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18. Genus PSEUDOMETOPIA Schmidt 



Figures 91-98 

 Pseudometopia Schmidt, 1928c: 74. Type-species: P. appendiculata Schmidt, by 

 original designation and monotypy. 



Length 11.5-15 mm. 



Head with median length much less than interocular width, anterior 

 margin truncate or slighdy concave in dorsal aspect, rounded to face, 

 not carinate, each ocellus usually closer to median Hne than to adjacent 

 anterior angle of eye; clypeus inflated in lateral aspect, flattened or 

 concave medially; other head characters as in Aulacizes. 



Thorax with pronotal width less than, equal to, or greater than trans- 

 ocular width of head, posterior two-thirds of disc transversely rugose 

 and occasionally punctate, posterior margin rectilinear or slightly 

 concave, in lateral aspect with oblique dorsopleural carinae which are 

 usually incomplete ; scutellum transversely rugose on posterior portion; 

 otherwise as in Aulacizes. Forewing as in Aulacizes except that texture 

 is often strongly coriaceous, and that there may be a few discal super- 

 numerary crossveins. Hindwing with vein R2+3 entire, otherwise as in 

 Aulacizes. Hindlegs as in Aulacizes. 



Male genitalia: Pygofer as in Aulacizes (apex subangulate in P. 

 appendiculata Schmidt). Plates as in Aulacizes. Style usually extending 

 posteriorly about as far as apex of connective, usually with distinct 

 preapical lobe, rounded or slightly pointed at apex. Connective Y- 

 shaped, the arms distincdy or only slighdy divergent, usually not much 

 shorter than stem, which is not keeled medially. Aedeagus symmetrical, 

 appearing inflated in caudo ventral aspect, without basal processes. 

 Paraphyses absent. 



Female abdominal sternum VII variable interspecifically. 



Pseudometopia is closely related to Aulacizes^ from which it can be 

 distinguished by its more robust appearance, its lack of an apical carina 

 on the head, the crown curving gradually to the face, by the inflated 

 clypeus and by the inflated form of the aedeagus. One specimen of 

 P. amblardii (Signoret) in the USNM was collected on "Kenaf." 

 Species of the genus occur in Trinidad Island, Venezuela, Colombia, 

 Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. The original 

 description listed P. amblardii (Signoret) from Bolivia, but the lectot)^e 

 bears a "Mexico" locality label. Probably it was mislabeled. The 

 lectotype female of P. cleasa (Distant) agrees with the illustrations here. 

 The male lectotype of P. subsidaria (Melichar) has genitalia like those 

 illustrated here. 



In a recent paper, I selected a lectotype of P. dufouri (Signoret), 

 noting that some markings appeared to have been added with a brush. 

 At that time, no specimens with the markings of Signoret's original 



