuous. Pronotum with pair of anterolateral dark brown maculae adjacent to eyes (Figs 40, 41); disc rarely with pair of broad longitudinal orange stripes between dark brown stripes (Fig. 41). Mesonotum (Figs 40, 41) rarely with pair of longitudinal orange stripes (Fig. 41). Forewing pink with brown veins (Fig. 40) or with dark brown stripes on veins (Fig. 41); clavus with two yellow stripes (Fig. 40) or with broad orange stripe (Fig. 41) adjacent to claval sulcus; costal area with anterior portion yellow or with broad longitudinal orange stripe, bordered internally and externally by brown stripes; apex of discal cells with or without large dark brown mark, subtriangular (Fig. 40) or roundish (Fig. 41); apical portion with two transverse dark stripes. Face (Fig. 42) yellow with dark brown marks; frons with pair of elongate V- or Y-shaped mediolateral dark brown marks; lateral margins with dark brown stripe. Clypeus with median brown stripe, dorsally bifurcated or not.</p><p>Male pygofer without processes. Paraphyses symmetrical, with U-shaped basal plate and pair of long, moderately narrow rami. Aedeagal shaft with pair of triangular lateral basimedian processes, posteriorly directed, and hookshaped basiventral paired processes, anteriorly directed. Female sternite VII (Fig. 43) with conspicuous central dark brown macula; posteromedian margin deeply concave. Sternite VIII (Fig. 44) with semilunar sclerotized plate, anteriorly bilobate and deeply notched medially.</p><p>Female length. 6.3–8.0 mm (n = 6).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 43) moderately produced posteriorly; apical portion abruptly narrowed; posterior margin with deep median concavity. Sternite VIII (Fig. 44), in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate, anteriorly bilobate, with deep, narrow median notch. Pygofer (Fig. 45) slightly produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex in lateral view; disc with two oblique rows of long macrosetae extending from central portion and converging on posterodorsal margin. Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 47), with basal portion moderately broad, basal margin laterally produced; blade (Fig. 46) similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth, on median portion, triangular to trapezoidal, moderately (specimen from Guantánamo) or very prominent (specimen from Grand Cayman), 1.5–2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about 1.5 (specimen from Grand Cayman) to twice (specimen from Guantánamo) tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.</p><p>Material examined. Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman, ten males and twenty females (BMNH) . Cuba: Guantánamo, one male and two females (USNM); Sancti Spíritus, one male (USNM); uncertain locality, one male (USNM). Dominican Republic: Barahona, one male (UKL); La Vega, two males and three females (BYU).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF8FF60BFF7F0A031825FF7B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF81F60BFF7F0D5D1E8AFB1C.text	03BE880CFF81F60BFF7F0D5D1E8AFB1C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia imitatrix Young 1977	<div><p>Apogonalia imitatrix Young, 1977</p><p>(Figs 48–50)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum with pattern similar to that of A. histrio, without orange areas. Forewing (Fig. 48) pink with brown stripes on veins; clavus with yellow stripe adjacent to claval sulcus; corium with large, elliptical median whitish mark, irregularly bordered by brown; costal area entirely or at least with anterior portion yellow; apical portion with two transverse dark stripes. Face yellow with dark brown marks. Frons with inverted V-shaped dark mark on median portion; pair of mediolateral elongate Y-shaped dark marks, connected to median mark. Clypeus with dorsally bifurcated, median brown stripe. Male pygofer strongly concave posteroventrally, without processes. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal sclerite, rami long and moderately narrowed, right ramus apical and left ramus lateromedian. Aedeagal shaft entirely curved dorsally, without process. Female pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Female sternite VII with conspicuous central brown macula; broad posteromedian concavity. Sternite VIII (Fig. 49), in dorsal view, with slightly sclerotized arch-shaped plate; anterior portion with dorsal fold, posterior margin produced and slightly bilobate medially.</p><p>Female length. 6.4–7.2 mm (n = 4).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. angusta; posterior margin broadly convex, with broad median concavity. Sternite VIII (Fig. 49), in dorsal view, with slightly sclerotized arch-shaped plate; anterior portion with dorsal fold, with pair of irregular, more sclerotized lateral areas; posterior margin produced, slightly bilobate medially. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 50), with basal portion slightly broad; basal margin truncate, slightly oblique; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth spaced from one another about twice their length on median portion; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.</p><p>Material examined. Cuba: Camagüey, one female and one specimen without abdomen (NCSU) ; La Habana, one male and one female (NCSU); Santiago de Cuba, two females (NCSU) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF81F60BFF7F0D5D1E8AFB1C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF81F609FF7F08E31875FE53.text	03BE880CFF81F609FF7F08E31875FE53.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia interrupta (Signoret 1855)	<div><p>Apogonalia interrupta (Signoret, 1855)</p><p>(Figs 51–56)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with black marks. Crown with six large black marks, two pairs on anterior margin and one pair between ocelli (Fig. 51). Pronotum (Fig. 51) with pair of anterolateral black maculae adjacent to eyes; mediolateral portions with four anterior black maculae and two posterior ones; disc posteriorly green. Forewing (Figs 51, 52) ochraceous-green with dark brown stripes on veins; corium with anterior portion of costal area yellow; median portion with diagonal dark brown stripe extending from costal margin to inner discal cell; apical portion with two dark transverse stripes. Face yellow with black areas. Frons medially with inverted Vshaped black mark; pair of mediolateral elongate Y-shaped black marks connected to median mark; lateral margin with black stripe. Clypeus with median black stripe. Male pygofer with posterior margin concave, without processes. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal sclerite, right ramus apical, long and moderately narrowed, left ramus lateromedian, long and strongly narrowed. Aedeagal shaft with long, spiniform dorsoapical process; paired processes on ventroapical portion, right process distinctly shorter than left one. Female sternite VII (Fig. 53) with conspicuous central black macula; shape similar to that of A. imitatrix; posterior margin medially concave with short central spine. Sternite VIII (Fig. 54), in dorsal view, with inconspicuous, weakly sclerotized arch-shaped plate, expanded medially.</p><p>Female length. 6.4–7.0 mm (n = 3).