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FIGURES 203-205. Apatania stigmatella Zett. : 



203 —head, dorsal (A) and ventral (B); 204 — pronotum; 205 — mesonotum. 



Pronotum (Figure 204) mainly pale yellow, whitish in some places; 

 anterior margin rounded, with well defined anterior angle; anterior margin 

 indistinct, grayish white; lateral margin yellowish; middle of sclerite 

 with a wide, transverse, brownish pattern with concave inner margin, the 

 pattern pale and indistinct in light specimens; a few, large, pale brownish 

 dots laterally near median suture and at posterior margin. Surface with 

 rows of small spinules on ridges and more densely in lateral area, 

 sparser, without ridges, and in rows or singly in middle area. Posterior 

 margin wide, separated by a narrow rust brown stripe, its light part with 

 small tubercles; 2 dark stripes or only a broad, posterior, dark stripe, 

 the latter black in the middle and reddish brown laterally; process of 

 posterior angle with yellowish, tuberculate, light part, lateral margin of 

 process wide, reddish black, fused with dark, posterior-angle spot. Primary 

 setae chestnut brown, anterior -angle, anterior -margin, and medioanal 

 setae moderately long, the first larger than the other two; a few, thin. 



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