Carineta apicalis Distant, 1883b

Carineta apicalis Distant 1883b: 192. (Ega, Amazonas, Brazil and Cayenne, French Guiana)

REMARKS.— Carineta apicalis is another small to medium (body length <20 mm) green (fading to tawny as they age), unmarked species with the prothorax and head forming an obvious triangle. Females differ from males in they generally have a contrasting castaneous abdomen. Males can be distinguished by the posteromedial spine-like extension of the male operculum. It can be distinguished from C. acommosis by the finger-like medial extension of the male operculum, the frons not forming an approximate right angle to the vertex, the abdomen that tapers toward the posterior, and the large, flattened basal lobe appendages found in C. apicalis. The primary femoral spine is barely separated from the femoral axis, the posteromedially angled extension of the male operculum expands both anteriorly and posteriorly at the medial terminus, and the distal basal lobe appendage is about half the width of the base in C. naponore while the primary femoral spine is raised to about 45º from the femoral axis, the medial opercular terminus only expands posteriorly, and the distal basal lobe appendage is about as wide as the base in C. apicalis.

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana and Peru (Metcalf 1963c; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2011a; 2019b; 2020b; Sanborn & Heath 2014). Goding (1925) reported the species from Macas, Morona Santiago province.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— “ Rio Palenque, ECUADOR / Los Rios Prov. - D. Dodson / XI – 15 – 1972 ” one male and one female (AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Province, / Limoncocha, on Rio Napo / 21 – II – 1974 / Boyce A. Drummond, III / Blacklight trap ” three males (AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Province, / Limoncocha, on Rio Napo / 28 – II – 1974 / Boyce A. Drummond, III / Blacklight trap ” two males (AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Province, / Misahualli Jungle lodge area, jct. of / Rio Napo & Rio Misahualli, 1650– / 1900’ elev. S 1° 2’ 4.2”, W 77° 39’ / 49.2”. 13–20: IX:1998. C&K / Messenger ” one male and one female (UNSM), one male and one female (AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Jatun Sacha Biological Station / 77º 37’ W, 1º 04’ S, VII–24–26–1998 / lowland rainforest, 450 m / Ratcliffe, Jameson, Smith, Villatoro ” three males (UNSM); “ ECUADOR Napo Prov / Misahualli ~ 350 m / 7 October 2001 / Mark Churchill coll.” one female (MSUC).