Lamprolonchaea conchapinna
MALE. All metatarsi yellow on basal two-thirds. Calyptrae brownish-yellow with deep
golden-brown margins and fringes. Wings brownish-hyaline, the brown clearly evident to
naked eye; veins yellowish-brown; distance between apices of 3rd and 4th veins 0.66 times
this distance at ~osterior crossvein (3.0:4.5). Frons subshining black; orbital plates shining
and microscopically strigose; lower air of interfrontal hairs longer than others, but not very
strong.
Mesonotum brilliant, golden-green with deep blue underto::es. Scutellum polished on
disc; narrowly pollinose anteriorly and on sides; with a lateral setula on each side between
strong bristles, but no such apical setulae.
Abdomen highly polished at sides and ~pex; somewhat acneous on disc. Epandrium
wider than long in lateral view; with 5 long, strong brides along pnsterior margin, the upper
3 more closely placed than others; all 5 bristles distinctly lonpcr than epandrium. Sursrylus
projecting as an emarginate point far beyond arlterove~lvalm argin of epandrium; bearing al~ottt
7 cilia. Aedeagus C-shaped in lateral view; with a double hump in the back of the C; fu1Iy
4 times as long as base; apical portion extreln~ly trumpet-like, the apical margins suondy
flared; median region pubescent.
FEMALE. AS in male, but with usual sexual differences: Frons broader and more shining.
wings and calyptrae paler. Mesonomm and scutellum much bluer; green reflections rather
subdued. Abdomen brighter golden-green. Pollen confined to an oval area covering middle
of terga two to four; terga five and six entirely bare. Ovipositor practically same as in
badiceps n. sp.