Adult male Stenopelmatidae have lateral hooks on the anal plate (tenth tergite +
epiproct, see Weissman and Bazelet 2013, fig.
Epiproct in dorsal view narrow and broadly blunt, in lateral view long and extending well past the paraprocts; hypoproct triangular; paraprocts smooth, without modifications.
1D) broader than long; with single pseudospiracular opening; subepandrial plate large, semicircular in dorsal view; hypoproct broadly U-shaped, densely pilose, covering bases of epandrial claspers;
epiproct small, oval; epandrial claspers curved, carrying three distal tenacula in one row; tenacula spatulate, 87 pm long, tips slightly expanded.
It is fortunate that N.sagittata exuviae are easily identified, having the
epiproct and paraprocts armed with long spines, a spine on the profemur and mid-dorsal spines on abdominal segments 2 to 9 (Fig.
We recently collected, in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, six males and one female of Lachesilla in species group Pedicularia, that represent two species; the males have one mid clunial apophysis over the area of the
epiproct, and these species are different from the Peruvian ones indicated above.
Epiproct triangular with deep transverse furrow and rounded apex; valves of ovipositor long, straight, with slightly curved apices; cercus in both sexes straight, conical, usually shorter than the paraproct in female and slightly exceeding paraproct in the male; male subgenital plate conical.
Epiproct thick and elongate, C-shaped in lateral view, tip rounded (Fig.
Cerci pale, 2.2-2.5x as long as greatest breadth,
epiproct small.