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Carineta apicalis Distant, 1883b Carineta apicalis Distant 1883b: 192. (Ega, Amazonas, Brazil and Cayenne, French Guiana) REMARKS.— Carineta apicalis is another small to medium (body length <20 mm) green (fading to tawny as they age), unmarked species with the prothorax and head forming an obvious triangle. Females differ from males in they generally have a contrasting castaneous abdomen. Males can be distinguished by the posteromedial spine-like extension of the male operculum. It can be distinguished from C. acommosis by the finger-like medial extension of the male operculum, the frons not forming an approximate right angle to the vertex, the abdomen that tapers toward the posterior, and the large, flattened basal lobe appendages fo...
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