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 53) similar to that of A. imitatrix; posterior margin with median concavity bearing short central spine. Sternite VIII (Fig. 54), in dorsal view, with inconspicuous, weakly sclerotized arch-shaped plate; median portion of plate expanded. Pygofer (Fig. 55) moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin narrowly convex in lateral view; disc with oblique dorsal row of long macrosetae extending from central portion to posterodorsal margin, posteroventral portion with long macrosetae on apical 2/3. Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 56), with basal portion slightly broad; basal margin narrowly convex; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth, on median portion, very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about twice tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.</p><p>Material examined. Dominican Republic: Distrito Nacional, one male (USNM); La Vega, one male and one female (UKL); Puerto Plata, one male (USNM); uncertain locality, one male and one female (CMNH). Haiti: Ouest, one male (BMNH), one male and one female (USNM); uncertain locality, one female (USNM).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF81F609FF7F08E31875FE53	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF83F609FF7F0E351C0CFA18.text	03BE880CFF83F609FF7F0E351C0CFA18.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia krameri Young 1977	<div><p>Apogonalia krameri Young, 1977</p><p>(Figs 57–60)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum black with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Crown (Fig. 57) with pair of anteromedian diagonal black arches medially connected. Pronotum (Fig. 57) with posterior portion bluish. Mesonotum (Fig. 57) yellow with black maculae on mesoscutum. Forewing (Fig. 57) red; clavus with numerous bluish-white maculae and narrow stripes; claval sulcus with black stripe bordered by narrow bluish-white stripes; costal area with two longitudinal adjacent stripes, innermost irregular and bluish-white, outermost black; outer discal cell with irregular bluish-white stripe; outer apical portion with bluish-white maculae; apex gray. Face black with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Clypeus with ventral black macula. Male pygofer with posterior margin truncate (Young 1977, fig. 749c) and long paired process on inner ventroapical portion (Young 1977, fig. 749p). Paraphyses with basal sclerite symmetrical and rami minute (vestigial) (Young 1977, fig. 749q). Aedeagal shaft with hook-shaped basiventral paired processes, symmetrical and anteriorly directed. Female sternite VII similar to that of A. fraterna . Sternite VIII (Fig. 58) with two broad superposed sclerotized plates, dorsalmost elliptical and ventralmost bilobate, with broad and deep subtriangular anteromedian emargination.</p><p>Female length. 9.1–10.1 mm (n = 2).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. fraterna . Sternite VIII (Fig. 58), in dorsal view, with two broad, superposed sclerotized plates, dorsalmost plate elliptical, ventralmost plate bilobate with broad and deep subtriangular median emargination on anterior margin and slight median concavity on posterior margin. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 59), with basal portion slightly broad with small lateral prominence; basal margin obliquely truncate; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth, on median portion (Fig. 60), very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one tooth length; preapical prominence anterior to anteapical tooth.</p><p>Material examined. Honduras: Francisco Morazán, two males and two females (USNM) . Mexico: Oaxaca, one male (USNM).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF83F609FF7F0E351C0CFA18	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF83F608FF7F09FF1CFEFCDF.text	03BE880CFF83F608FF7F09FF1CFEFCDF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia loxa Freytag 2004	<div><p>Apogonalia loxa Freytag, 2004</p><p>(Fig. 61)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum (Fig. 61) yellow with black marks. Crown (Fig. 61) pale yellow with six black maculae, two pairs on anterior margin and one pair between ocelli; pair of anteromedian, diagonal black arches; small black maculae between eye and ocellus and posterior to eye. Pronotum (Fig. 61) with anterior third pale yellow and posterior two-thirds greenish-yellow; pair of broad black maculae posterior to eyes; small elongate black maculae on median portion. Mesonotum (Fig. 61) pale yellow with pair of elongate, anterior black maculae connected to each other on transverse sulcus. Forewing (Fig. 61) brown with costal area greenish-yellow and dark brown stripes on veins; corium with three broad transverse white to yellow stripes bordered by dark brown. Face pale yellow with pair of longitudinal black stripes on frons, converging to median stripe on clypeus; lateral portion of frons with black area; gena pale yellow with black, vertical narrow stripe near posterior margin. Male pygofer with inner ventroapical spiniform process, medially directed. Paraphyses with V-shaped basal plate and apical pair of long and moderately narrow rami. Aedeagal shaft with pair of basilateral hook-shaped processes, posteriorly directed, and pair of similar processes on basiventral portion, anteriorly directed. Female sternite VII with conspicuous central black macula; posterior margin with median, deep trapezoidal emargination. Sternite VIII with semilunar sclerotized plate slightly produced anteromedially.</p><p>Female length. 8.5 mm (n = 1).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII moderately produced posteriorly; apical portion gradually narrowed; posterior margin with median, deep trapezoidal emargination. Sternite VIII, in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate; anteromedian margin of plate slightly produced. Pygofer moderately produced posteriorly; apex convex in lateral view; some macrosetae distributed on apical half of ventral portion and on subapical portion. Valvula I, in ventral view, with short and narrow process on basilateral margin, basal margin truncate; blade, in lateral view, elongate and narrow, apical half slightly broad, apex acute; dorsal sculptured area extending along almost entire length of blade; processes linear, forming approximately parallel rows, oblique to blade axis; ventral sculptured area on subapical and apical portions; processes scale-like, distally arranged in approximately parallel and oblique rows. Valvula II, in lateral view, moderately broad beyond basal curvature, gradually narrowing towards acute apex; blade with about 20 teeth distributed from beginning of expanded portion to apex, closer to one another distally; teeth, on median portion, trapezoidal and moderately prominent, about 1.5 times longer than high, spaced from one another about twice tooth length; preapical prominence distinct, approximately aligned to anteapical tooth; denticles distributed on all dorsal margin of shaft and from preapical prominence to apex on ventral margin.</p><p>Material examined. Dominican Republic: Pedernales, one male and one female (holotype and paratype, respectively) (CMNH).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF83F608FF7F09FF1CFEFCDF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF82F608FF7F0FBE1FCBF810.text	03BE880CFF82F608FF7F0FBE1FCBF810.