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Apical lobe of the basistyle prominent, undivided, and extended 
into a thumblike projection. Appendicles of the apical lobe as 
follows: one short, very broad rod and two long prominently hooked 
rods at the terminal end of the apical lobe; several subequal, hooked 
setae next to the rods; leaf absent. Dististyle normal. Tenth 
sternite crowned with a sparse tuft of short, pointed spines; basal 
arm rather long, gently curved; three cercal setae present. External 
process gradually expanding distally to the midpoint, then tapering 
to a point; slightly exceeding the ventral cornu in length. Ventral 
cornu very long and bluntly rounded, slender, distinctly separated 
from the teeth of the median process, bent so as to be directed laterally; 
at the crown of the bend, the margin seems somewhat rugulose and 
even appears to be finely spiculate. Median process with about 
four strong, subequal teeth. Basal process short, straight, and 
bluntly rounded. 
Larva: Antenna shorter than the head, constricted beyond inser- 
tion of antennal tuft, with part before constriction pale and spiculate, 
part beyond constriction darker and with few spicules; antennal tuft 
large, multiple, barbed, inserted at outer third of shaft, reaching well 
beyond the tip. Head hairs: postclypeal 4 short, single; upper and 
lower frontals 5 and 6 long, triple, barbed; preantennal 7 long, 
multiple, barbed. Mentum with about 11 teeth; the apical tooth 
broader and larger than lateral teeth; the subbasal lateral teeth 
larger than the other lateral teeth. Prothoracic hairs: 1-5 long, 
single; 6 long, triple; 7 long, double. Thorax and abdomen finely 
spiculate. Comb with many scales in a patch; each scale rounded 
apically and fringed with subequal spinules. Siphonal index about 
8.5; pecten with about 15 teeth on the basal third of the siphon; 
each tooth with several coarse barbs on one side; with four single 
or double siphonal tufts inserted beyond the pecten; a series of small 
spines are present at the apex of the siphon (these spines are not 
nearly as numerous or prominent as in other members of the coronator 
complex). Anal segment with prominent spicules, completely ringed 
by the saddle; lateral hair short, double. 
Hoxrotype.—The male terminalia with its associated larval and 
pupal skins from San Antonia de Caparo, Municipal Capital, Vene- 
zuela, September 1963; P. Cova Garcia; Number 140 D, USNM 
67549; deposited in the U.S. National Museum collection. I take 
pleasure in naming this species in honor of Dr. Pablo Cova Garcia, 
who sent this specimen to Dr. Alan Stone. According to Cova 
Garcia (personal communication, 1964) the breeding place of the 
type specimen was on the bank of a river in a pool of standing, clear, 
fresh water with some shadow during the rainy season. 
