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Thorax: Dark brown with blackish brown shoulder spots; legs 
brown. 
Membrane of fore wing brown with lighter areas adjacent to 
veins, and between R and M. In some specimens this is marked and 
gives the appearance of darker areas along margin between veins. In 
some specimens R 4+5 coalesces for a long distance with Mi +2 and in 
others they are connected by a cross-vein. Cu 2 distinctly sinuous. 
Membrane of hind wing unicolorous, light greyish brown. Length of 
fore wing 1.7^1.1 mm, hind wing 1.5-3 .8 mm. 
Male genitalia (Fig. 14A): Ring of 9th sternum dorsally forming a 
folded horizontal plate. Process of 9th sternum simple, directed 
dorsally and caudally. Meinander (1972) reported the process 
ending in a small hook; the specimens at hand show only a very 
slight downward bend on the distal end. Appendages of 9th sternum 
distally membranous and attached to transverse plate. Setae present 
at distal ends. In some specimens a membranous structure can be 
seen extending from distal ends of appendages and apparently 
connected with ring of 9th sternum. Transverse plate composed of 2 
processes ventrally connected with dorsal ends free and curved 
caudally. Penis ending posteriorly in 2 ventral plate-like processes 
and a dorsal truncate process. Ventral processes curved slightly 
dorsally. Ectoprocts weakly sclerotized. 
Figure 14. Aleuropteryx vulgaris. A. Male genitalia, lateral view. B. Female 
genitalia, ventral view. C. Female genitalia, lateral view. 
Female genitalia (Fig. 14B-C): Conapophyses laterals sclerotized, 
forming unpaired ventral plate. Bursa copulatrix strongly sclero¬ 
tized, at least in part, with a large, partially sclerotized apodeme. 
Heavily sclerotized portion of bursa copulatrix somewhat S-shaped 
in lateral view, with anterior part curved dorsally and posterior part 
bent ventrally. 
Immature stages unknown. 
