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Aleuropteryx punctata Meinander, 1974 
Aleuropteryx punctata Meinander, 1974:220. Type: Holotype 
male; Mexico; Sinaloa; UCR. 
Head: Brown. Antennae 22e25 segmented. Scape dark brown, 
pedicel and proximal and medial part of flagellum light brown, then 
becoming darker distally. Scape and pedicel about twice as long as 
broad; proximal and distal flagellar segments slightly longer than 
broad; median flagellar segments 1.5 times as long as broad. Ventral 
spine on male pedicel about one-third the length of segment from 
distal end. 
Thorax: Brown with blackish brown shoulder spots. Femora dark 
brown; tibiae lighter with dark proximal and distal ends; tarsi light 
brown. 
Wing: In fore wing R 4+5 and M 1+2 coalesces for a considerable 
distance, CU 2 distinctly sinuate, in some specimens with a small vein 
between margin and Cu 2 where it runs closest to the margin. 
Membrane of fore wing light with darker shades along margin 
between veins, scattered patches of light shading and discrete brown 
spots around cross-vein-like part of Sc 2 , base of Rs, radial cross¬ 
vein, r-m and m-cu and around cross-vein-like part of R 4+5 . Length 
of fore wing 2.4-3.0 mm, hind wing 2.0-2.8 mm. 
Male genitalia (Fig. 11 A): Ring of 9th sternum dorsally forming a 
folded horizontal plate. Process of 9th sternum very large, high and 
broad in lateral view and narrow in caudal view with a downward 
directed caudal part. Appendages of 9th sternum partly membran¬ 
ous, connected apically with transverse plate and bearing setae 
caudo-lateral to transverse plate. Transverse plate formed of 2 C- 
shaped processes, joined ventrally. Ring of 9th sternum with a 
lateral pair of caudally directed, spine-like processes. A pair of 
processes just ventral to dorsal roof of ring of 9th sternum. 
Processes spine-like caudally; flattened and somewhat membranous 
anteriorly and covered with small denticles on the anterior half. 
Anterior end of processes attached to penis and probably to ring of 
9th sternum. Penis ending posteriorly in a flat, ventral process and a 
dorso-medial cone-like process. Apophyses of 9th sternum short. 
Female genitalia (Figs. 11B-C): A well-sclerotized subgenital 
plate present. Bursa copulatrix a strongly sclerotized tube with 2 
ventro-lateral apodemes. Bursa copulatrix surrounded by a large 
