Kryptokalos, WELLER, 2014

21. KRYPTOKALOS WELLER, 2014 View in CoL , in BECKER 2014

Kryptokalos Weller, 1992 View in CoL ( Figs. 4.6F, 4.18E, F, 4.26C, 4.32A View FIGURE 4 ). Type species: Hippia View in CoL cilia Dognin , 1908. Ann. Soc. Entom. Belgique 52: 12. Nomen nudum

Adults. ( Figure 2H View FIGURE 2 ) Head: Antennae of male and female simple filiform; antennal tufts present; male and female third segment of labial palpus long; ocelli present. Thorax: male prothoracic leg with single scent pocket; tarsal claws bifid. Wings: males ~ 42 mm; forewing coloration dark green with short, black, vertical dash at apex and black dot near Cu1; forewing with accessory cell present; hindwing with Sc-Rs connate. Male terminalia ( Figure 6L View FIGURE 6 ): eighth tergite with midplate; eighth sternite with M-shaped antecosta; SSO well-developed; costa of the valvae mainly membranous; uncus with a membranous, setose and bulbous apex, socii large and sclerotized; juxta deeply concave and triangular. Aedeagus callosum foot-like; long and thin; bent in middle; vesica with deciduous cornuti. Female terminalia: Eighth tergite wishbone shaped, lacking prominences and setae; eighth sternite with midventral prominences, mid-ventral area unsclerotized. Papillae anales membranous with long and short setae mixed, posterior apophyses long and slender; anterior apophyses long; ostium bursae wide with membranous antevaginalis. Ductus bursae sclerotized; corpus bursae membranous with sclerotized dorsal shield; one signum present.

Diagnosis. The genus can be recognized due to the forewing coloration which consists of dark green with short, black vertical dash at apex and black dot near Cu1. Also, the shape of the bulbous uncus is unique to this genus.

Comments. Kryptokalos is Greek for “hidden beauty” ( Weller 1989). Female genitalia illustrated in Weller (1989).

Distribution. From Costa Rica to Brazil.

Species included (3).

Kryptokalos cilla (Dognin, 1908) *

Kryptokalos undulatum (Druce, 1905)

Kryptokalos viridans (Dognin, 1909)