Aulacizes basalis Walker 1851

Diagnosis. Crown and anterior region of pronotum light brown with black mottling on anterior margin of pronotum; posterior margin of pronotum and scutellum dark brown; forewings green with fine brown transverse bands.

Female terminalia. Abdominal sternite VII, in ventral view (Fig. 1), with lateral margins slightly convergent posteriorly, and posterior margin emarginate with a slight convex median process within emargination; surface with microsetae distributed throughout disc. Pygofer, in lateral view, moderately produced posteriorly; surface with microsetae and a few macrosetae on posteroventral region. First valvifers, in lateral view, ovoid; with a few setae on posterior margin. First ovipositor valvulae, in lateral view, slightly broadened beyond basal curvature; dorsal sculptured area formed mostly by scale-like processes arranged in oblique lines; ventral sculptured area formed mostly by linear processes; apex obtuse with dorsal margin slightly concave (Fig. 13), and denticles on ventral and dorsal margins. Second valvulae, in lateral view, broadened beyond basal curvature; dorsal margin of blade bearing 34 to 36 not continuous teeth, each tooth triangular with denticles on posterior margin (Fig. 25); ducts not reach the teeth; apex rounded (Fig. 37), with denticles on dorsal and ventral margins; preapical ventral prominence small but distinct. Gonoplacs, in lateral view, with small basal spiniform processes; scattered microsetae on ventral margin and a few strong setae on apical portion; apex rounded.

Material examined. ARGENTINA. Misiones: San Antonio, 1♂ 1♀, 7/XII/1951, Willink & Monrós cols.; Bernardo de Irigoyen, 1♀, 5/XII/1951, Willink & Monrós cols.; Dos de Mayo, 2♀, 30/XI/1951, Willink & Monrós cols.; Aristóbulo del Valle, 2♀, XI/1951, Willink & Monrós cols. (IFML). Corrientes: Mburucuyá, 1♂, 16-23/XI/ 1957, Biraben col. (MLP).

Distribution. Venezuela, Brazil (Young 1968) and Argentina: Misiones and Corrientes (Paradell et al. 2012).