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia mediolineata (Fowler 1899)	<div><p>Apogonalia mediolineata (Fowler, 1899)</p><p>(Figs 62–66)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with black marks and conspicuous median yellow stripe. Crown (Fig. 62) with pair of anteromedian diagonal black arches connected to each other medially; posterior half with mosaic. Pronotum (Fig. 62) with pair of lateral yellow arches anteriorly convergent, bordered by black lines. Forewing (Fig. 62) pinkish-red with dark brown veins; clavus with irregular narrow bluish-white stripe adjacent to claval commissure; claval sulcus with dark brown stripe bordered by white stripes; costal area with two adjacent longitudinal stripes, innermost white and outermost dark brown; apex gray. Face (Fig. 63) yellow with black marks. Frons with mosaic of rounded areas bordered by black; dorsally with narrow transverse yellow stripe slightly sinuous. Male pygofer posteriorly concave, long and broad posterodorsal process with apex acute, inner long and tapered ventroapical spine, medially directed. Paraphyses asymmetrical, basal plate V-shaped, right ramus long and broad, left ramus long and moderately narrow. Aedeagal shaft curved ventrally on apical half, paired hook-shaped basiventral processes directed to right side, anteriorly curved. Female sternite VII with pair of lateral large black areas; shape similar to that of A. fraterna . Sternite VIII (Fig. 64) with broad sclerotized plate, anteriorly bilobate and deeply notched medially.</p><p>Female length. 8.5–9.6 mm (n = 3).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. fraterna . Sternite VIII (Fig. 64), in dorsal view, with broad, bilobate sclerotized plate; anterior margin with deep and narrow median notch; posterior margin with pair of lateral subtrapezoidal prominences. Pygofer (Fig. 65) similar to that of A. dampfi; disc with thin macrosetae on central portion, posterodorsal portion and apical 2/3 of posteroventral portion with long macrosetae, posterodorsal margin and apex of posteroventral margin with row of short macrosetae. Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion similar to that of A. krameri; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth, on median portion (Fig. 66), triangular and elongate, moderately prominent, 3–4 times longer than high, almost not spaced from one another; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.</p><p>Material examined. Mexico: Distrito Federal, two males (BMNH), one female (USNM); Mexico, two females (BMNH), one female (USNM); Michoacán de Ocampo, one female (BMNH); uncertain locality, one male (BMNH). USA: Arizona, one female (USNM) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF82F608FF7F0FBE1FCBF810	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF85F60EFF7F0B7C1921FC27.text	03BE880CFF85F60EFF7F0B7C1921FC27.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia monticola (Fowler 1899)	<div><p>Apogonalia monticola (Fowler, 1899)</p><p>(Fig. 67)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum black with mosaic of yellow maculae. Crown (Fig. 67) with pair of anteromedian diagonal pale yellow arches; posterolateral margins pale yellow. Pronotum (Fig. 67) posterolaterally with pair of oblique, elongate bright yellow marks. Mesonotum (Fig. 67) black with yellow maculae: one pair anterior to transverse sulcus, one elongate posteromedian pair, and one elongate lateral pair. Forewing (Fig. 67) dark brown with white maculae on anterior third, pink maculae on posterior two-thirds; commissural margin pale yellow except basally; apex brown, hyaline. Face black with numerous small pale yellow maculae. Clypeus with lateral margin pale yellow. Male pygofer with inner ventroapical short spiniform process. Paraphyses asymmetrical, with Y-shaped basal sclerite and at least one long, moderately broad ramus (Young 1977, fig. 760h). Aedeagal shaft with apex curved dorsally, with pair of long ventromedian spiniform processes (Young 1977, fig. 760f). Female sternite VIII with semilunar sclerotized plate, anteriorly with pair of slight concavities. Female pygofer broadly convex ventrally. Valvula II with apex subacute.</p><p>Female length. 9.4–9.6 mm (n = 2).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. angusta; posterior margin with slight median concavity. Sternite VIII, in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate; anterior margin with pair of lateral slight concavities. Pygofer moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex; disc with some macrosetae on posterior two-thirds of ventral portion and apical portion. Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion moderately broad; basal margin truncate; blade similar to that of A. histrio . Valvula II, in lateral view, moderately broad beyond basal curvature, slightly narrowing towards subacute apex; blade with about 25 teeth distributed from beginning of expanded portion to apex; teeth, on median portion, triangular and moderately prominent, about 1.5 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one tooth length; preapical prominence distinct, approximately aligned to anteapical tooth; denticles distributed on all dorsal margin of blade and from preapical prominence to apex on ventral margin.</p><p>Material examined. Mexico: Nuevo León, two males and two females (BYU) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF85F60EFF7F0B7C1921FC27	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF84F60EFF7F0FFC19A0F877.text	03BE880CFF84F60EFF7F0FFC19A0F877.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia noda Freytag 2004	<div><p>Apogonalia noda Freytag, 2004</p><p>(Fig. 68)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with dark brown marks. Crown (Fig. 68) with two pairs of large black marks on anterior margin, median pair larger and rounded; pair of oblique, elongate dark brown maculae anterior to ocelli; two pairs of narrow, longitudinal dark brown stripes, one between ocelli and one externally to them; ocelli black. Pronotum (Fig. 68) with anterolateral, dark brown elongate maculae adjacent to eye; disc with two pairs, one narrow and one wide, of longitudinal dark brown stripes. Mesonotum (Fig. 68) with pair of narrow, longitudinal dark brown stripes on mesoscutum. Forewing (Fig. 68) red with elongate dark brown maculae on veins; costal area anteriorly yellow, posterior portion with dark brown macula; wing apex including inner apical cell dark; elongate colorless area adjacent to outer anteapical cell. Face yellow with dark brown areas. Frons with broad, longitudinal median brown stripe; transverse dark brown maculae on muscle impression areas. Clypeus with broad, incomplete median brown stripe continuous with that of frons; subapical portion with narrow, transverse dark brown stripe. Male pygofer concave posteriorly, without processes. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal sclerite, rami long and moderately narrowed, right ramus apical and left one lateromedian. Aedeagal shaft dorsally curved apically, without processes. Female sternite VII with conspicuous central black macula; posterior margin with acute median spine.</p><p>Female length. 7.2 mm (n = 1).