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Studies of Neotropical caddis flies, VI: On a collection from
moruawestemm: Mexico 022 a ee Ee ea
The first record of the Paduniellini in the New World (Trichop-
tera: Psychomyiidae) 2... se ee eee
FOOTE, B. A.: See NOVAK, J. A.
FRANCLEMONT, J. G.—Two new species of noctuids (Lepidoptera, Noc-
tuidae, .Noctiinae)) 2... 1 3 2 be
FROESCHNER, R. C.: See DRAKE, C. J.
GAGNE, R. J.—Tinconaria albescentis, a new North American genus and
species of Cecidomyiidae found in seeds of Triodia albescens Vasey
( Diptera )
Notes on the genus Thecodiplosis Kieffer in North America, and
some generic reassignments (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) —
GALINDO, P. and H. TRAPIDO—Description of Haemagogus aeritinctus,
ii
225
73
97
155
338
a new species from British Honduras, with a note on the validity of Haema-
gogus lucifer (H. D. and K.) (Diptera: Culicidae) _... 103
GHOSH, A. K.: See MEDLER, J. T.
GURNEY, A. B.—A substitute name for the genus Nicuesa in cockroaches
eDictyopteras blattanias vblattellidae)); 022 ee) ee 9387
See WALKER, T. J.
HERRING, J. L. and H. C. CHAPMAN—A new species of Omania from
Micronesia «@klemiptend: eS alaigdac))) eles tobe ano a eT Ve 8 NY 354
HIBAERIG Ke iwAt——Sexa ratloswOlelatypiuse se eee ee eee ee ee 997
HODGES, R. W.—The trivial name of the potato tuberworm (Lepidoptera:
(Celechitd acy) mess eS ee See Se eas See Pd alread er cota x 52
JAMES, M. T.—The blow flies of Dominica (Diptera: Calliphoridae) _. 368
JOHNSTON, D. E.—On the occurrence of two species of Palaeacarus in the
eastem, United. States, (Acari: Acaniformes))\_.2 =. 4 A 301
Observations on Oribatei. The discovery of Haplochthonius
simplex (Willmann) in North America (Acari: Acariformes) — 365
JOY, S. J.: See McDANIEL, B.
KINGSOLVER, J. M.—On the genus Rhipibruchus Bridwell, with descrip-
tions of a new species and a closely related new genus (Coleoptera:
SYAEYCUTIUG EYEE IBV abil arb Vel) |! eesee tee ime! ay A eee see, Ms Ne Seer Owes eee ee eee 318
and R. E. WHITE—A review of the genus Aulonium from
thes United: States, (Coleoptera: Colyditdae)) = 149
KRAMER, J. P.—New Neotropical Neocoelidiinae with keys to the species
of Coelidiana, Xenocoelidia and Nelidina (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) —_ 31
A key to the species of Lystridea Baker with description of a
new species from California (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Errhomenellini) _ 292
LEONARD, M. D.—Macrosiphon rosae (Linnaeus) on Ilex (Homoptera:
EXSOLAIVGICG EEYE® es ce ete ae Deere NR eS oe Oe em, |e 59
A list of the aphids of Cyprus (Homoptera: Aphididae) _._.. 259
LIN, C. S.—Bionomics of Cerceris simplex graphica at Lake Texoma (Hy-
menopterass «sphecidae:, Philanthinae)) V2 ee ee 312
LIN, N.—Linear copulation in Xylocelia franclemonti Krombein (Hymenop-
PETA MO PMECICAG )) ee aes ss WES Pee 2. AS Es 343
MARINKELLE, C. J.—Cimex hemipterus (Fabr.) from bats in Colombia,
South: America (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) 179
MARSH, P. M.—The Nearctic Doryctinae, IV. Notes on the genus Dendro-
soter Wesmael and description of one new species (Hymenoptera: Bra-
(SOLTIG FG) ote es an re aie sal AD. ba ae A ee Re, rc A a a a eR 246
The Nearctic Doryctinae, V. The genus Leluthia and comments
on the status of the tribe Hecabolini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) —_ 359
McDANIEL, B.—Lectotype designation from three syntypes of Radfordia
sebuliger liwing (Acarma:: Myobiidae)). 183
. J. P. SHOEMAKER and S. J. JOY—The discovery of Listro-
phorus leuckarti Pagenstecher on Microtus pennsylvanicus from North
paaenca. ( Acamma: Jisttophomoaae) ise Fe Pe 340
MEDLER, J. T.—A note on Ceropales maculata fraterna Smith in Wiscon-
Sink li vmMenopteras POmpmiGae))) 08 2 sf ee 92
and A. K. GHOSH—An alate aphid with an extra cornicle
Gilomoptera i ecAphididae))s | ssa¥s") be se wk aT) at te) eh BA 366
MENDEZ, E.—Description of a new genus and species of Trimenoponidae
from, Panama .(Mallophagays |... eae ee ee eee
MOCKFORD, E. L.—Some Psocoptera from plumage of birds —
MUESEBECK, C. F. W.—A new braconid parasite of the potato tuberworm
(Hymenoptera: 352 ee ee eee
NOVAK, J. A., W. B. STOLTZFUS, E. J. ALLEN, and B. A. FOOTE—New
host records for North American fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)
OLIVE, A. T.—Chromosomes of the aphid genus Dactynotus (Homoptera) —
PEYTON, E. L.: See SCANLON, J. E.
PIPKIN, S. B.—A new member of a sibling set belonging to the Drosophila
tripunctata group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) —...
POLHEMUS, J. T.—Notes on North American Saldidae (Hemiptera) —
A new saldid from California (Hemiptera: Saldidae) —-
PRICE, R. D.—The status of Ratitiphagus batocina Eichler (Mallophaga:
Menopomidae) et. a 2 8 he ee oe ee eb ee
and K. C. EMERSON—Additional synonymies within the
amblyceranAbird lice (Mallophaga) ....._ = =. ee eee
RATTANARITHIKUL, M.: See BRAM, R. A.
ROBINSON, H.—New species of Dolichopodidae from the United States and
Mexicoe Diptera): 2.0. b A ee, ee ee
Neoparentia, a new genus of American Dolichopodidae (Diptera)
New species of Micromorphus from the United States and Mexico
(Diptera: Dolichopodidae)! __.- eee eee
RUSSELL, L. M.—A list of the species of Macrosiphoniella Del Guercio
described from North America (Homoptera: Aphididae)
SABROSKY, C. W.—Notes on the tachinid genus Cylindromyia in North
Americal\(Diptera)i 220") 8 a eee
SCANLON, J. E. and E. L. PEYTON—Anopheles (Anopheles) tigertti, a
new species of the aitkenii group from Thailand —--_-----______
SCHOEPPNER, R. F.: See WHITSEL, R. H.
SHENEFELT, R. D.—Protection of insects being transported in liquid ___
SHOEMAKER, J. P.: See McDANIEL, B.
SLATER, J. A.—Synonymy in the Lygaeidae (Hemiptera)
SMILEY, R. L.—Further studies on the Tarsonemidae (Acarina) —
Dolichomotes navei, a new genus and new species of pyemotid
mitey;(Acarina: Pyemotidae) = se Eee
SMITH, D. R.—Extended distribution for Pristiphora abbreviata (Hartig)
(iymenoptera:,.. Tenthredinidae) 2... eee
Two sawflies new to North America (Hymenoptera: Ten-
thredinidae) (i. ee. ee | eee
New synonymy in Pleroneura Konow (Hymenoptera: Xyeli-
A review of the subfamily Heterarthrinae in North America
(Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) |. *. .. § a eee
SPANGLER, P. J.—A new Brazilian Berosus and a description of the
female of B. spectatus D’Orchymont (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) —
STEYSKAL, G. C.—A key to the species of Tritoxa Loew (Diptera: Otitidae)
iv
287
307
Ua
146
303
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346
367
248
114
252
329
184
Palaeosepsis species described by Melander and Spuler (Diptera:
“SSIS EG) aa aa a eR ae oe
Replacement names for preoccupied specific names in Dolicho-
PICS (Dips Fem as) a f
Anthomyia procellaris Rondani in North America (Diptera:
Akad raroyatlers) ae Sa ae Te ee ee ee ee eee
A new subgenus for Leucopis luteicornis Malloch, a predator
on mealybugs in India (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) —....-
Distinguishing Amoebaleria defessa (Osten Sacken) from A.
saekeni Garrett (Diptera:. Heleomyzidac) 22.2 ee
Something better than polyporus or pith for double mounts __ 2
STOLTZFUS, W. B.: See NOVAK, J. A.
STONE, A.—A synoptic catalog of the mosquitoes of the world, supplement
Me GDinteriaGulicidae))). 2s. ae Bae ye ee ee ee
STRASSEN, R. ZUR—New locality records and a new species of Chiro-
Latins Halidayss(ihysanoptera:s Lbripidae)) #22")
TOWNES, H.—Taxonomic notes on Kentrotryphon, Ktenostilpnus and Pa-
rentypoma (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) _...--
Notes on the Motschoulsky types of Ichneumonidae ( Hymenop-
A new Ateleute from the United States (Hymenoptera: Ich-
ME MINGTMICAG:)/ cet. eR RRM ot. RAM eee Re eae ee =
TRAPIDO, H.: See GALINDO, P.
WALKER, T. J. and A. B. GURNEY—tThe metanotal gland as a taxonomic
character in Oecanthus of the United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
WEBER, N. A.—Synonyms of Trachymyrmex bugnioni Forel and Trachymyr-
mex diversus Mann (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) _..
WHITE, R. E.—Ptilinus friendi, a nomen nudum (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) _
See KINGSOLVER, J. M.
WHITSEL, R. H. and R. F. SCHOEPPNER—Parasitic trombidiid mites on
Dasyhelea mutabilis (Coquillett) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
WILSON, N.—Ectoparasites of Canadian birds and mammals _
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| BOYD, E. M.—Deutonymphs as endoparasites of the “Eastern belted king-
fisher and the Eastern green heron in North America (Acarina: Sarcopti-
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BRAM, R. A. and M. RATTANARITHIKUL—Six new species of the Culex
(Lophoceraomyia) mammilifer group from Thailand (Diptera: Culicidae) 1
BURKS, B. D.—A new polyembryonic parasite of the pepper moth (Hy-
(oo unpl eet gs) EP air iT rcp TS ll so IG gs es Sho mene
CORNELL, J. F.—New Coleoptera records from North Carolina
DENNING, D. G. and J. W. BEARDSLEY—tThe collection of Cheumato-
psyche analis in Hawaii (Hydropsychidae: Trichoptera) — 56
DRAKE, C. J. and R. C. FROESCHNER—Lacebugs of the Galapagos
meeneneiaem -( temipteras Lingidae) (2.2 oe 82
DUCKWORTH, W. D.—A new species of Atteva from Central America
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FLINT, O. S., JR.—A new synonymy in the Trichoptera
HODGES, R. W.—The trivial name of the potato tuberworm (Lepidoptera:
Gelechiidae )
KRAMER, J. P.—New Neotropical Neocoelidiinae with keys to the species
of Coelidiana, Xenocoelidia and Nelidina (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)
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SIX NEW SPECIES OF THE CULEX (LOPHOCERAOMYIA)
MAMMILIFER GROUP FROM THAILAND
(Dierera: CuLicmaAer)!
RaupuH A. BRAM and MANop RATTANARITHIKUL
South East Asia Mosquito Project, Department of Entomology,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 20560?
The most recent and complete taxonomic treatment of the Culex
subgenus Lophoceraomyia in any area of South East Asia was that of
Colless (1965). This study described 14 new species, revalidated five
synonyms, and generally placed the taxonomy of this difficult group
on a sound basis for future investigations. The present study describes
six new species from Thailand, all of which belong to the mammilifer
subgroup of the mammilifer group as defined by Colless (1965). The
mammilifer group of the subgenus Lophoceraomyia is distinguished
from the fraudatrix group mainly by the presence of a mammiliform
protuberance on the inner surface of the male antennal torus. In the
male terminalia, members of the mammilifer group exhibit both an
internal process and a spinose or toothed dorsal process which compose
the lateral plate of the phallosome; members of the fraudatrix group
possess a toothless dorsal process only. In the larval stage members of
the mammilifer group have head hairs 4-C distinctly longer than the
distance between their bases, in contrast to the fraudatrix group in
which these hairs are shorter than the distance between their bases. The
mammilifer subgroup of the mammilifer group is recognized by the
presence of one lower mesepimeral bristle in the adult, by the larval
antenna with hairs 2 and 3 well separated from the apex of the shaft,
and by the general container habitats of the larvae; the brevipalpus
subgroup of the mammilifer group lacks a lower mesepimeral bristle in
the adult, hairs 2 and 3 of the larval antenna are inserted at the apex of
the shaft, and the larval habitat is generally restricted to pitcher plants
(Nepenthes spp. ).
