. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. Fig. 88 Rhopalomyia arcuata; antennal deformations showing various stages, enlarged (original) the submedian lines indistinct. Abdomen brown. Wings hyaline, cost a pale brown. Halteres yellowish. Femora pale brown, tibiae and tarsi darker; claws long, slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout; terminal clasp segment short, stout, swollen near the middle; dorsal plate long, broad, apparently divided, the lobes irregularly oval, with an obtuse angular projection; ventral plate
. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. Fig. 88 Rhopalomyia arcuata; antennal deformations showing various stages, enlarged (original) the submedian lines indistinct. Abdomen brown. Wings hyaline, cost a pale brown. Halteres yellowish. Femora pale brown, tibiae and tarsi darker; claws long, slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout; terminal clasp segment short, stout, swollen near the middle; dorsal plate long, broad, apparently divided, the lobes irregularly oval, with an obtuse angular projection; ventral plate apparently long, broad, broadly rounded. Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the third abdominal segment, sparsely haired, pale brown; 13 to 14 segments, the fifth subsessile, with a length one-half greater than its diameter, somewhat rounded at the extremities; the two terminal segments sometimes fused, the fourteenth prolonged, nearly twice the length of the preceding. Palpi; one stout segment with a length nearly three times its diameter. Mesonotum reddish brown, shining, naked, the submedian and sublateral lines sparsely ornamented with pale hairs. Abdomen nearly naked, bright red (the base frequently fuscous, becoming reddish distally), the ovipositor whitish yellowish. Pulvilli longer than the claws. Ovipositor about one-half the length of the abdomen, stout, the terminal lobes long, slightly contracted at the base, narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum. Albany : University of the State of New York
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