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41. Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) punclivenosa Das Gupta and Wirth, new species 



Figures 12, 81-83 



Female. — Length of wing 1.39 (1.23-1.56, n = 20) mm; breadth 

 0.53 mm. 



Head: Eyes nearly contiguous (fig. 81a); vertex pale yellow, with 

 10 hairs. Antenna (fig. 12) with I— III and XI-XV dark brown, IV-X 

 pale yellow with narrow apices brown; III-XV lengths as 13—9—10—11— 

 12-12-12-11-21-24-23-23-33; AR 1.38; XV with terminal seta. Pal- 

 pal segments (fig. 81d) as 6-18-20-14-16; dark brown except tip 

 of V pale yellow; III gradually widening from base to near apex, 

 bearing a shallow sensory pit. Mandible with 5-9 teeth (av. 7.1, 

 n=40), proximal tooth largest. 



Thorax (fig. 816) : Scutum pruinose yellowish brown, speckled with 

 dark brown in 3 longitudinal rows of spots; projecting anterodorsally 



Figure 81. — Stilobezzia punclivenosa, new species (a-i, ? ; j-l, cf )• a, frontovertex; b, 

 thorax; c, femora-tibiae; d, palpus; e, wing;/, abdominal terga II-IV; g, spermathecae; 

 h, 9 genitalia; *, last 2 tarsomeres and claws; j-l, d" genitalia. 