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In the following descriptions, terminology of the adult habitus and
the immature stages conforms primarily to the format of Belkin
(1962); terminology applied to the male antenna and male terminalia
follows Colless (1965), except as noted below. Colless referred to the
first flagellar division of the male antenna as segment III; in our
terminology the first flagellar division is called flagellomere I, rec-
ognizing only three true antennal segments (namely, the scape, the
pedicel or torus, and the flagellum). Structures of the male terminalia
recognized as coxite and style of coxite by Colless are termed basimere
and distimere, respectively, in this study. Material utilized in this
study is housed in the U. S. National Museum and consists principally
of collections made by the Department of Medical Entomology, South
East Asia Treaty Organization Medical Research Laboratory,
Bangkok, Thailand, and to a lesser extent, the D. C.—E. B. Thurman
mosquito collection.
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) spiculosus, species novum
The adult female is very similar to that of C. traubi Colless and cannot be
separated with certainty. The male is recognized by the absence of conspicuous
tufts on antennal flagellomeres V and IX, the submarginal setae of the basimere
are arranged in a regular row, and the internal process of the lateral plate of
the phallosome does not project beyond the dorsal process. The fourth stage
larva is characterized by possessing a long siphon with 4 pairs of strong, long,
subventral tufts, having head hair 5-C bifid or trifid, 16, 17-C absent, and having
the thoracic and abdominal integument covered with numerous, prominent
spicules.
Female. Proboscis dark brown with a pair of prominent basoventral bristles
and a pair of smaller setae between them; palpus similar in color to the
proboscis; antenna longer than the proboscis; decumbent scales of the vertex
narrow and dark, somewhat broader and pale immediately adjacent to the
orbital line; erect scales forked, uniformly dark brown. Scutum and midlobe of
scutellum sparsely covered with dark scales; pleural integument uniformly pale,
tinged with green in fresh specimens; one lower mesepimeral bristle present.
Wings normal, outstanding scales narrow, including those on veins Re and Rs.
Anterior surface of hind femur predominantly pale, with a narrow dark stripe
along the dorsal border and a dark band at the apex; hind tibia and tarsus com-
pletely dark; mid- and fore-legs uniformly dark scaled, although in some
specimens the anterior surface of the mid-femur may exhibit a somewhat paler
basoventral area on the anterior surface. Abdominal terga covered with dark
brown scales; sterna slightly lighter than the terga.
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Fig. 1, Culex (Lophoceraomyia) spiculosus sp. nov. Dorsoventral view of the
fourth stage larva, dorsal view of the male terminalia, and lateral view of the
antennal flagellomeres V through IX.
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Male. Similar in general appearance to the female; length of palpus slightly
greater than the length of the proboscis. Flagellomeres V through IX as illustrated
in figure 1; flagellomere V with a group of from 6 to 8 very narrow, acute scales
whose apices do not reach beyond flagellomere VII; flagellomere VIII with an
internal tuft of long and rather straight, broad, dark brown setae; flagellomere
IX without a tuft of obviously modified setae. Terminalia as illustrated in figure
1; basimere with from 6 to 8 strong submarginal setae inserted in a straight row;
subapical lobe of the basimere with the three rods subequal in length and
width, gently curved and pointed apically; internal leaflet rodlike, but broad and
bent; external leaflet oblong-ovate, pointed apically and striate; accessory proc-
esses narrow, setae-like; distimere normal, the apex without annulations; lateral
plate of the phallosome with the internal process distinctly curved and pointed
distally, not projecting beyond the apex of the dorsal process; dorsal process
with an apical knob and approximately 10 short, but distinct, teeth on the lateral
margin.
Larva. Chaetotaxy and structure as illustrated in figure 1. Head _ lightly
pigmented, antenna concolorous with head capsule but with a dark basal ring and
progressively darker beyond insertion of antennal hair 1-A; 1-A large, multiple,
pectinate, but with the lateral hairlets on only one side of the individual branches.
Head hair 1-C darkly pigmented, tapering to a sharp point, its length greater than
half the distance between bases of the pair; 4-C single, simple; 5-C with 2 or 3
branches, pectinate, 6-C bifid, subequal in length; 16, 17-C absent. Thoracic and
abdominal integument densely spiculose throughout, the spicules of the thorax
slightly more prominent than those of the abdomen; thoracic hairs 1, 2-P
single, pectinate, subequal in length; 3-P single, pectinate, shorter and slenderer
than 1, 2-P; 4-P bifid, pectinate; 5, 6-P single, pectinate; 7-P bifid, pectinate;
8-P single, pectinate; 14-P bifid, simple. Comb consisting of from 35 to 45 fan-
shaped scales arranged in a broad, triangular patch. Siphon index variable,
ranging from 7:1 to 11:1 (average, 8.8:1); 4 pairs of subventral tufts inserted in
a line on the siphon; individual tufts 2 to 5 branched, finely pectinate, their length
greater than the width of the siphon at the point of insertion; pecten consisting of
from 11 to 14 teeth restricted to approximately the basal fourth of the siphon;
individual pecten tooth with a prominent distal spine and approximately 6 to
8 lateral barbs, the proximal 2 or 3 barbs very coarse.
Type Data. Holotype male with associated larval and pupal skins
and terminalia and antennae slide mounted from Doi Sam Sao, Tak
Province, Thailand, deposited in the U. S. National Museum, No.
69151. Paratypes: 1 male and 2 females with associated larval and
pupal skins with the same data as the holotype. The specific name
applies to the characteristic thoracic and abdominal spiculation of the
fourth stage larva.
Distribution. Known only from the following Provinces in Thai-
land: Tak, Nakhon Nayok, and Chiang Mai. Eleven individual
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Fig. 2, Culex (Lophoceraomyia) peytoni sp. nov. Dorsoventral view of the
fourth stage lava, dorsal view of the male terminalia, and lateral view of the
antennal flagellomeres V through IX.
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Fig. 3, Culex (Lophoceraomyia) eukrines sp. nov. Dorsoventral view of the
fourth stage larva, dorsal view of the male terminalia, and lateral view of the
antennal flagellomeres V through IX.
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rearings have been examined as well as 6 males, 3 females, and 50
larvae.
Taxonomic Discussion. This species and peytoni sp. nov. clearly fall
within the sibling species complex of C. traubi-C. ganapathi rec-
ognized by Colless (1965). Its closest affinity, both in anatomical
features and larval biology, is with traubi from which it can be
separated as follows: in the male terminalia of spiculosus sp. nov.
the internal process of the phallosome does not project beyond the
dorsal process, a condition which does exist in traubi; in the larva,
hair 2 of the anal segment is single in spiculosus sp. nov. as opposed to
bifid in traubi. Additional distinguishing features may be found in
the male antennae.
Biology. Larvae of this species have been collected on 16 occasions
from primary rain forests; once from a bamboo stump, once from a
bamboo internode, once from a stump hole, and on all other occasions
from large tree holes. Collections were made during July, August,
and September. Habits of the adults are unknown.
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) peytoni, species novum
The female is indistinguishable from spiculosus sp. nov. The adult male may
be recognized by the presence of only a few yellowish long hairs on flagellomere
V, an internal tuft of at least 5 strongly sigmoid setae on flagellomere VII, a tuft
of obviously modified, dark, strong setae on flagellomere IX, and by the internal
rod of the subapical lobe of the basimere slightly expanded subapically, followed
by a rather broad, gently curved apex. The fourth stage larva possesses a long
siphon with 4 pairs of strong, long, subventral tufts; the thoracic integument is
covered with fine spicules, but the abdominal integument is mostly smooth and
the lateral denticles of the individual pecten teeth are very broad proximally.
Female. No features have been found which differ consistently from the
description presented for spiculosus sp. nov.
Male. Similar to spiculosus sp. nov. except as noted below. Flagellomeres V
through IX as illustrated in figure 2; flagellomere V with a group of approximately
6 narrow, setaelike scales which extend to approximately the middle of
flagellomere IX; flagellomere VIII with an internal tuft of from 6 to 9 gently
curved, dark brown setae; and flagellomere IX with a small internal tuft of 3
strong, rather long, dark setae. Terminalia as illustrated in figure 2; basimere with
4 or 5 strong submarginal setae inserted in a straight row; subapical lobe of the
basimere with the internal rod slightly expanded subapically, then bent and
with a rather broad, lightly sclerotized apex; the central and external rods sub-
equal in length, sharply hooked apically; accessory processes narrow, but some-
what broader than those found in spiculosus sp. nov.; internal leaflet rod-
like, gently bent; external leaflet slender, striate; distimere with 1 or 2 additional
setae on the proximal third; dorsal process of the lateral plate of the phallosome
with a subapical knob and 5 short, but distinct teeth on the lateral margin.
Larva, Chaetotaxy and structure as illustrated in figure 2, similar to spiculosus
sp. nov. except as noted below. Head hairs 16, 17-C represented by minute
spicules which are easily overlooked even in good preparations. Thoracic integu-
ment sparsely spiculate, the spicules fine and rather long; abdominal integument
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Fig. 4, Culex (Lophoceraomyia) pholeter sp. nov. Dorsoventral view of the
fourth stage larva, dorsal view of the male terminalia, and lateral view of
the antennal flagellomeres V through IX.
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glabrous. Thoracic hair 7-P single or bifid, pectinate. Comb consisting of a
broad, triangular patch of from 35 to 50 elongate, fan-shaped scales. Siphon
index variable, ranging from 6.6:1 to 9.2:1 (average, 8:1); 4 pairs of subventral
tufts inserted in a line on the siphon; individual tufts 3 to 5 branched, their
length greater than the width of the siphon at the point of insertion; pecten
consisting of from 10 to 14 teeth restricted to the basal fourth of the siphon;
individual pecten tooth with an extended, fine distal spine, and from 6 to 10
lateral barbs, the basal barb (sometimes the proximal 2 or 3 barbs) very large and
rather rounded apically.
Type Data. Holotype male with associated larval and pupal skins
and terminalia and antenna slide mounted from Phatthalung Province,
Thailand, 34 kms. on Phatthalung to Trang Road, 15. X. 1964, K.
Mongkolpanya, from tree hole 12 feet above ground, deposited in the
U. S. National Museum, No. 69182. Paratypes: 1 male and 1 female
with associated larval and pupal skins with the same data as the
holotype, and 2 males from Ko Chang Island, Ranong Province,
Thailand, 16. IX. 1964, K. Mongkolpanya, from a tree stump hole with
associated larval and pupal skins. This species is named in honor of
SFC E. L. Peyton of the SEATO Medical Research Laboratory.
Distribution. The authors have seen specimens from the following
Provinces in Thailand: Trang, Chiang Mai, Sara Buri, Narathiwat,
Phatthalung, Chumphon, Ranong, and Chanthaburi. Sixteen indi-
vidual rearings have been studied, as well as 4 additional males and
70 larvae.
Taxonomic Discussion. As indicated under spiculosus sp. nov., this
species falls within the traubi—ganapathi sibling species complex. Its
anatomical affinity seems closest to ganapathi, but larval biology is
rather intermediate between the two. The adult females cannot be
distinguished from the three other members of the complex. The
male may be separated from ganapathi primarily by the presence of a
tuft of modified setae on flagellomere IX as well as the presence of
1 or 2 setae on the proximal third of the distimere; the male differs
from traubi and spiculosus sp. nov. by the presence of a tuft of long,
narrow, tapering scales on flagellomere V whose apices reach to
approximately the middle of flagellomere IX. The larva may be
distinguished from ganapathi by the form of the pecten tooth in which
the lateral denticles are very broad basally and by the fact that head
hair 1-C is never expanded on the basal half as frequently found in
ganapathi; the larva is distinguished from traubi and spiculosus sp.
nov. by the glabrous abdominal integument and the undeveloped
median caudal filament.
Biology. Larvae have been collected on 33 occasions from tree
holes, root holes, bamboo internodes, and bamboo stump holes in
primary rain forests. One collection was made from a rock hole in
dense forest. Habits of the adults are unknown.
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Culex (Lophoceraomyia) eukrines, species novum
The adult female is virtually indistinguishable from spiculosus sp. nov. and
its relatives, but does exhibit slight differences in the scaling patterns on the
anterior surface of the hind femur. The adult male exhibits an internal tuft of 3
gently curved setae on flagellomere VII and a tuft of obviously modified, dark,
strong setae on flagellomere IX. The larva may be immediately recognized by the
head hair 6-C which is always single and stout.
Female. Similar to spiculosus sp. nov. except for the following difference.
Anterior surface of hind femur completely pale on the proximal half, with a
narrow apical dark band which extends proximally along the dorsal border.
Male. Similar to spiculosus sp. nov. except as noted below. Flagellomeres V
through IX as illustrated in figure 3; flagellomere V with a tuft of 6 very narrow,
pale setae extending beyond flagellomere IX; flagellomere VII with an internal tuft
of from 3 to 5 gently sigmoid, specialized setae and several shorter, straight setae;
flagellomere IX with a tuft of from 3 to 5 long, strong, dark setae. Terminalia
as illustrated in figure 3; similar to peytoni sp. nov. but with 5 or 6 submarginal
setae on the basimere, without setae on the basal third of the distimere, and
with approximately 15 teeth on the lateral margin of the dorsal process of the
lateral plate of the phallosome.
