Carineta viridicata Distant 1883

Carineta viridicata Distant, 1883a

Carineta viridicata Distant 1883a: 19. (Bugaba, Panama)

REMARKS. This is one of a group of species in Bolivia including C. doxiptera, C. ensifera n. sp., C. gemella, C. hamata n. sp., C. socia, and C. viridicata that are similar in size and monochromatic coloration. It can be distinguished from all but and C. socia by the bronzing of the distal fore wings found in the remaining species and instead having longitudinal lines within of the fore wing apical cells. It can be distinguished from C. socia by the anterior margin of the supra-antennal plates is smoothly curved rather than angled in the middle, the lateral angle of the pronotal collar being curved rather than at an approximate right angle, the posterior opening of the timbal cavity has a right angle on the ventral margin rather than being smoothly curved, the male opercula have a straight rather than a curved posterior margin, and the basal lobe appendage forming a C-shape rather than extending along the midline with the terminus bent at a right angle and crossing to the contralateral side of the body as they do in C. socia.

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported previously from Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru (Metcalf 1963c; Sanborn 2011a; 2011b; 2013; 2018c).