Ochrotrichia flagellata Flint 1972

Ochrotrichia (O.) flagellata

This species is probably most closely related to the Jamaican O. caligula Flint. From O. caligula, O. flagellata differs in lacking the apical excision of the tenth tergum, and in having the spiral process of the aedeagus borne at its apex.

ADULT.—Length of forewing, 2 mm. Color fuscous; antennae and legs paler. Male genitalia: Ninth segment tubular, tergum neither depressed nor produced anteriad. Tenth tergum a simple elongate lobe, in lateral aspect with tip angled dorsad. Clasper small, slightly angulate in lateral aspect, apex with a row of peglike setae along margin. Aedeagus with a slender apical tube arising from an enlarged basal tube, apex with a slender spiral process.

MATERIAL.—Holotype, male. PANAMA: CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, July 1967, malaise trap, W. W. Wirth. USNM Type 72033. Paratype: Same, but pipeline road, near Gamboa, July 1967, malaise trap, W. W. Wirth, 1♂.