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin narrowly convex with acute median spine. Sternite VIII absent. Pygofer moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex; disc with some macrosetae on posterior 3/4 of ventral portion and apical portion. Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion moderately broad; basal margin oblique; blade similar to that of A. angusta; ventral sculptured area with processes linear and oblique to blade axis. Valvula II, in lateral view, moderately broadened beyond basal curvature, slightly narrowing gradually towards narrowly rounded apex; blade with about 20 teeth distributed from beginning of expanded portion to apex; teeth, on median portion, trapezoidal and moderately prominent, about as long as high, spaced from one another about twice tooth length; preapical prominence distinct, approximately aligned to tooth anterior to anteapical one; denticles distributed on anterior margin of teeth and dorsal margin of blade posteriorly to each tooth, and from preapical prominence to apex on ventral margin.</p><p>Material examined. Dominican Republic: Pedernales, one male and one female (CMNH).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF84F60EFF7F0FFC19A0F877	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF87F60DFF7F0C861E93FBB0.text	03BE880CFF87F60DFF7F0C861E93FBB0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia omani Young 1977	<div><p>Apogonalia omani Young, 1977</p><p>(Figs 69–74)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum dark brown with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Crown (Fig. 69) with pair of anteromedian diagonal dark brown arches connected to each other medially. Pronotum with pair of roundish, mediolateral yellow or fulvous maculae (Fig. 69). Forewing (Figs 69, 70) red with numerous small white maculae, veins brown; corium with irregular whitish maculae on median portion, bordered by brown or black, forming an arch; apex gray. Face dark brown with mosaic of small yellow maculae. Clypeus with ventral dark brown macula. Male pygofer with inner spiniform process on dorsoapical margin, inner long and broad process on ventromedian portion (Young 1977, fig. 757p). Paraphyses with V-shaped basal sclerite and pair of minute (vestigial) rami (Young 1977, fig. 757h). Aedeagal shaft approximately rectilinear with pair of robust ventromedian hook-shaped processes (Young 1977, fig. 757f). Female pygofer with posterior margin broadly convex, ventral margin very long and rectilinear (Fig. 72). Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal margin broad and transversely truncate (Fig. 73). Valvula II with apex convex (Fig. 74).</p><p>Female length. 8.6 mm (n = 1).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 71) broad, slightly produced posteriorly; apical portion abruptly narrowed; posterior margin with median rectangular emargination bearing slight, triangular central projection. Sternite VIII absent. Pygofer (Fig. 72) moderately produced posteriorly; basal portion very elongate; dorsal margin irregularly sinuous in lateral view; posterior margin broadly convex; ventral margin very long and rectilinear; disc posteriorly with long and short macrosetae, ventral margin with row of long macrosetae, absent on basal portion. Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 73), with basal portion subtriangular and broad, with small lateral prominence; basal margin transversely truncate; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta, with apex convex (Fig. 74); teeth, on median portion, very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth (Fig. 74).</p><p>Material examined. USA: Arizona, one male and one female (USNM).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF87F60DFF7F0C861E93FBB0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF87F60DFF7F0897194CF8ED.text	03BE880CFF87F60DFF7F0897194CF8ED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia pennata Nielson & Godoy 1995	<div><p>Apogonalia pennata Nielson &amp; Godoy, 1995</p><p>(Figs 75–77)</p><p>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.</p><p>Female length. 9.6–10.0 mm (n = 3).</p><p>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.</p><p>Material examined. Costa Rica: Limón, four males and four females (BYU).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF87F60DFF7F0897194CF8ED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF99F613FF7F0C861FFAFC44.text	03BE880CFF99F613FF7F0C861FFAFC44.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia EvaNs 1947	<div><p>Apogonalia pinguiS Young, 1977</p><p>(Figs 78–82)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with black marks. Crown (Fig. 78) with six large black marks, two pairs on anterior margin, one pair between ocelli. Pronotum (Fig. 78) with pair of anterolateral black maculae adjacent to eyes; disc with two pairs of narrow longitudinal black stripes. Mesonotum (Fig. 78) with pair of longitudinal black stripes on mesoscutum. Forewing (Figs 78, 79) pinkish with narrow elongate black maculae on veins; corium with large elliptical black mark on outer discal cell; costal area anteriorly yellow; apical portion with two transverse blackish stripes. Face yellow with black marks. Frons with pair of elongate, mediolateral Y-shaped black marks; lateral margin with black stripe. Clypeus with median black stripe dorsally bifurcated. Aedeagal shaft with pair of ventroapical acute processes (Young 1977, fig. 747f). Female sternite VII (Fig. 80) with conspicuous central black macula; posterior margin with median concavity.</p><p>Female length. 8.3 mm (n = 1).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 80) similar to that of A. angusta but with posteromedian concavity slightly narrower. Sternite VIII (Fig. 81), in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate with pair of short lateral convex lobes. Pygofer (Fig. 82) with posterodorsal margin, in lateral view, broadly concave; disc with dorsal oblique row of long macrosetae, extending from central portion to posterodorsal margin, posteroventral portion with long macrosetae on apical half. Valvula I, in ventral view, with basal portion similar to that of A. histrio; 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; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.</p><p>Material examined. Dominican Republic: La Vega, one male and one female (UKL); Pedernales, one female (CMNH); Independencia, one male (CMNH) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF99F613FF7F0C861FFAFC44	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF99F613FF7F080B19ECF854.text	03BE880CFF99F613FF7F080B19ECF854.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia robusta (Walker 1851)	<div><p>Apogonalia robuSta (Walker, 1851)</p><p>(Figs 83, 84)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum with pattern similar to that of A. histrio, without orange areas. Pronotum with pair of anterolateral dark brown maculae adjacent to eyes. Forewing pinkish with brown stripes on veins; clavus with yellow stripe adjacent to claval sulcus; costal area with yellow stripe; two transverse blackish stripes apically. Face yellow with dark brown marks. Frons with median, inverted V-shaped dark brown mark; pair of mediolateral elongate Y-shaped dark brown marks connected to median mark; lateral margin with dark brown stripe. Clypeus with median dark brown stripe. Paraphyses with basal sclerite asymmetrical (Young 1977, fig. 758h). Aedeagal shaft with pair of ventral processes transversely aligned in lateral view (Young 1977, figs 758p, 759f). Female sternite VII with conspicuous central dark brown macula. Sternite VIII (Fig. 83) with semilunar sclerotized plate, slightly concave anteromedially and truncate posteriorly. Female pygofer (Fig. 84) with apical, narrowly convex small lobe, ventrally delimited by slight concavity.