ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, vol.120, no.1, pp.91-94, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)
Aptesis cavigena sp. nov. from Turkey is described and figured. It is distinguished from the similar Aptesis nigritula Thomson (1885) by its enormous oral carina widened lower part of occipital carina, excavated area between lower part of the malar space, oral and occipital carina, entirely black eye orbit, and larger size of the body.