Larva. Chaetotaxy and structure as illustrated in figure 3, similar to spiculosus
sp. nov. except as noted below. Head hair 5-C usually bifid, sometimes single,
pectinate; 6-C always single, pectinate, somewhat stouter than the individual
branches of 5-C; 16, 17-C represented by minute spicules. Thoracic and abdominal
integument glabrous; thoracic hairs 5, 6, 7, 8-P single, pectinate, but 7-P
occasionally bifid. Comb consisting of from 35 to 50 elongate, fan-shaped scales
arranged in a broad triangular patch. Siphon index variable, ranging from
7:1 to 10:1 (average, 8.2:1); 4 pairs of subventral tufts inserted in a line on the
siphon; individual tufts with from 2 to 4 branches, their length greater than the
width of the siphon at the point of insertion; pecten consisting of from 8 to 12
teeth restricted to the basal third to fourth of the siphon; individual pecten tooth
with a prominent distal spine and from 5 to 9 lateral barbs, the proximal 2 or 3
barbs more prominent than the apical barbs.
Type Data. Holotype male with associated larval and pupal skins
and terminalia and antenna slide mounted from Huai Bong Ti,
Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand, 2. VI. 65, K. Mongkolpanya, from
rock pool in bamboo grove, deposited in the U. S. National Museum,
No. 69183. Paratypes: 1 male and 2 females with associated larval and
pupal skins from Khao no Chang, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand,
6. VI. 65, E. L. Peyton and K. Mongkolpanya; and 1 male with
associated larval and pupal skins from Ban Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi
Province, Thailand, 26. V. 1965, S. Chumchulcherm, from a rockhole in
a bamboo grove in a mountainous area. The specific name is derived
from the Greek adjective meaning clear or distinct.
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Fig. 5, Culex (Lophoceraomyia) fuscosiphonis sp. nov. Dorsoventral view of
the fourth stage larva, dorsal view of the male terminalia, and lateral view
of the antennal flagellomeres V through IX.
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Fig. 6, Culex (Lophoceraomyia) incomptus sp. nov. Dorsal view of the male
terminalia, and lateral view of the antennal flagellomeres V through IX.
Distribution. The authors have examined 24 collections from
Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand and one collection each from
Nakhon Nayok and Trang Provinces. Fourteen individual rearings
were studied, as well as 17 additional males, 21 additional females, and
120 larvae.
Taxonomic Discussion. The adult stage (both male and female)
demonstrates affinity to the traubi—ganapathi sibling species com-
plex but the larva appears sufficiently distinctive to exclude it from
this complex. The female differs from the species previously men-
tioned only on the basis of the scale patterns of the anterior surface
of the hind femur, and this character is frequently difficult to evaluate.
The adult male is differentiated from the members of the traubi—
ganapathi complex by the presence of an internal tuft of approximately
3 gently sigmoid specialized setae on flagellomere VII; it differs
from peytoni sp. nov. by lacking setae on the basal third of the disti-
mere and by possessing approximately 15 teeth on the dorsal margin
of the outer process of the lateral plate of the phallosome; it differs
from spiculosus sp. noy. on the basis of the internal rod on the
subapical lobe of the basimere which is slightly expanded sub-
apically then bent and with a rather broad, lightly sclerotized
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apex. The larva is primarily distinguished from the members of the
traubi—ganapathi complex by the glabrous thoracic and abdominal
integument and by the fact that head hair 6-C is always single, rather
stout, and apparently somewhat flattened.
Biology. The type habitat of this species was a rock hole located on
the face of a cliff in a secondary rain forest which contained about two
gallons of water. Larvae of eukrines sp. nov. have also been collected
from flood pools in a primary rain forest environment, bamboo
internodes in a primary rain forest, a coconut shell in a secondary rain
forest, a wheel track in a bamboo grove, a teak tree hole, and a
pandanus axil in a primary bamboo grove. Most of the collections,
however, were made in mountainous areas from bamboo internodes,
or rock pools or other container habitats in close association with
bamboo groves. Nothing is known of the adult biology.
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) pholeter, species novum
The female is virtually indistinguishable from spiculosus sp. nov. The adult
male is distinguished by flagellomere V possessing a conspicuous tuft which has
from 1 to 4 long, broad scales, by the presence of 3 long, prominent submarginal
setae on the basimere, and by the shape of the internal process of the lateral
plate of the phallosome. The fourth stage larva exhibits a long siphon with 4
pairs of long, rather fine, usually bifid subventral tufts and thoracic hair 8P is
branched and reduced in size.
Female. The adult female is virtually indistinguishable from spiculosus sp.
nov., but the abdominal sterna are very pale in contrast to the condition found in
spiculosus sp. nov.
Male. Similar in general appearance to spiculosus sp. nov. except as noted
below. Flagellomeres V through IX as illustrated in figure 4; flagellomere V
with at least one very broad scale which tapers to a sharp point and extends to
flagellomere VIII, as well as several more narrow, but equally long setae-like
scales; flagellomere VIII with a tuft of 5 or more strong, broad, dark setae which
exhibit a prominent median bend; flagellomere IX with an internal tuft of 3 to 5
long, rather straight, strong setae. Terminalia as illustrated in figure 4; basimere
with 3 strong submarginal setae inserted in a straight row; subapical lobe of the
basimere with the internal rod tapering to a sharp point and somewhat shorter
than the central and external rods which are subequal in length and_ broadly
bent apically; internal leaflet rod-like, fine; external leaflet oblong-ovate, bluntly
rounded apically and striated; accessory processes narrow, setae-like; distimere
minutely annulate on the apical third of the convex surface; dorsal process of
the lateral plate of the phallosome with an apical knob and approximately 7
short, but distinct teeth on the lateral margin.
Larva. Chaetotaxy and structure as illustrated in figure 4, similar to spiculosus
sp. nov. except as noted below. Head hair 1-C darkly pigmented, tapering to a
sharp point, its length less than half the distance between bases of the pair; 16,
17-C represented by small, but distinctive, spicules. Thoracic and abdominal
integument glabrous. Thoracic hair 8-P with 2 or 3 branches, simple, very
short and fine; 14-P bifid or trifid. Comb consisting of a broad, triangular patch
of from 60 to 80 elongate, fan-shaped scales. Siphon index variable, ranging from
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6:1 to 7:1; 4 pairs of subventral tufts inserted in a line on the siphon; individual
tufts usually bifid (occasionally trifid or single), their length greater than the
width of the siphon at the point of insertion; pecten consisting of from 8 to 11
teeth restricted to approximately the basal third to fourth of the siphon; individual
pecten tooth with a prominent distal spine and from 7 to 10 lateral barbs, the
proximal two barbs very coarse, the distal barbs fine.
Type Data. Holotype male with associated larval and pupal skins
and terminalia and antenna slide mounted from Khao Mai Ha Wa,
Chon Buri Province, Thailand, 19. VII. 65, E. L. Peyton, from a crab
hole in a mountainous secondary rain forest, deposited in the U. S.
National Museum, No. 69184. Paratypes: two females with associated
larval and pupal skins and one male from the type locality and habitat,
30 VI. 65. The specific name applies to the larval habitat and is taken
from the Greek noun meaning one who lurks in a hole.
Distribution. This species is known only from the type locality and
from Khao Mai Kaeo, Chon Buri Province, Thailand. Three individ-
ual rearings were studied as well as 3 additional males and 4 larvae.
Taxonomic Discussion. The adult male appears to have its closest
affinity to C. mammilifer (Leicester), due to the presence of the
conspicuous tuft on flagellomere V; however, it may be separated from
mammilifer on the basis of having only 3 prominent submarginal setae
on the basimere and the internal process of the lateral plate of the
phallosome does not project beyond the apex of the dorsal process.
The larva is also similar to that of mammilifer, but can be recognized
by the presence of 4 pairs of subventral tufts on the siphon; the form
of the thoracic hair 8-P is also distinctive, and hair 6 of abdominal
segment I is bifid rather than 3 or 4 branched.
Biology. The type habitat of pholeter sp. nov. is a small crab hole
in a secondary rain forest in a mountainous area. Another collection
was made from a crab hole in a tapioca plantation near the type
habitat. Collections were made during June, August, and October.
Habits of the adults are unknown.
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) fuscosiphonis, species novum
The adult female is indistinguishable from spiculosus sp. nov. The adult male
is recognized by flagellomere V lacking a conspicuous tuft of long, board scales,
by having the prominent submarginal setae inserted in two irregular rows on the
basimere, and by the internal process of the lateral plate of the phallosome
projecting beyond the apex of the dorsal process. The fourth stage larva exhibits
a long, darkly pigmented siphon with 4 pairs of fine, rather short subventral tufts
and thoracic hair 8-P single.
Female. Indistinguishable from spiculosus sp. nov.
Male. Similar to spiculosus sp. nov., except as noted below. Flagellomeres V
through IX as illustrated in figure 5; flagellomere V with an internal tuft of about
5 narrow, acute setae whose apices do not reach beyond flagellomere VII;
flagellomere IX with a tuft of from 3 to 5 strong, rather long, dark setae.
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Terminalia as illustrated in figure 5; basimere with approximately 9 submarginal
setae inserted in two parallel but, irregular rows; subapical lobe of the basimere
with the internal rod rather broad, constricted at the apex and filamentous beyond
the constriction; the central and external rods subequal in length, gently curved
apically; lateral plate of the phallosome with the internal process rather narrow,
distinctly curved and pointed distally, projecting beyond the apex of the dorsal
process; dorsal process with an apical knob and approximately 10 short teeth on
the lateral margin.
Larva. Chaetotaxy and structure as illustrated in figure 5, similar to spiculosus
sp. nov. except as noted below. Head moderately pigmented, antenna slightly
darker with a distinctly darker basal ring. Thoracic and abdominal integument
covered with a sparse pattern of extremely fine, rather long spicules; thoracic hair
7-P single or bifid, pectinate; 14-P usually bifid, occasionally single, simple.
Comb consisting of from 30 to 45 elongate, fan-shaped scales arranged in a broad
triangular patch. Siphon index variable, ranging from 10:1 to 12.6:1 (average,
11.8:1); 4 pairs of subventral tufts inserted in a line on the siphon; individual
tufts fine, with from 2 to 4 branches, their length equal to, or greater than the
width of the siphon at the point of insertion; pecten consisting of from 7 to 10
teeth restricted to approximately the basal fourth or less of the siphon; individual
pecten tooth gently curved, with a prominent distal spine and with from 6 to 10
lateral barbs; distal barbs fine, proximal barbs coarse, and conspicuous; siphon
and anal segment very darkly pigmented, more so than in any other species
examined. The association of the larvae with the male is presumptive: larvae were
collected along with a pupa from which the holotype male was reared.
Type Data. Holotype male with terminalia and antennae slide
mounted from Muang, Phatthalung Province, Thailand, 15. X. 1964; S.
Chumchulcherm, from a tree hole in a primary forest, deposited in the
U. S. National Museum, No. 69185. Paratypes: one female with its
associated larval and pupal skins from the type locality; one male
from Muang, Trang Province, 9. X. 1964, S. Chumchulcherm, reared
from a root hole. The specific name is of Latin origin and applies to
the exceptionally dark siphon of the fourth stage larva.
Distribution. In addition to the type locality, this species has also
been collected in Thailand from Trad and Trang Provinces. The
following material was examined in addition to the types: 24 ¢ reared
from pupae; 12 with associated larval and pupal skins; and 13 larvae.
Taxonomic Discussion. The adult male of this species is extremely
similar to C. demissus Colless, and on the basis of Colless’ description
of the unique holotype specimen, the terminalia appear to be insepa-
rable; however, the internal tuft of antennal flagellomere V in fus-
cosiphonis sp. nov. does not exhibit the distinctively long setae which
are said to be present in demissus. The larva is rather similar to that
of C. wilfredi Colless but may be distinguished on the basis of the
very darkly pigmented siphon and anal segment in fuscosiphonis sp.
noy. and by hair 2 of the anal segment which is bifid in the case of
fuscosiphonis sp. nov. and trifid in the case of wilfredi.
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Biology. The type habitat of this species was a tree hole located
in a primary rain forest. Specimens have also been collected from root
holes in mountainous primary rain forests and one collection was
made from a tree hole in a secondary scrub stand near the sea coast.
The biology of the adults is unknown.
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) incomptus, species novum
The adult male may be recognized by the presence of 2 rows of submarginal
setae on the basimere, by the 6 acutely pointed scales on flagellomere V, and
by the characteristically bulbous setae on flagellomere VIII.
Female. Unknown.
Male. Similar to fuscosiphonis sp. nov., except as noted below. Flagellomeres
V through IX as illustrated in figure 6; flagellomere V with an internal tuft of
approximately 6 acute, striated setae which extend almost to flagellomere VII
(these setae are somewhat stronger than those found in fuscosiphonis sp. nov.);
flagellomere VIII with an internal tuft of 7 strong, dark, gently curved setae,
the distal 2 of these setae with a characteristic bulbous, median expansion;
flagellomere IX with an internal tuft of 3 short, slender setae and 3 longer,
slenderer setae. Terminalia as illustrated in figure 6; basimere with 10 strong,
submarginal setae inserted in two irregular rows; subapical lobe of the basimere
with the internal rod rather robust, constricted at the extreme apex and pointed,
the central and external rods subequal in length, hooked apically; internal leaflet
rod-like, quite slender; accessory processes narrow and setae-like; distimere with
minute annulations on the apical third of the convex surface; dorsal process of the
lateral plate of the phallosome with an apical spiculate knob and 12 or more teeth
on the lateral margin; internal process robust, distinctly curved, not projecting
beyond the apex of the dorsal process.