</p><p>Female length. 6.0– 6.1 mm (n = 3).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. pinguis; posterior margin with median concavity slightly narrower. Sternite VIII (Fig. 83), in dorsal view, with semilunar sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate slightly concave medially; posterior margin truncate medially. Pygofer (Fig. 84) slightly produced posteriorly; posterior margin, in lateral view, with small apical lobe narrowly convex, delimited ventrally by slight concavity; disc with dorsal oblique row of long sparse macrosetae, extending from central portion to posterodorsal portion, which has both long and short macrosetae, posteroventral area with narrow oblique stripe of both long or short sparse macrosetae, extending from central portion of discal surface to preapical portion. Valvula I, in ventral view, with short lateral prominence on basal portion; basal margin broadly convex with small median emargination; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth, on median portion of blade, very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about twice tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.</p><p>Material examined. Dominican Republic: uncertain locality, one male and one female (CMNH) . Puerto Rico: uncertain locality, two males and one female (UKL), two males and two females (USNM) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF99F613FF7F080B19ECF854	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF98F611FF7F0AE31F5DFC4B.text	03BE880CFF98F611FF7F0AE31F5DFC4B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia sanguinipes (Van Duzee 1907)	<div><p>Apogonalia SanguinipeS (Van Duzee, 1907)</p><p>(Figs 85–88)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with dark brown marks. Crown with two pairs of narrow, irregular mediolateral longitudinal stripes or with pair of broad longitudinal stripes (Fig. 85), dark brown. Pronotum with pair of anterolateral dark brown maculae adjacent to eyes (Fig. 85); mediolateral portions with two pairs of narrow longitudinal stripes or with pair of broad longitudinal stripes (Fig. 85), dark brown. Mesonotum with (Fig. 85) or without pair of dark brown longitudinal stripes on mesoscutum; anterolateral portions with or without (Fig. 85) pair of large dark brown marks. Forewing pinkish with brown stripes on veins or dark brown with large whitish and pinkish marks (Fig. 85); costal area with or without yellow anterior portion; apical portion with two transverse blackish stripes. Face yellow with dark brown marks. Frons with pair of elongate V-, Y-shaped or triangular mediolateral dark brown marks; lateral margin with dark brown stripe. Clypeus with median dark brown stripe, dorsally bifurcated or not. Paraphyses with rami robust, bifurcated apically (Young 1977, fig. 746h). Aedeagal shaft with pair of ventral processes not transversely aligned in lateral view (Young 1977, fig. 746f). Female sternite VII (Fig. 86) with conspicuous central dark brown macula; posterior margin with trapezoidal emargination. Sternite VIII (Fig. 87) with heart-shaped median sclerite, laterally surrounded by pair of short transverse sclerites. Valvula I, in ventral view, with conspicuous median concavity on basal margin (Fig. 88).</p><p>Female length. 7.2–7.8 mm (n = 5).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 86) similar to that of A. imitatrix; posterior margin with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by minute spines, with slight triangular central projection. Sternite VIII (Fig. 87), in dorsal view, with heart-shaped median sclerotized plate, laterally surrounded by pair of short transverse sclerites; anterior margin of plate medially concave; posterior margin narrowly convex; sclerites with posterior margin truncate. Pygofer very similar to that of A. interrupta (see Fig. 55). Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 88), with basal portion moderately broad; basal margin with conspicuous median concavity; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth very prominent on median portion, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.</p><p>Material examined. Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman, one male (BMNH) . Jamaica: Manchester, one male and one female (USNM); Saint Ann, one female (BMNH); Saint James, seven males and thirteen females (BMNH); Saint Mary, one male (BMNH), one male (UKL); Saint Thomas, one female (UKL); Trelawny, one male (USNM); uncertain locality, one male (USNM).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF98F611FF7F0AE31F5DFC4B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF9BF610FF7F080D1FB3FF7B.text	03BE880CFF9BF610FF7F080D1FB3FF7B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia Stali (Signoret 1855	<div><p>Apogonalia Stali (Signoret, 1855)</p><p>(Figs 89–91)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum yellow with dark brown marks. Crown (Fig. 89) with two pairs of narrow, irregular mediolateral longitudinal dark brown stripes; disc with three broad yellow or orange stripes, lateral ones adjacent to eye. Pronotum (Fig. 89) with anteromedian elongate yellow or orange macula, bordered laterally by black lines; disc with two pairs of yellow or orange maculae irregularly bordered by black lines, one mediolateral pair elongate and another lateral pair short; posterior portion lilac. Mesonotum (Fig. 89) with pair of longitudinal dark brown stripes, connected to each other on transverse sulcus; median portion orange. Forewing (Fig. 89) lilac with brown stripes on veins; clavus with elongate yellow or orange maculae between claval veins; corium with large yellow or orange marks on basal portion and inner discal cell; costal area with broad longitudinal yellow or orange stripe, bordered by dark brown stripes; apical portion with two transverse blackened stripes. Face yellow with dark brown areas; frons with pair of narrow, longitudinal dorsomedian dark brown stripes; median portion with inverted Vshaped dark brown mark; mediolateral portions with pair of elongate Y-shaped dark brown marks, connected to median mark; submarginal lateral portion with broad diagonal dark brown stripe; clypeus with median, dorsally bifurcated dark brown stripe. Male pygofer with minute, inconspicuous spine on inner ventroapical portion. Aedeagal shaft with very short, median ventroapical lobe and without ventral paired process (Young 1977, fig. 744f). Female sternite VIII (Fig. 91) with arch-shaped sclerotized plate, broadly convex anteriorly and with small posteromedian emargination.</p><p>Female length. 8.7–10.1 mm (n = 4).