Seta 7 thin, dark, moderately long; seta 9 blackish brown, thick; seta 

 14 long, similarly dark, very large, almost as long as width of head; 

 setae 10 and 11 short, brown, situated near anterior margin of eye, seta 11 at 

 level of middle of eye; seta 12 slightly larger, brown, thin; seta 13 small, 

 situated near 14; seta 15 shorter than 14, thin, brown, situated posterior to 

 14; seta 16 situated behind 15, short, , brown; seta 17 thick, black, moderately 

 long. Ventral seta 8 short, thin, brown; seta 18 relatively large, light, 

 about half as long as 8. 



Dorsal sclerite of labrum dark brown basally, with large, dark tubercles; 

 distal part lighter; median indentation with reddish process; seta 1 small; 

 seta 2 situated at margin of process, small, light, thick; seta 4 situated on 

 the membrane, slightly larger; seta 3 similar, situated near margin; setae 

 5 and 6 blackish brown, 5 larger than 6. 



Mandibles black, with pinkish apex; brush consisting of a row of 24—2 6 

 paired, light, feathered chaetoids; outer, dorsal seta short, blackish; ventral 

 seta smaller, light brown. 



Sclerites of cardo transverse, almost entirely black, with small, reddish 

 brown, median area; 1st seta small, yellowish; 2nd outer seta very small, 

 light. Submentum small, light brown, with indistinct anterior margin; seta 

 on membrane anterior to the sclerite moderately long, grayish brown. 

 Stipes yellowish brown, with reddish brown posterior stripe and dark brown 

 median stripe; setae grayish brown, distal seta short; outer seta slightly 

 larger. Palpifer and palps chestnut brown; distal seta blackish; median seta 

 small, light. Mentum reddish brown. Ventral rods and sclerites of palpiger 

 yellowish. 



Pronotum (Figure 191) dark brown or chestnut brown in the middle, 

 slightly darker laterally and near the median suture, light brown at the 

 anterior margin; anterior part brownish; posterior part with a large, 

 yellowish brown area and a group of large, distinct, chestnut brown dots; 

 similar or darker dots laterally in middle of sclerite. Surface with small, 

 scale- shaped tubercles with serrated apex or with several thin apical 

 spinules; light areas with smaller, sparser tubercles; spinules situated 

 on the smooth surface in some places. Broad posterior margin separated 

 anteriorly by narrow reddish brown stripe with minute tubercles and 

 spinules and black stripes divided by a smooth, reddish brown space; 

 posterior median stripe wide, short, black; anterior stripe the same 

 laterally, elsewhere reddish brown, very narrow, extending almost to 

 median suture. Process at posterior angle with a small reddish brown 

 area, and a few tubercles and spinules; lateral margin broad, black, fused 

 with the black posterior-angle spot. Large primary setae, anterior-margin, 

 anterior-angle, and medioanal, black, moderately long; secondary chaetotaxy, 

 as in other species of Apatania, consisting of large, usually dark, short 

 to moderately long, and small, light, basally thick setae, which cover the sclerite 

 more or less uniformly; setae of anterior-margin area small, light, sparse, 

 those of anterior angle short, thin. 



Mesonotum (Figure 192) chestnut brown in almost the whole anterior 

 area and part of the middle; anterior-margin area darker; anterior margin 

 with narrow reddish brown stripe in middle of each half; large, distinct, 

 brown dots near posterior margin and laterally on dark area; similar dots 

 in lateral area on lighter brownish surface; lateral margin with narrow. 



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