Carneocephala

Head patterned with dark pigment (regular shapes or irregular patches) or not; face usually with muscle scars. Crown lacking medial sulcus; anterolateral margin rounded, not carinate. Pronotum light/dark pigmentation pattern variable, with or without pigment patches, dark circles, or indentations; midline concolorous with remaining surface or blue or white. Forewing with reticulate crossveins at apex; appendix extending to costal margin. Hind leg macrosetal formula 2+1 (except gillettei 2+0); plantar surface of first tarsomere usually with longitudinal row of 4 paleate setae. Pygofer approximately same length as subgenital plates. Style shank short, strongly curved mesad, with one (rarely two) conspicuous setae preapically. Female sternite VII with posterior margin slightly produced and angulate medially, with shorter paired angulate lateral lobes. Second valvulae abruptly broadened near base and gradually tapered toward apex, with close-set, serrate triangular teeth over most of length.

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