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII (Fig. 90) moderately produced posteriorly; posterior margin broadly convex, with median trapezoidal emargination bordered by small projection and with central triangular notch. Sternite VIII (Fig. 91), in dorsal view, with arch-shaped sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate broadly convex; posterior margin narrowly concave, sinuous, with small and narrow median notch. Pygofer similar to that of A. interrupta . Valvula I, in ventral view, similar to that of A. imitatrix; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth, on median portion of blade, very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.</p><p>Material examined. Belize: Toledo, one male and four females (BMNH) . Guatemala: uncertain locality, one female (USNM) . Mexico: San Luis Potosí, one male and one female (USNM); uncertain locality, one male (USNM). Uncertain country: one female (USNM) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF9BF610FF7F080D1FB3FF7B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF9DF617FF7F0C861C61FC68.text	03BE880CFF9DF617FF7F0C861C61FC68.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia woodruffi Young 1977	<div><p>Apogonalia woodruffi Young, 1977</p><p>(Figs 92–97)</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum (Fig. 92) with pattern similar to that of A. krameri . Mesonotum (Fig. 92) with three large anterior yellow marks and one posterior mark, bordered by dark brown. Forewing (Figs 92, 93) red with numerous small bluish-white maculae on clavus and adjacent corium; outer discal cell with irregular white stripe adjacent to outer margin; apical portion gray. Face (Fig. 94) with pattern similar to that of A. krameri . Male pygofer with long inner ventroapical process, extending medially and crossing median line (Young 1977, fig. 761p). Aedeagal shaft with unpaired ventral process with apical third bifurcated (Young 1977, fig. 761f). Female sternite VII with broad, subrectangular posteromedian emargination, bordered by short projections. Sternite VIII (Figs 95, 96) with short, arch-shaped sclerotized plate, broadly concave on anteromedian portion and with broad, median longitudinal depression.</p><p>Female length. 10.8 mm (n = 1).</p><p>Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. stali . Sternite VIII, in dorsal view (Fig. 95), with short, arch-shaped sclerotized plate; anterior margin of plate broadly convex, with broad and deep median concavity; posterior margin slightly produced and truncate medially; dorsal surface with broad and deep longitudinal median depression; anterior surface (Fig. 96) strongly bilobate dorsolaterally. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 97), with basal portion slightly broad and bearing short lateral prominence; basal margin slightly oblique, irregular and subtruncate; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A.angusta; teeth, on median portion of blade, very prominent, 1.5 to 2 times longer than high, spaced from one another about one tooth length; preapical prominence approximately aligned to tooth anterior to anteapical one.</p><p>Material examined. Guatemala: Alta Verapaz, one male (USNM) . Mexico: Veracruz-Llave, one female (USNM) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF9DF617FF7F0C861C61FC68	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Felix, Márcio;Mejdalani, Gabriel	Felix, Márcio, Mejdalani, Gabriel (2017): The sharpshooter geNUs Apogonalia EvaNs (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: CicadelliNi): descriptioN of females aNd key to species. Zootaxa 4338 (1): 101-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.5
03BE880CFF9DF615FF7F082F18FFF9E4.text	03BE880CFF9DF615FF7F082F18FFF9E4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apogonalia Stali (Signoret 1855	<div><p>Key to males and females of Apogonalia</p><p>1. Crown rounded anteriorly; eyes globular and swollen in dorsal view; pronotum with pair of anterolateral dark brown maculae posterior to eyes. ... insular species........................................................... 2 (Figs 1, 40, 41)</p><p>- Crown generally triangular anteriorly; eyes elliptical and not swollen in dorsal view; pronotum without such pair of maculae. ... mainland species................................................................... 10 (Figs 6, 23, 29, 30)</p><p>2. Crown with two pairs of large black marks on anterior margin; disc generally with pair of large black marks between ocelli and without longitudinal dark brown stripes........................................................ 3 (Figs 1, 51, 61)</p><p>- Crown without such marks on anterior margin; disc with two pairs of narrow stripes (Figs 40, 41) or with pair of broad stripes (Fig. 85), longitudinal and dark brown..................................................................... 7</p><p>3. Pronotum with four anterior dark marks and two posterior ones on mediolateral portions (Fig. 51); forewing with outer anteapical cell short (Metcalf &amp; Bruner 1936, fig. 50); median portion of corium with diagonal dark stripe extending from costal margin to inner discal cell (Fig. 52); aedeagal shaft with long, spiniform dorsoapical process.............................................................................................. A. interrupta (Dominican Republic, Haiti)</p><p>- Pronotum with two pairs of narrow longitudinal dark stripes on mediolateral portions (Figs 68, 78); forewing with outer anteapical cell long (Young 1977, fig. 753q); median portion of corium without diagonal stripe; aedeagal shaft without dorsoapical process.............................................................................................. 4</p><p>4. Crown with pair of black maculae between ocelli (Figs 1, 61, 78); frons with pair of elongate V- or Y-shaped dark marks on mediolateral portions; clypeus with longitudinal dark stripe medially; aedeagal shaft with pair of basiventral (Freytag 2004, figs 5, 9) or ventroapical (Young 1977, fig. 747f) acute processes; female sternite VII with pair of variable dark maculae on basilateral portions; posterior margin variably emarginated..................................................... 5</p><p>- Crown without pair of black maculae between ocelli (Fig. 68; Freytag 2004, fig. 11); frons without such pair of dark marks on mediolateral portions; clypeus with large dark mark dorsally; aedeagal shaft without pair of ventral processes (Freytag 2004, fig. 16); female sternite VII uniformly colored, without distinct dark maculae on basilateral portions; posterior margin with short spine................................................................... A. noda (Dominican Republic)</p><p>5. Forewing with costal area at least anteriorly yellow or yellowish (Fig. 79); female pygofer with posterior margin triangular (Figs 4, 82)........................................................................................... 