Larva. Unknown.
Type Data. Holotype male with terminalia and antennae slide
mounted from Doi Sutep, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, 7. I. 53,
D. C. and E. B. Thurman, deposited in the U. S. National Museum,
No. 69186. Paratypes: two males with terminalia and antennae slide
mounted and with the same data as the holotype, deposited in the
U.S. National Museum. The specific name applies to the overall adult
habitus and is derived from the Latin adjective meaning unadomed.
Distribution. In addition to the type locality, one specimen was
collected resting at Doi Tad Fah, Chiang Mai Province, Thaildan.
Four males and their associated terminalia and antennae were
studied.
Taxonomic Discussion. This species demonstrates a close affinity to
fuscosiphonis sp. nov. and demissus, but the bulbous expansion of
setae on flagellomere VII and the shape of the processes on the
subapical lobe of the basimere clearly separates this species from its
close relatives. C. bandoengensis Brug, another member of the mam-
milifer group which exhibits the submarginal setae in two rows, is
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easily separated on the basis of the shape and number of the subapical
lobe of the basimere.
Biology. Virtually nothing is known of the biology of this species.
Larvae were collected (and the skins subsequently lost) from a
tree hole on Doi Sutep Mountain, and one adult male was collected
from a low plant under shady damp jungle on Doi Tad Fah Mountain.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors are indebted to Dr. Botha de Meillon, SEAMP, Smithsonian
Institution and Dr. Alan Stone, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department
of Agriculture who reviewed the manuscript and offered many suggestions
throughout the study. Lt. Colonel J. E. Scanlon, Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research initiated the collections which led to these studies while at the South
East Asia Treaty Organization Medical Research Laboratory, Bangkok.
Personnel of the Department of Medical Entomology, SEATO Medical Research
Laboratory, Bangkok, Thailand collected most of the material and prepared
specimens for study. Included among these were: Dr. D. J. Gould, SFC E. L.
Peyton, Mr. S. Esah, Mr. S. Maneewangse, Mr. S. Chumchulcherm, Mr. K.
Mongkolpanya, Mrs. R. Rattanarithikul, Miss S. Sandhinand, and Miss P. Narawat.
Technical assistance at SEAMP, Smithsonian Institution was provided by Miss
C. C. Lipscomb who typed the manuscript and Miss J. L. Hwang who prepared
the illustrations. Dr. P. F. Mattingly kindly permitted the first author to
compare specimens with types in the British Museum (Natural History).
LITERATURE CITED
Belkin, J. N. 1962. The mosquitoes of the South Pacific. Univ. Calif. Press,
Berkeley, 2 vols., 608 and 412 pp.
Colless, D. H. 1965. The genus Culex, subgenus Lophoceraomyia, in
Malaya (Diptera: Culicidae). Jour. Med. Ent. 2: 261-307.
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ANOPHELES (ANOPHELES) TIGERTTI, A NEW SPECIES OF
THE AITKENIT GROUP FROM THAILAND!
Joun E, SCANLON? and E. L. PEyTon®
During routine surveys of jungle mosquitoes in Southeastern Thai-
land a small number of larvae and pupae of the Anopheles aitkenii
group were found in water aspirated from crab holes along a small
freshwater stream. Examination of the immature stages and the
reared adults disclosed that this was a new species.
The aitkenii group was most recently reviewed by Reid (1965),
who listed seven valid species for Malaya and Borneo. According to
the infrasubgeneric classification adopted by Reid and Knight (1961)
the aitkenii species group belongs to the Anopheles series of the
Angusticorn section of the subgenus Anopheles. The species of the
aitkenii group are very similar in gross adult morphology, the adults
being rather small, brownish, and with a somewhat culicine appear-
ance. Identification is based chiefly on the male terminalia and larval
and pupal chaetotaxy; the females of the group cannot be separated
with certainty. Members of the group are largely restricted to hill
forests in Southern and Southeast Asia. The adults are rarely taken in
large numbers and their habits are very poorly known. The immature
stages are collected more frequently and seem to favor small streams,
seepages and springs under forest cover. There is practically nothing
known of the biting habits of the females and nothing known of their
possible role in the transmission of human or animal malaria.
The most salient group characters outlined by Reid (1965) are as
follows: very narrow upright forked occipital scales in the adults;
wing scales uniformly brown in color; larva with branched antennal
hair not over % the length of the antennal shaft; inner clypeal hairs
rather far apart at the base for the subgenus Anopheles, saddle hair
often branched. Reid (1965) also indicated that abdominal seta 5 in
the pupa is considerably shorter than the abdominal segments, but the
present species differs from other pupae of the aitkenii group in this
respect.
In the following description and accompanying illustrations the
terminology and numbering of the setae are essentially those of
Belkin (1962).
This paper is number 165 from the Army research program on malaria.
Supported in part by contract number DA-49-193-MD-2672. Immediate publica-
tion secured by full payment of page changes—Editor.
2 Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Service Corps, US Army. Walter Reed Army
Institute of Research, Washington, D. C. Southeast Asia Mosquito Project,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
’ Master Sgt., US Army, Medical Component—Southeast Asia Treaty Organiza-
tion, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Anopheles (Anopheles) tigertti, sp. n.
(Figs. 1, 2)
Female. A rather small (wing 2.9 mm) delicate species, uniformly brownish
in color. No characters have been found which will permit its separation from
other members of the aitkenii group. Head. Proboscis long, thin, uniformly dark,
labellum dark brown; palpus similarly colored, slightly shorter than proboscis;
antennal flagellomeres brown, without scales, but with well developed whorls
of setae; vertex with a small number of forward projecting chetae and thin upright
forked scales. Thorax. Propleural setae obscured in the single female available;
wing with dark scales only, fringe unicolored, anterior fork-cell index 1.25,
posterior fork-cell index 0.55; halter knob dark scaled, stem paler; legs without
distinct markings, femora somewhat lighter ventrally than dorsally; scutum with
well developed achrostichal and dorso-central bristles, a median dark line from
the anterior promentory to the pre-scutellar space, single lateral lines on either
side of the median line, from the anterior margin of the scutum to the scutellum;
scutellar bristles strongly developed; anterior pronotal lobe with eight setae,
sternopleuron with three setae, three upper mesepimeral setae. Abdomen. Dull
olive brown above, slightly paler ventrally, heavily covered with fine setae; no
distinctive markings.
Male. Very similar in general appearance to female. Head. Proboscis long,
thin, dark; palpus with elongated apical knob; antennal flagellomeres lighter in
color than in the female, with more strongly developed setal tufts; scales of vertex
similar to female. Terminalia. General structure as in figure 2. Basimere short,
conical, with well developed setae; two basal spines tapered, curved apically;
subapical spine curved; distimere evenly curved, with 5-6 short setae near
the apex; dorsal lobe of the harpago divided, outer portion with two strong
flattened setae, inner portion with a flattened spine having a club-like apex; ventral
lobe of the harpago also divided, outer portion with two spines, inner rounded
portion with one long seta and numerous smaller setae, tip of the phallosome
without leaflets, body of the phallosome with several small spines on dorsal and
ventral surfaces and near the apex.
Larva. Chaetotaxy and general appearance as in figure 1. Head. Antenna
with well developed spicules on basal two-thirds, smaller number on apical third,
antennal hair (1—A) dorsal, 5-9 branches; hair 2-C divided into 3-4 branches
about 7% from the base, bases of hairs 2-C separated by less than the distance be-
tween 2-C and 3-C on either side; hair 4-C with 3-4 branches, inserted slightly
external to the base of 2-C, hair 3-C divided into 2 branches about *4 from
base. Thorax. Hair 1-P with 8-10 branches; 2-P longer, with a more strongly
developed basal tubercle. One long hair of each meso- and meta-thoracic pleural
group (9-12) 2 branched beyond the middle; metathoracic palmate hair (3-T)
well developed, with flattened leaflets and terminal filaments. Abdomen. Hair 1-I
poorly developed, filamentous hair 1-II with flattened leaflets, but without
definite shoulders or terminal filaments; palmate hairs well developed on seg-
ments III-VII hair 6-III with 6-12 branches; pecten with 14-18 teeth, fairly
uniform in length, but occasionally with 1-2 shorter teeth; hair 1-X with 1-3
branches.
Pupa. Chaetotaxy and general appearance as in figure 2. Cephalothorax.
Trumpet tubular, with a deep cleft; hair 12-C with numerous branches. Abdomen.
Hairs 1, 3 and 5 well developed on segments II to VII; hair 5 long on most
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Dorsoventral view of the
, enlarged view of placement of clypeal setae; B, enlarged
Anopheles (Anopheles) tigertti sp. nov.
fourth stage larva. A
view of hair 1-IV
lenyex IIe
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segments particularly IV and V, reaching or exceeding the posterior margins of
the succeeding segments; hair 9 long on segments IV—VIII.
Type Data. Holotype male with associated larval and pupal skins
and terminalia slide mounted with the following data; Thailand,
Prahinburi Province, Ban Bu Phram, 150 m, 20 January 1966, Peyton
and Kol collectors, deposited in the U. S. National Museum, No. 69239.
Paratypes: 1 male with associated pupal skin and terminalia, 1 male
with associated terminalia, one female and six larvae having the same
data as the holotype to be deposited in the British Museum and the
U. S. National Museum. The species is named for Colonel William A.
Tigertt, Director of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research who
has done much to promote the study of mosquitoes and malaria in
Southeast Asia in recent years.
Distribution. In addition to the type locality (14°16’N., 101°53’
E.) the junior author has identified larval specimens from Khao Sai
Dao, Chantanburi Province (12°51’N., 102°13’E.). This is a heavily
forested mountain near the Cambodian border and approximately
100 miles southeast of the type locality.
Taxonomic Discussion. The aitkenii species group forms a well
defined and fairly homogeneous entity with the Anopheles series. The
present species differs from other aitkenii group species in the male
terminalia; most strikingly in having small spines or denticles on the
surface of the phallosome. In A. insulaeflorum the phallosome has
spicular processes, but these are limited to the sides of the phallosome
toward the apex. The external portion of the dorsal lobe of the
harpago has two spines, as in fragilis and bengalensis, rather than
three as in aitkenii, insulaeflorum and _stricklandi. The larvae of
tigertti have relatively few branches (6-12) on hair 6-III, and in this
respect resemble insulaeflorum and stricklandi more than they do the
other members of the group, in which this hair has 20-50 branches. In
both insulaeflorum and _ stricklandi, however, the inner clypeal hairs
(2-C) are simple and have their bases set very close together, while
these hairs are multiple and inserted somewhat apart in tigertti.
Among other species of the aitkenii group: pinjeurensis Barraud is
known from a single male which has a remarkably elongated phal-
losome without spicules. A. acaci Baisas and bornsensis McArthur
have larvae with extensive dichotomous branching of hair 2-C. The
larvae of palmatus have greatly enlarged tergal plates and_ short
frontal hairs (5-7-C).
Biology. The finding of the immature stages in holes bored by land
crabs may have been fortuitous in that the larvae might have been
stranded in the overflowing and subsequent drying of a nearby stream.
However, two factors rule against this—the finding of larvae of tigertti
in a similar niche some 100 miles to the southeast of the type locality
bo
2; PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, No. 1, MARCH, 1967
Fig. 2. Anopheles (Anopheles) tigertti sp. nov. Dorsoventral view of pupa
and dorsal view of male terminalia. A, apical portion of harpago; B, phallosome.
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and the failure to collect larvae from the nearby stream. A significant
number of mosquito species are known to inhabit crab holes, including
species of the genus Deinocerites Theobald 1901 in the New World,
and a number of forms in SE Asia, including Uranotaenia atra
Theobald, 1905 Aedes (Rhinoskusea) longirostris (Leicester) 1908,
and several species of Aedes (Cancraedes) Edwards 1929. Most of
these, however, involve marine crabs and littoral areas. Terrestrial
crabs are fairly common in the evergreen forests of Southeast Asia
and it is possible that further collecting will show their burrows to be
a prolific source of mosquitoes.
The adult habits of tigertti are entirely unknown since all of the
adults examined were reared from immature stages. Adults of the
aitkenii group are rather rarely collected, usually being found resting in
the jungle. There are reports of aitkenii group females attacking man
(Christophers, 1933; Scanlon and Esah, 1965; Macdonald and Traub,
1960) and Reid (1965) specifically lists bengalensis as biting man in
Malaya. However, the usual impossibility of distinguishing the fe-
males of the group and their relative rarity in inhabited areas in SE
Asia makes it difficult to make very definite statements in this regard.
