Tagela, SCHAUS, 1901

40. TAGELA SCHAUS, 1901 View in CoL

Tagela Schaus, 1901 . Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901: 265. Type species: Tagela dentata Schaus, 1892

Adults. ( Figure 4C View FIGURE 4 , 11M View FIGURE 11 ) Head: male antennae ciliate or finally pectinate, female antennae filiform; antennal tuft present; third segment of labial palpi short; ocelli reduced. Thorax: male prothoracic leg with scent pocket on femur; tarsal claws bifid. Wings: males 20 to 30 mm; color pattern brown with a woody pattern, forewings with a black spot near the discal cell, accessory cell absent. Abdomen: brown with a short caudal tuft. Presence of a peniculus on the third segment. Male terminalia ( Figure 7M View FIGURE 7 ): Complex; eighth tergite with a midplate; eighth sternite with two long and curved apodemes; valvae thin and membranous; SSO well developed; uncus small and simple; tegumen thick with an inverted triangle shape; the socii are large resembling antlers; costulae absent; juxta apparently absent. Aedeagus short and robust, with four subterminal lateral bumps, two on each side. Female terminalia ( Figure 9C View FIGURE 9 ): anterior apophysis long; posterior apophysis short; ductus bursae membranous; corpus bursae bean shaped; signum absent; papillae anales sclerotized with long setae; ostium sclerotized midplate.

Diagnosis. Tagela can be recognized due to the forewing pattern with the “eye-like” spots, the unique shape of the socii (large antlers) and the presence of a peniculus.

Distribution. From Guatemala to Brazil.

Species included (5).

Tagela dentata (Schaus, 1892) *

Tagela disjuncta (Dognin, 1892)

Tagela moinieri (Thiaucourt, 1988)

Tagela cayuga Schaus, 1920

Tagela nigella (Dognin, 1911)