6</p><p>- Forewing with costal area not yellow or yellowish anteriorly; female pygofer with posterior margin narrowly convex..................................................................................... A. loxa (Dominican Republic)</p><p>6. Frons without elongate, inverted V- or Y-shaped dark mark medially; pronotum with pair of anterolateral dark maculae attaining anterior margin (Fig. 78); forewing with large, approximately elliptical black mark medially on outer discal cell (Fig. 79); aedeagal shaft with pair of ventroapical acute processes (Young 1977, fig. 747f); female sternite VIII with semilunar sclerite</p><p>broadly convex anteromedially, without produced lobe (Fig. 81).................. A. pinguis (Dominican Republic, Haiti) - Frons with such dark mark medially; pronotum with pair of anterolateral dark maculae not attaining anterior margin (Fig. 1); forewing without such black mark medially on outer discal cell; aedeagal shaft with pair of basiventral acute processes (Freytag 2004, fig. 5); female sternite VIII with semilunar sclerite produced anteromedially into narrowly convex lobe (Fig. 3)...................................................................... A. angusta (Dominican Republic, Haiti)</p><p>7. Forewing with large whitish mark bordered by brown medially on corium (Fig. 48); male pygofer with posteroventral margin strongly concave (Young 1977, fig. 745c); aedeagal shaft entirely curved dorsally, without processes (Young 1977, fig. 745f); female pygofer with posterior margin triangular................................................ A. imitatrix (Cuba)</p><p>- Forewing without such mark on corium; male pygofer with posteroventral margin convex (Young 1977, figs 746c, 758c, 759c); aedeagal shaft approximately rectilinear, with variable process on ventral margin (Young 1977, figs 746f, 758p, 759f); female pygofer generally with posterior margin narrowly convex (Fig. 45)......................................... 8</p><p>8. Paraphyses with rami robust, strongly bifurcated apically (Young 1977, fig. 746h); aedeagal shaft with pair of ventral processes not transversely aligned in lateral view (Young 1977, fig. 746f); female sternite VII with posterior subrectangular emargination (Fig. 86); sternite VIII with small heart-shaped sclerite, dorsoventrally surrounded by pair of lateral smaller sclerites (Fig. 87)....................................................... A. sanguinipes (Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica)</p><p>- Paraphyses with rami moderately narrowed, not bifurcated apically (Young 1977, figs 758h, 759h); aedeagal shaft with pair of ventral processes transversely aligned in lateral view (Young 1977, figs 758p, 759f); female sternite VII medially concave posteriorly; sternite VIII with single trapezoid sclerite, more or less visible (Figs 44, 83)................................ 9</p><p>9. Frons with median, inverted V-shaped dark brown mark; paraphyses with basal sclerite asymmetrical (Young 1977, fig. 758h); aedeagal shaft without pair of triangular lateral basimedian processes (Young 1977, figs 758f, 759f); female pygofer with posterior margin triangular (Fig. 84); female sternite VII broadly convex posteriorly with shallow median concavity............................................................. A. robusta (Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)</p><p>- Frons without such dark brown mark; paraphyses with basal sclerite symmetrical (Young 1977, fig. 759h); aedeagal shaft with pair of such processes (Young 1977, fig. 758p); female pygofer with posterior margin narrowly convex (Fig. 45); female sternite VII narrowly convex posteriorly with deep median concavity (Fig. 43).................................................................................. A. histrio (Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico)</p><p>10. Crown with two pairs of narrow, longitudinal dark brown stripes, posterior half without mosaic pattern; pronotum with two pairs of yellow or orange maculae bordered by black: one mediolateral pair and one lateral pair; mediolateral portions with two pairs of narrow, longitudinal dark brown stripes; forewing with large yellow or orange marks basally on corium..................................................................................................... 11 (Figs 6, 89)</p><p>- Crown without such dark brown stripes, posterior half generally with mosaic pattern; pronotum without such pairs of maculae or only with one pair on mediolateral or lateral portions; mediolateral portions without such dark brown stripes; forewing without such marks basally on corium....................................................... 14 (Figs 23, 29, 30, 57)</p><p>11. Frons with mosaic of brown areas on yellow background, without dark brown longitudinal stripes (Fig. 16); male pygofer with inner process on dorsoapical portion (Young 1977, fig. 750p); paraphyses lacking rami (Young 1977, fig. 750h); aedeagal shaft with long ventroapical process (Young 1977, fig. 750f); female sternite VII narrowly convex posteriorly with slight median emargination; sternite VIII with large, anteriorly curved sclerite and small posterior sclerite (Fig. 17)....................................................................................... A. dampfi (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico)</p><p>- Frons without mosaic but with variable dark brown longitudinal stripes (Fig. 7); male pygofer without inner process on dorsoapical portion (Young 1977, figs 744c, 753c, 756c); paraphyses with pair of elongate rami (Young 1977, figs 744h, 753h, 756h); aedeagal shaft without long ventroapical process (Young 1977, figs 744f, 753f, 756f); female sternite VII generally broadly convex posteriorly (Fig. 20), if it is narrowly convex, then median emargination is deeply concave (Fig. 8); sternite VIII with single large sclerite (Figs 9, 21, 91)............................................................... 12</p><p>12. Pronotum with yellow or orange anteromedian macula not enclosing brown marks (Fig. 89); male pygofer with minute, inconspicuous spine on inner ventroapical portion; aedeagal shaft with very short, median ventroapical lobe and without ventral paired processes (Young 1977, fig. 744f); female pygofer with small dorsoapical convex lobe............................................................ A. stali (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua)</p><p>- Pronotum without such anteromedian macula, if present, it has brown marks (Fig. 6); male pygofer with short and tapered spine on inner ventroapical portion (Young 1977, figs 753c, p, 756c, p); aedeagal shaft without median ventroapical lobe and with ventral paired processes (Young 1977, figs 753f, 756f); female pygofer narrowed apically, subtriangular (Fig. 10)..... 1 3</p><p>13. Crown with pair of diagonal dark brown arches on anteromedian portion (Young 1977, fig. 751a); frons without pair of elongate V- or Y-shaped mediolateral dark brown marks; mesosternum with lateral dark brown maculae; female sternite VII with posterior margin broadly convex (Fig. 20).................................................................................................... A. fractinota (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama)</p><p>- Crown without pair of such arches on anteromedian portion; frons with pair of such mediolateral dark brown marks (Fig. 7); mesosternum without lateral dark brown maculae; female sternite VII with posterior margin narrowly convex (Fig. 8)...................................................................... A. blanchardi (Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua)</p><p>14. Crown, pronotum and mesonotum entirely black or with few small white maculae (Fig. 75); forewing uniformly red with apical portion blackened (Fig. 75)......................................................... A. pennata (Costa Rica)</p><p>- Crown, pronotum and mesonotum with numerous yellow and dark brown maculae and stripes, generally in mosaic color pattern (Figs 23, 29, 30, 57); forewing not uniformly red, with variable maculae and stripes (Figs 24, 29, 30, 57, 62)........ 