CLEPTORIA — HOFFMAN 



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Structurally quite similar to C. rileyi with following exceptions: 

 genae evenly convex without median impressions ; antennae relatively 

 shorter 8.4 mm, 65 percent of maximum body width as opposed to 

 71 percent in C. rileyi; interantennal isthmus relatively broader in 

 proportion to antennal length, 24 vs. 20 percent in C. rileyi. 



Dorsal surface of paranota essentially flat, lacking the median discal 

 convexity of C. rileyi and other species. Ozopores opening dorsally on 

 peritremata instead of somewhat dorsolaterally. 



Hyproproct with small but distinct median projection between 

 setiferous tubercules. 



Figure 12. — Distribution of four species 

 of Cleptoria in Georgia and adjoining 

 areas of Alabama and South Carolina. 



A C. macra 

 | C. abbotti 

 O C. r. alabama 



▼ C. bipraesidens 

 Q C. r. rileyi 



Sternum between third pair of legs produced into unusually long, 

 anteriorly curved, apically notched process (fig. 4). 



Posterior edge of gonopod aperture forming compressed elevated 

 rim distinctly higher than sternal surface behind it. Gonopods massive 

 and robust, telopodite shorter than usual for genus, of the form 

 shown in figures 13 and 14. Prefemur with erect subcorneal process; 

 subapical rounded lobe reflexed somewhat proximad toward angle of 

 seminal groove, solenomerite strongly convex and striated parallel 

 to seminal groove; medial face of postfemur without a flange. 



Specimens discolored by preservation but apparently dark brown 

 dorsally in life, with paranotal spots and distal podomeres dark reddish 

 pink. 



Paratype. — Adult female, length about 46.3 mm, width of segment 

 6 11.9 mm, of segment 12 12.8 mm, of segment 16 11.5 mm; W/L ratio 

 about 28 percent. Structurally similar to male except for usual sexual 

 differences: shorter and more slender antennae, relatively broader 

 sterna, and more slender legs. 



