FIGURE 6 in Systematic position of Apodemia paucipuncta (Riodinidae), and a critical evaluation of the nymphidiine transtilla

FIGURE 6. Male genitalia in ventrolateral view. Outlines of the genitalic capsules are provided to show the tilting angle (approximately the same for all species). The dorsal process of the valva is shaded in gray to facilitate comparison across species. Note that sclerotized bridges between the valvae have different origins: they arise from the dorsal process in lucianus but from the ventral process in paucipuncta and zerna. The bridge is absent in bolena and parthaon, where the valvae are in close proximity to each other dorsally.