There seems to be little reason to believe that species of the aitkenii
group play any role in the transmission of human malaria. The paucity
of human biting records in jungle areas where extensive collections
have been made probably indicates that females of the group usually
feed on some forest vertebrate other than man.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The specimens of A. tigertti discussed here were collected by Mr. Somboon
Maneechai and Mr. Kol Mongkolpanya, under the direction of the junior author
and Dr. Douglas J. Gould, Department of Medical Entomology, U. S. Army
Medical Component—SEATO. Specimens were examined by Dr. John Reid,
British Museum, and Drs. Alan Stone and Botha de Meillon of the SEAMP. The
figures were prepared by Miss Jung Lea Hwang.
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Belkin, J. N. 1962. The mosquitoes of the South Pacific. Univ. Calif. Press,
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Christophers, S. R. 1933. The fauna of British India. Diptera. Vol. IV.
Anophelini. Taylor and Francis, London, 371 pp.
Macdonald, W. W. and R. Traub. 1960. An introduction to the ecology of
the mosquitoes of the lowland dipterocarp forest of Selangor, Malaya. Stud.
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Reid, J. A. 1965. A revision of the Anopheles aitkenii group in Malaya
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488.
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Northern Thailand. Mosq. News 25(2): 137-144.
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NOTES ON NORTH AMERICAN SALDIDAE
( HEMIPTERA )
Joun T. Potnemus, 3115 So. York St., Englewood, Colorado
The following notes affected the synonymy of two species of the
genus Saldula and contain the descriptions of two new species of the
genus Salda, one of which has long been confused with Salda littoralis
(L.). Iam indebted to R. H. Cobben who first noted one of the new
species and one of the errors in synonymy.
Saldula severini Harris 1943
Saldula severini Harris 1943, J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 16(4): 152.
Drake and Hottes (1954) synonymized Saldula severini with S.
orbiculata (Uhler) on the basis of the pronotal margins, which were
held to fall within the specific range of variation of the latter species.
That this synonymy is wrong was first noticed by R. H. Cobben who
suggested that I publish this information. Subsequent investigation by
the author has revealed that the male parameres are very unlike, those
of orbiculata (fig. 1) having a definite mammillate process caudad
while severini lacks this (fig. 2). Also, severini can be separated from
orbiculata by the length of the hairs of the hind tibia which are sub-
equal to the width of the tibia in the former, and twice or more the
width of the tibia in the latter. Saldula severini Harris is therefore
restored to specific status.
Saldula separata (Uhler) 1878
Salda separata Uhler 1878, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 19: 432-433.
Saldula illinoiensis Drake 1949, Ark. for Zool. 42B(3): 2-3 (New Synonymy )
Drake and Hoberlandt in 1951 synonymized Saldula separata
(Uhler) with S. pallipes Fabricius without giving a motivation. Prob-
ably they were following the lead of Torre-Bueno (1924) who noted
that Acanthia interstitialis Say is “known under two further names-
pallipes Fabricius and separata Uhler.” Blatchley (1926) considered
separata a good species and used the long black hairs on the dorsum as
a key character.
Uhler’s original description mentioned the “erect pubescence” several
times, and I have long been convinced that separata is conspecific with
Saldula illinoiensis Drake. A comparison of specimens of the latter
species with the type of separata shows this to be true; therefore
Saldula separata Uhler is restored to specific status, and Saldula illi-
noiensis Drake is made a synonym thereof.
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Figs. 1-7. 1, Left male paramere of Saldula orbiculata Uhler. Two views
A&B; 2, Left male paramere of Saldula severini Harris. Two views A & B; os
4, 5 and 6. Salda coloradensis n. sp.; 3, Left male paramere. Two views A & B;
4, Parandria; 5, Penis; 6, Median sclerotized structure of penis; 7, Median
sclerotized structure of penis, Salda buenoi McDunnough; (Scale for all figures
except 5, shown at bottom of Plate)
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Figs. 8-14. 8, 9, 10, and 11. Salda alta n. sp. 8, Left male paramere; 9,
Penis; 10, Median sclerotized structure of penis; 11, Parandria; 12, Pronotum,
Salda coloradensis, n. sp.; 13, Pronotum, Salda buenoi, McDunnough; 14,
Pronotum, Salda alta, n. sp.
The type of Saldula separata, in the Harris collection of the Museum
of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, was compared by Dr. P. J.
Darlington, Jr. and I am indebted to him for his labors in searching
the collections, making the comparison, and furnishing the following
information from Harris’s notebook. The type bears a number 77( 138 )
and under 77 in the notebook is the following: “Leptopus- Acanthia
alternata, S.- Mss? Dr. Green. On salt marsh? May 15, 1837.” This
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notation matches Uhler’s statement that the specimen was labelled with
a number 77. Dr. Darlington notes that “..... the type is hardly in
first class condition, for it is pinned through the scutellum in such
a way as to spread the specimen slightly, and it is somewhat rubbed,
so that the pubescence is partly missing... . .
Salda coloradensis, n. sp.
Large, elongate, general color black, macropterous.
Head.—Black, very faintly shining, rugulose; preocellar spot yellowish white;
covered with appressed golden pubescence and the usual three pairs of long hairs
on frons and vertex, longer pubescence and scattered long hairs on labrum and
anteclypeus; vertex slightly carinate between ocelli and eye on each side, the
carina produced anteriorly around the front margin of the eyes; ocelli raised
slightly, separated by the width of an ocellus; mandibular plates, maxillary plates,
anteclypeus and center portion of labrum ochreus; rostrum blackish brown, be-
coming lighter apically, extending past hind coxae.
Thorax.—Pronotum black, rugulose, covered with thick appressed golden
pubescence, feebly shining, narrow; lateral margins straight, narrowed somewhat
anteriorly (100:67),! almost meeting the collar on a straight line; callus feebly to
moderately raised, with small shallow impression in center; posterior lobe shorter
than anterior lobe (13:30). Underparts black, covered with fine yellowish white
pubescence; acetabulae broadly margined with ochreoleucus. Scutellum as wide
(70) as long (68), black, rugose; vestiture as on pronotum.
Wings.—Hemelytra fully developed; vestiture as on pronotum except for the
cells of the membrane, the thick pubescence hiding the dorsal surface; black,
rugulose and minutely pebbly surface, faintly shining; membrane deep fumose,
opaque, minutely pebbly on the surface, with four cells.
Extremities —Antennal segments 1 and 2 ochreus, segment 1 brown beneath on
basal two thirds, segment 2 dark brown on apical tenth, stout; segments 3 and 4
dark brown, as thick or thicker than segment 1; all segments clothed with fine
yellowish pubescence, segment 1 with a few black spines and hairs, the other
segments with scattered long hairs; antennal proportions: ¢; segment 1, 25;
segment 2, 70; segment 3, 50; segment 4, 53. 9; segment 1, 25; segment 2, 73;
segment 3, 48; segment 4, 50.
Legs ochreus; femora with usual browish spots; apex of tibia and second tarsal
segment, third tarsal segment brownish black; coxae brownish black, margined
basally and apically with ochreus; usual dark spines on tibia.
Genital Structures.—Paramere, parandria, penis and median sclerotized struc-
ture of the penis as shown in figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively. Penis filum coiled
three and one half times.
Body Measurements.—Holotype ( 2), length 5.3 mm., width 2.3 mm.
Allotype (2), length 5.5 mm., width 2.5 mm.
Mean length of 106: 4.95 mm. (max. 5.5; min. 4.6).
Mean width of 10¢: 2.16 mm. (max. 2.5; min. 2.0).
Mean length of 10¢: 5.44 mm. (max. 5.9; min. 5.0).
Mean width of 109: 2.42 mm. (max. 2.6; min. 2.2).
1 For all measurements, 60 units = Imm.
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Material—Holotype (¢), Sedalia, Colorado VI-29-1961, CL.56,
J. T. Polhemus. Allotype (2), same data as holotype. Paratypes,
all collected by J. T. Polhemus, as follows: 1 specimen, Sedalia, Colo-
rado, CL. 56, VI-26-1961; 4 specimens, Sedalia, Colorado, CL. 56, VI-
29-1961; 1 specimen, Sedalia, Colorado, CL. 56, VII-1-1961; 30 speci-
mens, Sedalia, Colorado, CL. 56, VII-18-1962; 8 specimens, Granby,
Colorado, CL. 55, VI-24-1961; 8 specimens, 1 nymph, Hartsel, Colorado,
CL. 120, VI-16-1962; 14 specimens, Hartsel, Colorado, CL. 120, VIII-
18-1962; 6 specimens, Silver Plume, Colorado, CL. 44, VIII-6-1961; 1
specimen, Silver Plume, Colorado, CL. 44, VIII-20-1961; 1 specimen,
Sargents, Colorado, CL. 208, VIII-3-1963; 2 specimens, Georgetown,
Colorado, CL. 44, VII-21-1962; 1 specimen, Georgetown, Colorado, CL.
36, VITI-6-1961; 3 specimens, Saguache, Colorado, CL. 149, VIII-19-
1962; 1 specimen, Deckers, Colorado, CL. 178, V-16-1963; 1 specimen,
2 nymphs, Tabermash, Colorado, CL. 129, VI-23-1962.
The holotype, allotype and paratypes are in the collection of the
author. Paratypes will be sent to the U. S. National Museum, California
Academy of Science and University of Kansas.
Habitat—Salda coloradensis inhabits the damp margins of ponds
and damp meadows in the foothills and parks of the Rocky Mountains.
It is quite local in both time and place, but is sometimes found in
numbers, associating at times with Salda bouchervillei Provancher and
Salda buenoi McDunnough. This species prefers sparse grassy cover,
and may range onto almost dry soil. Near Granby, Colorado, speci-
mens were taken in a marsh on granite boulders by pulling away the
dense grass cover at the base, thus exposing the saldids resting on the
vertical stone surface.
Comparative Notes—Salda coloradensis is most closely allied to
S. littoralis (L.) and S. buenoi. Concerning the latter, S. buenoi is
usually more robust than coloradensis, and has more rounded lateral
pronotal margins, especially the antero-lateral angles (Plate I, figures
12 and 13) and darker antenna. However the two are found together
at Hartsel, Colorado and are virtually indistinguishable except on the
basis of genitalia. The median sclerotized structure of the penis and
parameres taken together will serve to separate the adults in difficult
situations, as the sclerotized plates of the penis structure are somewhat
flattened in buenoi (fig. 7) and vertical in coloradensis (fig. 6). The
paramere of S. buenoi has been figured by Drake and Hottes (1951).
The median sclerotized structure of the aedeagus of Salda littoralis
(L.), figured by Cobben (1957), and coloradensis are quite different,
and the two probably do not inhabit the same range. S. littoralis occurs
across northern Europe, Siberia, and into Alaska. Drake and Hottes
(1951) record it from Canada and the U. S., however it remains to be
determined how far south it has invaded, as many of the existing
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records must be discarded as misidentifications, referring instead to
coloradensis.
Another closely allied species, Salda nevadensis Wagner (1960);
has been studied. It was found to be very similar to S. littoralis, the
genitalic structures being virtually the same, and is so far known only
from Spain.
Salda coloradensis is the only saldid known to me that is more
easily separated from its congeners in the nymphal state than in the
adult state. The nymphs are covered with hairs subequal in length to
the width of the hind femora, while nymphs of buenoi and littoralis
have only a few insignificant hairs.
R. H. Cobben first noticed that this species is not identical to
Salda littoralis (1.).
Salda alta, n. sp.
Large, elongate, general color black, macropterous.
Head.—Black, barely shining, rugulose; preocellar spot yellowish white; generally
covered with short, inconspicuous golden pubescence, longer near eyes, on labrum
and anteclypeus; the usual three pairs of long hairs on frons and vertex; vertex
depressed between eye and ocelli on each side, the depression produced anteriorly
as a carina which continues around anterior margin of eyes; ocelli raised
slightly, separated by more than the width of an ocellus; mandibular plates,
maxillary plates, center of labrum and lower portion of anteclypeus ochreoleucus;
rostrum brown, extending between hind coxae.
Thorax.—Pronotum black, rugulose, covered with short, fine golden pubescence,
feebly shining; lateral margins straight, narrowed moderately anteriorly (137:71),
anterior angle curved moderately to meet collar (Plate II, fig. 14); callus
moderately raised, with shallow impression in center; posterior lobe shorter than
anterior lobe (15:35). Underparts black, covered with fine golden pubescence;
acetabulae margined with ochreoleucus. Scutellum as wide as long (30:30), black,
rugose; vestiture as on pronotum.
Wings.—Hemelytra fully developed, black; with four yellowish spots along
outer margin of inner corium, about equally spaced, the first one-fourth of the
distance from base to apex, the last next to the membrane; one yellowish spot in
center of outer corium, next to inner corium, and a similar spot near the apex of
the clavus; vestiture as on pronotum, inner veins of membrane largely free of
pubescence; rugulose, faintly shining, except membrane which is relatively smooth
and dull; membrane fumose to light sub hyaline smoky brown; darker spot in
center of each cell well defined; with four cells.
Extremities—Antenna brown, dorsal surface of first segment ochreoleucus, long,
slender; all segments clothed with brown pubescence, segment 1 with scattered
dark spines, remaining segments with scattered long hairs; antennal proportions:
6; segment 1, 33; segment 2, 80; segment 3, 50; segment 4, 52. 9; segment 1, 33;
segment 2, 83; segment 3, 55; segment 4, 52.
