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Wings(Figs. 2-3) hyaline without dark spots or pattern. R4+5 
of forewing superficially resembling an anterior branch of M. 
Forewing 2.7 mm long and hindwing 2.3 mm long. Both wings 
about 0.8 mm wide at widest part. 
Male genitalia (Figs. 4-9) ninth segment forming a closed ring 
becoming a narrow band ventrally, fused with ectoprocts dorsally. 
A weakly sclerotized dorsal area may indicate limits between ninth 
segment and ectoprocts. Ectoprocts extending posteriorly with 
distal ends fused medially. Parameres long, fused with ectoprocts 
posteriorly. Penis formed of two rods fused posteriorly to form 
a tube. No hypandrium or styli evident. Eighth sternum strongly 
sclerotized and forming ventral portion of genital capsule. A row 
of heavy spines along posterior margin of eighth sternum and a 
group of several large spines on postero-lateral angles. An addi- 
tional double row of smaller spines just anterior to posterior 
margin. 
Holotype male: Las Cruces, New Mexico, blacklight trap, No- 
vember 30, 1975, W. P. Morrison. Holotype deposited in USNM. 
Female and immature stages unknown. 
Literature Cited 
Meinander. M. 
1972 . A revision of the family Coniopterygidae. Acta Zool. Fennica. 136: 
1 - 357 . 
