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Fig. 11. Vramtaenia wysockti Belkin n. sp. a-d. Adult; e,f, pupa, a. Detail of metathoracic leg of male; b, ninth 
tergite of male; c, male genitalia; d, left lateral aspect of head and thorax of female; e, right lateral aspect of anterior 
portion of cephalothorax of pupa; /, metanotum and abdomen of male pupa, left ventral, right dorsal. Abbre- 
viations as given on page 314. 
tending to 0.8; pecten teeth apically and later- 
ally fringed; hair 1-S longer than siphon, 
usually 4b; hair 9-S hook-like; hair 13-S weak, 
slightly twisted at base. Anal segment mod- 
erate; saddle margin with long apical spines; 
gills 1.6 of saddle length; hairs 1-X 2b; 2-X 
3-5b; 3-X 2, 3b; 4a-X 2b. 
Description 
FEMALE (932-103).— Wing: 1.70 mm. Ab- 
domen: 1.20 mm. Proboscis: 1.10 mm. Front 
femur: 1.37 mm. 
Head: Conspicuous frontal tuft of very long, 
narrow, white scales, with shorter scales at 
base and a few broad dark scales; orbital line 
of white scales moderately broad, angled lat- 
erally to apn and slightly enlarged, scales 
broad and dense; decumbent dark scales iri- 
descent bronzy; one pair of erect, slender, 
apically-forked, dark vertical scales; three pairs 
of slightly shorter similar erect occipital scales;, 
inner occipital bristle absent, outer two out- 
side of occipital light line. Clypeus dark 
brown. Palpus about 0.05 of proboscis; with 
small dark scales and numerous long hairs. 
Proboscis slightly swollen apically; dark- 
scaled, lighter ventrally; hairs short and in- 
conspicuous on shaft, more numerous apical- 
ly; labella lighter, moderately hairy. Antenna 
about 1.2 of proboscis; torus brown, without 
hairs; first flagellar segment creamy, remain- 
ing segments dark brown; flagellar whorls 
with six bristles; three apical segments sub- 
equal. 