Legs ochreus; femora brown beneath, with usual brown spots; apex of tibia and
dorsum of third tarsal segment brown; coxae brown to blackish brown, margined
with luteus; usual dark spines on tibia.
Genital Structures——Paramere, penis, median sclerotized structure of penis and
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parandria as shown on Plate II, figures 8, 9, 10 and 11 respectively. Penis filum
coiled three and one half times.
Body Measurements.—Holotype ( ¢), length 6.9 mm., width 3.1 mm.
Allotype (2 ), length 7.4 mm., width 3.5 mm.
Paratype ( ¢ ), length 6.9 mm., width 3.0 mm.
Mean length of 59: 7.47 mm. (max. 7.9; min. 6.9).
Mean width of 59: 3.53 mm. (max. 3.7; min. 3.4).
Material—Holotype (é) Goose Lake, south of Creede, Colorado,
Longitude 107°, Latitude 37°35’, Elevation 11,700 ft., CL. 291, VII-19-
1964, J. T. Polhemus. Allotype (2), and paratypes, one male, four
females, three nymphs, same data as holotype. All material is in the
collection of the author.
Habitat.—Salda alta n. sp. was found on the shore of Goose Lake,
which lies in a small depression on a bench at 11,700 ft. in the San Juan
Range. The habitat is a typical, wet, high montane meadow with
tussocks of grass, black spongy soil, and is ice free only a few months
of the year. Only low brush and grass was present in the meadow
where alta was found, however a good stand of timber was present on
the opposite shore of the lake. The location has a southeastern ex-
posure, with a granite wall rising to the west.
Comparative Notes.—Salda alta most closely resembles Salda lugubris
(Say) in the hemelytral markings and size, however the latter species
has the lateral pronotal margins rounded, the first cell of the membrane
does not project forwardly as far as in alta, and the genitalia (see
Drake and Hottes 1951) are different. In the type series of alta the
hemelytral markings vary considerably, being prominent in some speci-
mens and showing additional spots at the middle apex and inner apex
of the inner corium, and near the apex of the embolium. The type is
the least marked of the series.
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NEW NEOTROPICAL NEOCOELIDIINAE WITH KEYS TO THE SPECIES
OF COELIDIANA, XENOCOELIDIA, AND NELIDINA
(HoMoprTERA: CICADELLIDAE )
JAMEs P. KraMer Entomology Research Division ARS
U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C.
As far as known, the long-horned leafhoppers or Neocoelidiinae are
unique to the Americas. Recently I published a generic revision of the
group (Kramer 1964). In spite of a combination of distinctive features
which at once set them apart from all other subfamilies of leafhoppers,
Linnavuori (1965: 142) reduced the group to a tribe of the Delto-
cephalinae on the basis of one character, the bifurcate anterior
branches of the tentorium. This proposed change has slight merit in
my opinion. It would reduce one of the most distinctive assemblages
of leafhoppers to a tribe of the already excessively large and unwieldy
Deltocephalinae. My treatment, as a subfamily, agrees with both Evans
(1947: 196) and Oman (1949: 59).
Included in this paper are keys to the species of the following
genera: Coelidiana Oman (four n. spp.), Xenocoelidia Kramer (two n.
spp.), and Nelidina DeLong (one n. sp.). Two new genera, Chin-
chinota (one n. sp.) and Coelindroma (two n. spp.), are described.
Single new species are described in Neocoelidia Gillette & Baker, Biza
Walker, and Tozzita Kramer. Two species names are reduced to
synonymy.
Coelidiana OMAN
For a generic description of Coelidiana, see my earlier paper (Kramer 1964:
274-5). The following key includes all known species except those three based
on unique female types. The three species in question, coronata (Ball), distinctis-
sima Linnavuori, and lurida Linnavuori, are actually of uncertain generic place-
ment at this time.
KEY TO THE SPECIES OF Coelidiana OMAN
(Males )
1. Aedeagus with one or two long basal processes _____.__-___________. 2
memerons. wath no basal processes. 22.2.2 2. 4
2. Aedeagus with a pair of basal processes (fig. 2) patrator, n. sp.
Never pusewith single) basal process 1. a 3
3. Pygofer with tooth on ventral margin at apex Sig ania? & Heller 1961:
pl. 2, fig. 2), apex of aedeagus with a moderate sized, posteriorly
directed, beak (ibid. pl. 2, fig. 4) flavida Linnavuori & Heller
Pygofer with tooth on ventral margin much basad of apex (Linnavuori 1965:
fig. 4a), apex of aedeagus with a tiny anteriorly directed beak (ibid. fig.
ON gy LES ena eee brasiliensis Linnavuori
4. Pygofer terminating dorsally with a sharp point of moderate length and
Matha, short tooth on ventral margin (fig. S$) ... 5
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Byporers variable. put mot -as aboves <2. ..2- 2.285 8 Pe i et 7
5. Aedeagal shaft crenulated ventrally (Kramer 1964: fig. 95)
Ba Si, es I a Be OE ees eg ee LL eae eroceata (Osborn)
Aedeagal shaft smooth ventrally (fig. 3) _-..- paaiees ae. 6
6. Aedeagal shaft not upturned near base, extreme apex usually bluntly rounded
WhKaramaer MlOG4s fis. 99) 2 2 Ne rubrolineata (Baker )
Aedeagal shaft abruptly upturned near base, extreme apex not bluntly
(CLERC ICH (Ghee 5) Aa eee Eee Oe eect ea vee fl. SeeeeUE durata, n. sp.
Weeetiaietmbe with’ processes) 8 8
PUMAUALMOe LWVItNOUL PTOCessés: _LAle sy ee ee 11
8. Processes of anal tube long and conspicuous (figs. 4 and 6) — 9
Processes of anal tube short and inconspicuous —... =. 10
9. Pygofer with a stout decurved process on hind margin, first segment of anal
fubesaboutas long as wider(fig. 4) ancora, n. sp.
Pygofer without a stout decurved process on hind margin, first segment of
anal tube much longer than wide (fig. 6) —. colens, n. sp.
10. Ventral margin of pygofer with two teeth, aedeagus simple (DeLong 1953:
[Blk tejae Tabata") Pe ee ta SOA AE Ee em aaa ee IAS ace taebeott bidentata DeLong
Ventral margin of pygofer with one tooth, aedeagus with a pair of short
triangular processes near apex (Linnavuori 1965: fig. 4e)
perme ET De sone Ne Ps ee ata ee oP Pg eee SS signaticeps Linnavuori
11. Dorsal margin of pygofer terminating with a long slender spine, without
aecnOit toot, Ou wentral, margin... 2-9. tl Se 12
Dorsal margin of pygofer not terminating with a long slender spine, with
a short tooth on ventral margin etre et". i eee ee ©) - a3
12. Both dorsal and ventral margins of pygofer terminating with slender spines
Q@elong, 1053: pl Ss uftg ci), set te bimaculata (Baker)
Only dorsal margin terminating with a slender spine (DeLong 1953: pl. 8,
LTE, JG) ES Ds i ee i spina DeLong
13. Aedeagus comparatively slender, distal portion of style slender and necklike,
plates longer than pygofer (fig. 7) undata (Linnavuori )
Aedeagus comparatively stouter, distal portion of style not as above, plates
ONE EN ale DV OOLGR: fac) ee ee ee ee 14
14. Aedeagal shaft gradually upturned distally, posterior margin of pygofer
manecate (Delong 1953: pl. 8, fig. 5) unipuneta (DeLong)
Aedeagal shaft more abruptly upturned distally, posterior margin of pygofer
rounded (Delong 1953: “pl.°8, fig. 6) 2 anomala (DeLong)
Coelidiana patrator, n. sp.
(Figs. 1-2)
Length.—Males 6-6.25 mm.
Structure —Crown broadly angular at apex; interocular width one and a half
times median length.
<<
Figs. 1-7. Coelidiana patrator, n. sp. Fig. 1, male genital capsule laterally;
fig. 2, aedeagus posteriorly. Coelidiana durata, n. sp. Fig. 3, male genital capsule
laterally. Coelidiana ancora, n. sp. Fig. 4, male genital capsule laterally.
Coelidiana colens, n. sp. Fig. 5, head and thorax dorsally; fig. 6, male genital
foe laterally. Coelidiana undata (Linnavuori). Fig. 7, male genital capsule
aterally.
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Figs. 8-17. Xenocoelidia charisma, n. sp. Fig. 8, male genital capsule lat-
erally; fig. 9, subapical process of aedeagus extended in posterior view; fig. 10,
aedeagal apex posteriorly; fig. 11, head and thorax dorsally; fig. 12, ventral cover
of male genital capsule; fig. 13, right style ventrally. Xenocoelidia litura, n. sp.
Fig. 14, male genital capsule laterally; fig. 15, ventral cover of male genital
capsule; fig. 16, aedeagal apex dorsally; fig. 17, right style ventrolaterally.
Coloration.—Ground color stramineous to yellow; legs and thoracic venter
palest; face, crown, pronotum, and scutellum yellow; following portions stramineous
to white: a pair of longitudinal oval areas flanking midline on crown from posterior
margin to beyond eyes, narrow area on posterior margin of pronotum, a pair of
longitudinal oval areas on scutellum flanking midline and narrow short area near
base on each lateral margin; forewings pale milky hyaline.
Male genitalia.—Genital capsule laterally (fig. 1) with short acute process at
apex of dorsal margin, ventral margin thickened, terminating with a distinct tooth,
stylar apex broadly hooked, aedeagus simple and gradually recurved distally with
a pair of long simple processes near base, processes seen best in posterior view of
aedeagus (fig. 2). Genital capsule ventrally with plates fused except for short
distance at apex.
Female genitalia—Female unknown.
Types.—Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68934) and paratype
male, Tingo Maria, Peru, 12 August 1960, O. Vargas.
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Notes.—The paired basal processes of the aedeagus set patrator
apart at once from all other species of Coelidiana.
Coelidiana durata, n. sp.
(Fig. 3)
Length.—Males 5.5-6 mm. Female 6 mm.
Structure —Crown bluntly angular at apex; interocular width slightly more than
median length.
Coloration.—Identical to that of rubrolineata (Baker), see DeLong 1953: 127.
Male genitalia —Nearly identical to that of rubrolineata (DeLong 1953: pl. 8,
fig. 1) except for the style and aedeagus (fig. 3), style with distal portion broadly
hooked and flattened dorsally, aedeagus moderately stout basally with shaft
narrowed and abruptly upturned.
Female genitalia —Posterior margin of pregenital sternum nearly truncate with
a slight notch at middle.
Types.—Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68935), Abancay, Peru,
13 July 1960, Vargas and Salazar, on Paspalum; allotype female and
one paratype male with same data except 11 July 1960, S. Vargas, on
barley; and one paratype male with same data except 8 July 1960,
Young and Salazar, on alfalfa.
Notes.—C. durata is very similar to rubrolineata, but it can be
readily distinguished from it on the basis of the aedeagus as noted in
the key to species.
Coelidiana ancora, n. sp.
(Fig. 4)
Length.—Male 6.75 mm.
Structure —Crown broadly angular at apex; interocular width slightly less than
one and a half times median length.
Coloration.—Ground color stramineous to yellow; legs and thoracic venter palest;
face and crown stramineous, midline of crown faintly bright yellow; anterior
portion of pronotum stramineous with rest bright yellow; scutellum stramineous
with apex bright yellow; forewings yellowish hyaline fading to colorless hyaline
broadly on costal margins.
Male genitalia—Genital capsule laterally (fig. 4) with a long, irregular,
decurved, stout process on posterior margin; a long distally scaly process from first
segment of anal tube (Note: Both of these processes are paired but only one of
each is shown in fig. 4); stylar apex strongly hooked; aedeagus stout but simple
with shaft decurved and then recurved just before apex; gonopore apical. Genital
capsule ventrally with plates fused except for short apical separation.
Female genitalia—Female unknown.
Type.—Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68936), Huanuco, Peru,
Huallaga River Valley, tropical jungle, March 1954, Felix L. Woytkow-
ski.
Notes.—The shapes of the processes of the anal tube and pygofer
provide the most obvious unique features of ancora.
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SPORTULA
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Figs. 18-24. Tozzita petulans, n. sp. Fig. 18, male genital capsule laterally;
fig. 19, head and thorax dorsally; fig. 20, ventral cover of male genital capsule;
fig. 21, aedeagal apex posteriorly. Nelidina sportula, n. sp. Fig. 22, male genital
capsule laterally; fig. 23, ventral cover of male genital capsule; fig. 24, aedeagal
apex posteriorly.
Coelidiana colens, n. sp.
(Figs. 5-6)
Length—Males 5.5 mm. Females 6-6.5 mm.
Structure —Crown (fig. 5) angular at apex; interocular width slightly less than
median length.
Coloration —Somewhat variable, ground color stramineous to bright yellow;
venter, including legs and face, usually paler; crown and thoracic dorsum marked
with three irregular longitudinal orange to red stripes (fig. 5), the unmarked areas
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at times washed with pale green; forewings variable from milky hyaline to yellow
hyaline and in females with commissural margins variably orange to red for entire
length of clavus.