15</p><p>15. Pronotum with pair of yellow or fulvous maculae on mediolateral portions (Fig. 69); forewing short and broad (Figs 69, 70); median portion of corium with irregular whitish maculae, bordered by brown or black (Figs 69, 70); female pygofer with posterior margin broadly convex (Fig. 72).................................................................... 16</p><p>- Pronotum generally without pair of such maculae on mediolateral portions; forewing generally long and narrow (Figs 23, 24, 29, 30); median portion of corium without such maculae; female pygofer with posterior margin generally triangular (Figs 36, 65) or narrowly convex................................................................................ 17</p><p>16. Male pygofer with inner spiniform process on dorsoapical margin and inner long and broad process on ventromedian portion (Young 1977, fig. 757p), without ventroapical process; paraphyses symmetrical, with V-shaped basal sclerite and pair of minute (vestigial) rami (Young 1977, fig. 757h); aedeagal shaft approximately rectilinear with pair of robust ventromedian hookshaped processes (Young 1977, fig. 757f); female pygofer with ventral margin extensively rectilinear (Fig. 72); valvula II of ovipositor with apex convex (Fig. 74).......................................................... A. omani (USA)</p><p>- Male pygofer without dorsoapical and ventromedian processes, with inner short spiniform process on ventroapical portion; paraphyses asymmetrical, with Y-shaped basal sclerite and at least one long and moderately broad ramus (Young 1977, fig. 760h); aedeagal shaft with apex curved dorsally and with pair of long ventromedian spiniform processes (Young 1977, fig. 760f); female pygofer with ventral margin broadly convex (Figs 36, 37, 65); valvula II of ovipositor with apex subacute (Fig. 28)............................................................................ A. monticola (Mexico, USA)</p><p>17. Pronotum with lateral margins approximately parallel (Figs 23, 57, 62); forewing with broad and conspicuous dark brown stripe on claval sulcus, bordered internally and externally by continuous white stripes (Figs 23, 24, 57, 62); costal area with two longitudinal adjacent stripes, an white one (innermost) and a black one (outermost) (Fig. 24)...................... 18</p><p>- Pronotum with lateral margins anteriorly convergent (Figs 29, 30, 92); forewing without such stripe on claval sulcus or, if present, not bordered by continuous white stripes (Figs 92, 93); costal area without adjacent white and black stripes.......... 20</p><p>18. Pronotum entirely black with mosaic of small yellow areas (Young 1977, fig. 749a); male pygofer with posterior margin truncate (Young 1977, fig. 749c) and long paired process on inner ventroapical portion (Young 1977, fig. 749p); paraphyses with basal sclerite symmetrical and rami minute (vestigial) (Young 1977, fig. 749q); female sternite VIII with large, dorsal elliptical sclerite superposed to a ventral one, strongly constricted medially (Fig. 58)..... A. krameri (El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico)</p><p>- Pronotum with continuous median stripe and pair of lateral arches, yellow or fulvous (Figs 23, 62); male pygofer with posterior margin concave (Young 1977, figs 751c, 752c) and long unpaired process on inner ventroapical portion (Young 1977, figs 751p, 752p); paraphyses with basal sclerite asymmetrical and rami long (conspicuous) (Young 1977, figs 751h, 752h); female sternite VIII only with a broad sclerite (Figs 26, 64).......................................................... 19</p><p>19. Frons with mosaic of rounded yellow maculae and dorsal, narrow transverse yellow stripe (Fig. 63); mediolateral portions without pair of elongate Y-shaped dark brown marks; forewing short and broad (Fig. 62); male pygofer with long and broad process on posterodorsal margin (Young 1977, figs 751c, p); aedeagal shaft curved ventrally on apical half, with pair of hookshaped ventral processes (Young 1977, fig. 751f); female sternite VIII with broad, bilobate sclerite, deeply notched anteromedially (Fig. 64)............................................................... A. mediolineata (Mexico, USA)</p><p>- Frons without such mosaic and such stripe; mediolateral portions with pair of elongate Y-shaped dark brown marks; forewing long and narrow (Figs 23, 24); male pygofer without process on posterodorsal margin (Young 1977, figs 752c, p); aedeagal shaft approximately rectilinear, with long unpaired ventral process (Young 1977, fig. 752f); female sternite VIII with broad, anteriorly concave sclerite, depressed on median line (Fig. 26).................................. A. fraterna (Mexico)</p><p>20. Mesoscutum with pair of broad, mediolateral dark brown stripes (Fig. 92); male pygofer with long inner ventroapical process, extending medially and crossing median line (Young 1977, fig. 761p); subgenital plates extending posteriorly to pygofer apex (Young 1977, fig. 761c); aedeagal shaft with ventral process unpaired and with apical third bifurcated (Young 1977, fig. 761f); female sternite VIII with pair of broad produced lateral lobes (Fig. 96)................. A. woodruffi (Guatemala, Mexico)</p><p>- Mesoscutum without pair of such stripes (Figs 29, 30; Felix &amp; Mejdalani 2006, fig. 1); male pygofer without processes or only with spiniform ventroapical process dorsomedially curved, not attaining median line (Felix &amp; Mejdalani 2006, fig. 5); subgenital plate not attaining pygofer apex (Young 1977, fig. 754c; Felix &amp; Mejdalani 2006, fig. 4); aedeagal shaft with variable paired ventral processes (Young 1977, figs 754f, s–u; Felix &amp; Mejdalani 2006, fig. 8); female sternite VIII without produced lateral lobes (Figs 34, 35)............................................................................... 21</p><p>21. Clypeus with median, broad brown stripe (Felix &amp; Mejdalani 2006, fig. 2); male pygofer with spiniform ventroapical process dorsomedially curved, not attaining median line (Felix &amp; Mejdalani 2006, fig. 5); aedeagal shaft with pair of short, triangular lateral processes and pair of long, approximately symmetrical ventral processes (Felix &amp; Mejdalani 2006, fig. 8)............................................................................................... A. nielsoni (Mexico)</p><p>- Clypeus with irregular brown marks (Fig. 31); male pygofer without processes; aedeagal shaft without lateral processes and with pair of hook-shaped to falciform, strongly asymmetrical ventral processes (Young 1977, figs 754f, s–u)................................................................................................... A. germana (Mexico)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE880CFF9DF615FF7F082F18FFF9E4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. 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