sclerites; median sclerite dot-shaped, with a large, dark brown seta. Stipes 

 yellowish, with wide, blackish brown, median stripe posteriorly, outer seta 

 long, brown, distal seta short, dark brown. Palpifer brown, with large, 

 triangular, blackish brown, outer spot, distal seta dark brown, mediobasal 

 seta small, light; galea cylindrical, broad, short, reaching middle of 3rd 

 segment of palp; palps short, with brown sclerites, 1st segment shorter 

 than 2nd; 4th segment small, sensillae light. Submentum brown, with wide, 

 blackish brown, transverse stripe; median indentation deep; ventral 

 sclerites in form of oblong, yellowish brown plates, seta small, light, thick; 

 sclerite of palpiger yellow, horseshoe -shaped, palps small, cylindrical; 

 sclerites yellowish brown, sensillae large, light. 



Pronotum (Figure 128) with broad, light, dirty yellow, longitudinal, median 

 stripe; surface light brownish, darker brown in area of dots; groove slightly 

 dark in anterior third lateral to light median area; anterior margin narrow, 

 reddish brown; posterior margin brown, markedly broader laterally, with 

 blackish brown outer margin; a sharp reddish brown stripe, interrupted in 

 middle of each half, extending along posterior margin from the median 

 suture to the posterior angle. Anterior-angle seta submarginal, long, 

 black; in front of it, 4 black, moderately long setae at the margin; a dark, 

 short, inward-curved seta in middle of anterior area; long, black, medioanal 

 seta near the light stripe; area of dots with long and short black setae 

 and 12—14 small setae; 2 short, thick, black setae in middle of lateral margin 

 among a number of other setae. 



Mesonotum (Figure 128) with light, dirty white, broad, median stripe along 

 the suture, elsewhere brownish, darker in the middle of each half and at 

 lateral margin; anterior margin laterally with a wide, reddish brown stripe; 

 posterior margin with a narrow, brownish transverse stripe; posterior angle 

 with a large, blackish brown spot at the margin; a small, oblique, dark stripe 

 some distance from anterior margin of spot; a row of 3 dots further 

 anteriorly and inward from the stripe. Dark, median part of each half with 

 large,chestnut brown dots, in a characteristic wedge-shaped pattern anteriorly, 

 isolated or in groups of 3—4 dots posteriorly; 2 small and 2 larger dots 

 on light background of the median stripe. Setae more numerous than on 

 pronotum; 3 anterior-margin setae (some distance from the margin), of 

 which the median is larger, the lateral smaller than the others; 2 dark, 

 long, and 1 short setae at the anterior angle; 4 short or moderately long 

 setae at the lateral margin, 3 setae some distance from the margin of 

 which the anterior is one of the longest on the sclerite; medioanal surface 

 seta situated posteriorly in area of dots, thick, long; 2 thick black seta 

 close to outer margin of punctate area, one of these short, the other 

 moderately long; 2 short, thin setae lateral to median suture. There are 

 also small or minute setae on the sclerite. 



Sclerites of metanotum (Figure 12 8) light brown, relatively large, with 

 black or dark brown setae. Median anterior sclerites triangular, transverse, 

 situated close together; primary anterior-margin seta large, black; 

 complement of secondary setae consisting of 5—6 dark, smaller ones and several 

 small, brownish setae. Posterior pair of sclerites slightly larger; medioanal 

 seta black, long, intermediate and lateral seta thin, short, brownish; 9—10 

 small secondary setae. Lateral sclerites oblong, with dark oblique stripe 

 and 2—3 large dark dots; a long, black, primary anterior-angle seta in 

 anterior part; 18—20 secondary setae of different length; posterior part 

 without setae. 



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