Smicridea (Smicridea) campana Flint 1974

Smicridea (S.) campana

This species is distantly related to the preceding species, but shows great differences in the structure of the aedeagus. In S. campana this structure is comparatively simple with 2 pairs of internal spines and a small central structure.

The female of this species is unknown.

ADULT.—Length of forewing 4.5 mm. Color black, legs paler, head denuded; forewing with 2 transverse white bands, apical fringe white (cf. Figure 20). Male genitalia: Ninth segment nearly vertical anteriorly, then bent posteriad at right angles dorsally. Tenth tergite in lateral aspect, long and narrow, tip produced dorsad; in dorsal aspect with lateral margin tapering evenly to apex which is narrowly rounded. Clasper with basal segment long, inflated apically; apical segment with tip produced into a point in dorsal aspect. Aedeagus enlarged basally, open apically; apex with ventral lobe entire, produced into a terete mesal rod; internally with a pair of long spines, a pair of short spines, and a lightly sclerotized, ringlike structure. Female genitalia: Unknown.

IMMATURE STAGES.—Unknown.

MATERIAL.—Holotype, male: PANAMA, PANAMA, Cerro Campana, July 1967, W. W. Wirth. USNM Type 72703. Paratypes: Same data, 1 ; same, but F. S. Blanton, light trap, 1 .

BIOLOGY.—The types were either swept at a small, tumbling, mountain brook, or taken in a light trap operated nearby.