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Figures 6—7. — Aedeagus: 6, Pyractonema latior; 7, Pyractonema nigripennis. {a, lateral 

 view; b, dorsal view; and c, ventral view.) 



tudinal vitta, and a narrow brown to black pronotal border, usually 

 incomplete anterolateral^. Distinguishable from P. angustata by its 

 broader, more elliptical outline and pronotal infuscation. 



Dimensions: Males 7.4 to 12.3 mm. long by 2.55 to 4.3 mm. broad; 

 average 9.45 by 3.33 mm. Females 7.1 to 10.0 mm. long by 2.55 to 

 4.05 mm. broad; average 8.45 by 3.1 mm. 



Pronotum disc with subrectangular, transverse, red to pink area 

 occupying half or more of the total surface of the pronotum. This 

 area is usually at least partly divided by a narrow triangular brown 

 to black vitta, the point basad. Narrow brown to black basal and 

 lateral borders, the latter usually evanescent at apical two-thuds, 



