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symmetrical, not articulated with connective, slender, tubular and curved dor- 
sad through 90° in lateral view, without processes. Paraphyses present, sym- 
metrical, consisting of a broad transverse basal portion from each lateral ex- 
tremity of which a slender tapering ramus extends posteriorly. 
Female abdominal sternum VII heavily sclerotized except basally, posterior 
margin concave. Dorsal membrane of genital chamber with four sclerites 
arranged in a transverse row. Ovipositor with second valvulae narrow in their 
basal portions, expanded beyond their basal curvature and with quadrate 
primary teeth which bear minute secondaries, dorsal margin of toothed por- 
tion fairly strongly convex. Pygofer with few sparse macrosetae parallel to 
posteroventral margin and on disk anteapically. 

FIGURE 638.—Tettisama quinquemaculata (Germar) (p, from specimen from 
Bahia, Brazil; g from Mato Grosso, Brazil; remainder from Misiones, 
Argentina; A from dorsal view): p, Male pygofer, posterodorsal portion, 
setae not shown, q, sclerites in dorsal wall of genital chamber, from dorsal 
view. . 