Male genitalia —Genital capsule laterally (fig. 6) with a sclerotized band on
pygofer from anterior dorsal angle to posterior ventral angle where it broadens
along posterior margin; first segment of anal tube with a pair of long processes,
processes decurve distally and terminate in sharp points; style distally with a sharp
dorsal bend and a small apical hook; aedeagus with shaft gradually narrowed and
upturned distally, extreme apex sharply narrowed, gonopore apical. Genital capsule
ventrally with plates fused except at apex.
Female genitalia.—Posterior margin of pregenital sternum produced and broadly
wedge-shaped.
Types——Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68937), allotype female,
eight paratypes, six males and two females, Iquitos, Peru, 4 August
1960, J. Gonzalez, on pascae; one paratype male (California Academy
of Sciences ), 67 miles east of Tingo Maria, Yurac, Peru, 11 December
1954, E. L. Schlinger and E. S. Ross.
Notes.—The sclerotized band on the pygofer and the long pair of
processes from the anal tube provide the distinguishing features of
colens.
Xenocoelidia KRAMER
For a generic description of Xenocoelidia, see my earlier paper (Kramer 1964:
265). Interestingly enough, females of this genus have not yet been described.
KEY TO THE SPECIES OF Xenocoelidia KRAMER
(Males )
1. Crown and pronotum without markings, dorsal ground color ivory white;
apex of aedeagus in lateral view with a sharp tooth and a broad acute
bladelike dorsal expansion (Kramer 1959: pl. Il, fig. 8) (Colombia)
ceo) in A A SPOS 9 OD Dae he ED) Wee ee EE EOE seed pee ae youngi Kramer
Either or both crown and pronotum with markings, dorsal ground color not
imenanwhite: aedeagus) TG as. aboves 2. Ses a) ed 2
2. Head marked with two pairs of orange spots, pronotum with a pair of
orange-margined black spots near anterior margin; apex of aedeagus in
lateral view with a long crooked proximal process and a short slender distal
process at apex (Kramer 1964: fig. 42) (Brazil) inflata (Osborn )
Head marked with orange but not as two pairs of spots, pronotum without
black markings: aedeagus not as*above: 224 3
3. Central portion of pronotum without longitudinal stripes, anterior tibia with
longitudinal brown stripe on outer edge; pygofer simple (Kramer 1959:
eweleetiontly)> 1CColomintayir sl ts te 10 soy colombiana Kramer
Central portion of pronotum with longitudinal stripes, anterior tibia uni-
colorous; pygofer with a process or projection on dorsal or ventral margins
SHEE eLipretiee oe, obt.cbie ss. Tt yn ven ue mebos. 2 (és wero nee) 2 ie te 4
4. Dorsal markings vivid; pygofer with process only at apex of ventral margin,
aedeagal shaft with long sharp projection in basal half on proximal margin
(fig. 8) (Peru)
ab josh, Diy reine bs ated si abet ewaat a Ly, charisma, n. sp.
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Dorsal markings pale; pygofer with process or projection at apex of both
dorsal and ventral margins, aedeagal shaft without a projection in basal
half on proximal margin (fig. 14) (Peru) _........_.._..._ litura, n: sp.
Xenocoelidia charisma, n. sp.
(Figs. 8-13)
Length.—Males 6.5—7 mm.
Structure.—Head distinctly narrower than pronotum; crown longer at middle
than next to eyes, anterior margin rounded (fig. 11).
Coloration.—Venter, including legs and face, stramineous, at times lightly
washed with pale green; antennae and a pair of poorly delimited spots below
ocelli orange; ground color of crown, pronotum, and scutellum pale blue-green,
marked (fig. 11) with orange-red as an inverted U-shaped band between eyes and
as four broad longitudinal stripes on pronotum, scutellum marked mesally with
orange-red and on each side with yellow to greenish yellow; forewing with ground
color hyaline to somewhat milky, commissural margin fairly broadly and regularly
brown to red-brown from scutellar apex to tip of wing, claval vein and area on
either side of it variably washed with yellow to greenish yellow.
Male genitalia.—Genital capsule laterally (fig. 8) with a short, slender, simple,
and at times upturned, process at apex of ventral margin; hind margin of pygofer
often turned in with anteriorly directed setae; style hooked apically with large
preapical lobe; aedeagus a modified U-shape with paired processes at apex and
single process or projection on proximal margin of shaft. Genital capsule ventrally
(fig. 12) with a few setae on middle third. Style ventrally (fig. 13) with typical
mesal bend and lateral lobe. Terminus of aedeagus posteriorly (fig. 10) with
gonopore near apex.
Female genitalia—Female unknown.
Types.—Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68938), Tingo Maria,
Peru, 12 August 1960, O. Vargas; four paratype males with same data
except two each collected by M. Rojas and D. A. Young.
Notes——The aedeagus of charisma is unique in the genus; the
coloration is also distinctive and will help to identify this species as
noted in the key.
Xenocoelidia litura, n. sp.
(Figs. 14-17)
Length.—Males 6-6.4 mm.
Structure —Head distinctly narrower than pronotum, crown longer at middle
than next to eyes, anterior margin narrowly rounded.
Coloration.—Venter, including legs and face, stramineous; antennal scape
orange, rest brownish; ground color of crown, pronotum, and scutellum sordid
white to stramineous; crown with a pair of longitudinal oval orange spots, one next
to each eye; pronotum and scutellum marked much like those of charisma except
the longitudinal orange stripes are narrower; forewing with ground color hyaline to
somewhat milky, commissural margin marked like that of charisma except with
orange instead of brown.
Male genitalia—Genital capsule laterally (fig. 14) with a short toothlike
projection at apex of ventral margin and a longer slender upright process at apex
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of dorsal margin, hind margin setose, style strongly hooked apically and with a
large preapical lobe, aedeagus modified U-shape with gonopore apical and
three pairs of anteriorly directed processes (fig. 16) on distal third. Genital
capsule ventrally (fig. 15) with a few setae on middle third. Style ventrolaterally
(fig. 17) with typical mesal bend.
Female genitalia—Female unknown.
Types.—Holotype male and one paratype male (without head),
Yurac, Peru, 67 miles east of Tingo Maria, 4 October 1954, E. L.
Schlinger and E. S. Ross, in collection of California Academy of
Sciences, San Francisco, California.
Notes.—X. litura looks much like a pale or teneral form of charisma,
but the many differences in the male genitalia leave no doubt that it is
a very distinct species.
Tozzita KRAMER
The new species described below belongs in Tozzita, but the generic definition
(Kramer 1964: 267) will have to be modified to include species with both
asymmetrical and symmetrical aedeagi. Couplet 7 in my key to the genera of the
genera of the Neocoelidiinae (ibid. 261) will be changed as follows:
7. Style well sclerotized, not wrinkled, and much shorter than aedeagus (fig.
47); aedeagus with apical elaborations (fig. 46) _.____________ Tozzita
Style poorly sclerotized, wrinkled, and as long as aedeagus (fig. 60);
aedeagus without apical elaborations (fig. 58) ss Xigqillliba
Note: The figures cited above refer to illustrations which appeared in my 1964
paper.
Tozzita petulans, n. sp.
(Figs. 18-21)
Length—Males 6.5-6.75 mm.
Structure —Typical of genus in all respects.
Coloration.—Venter including legs and face stramineous; abdominal segments
brownish and only stramineous along posterior margins; at times with faint touches
of pink on thoracic and facial sutures, and on scape of antenna; a distinct black
spot at middle of extreme upper edge of face just below but touching transverse
carina; ground color of crown, pronotum, and scutellum stramineous; sometimes
vaguely washed with orange; marked with brown on their midlines and with
orange laterally on scutellum as in figure 19; forewing mainly colorless hyaline but
with a few touches of pale brown or milky hyaline areas, entire costal vein and
area of forewing adjacent to scutellum washed with pink.
Male genitalia—Genital capsule laterally (fig. 18) with a blunt projection at
apex of pygofer, first segment of anal tube flanked by a pair of large rather foot-
shaped processes (only one is visible in lateral view), connective short, style
weakly hooked apically, symmetrical aedeagus slender and upcurved distally.
Genital capsule ventrally (fig. 20) with plates entirely fused but suture visible on
slender distal portion. Aedeagal apex posteriorly (fig. 21) with three divisions,
lateral divisions acute apically, each with tooth on outer margin, middle division
with two pairs of extremely slender appendages and apical gonopore.
Female genitalia —Female unknown.
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Figs. 25-31. Chinchinota styx, n. g. and n. sp. Fig. 25, head and thorax
dorsally; fig. 26, male genital capsule ventrally; fig. 27, connective and _ style
ventrally; fig. 28, aedeagus posteriorly; fig. 29, aedeagus laterally; fig. 30, male
genital capsule laterally; fig. 31, style laterally.
Types.—Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68939) and one paratype
male, Rio Caraguata, Matto Grosso, Brazil, March 1953, F. Plaumann.
Notes.—T. petulans can be separated at once from ips Kramer, the
only other species in the genus, by the symmetrical aedeagus. There
are many other details of the male genitalia which differ between
the species. These details can be understood best by comparing the
drawings of petulans (figs. 18-21) and ips (Kramer 1964: figs. 45-49).
Nelidina DELONG
For a generic description of Nelidina, see my earlier paper (Kramer 1964:
272). Females of this genus are, as yet, not known.
Key TO THE SPECIES OF Nelidina DELONG
( Males )
1. Length 4.5 mm., aedeagal processes ribbonlike and twisted (Kramer 1964:
fos) Ae 2)) ii¢Eolombia’) 2d ee eee aan taeniola Kramer
Length 7 mm. or more; aedeagal processes neither ribbonlike nor twisted
9
2. Aedeagal processes uniformly slender and about half as long as shaft,
aedeagus without a slender tooth at apex (Kramer 1964: fig. 80)
(CUE(= lp] Clea SS SO Oe A eye ee defila (Delong)
Aedeagal processes broadened, only narrow at base and apex, and much less
than half as long as shaft, aedeagus with a slender tooth on dorsal margin
near apex ((fig.22) (Peru) eee sportula, n. sp.
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Nelidina sportula, n. sp.
(Figs. 22-24 )
Length.—Males 7.5 mm.
Structure —Typical of genus in all respects.
Coloration.—Sordid stramineous to yellow with only markings consisting of
embrowning in clavi near scutellar apex and single brown spot at apex of each
clavus.
Male genitalia.—Genital capsule laterally (fig. 22) with a broad, moderately long
lobe distally on dorsal margin and a preapical notch on ventral margin; apex
of style scarcely hooked; aedeagus long, slender, nearly straight, with a pair of
subtriangular processes at apex and a small slender tooth dorsally near apex.
Gonopore (fig. 24) ventral near apex. Plates (fig. 23) with a few macrosetae
distally.
Female genitalia —Female unknown.
Types.—Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68940) and two paratype
males, Callanga, Paucartambo Prov., Dept. Cusco, Peru, 19 February
1952, F. L. Woytkowski.
Notes.—N. sportula may be separated from the other members of the
genus by the features noted in the key to species.
Chinchinota, n. gen.
Type-species: Chinchinota styx, new species.
Without a carina separating face and crown, clypellus expanded distally, clypeus
narrow and tapering downward, crown in dorsal view broadly rounded and wider
than long, crown smoothly rounded to face, ocelli on extreme upper edge of face
and just barely discernable in dorsal aspect, head including eyes narrower than the
short pronotum, length of antennae exceeding total length of body and forewings,
venation of forewings highly obscure. Male genitalia: valve absent, plates fused,
pygofer without processes or prolongations, anal tube simple, connective elongate
and Y-shaped, not fused with aedeagus, style long and slender with mesal lobe
highly elongated, aedeagus stout and somewhat U-shaped.
Discussion.—This genus will trace to Chinaia in couplet 2 of my key to the
genera of the Neocoelidiinae (Kramer 1964: 261). Chinchinota can be separated
from Chinaia on the basis of the Y-shaped connective, the exceedingly long slender
style, and the lack of elaborations on the distal portion of the pygofer.
Chinchinota styx, n. sp.
(Figs. 25-31 )
Length.—Male 6.5 mm.
Structure.—Suture between clypellus and clypeus absent, antennal ledges
oblique, pleural margins of pronotum without carinae.
Coloration.—Legs and venter stramineous, washed variably with brown; ground
color of face and antennae stramineous, lateral edges of clypellus and of clypeus, as
far upward as antennal ledges, narrowly black to brownish, areas of genae around
antennal bases broadly black to brownish, each lateral margin of clypeus from
yellow ocellus downward with a broad orange red stripe along inner edge of frontal
suture; ground color of crown, pronotum, and scutellum stramineous to sordid
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Figs. 32-36. Coelindroma fungosa, n. g. and n. sp. Fig. 32, head and thorax
dorsally; fig. 33, male genital capsule laterally; fig. 34, ventral cover of male
genital capsule. Coelindroma fungoma, n. sp. Fig. 35, aedeagus laterally; fig. 36,
aedeagal apex posteriorly.
stramineous marked with orange to orange brown as in figure 25; forewing milky
hyaline with costal vein, claval suture, and area of clavus along scutellum and
commissural margin, orange brown.
