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490 



491 



492 



493 



Figs 489-493. Tharra nigroides sp. n. 489, male pygofer, lateral view; 490, plate, lateral 

 view; 491, aedeagus, dorsal view; 492, aedeagus, lateral view; 493, style and connective, 

 dorsolateral view. 



slightly beyond apex of dorsal appendage; gonopore apical; connective Y-shaped; style 

 typically clawed apically; plate with distal segment elongate, dorsal margin expanded medially. 



Specimens examined. 



Holotype $, Solomon Is.: Bougainville, Boku, 4-6. vi. 1956 (J. L. Gressitt) (BPBM, 

 Honolulu). 



Biology. Unknown. 



Remarks. This species is similar in general habitus to many other small, dark 

 species, but can be separated from them by the elongate male plate. 