Male genitalia—Genital capsule laterally (fig. 30) with posterior margin of
pygofer rounded and produced beyond plates, an oblique pigmented thickening in
upper distal portion; genital capsule ventrally (fig. 26) with plates meeting to
form a slight projection at middle of posterior margin, suture between plates visible
on about distal third; connective ventrally (fig. 27) broadened at juncture with
aedeagus and narrowed towards forked base; style ventrally (fig. 27) much longer
than connective, with mesal lobe slender and lateral lobe shorter and _ stouter;
style laterally (fig. 31) with mesal lobe hooked at apex and lateral lobe acute at
apex; aedeagus laterally (fig. 29) wide with a pair of projecting, moderately long,
simple, slender processes on distal margin near apex; aedeagus posteriorly (fig. 28)
with processes arising from a membranous or weakly sclerotized area.
Female genitalia —Female unknown.
Type.—Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68941), Colombia, 1941,
L. Richter.
Notes.—Except for the comparatively somber coloration, the habitus
of Chinchinota styx is much like that of members of the genus Chinaia.
The male genital structures are much different, however. See dis-
cussion under generic description.
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Coelindroma, n. gen.
Type-species: Coelindroma fungosa, new species.
With a carina separating face and crown; ocelli on anterior margin of crown,
one near each end of carina; clypellus parallel-sided; crown in dorsal view produced
and bluntly angular apically with median length at least as great as interocular
width; head narrower than pronotum; pronotum with posterior margin broadly and
sharply indented; antennae over half as long as total length of body and forewings;
venation of forewing obscure except apically. Male genitalia: valve absent, plates
fused except at apex and with a few macrosetae distally, pygofer without dorsal
processes but with a ventral tooth or hook, anal tube simple, connective Y-shaped
with arms strongly divergent and not fused with aedeagus, style of moderate length
with mesal lobe hooked, aedeagus elongate and not highly elaborated.
Discussion.—This genus will trace to Neocoelidiana in couplet 15 of my key to
the genera of the Neocoelidiinae (Kramer 1964: 262). Coelindroma can be
separated from Neocoelidiana on the basis of the simple anal tube, the presence of
macrosetae on the fused male plates, and the elongated aedeagus.
Coelindroma fungosa, n. sp.
(Figs. 32-34)
Length.—Males 5.5-6 mm.
Structure —Suture between clypellus and clypeus present, antennal ledges
vertical, pleural margins of pronotum carinate.
Coloration.—Venter including legs and face stramineous to sordid stramineous,
only distinct marking a black spot at middle of extreme upper edge of face just
below but usually touching transverse carina; ground color of crown, pronotum,
and scutellum pale stramineous to yellow and typically marked as in figure 32;
crown with a stalked black spot at apex and two discal, transverse, orange bands
joined to a median longitudinal orange band on midline; pronotum marked with
orange as an irregular transverse band behind anterior margin, and as irregular
longitudinal bands on midline and near each lateral margin, scutellum with a pair
of longitudinal orange bands near lateral angles; forewings milky hyaline with
faint embrowning at claval apices.
Male genitalia —Genital capsule laterally (fig. 33), pygofer with a large tooth
at apex of short ventral margin, posterior margin oblique, anal tube short,
connective and style about equal in length, style with a slender apical hook,
aedeagus slender throughout length and recurving near apex, gonopore apical.
Genital capsule ventrally (fig. 34) with a few macrosetae on either side distally.
Female genitalia —Female unknown.
Types.—Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68942), Tingo Maria,
Peru, 12 August 1960, D. A. Young; one paratype male with same data
except collector O. Vargas; two paratype males (California Academy
of Sciences), Tingo Maria, Monson Valley, Peru, one 10 November
1954, the other 2 December 1954, E. L. Schlinger and E. S. Ross.
Notes.—The coronal markings and the aedeagal shape distinguished
Coelindroma fungosa.
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Figs. 37-40. Neocoelidia onca, n. sp. Fig. 37, head and thorax dorsally; fig. !
38, male genital capsule laterally. Biza ava, n. sp. Fig. 39, male genital capsule
laterally; fig. 40, aedeagus posteriorly.
Coelindroma fungoma, nN. sp.
(Figs. 35-36 )
Length.—Male 5.8 mm.
Structure.—Not different from that of C. fungosa.
Coloration.—Like that of C. fungosa except as follows: without a black spot at
middle of extreme upper edge of face, crown with black spot at apex larger and not
stalked, orange coronal markings encompassing most of crown behind anterior
margins of eyes and then on each side extending along margin of crown between
eye and ocellus to cover antennal ledge, markings of pronotum and scutellum much
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less distinct, forewings very narrowly embrowned for entire length along com-
missual margin.
Male genitalia —Like that of C. fungosa except aedeagus (fig. 35) stouter and
with a large preapical bump on dorsal margin.
Female genitalia—Female unknown.
Type—Holotype male, Tingo Maria, Monson Valley, Peru, 23
December 1954, E. L. Schlinger and E. S. Ross, in California Academy
of Sciences, San Francisco, California.
Notes.—C. fungoma is certainly very similar to fungosa. The dif-
ferences in the markings of the head and thorax, as noted above, may
or may not prove to be of specific value; but the aedeagus is quite
different from that of fungosa. There is, of course, the possibility that
this is an anomaly; however, it seems best to provide a name until
this has been demonstrated.
Neocoelidia onca, n. sp.
(Figs. 37-38 )
Length—Male 5.5 mm.
Structure.—Antennae more than half body length; crown (fig. 37) bluntly
angular at apex, interocular width slightly more than median length, a weak
carina on anterior margin between ocelli; pronotum faintly transversely rugulose.
Coloration —Venter, including legs and face, yellow; ground color of crown,
pronotum, and scutellum yellow to stramineous with darker markings (fig. 37);
crown mesally tan from base anterior to near apex, extreme apex with black spot,
a pair of lateral black spots at base and apex of tan area; pronotum mesally brown
with poorly defined black spot flanking brown area near anterior margin on each
side, humeral angles narrowly black; scutellum discally marked with light brown, a
black spot at middle of each lateral margin, extreme apex darkened; forewing pale
milky hyaline lightly washed with pale brown, commissural margin broadly brown
with inner edge of brown area irregular, claval and costal veins black to brown.
Male genitalia—The genital capsule laterally (fig. 38) is typical of all members
of the genus (see description Kramer 1964: 262-263); aedeagus close to that of
barretti (Baker) (DeLong 1953: pl. 4, fig. 13) but the dorsal shaft is slightly
expanded preapically and the cleft ventral shaft is shorter, stouter basally, with left
fork slightly shorter than right one; style distally with both a dorsal and ventral
projection.
Female genitalia —Female unknown.
Type.—Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68943), Ignacio, Misiones,
Argentina, May 1961, Krauss.
Notes.—N. onca is readily distinguished from all other members of
Neocoelidia by the distinctive markings on the crown, pronotum, and
scutellum. This species provides the southernmost record for the genus
in South America.
Biza ava, n. sp.
(Figs. 39-40)
Length—Male 7.5 mm.
Structure.—Typical of genus in all respects.
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Coloration.—Ground color yellow, thoracic venter and legs slightly paler, with-
out markings on head or thorax, forewing yellow on basal two-thirds with a
transverse brown band from near claval apex to costal margin, area beyond band
pale brown hyaline with veins brown.
Male genitalia—The genital capsule laterally (fig. 39) with apical portion
of pygofer broad and tooth on ventral margin fairly large, stylar apex stout and
hooked, aedeagus narrowed and recurved distally with a pair of avicephaliform
processes on shaft (fig. 40).
Female genitalia—Female unknown.
Type.—Holotype male (USNM Type No. 68944), Summit, Panama,
Canal Zone, July 1953, Krauss.
Notes.—In my key to the species of Biza (Kramer 1962: 103), ava
will trace to couplet 2. It can be separated from both crocea (ibid. fig.
7) and chinai (ibid. fig. 3) by the much shorter and uniquely shaped
aedeagal processes.
Chinaia BRUNER & METCALF
This genus at the time of its revision (Kramer 1959) included eleven species.
Additional material from Panama has shown that permista Kramer is merely a color
variant of caprella Kramer. Hence, Chinaia permista is a synonym of Chinaia
caprella Kramer, NEW SYNONYMY. The only species described since the revision
is serrata Linnavuori (1965: 149) from Matto Grosso, Brazil.
Xigilliba KRAMER
Xiqilliba was described (Kramer 1964: 268) as a monobasic genus with the
type-species bellator Kramer, a Brazilian species. Linnavuori (1965: 147)
described a second species, coelidoides, from “Rioja, South America.” The two
species are identical. Hence, Xiqilliba coelidoides Linnavuori is a synonym of
Xigilliba bellator Kramer, NEW SYNONYMY.
REFERENCES
DeLong, D. M. 1953. A synopsis of the tribe Neocoelidinii in the Americas
(Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Lloydia 16(2): 93-131.
Evans, J. W. 1947. A natural classification of leaf-hoppers (Jassoidea,
Homoptera). Part 3: Jassidae. Ent. Soc. London Trans. 98: 105-271.
Kramer, J. P. 1959. An elucidation of the Neotropical genus Chinaia with
a key to males and a new allied genus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Neocoelidii-
nae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 72: 23-32.
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TWO NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUIDS
(LepiwoprerA, Nocrurar, Nocrurnae)!
Joun G. FRANCLEMONT
Department of Entomology
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14850
The species of Abagrotis described here was set aside as new in the
fall of 1960. Sometime later, Mr. John S. Buckett of the University of
California, Davis, indicated that he intended to revise the genus
Abagrotis. We agreed that I would publish the description of the new
species from Madera Canyon, Arizona.
A grant (No. 303-Johnson Fund) from the American Philosophical
Society made possible the collecting in Madera Canyon during the
summer of 1960, and'a grant (No. 3339-Penrose Fund) also from the
American Philosophical Society made possible the collecting in Madera
Canyon during the spring of 1963. This assistance is gratefully ac-
knowledged.
The drawings are by Mrs. Margaret A. Menadue.
Abagrotis alampeta, n. sp.
A dark, rather obscurely marked species, with the male genitalia somewhat
similar to alcandola Smith, 1908, p. 288 (= tristis Barnes and McDunnough, 1912,
p. 8, pl. 1, fig. 17), but easily separated by its simple antennae; those of the male
of alcandola are serrate.
Description: Male with head, thorax, and forewings above deep fuscous or
brownish black, the scales pale tipped, giving a frosted appearance. Palpi with
first and second segments, except apex of second, black; a broad black band from
behind eye to base of forewing, a small triangular black patch in front of eye;
the overall effect, a black band beginning on the palpi and ending at the base of
the forewing. Patagia with a line of pale, whitish scales on the dorsal margin, a
second line of pale scales about one-third below dorsal margin, immediately below
this a band of black scales; anterior tuft of thorax low, apex black and a narrow
band of black scales below this. Forewing with the markings somewhat indistinct;
basal half-line pale with dark marginal lines; antemedial line pale with dark
marginal lines, irregularly crenulate, outwardly oblique from costal margin to
inner margin; postmedial line pale with dark marginal lines, slightly and irregu-
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Figs. 1-2. Abagrotis alampeta. Scale 1 mm. 1, paratype, male genitalia, slide:
JGF 4519; la, paratype, aedoeagus, slide: JGF 4517; 2, paratype, female genitalia,
slide: JGF 4518.
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larly crenulate, excurved below costa, then incurved at Cui and Cuz, then almost
straight to inner margin; orbicular circular with a vague, pale annulus; reniform
moderately large, with a vague, pale annulus; subterminal vague, pale, somewhat
irregular; subterminal area pale; terminal line a series of vague, blackish bars;
fringe concolorous with subterminal area. Hindwing and dorsum of abdomen
fuscous; hindwings paler toward base; veins dark scaled; fringe with a light
yellowish fuscous line at base, followed by a dark fuscous line, outer half white
(does not show well in the photographs). Wings below, light fuscous with a
frosted appearance except on the disk of the forewings, some black scales inter-
mixed, especially on the costal areas of the forewings. Anal tuft of abdomen
reddish brown.
The males show some variation in the amount of pale scaling on the basal and
costal areas of the forewing and in the distinctness of the annuli of the reniform
and orbicular. The general color may be reddish in some specimens.
The females are generally paler than the males and with a decidedly yellowish
gray cast; some are very reddish, but this color phase is not common; about ten
to twelve percent of the Madera Canyon population exhibit it.
Expanse: 33-38 mm.
Male genitalia as figured. The adeoeagus with a group of short, stout spines at
apex; the vesica armed with a single stout cornutus and a long, broad, ridged,
sclerotized plate.
Female genitalia as figured.
Described from 167 males and 204 females from Madera Canyon in
the Santa Rita Mountains of southeastern Arizona.
TYPE: Male. Madera Canyon, 4880’, Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz
Co., Arizona 6 May 1963, J. G. Franclemont. In Franclemont Collec-
tion.
PARATYPES: 166 Males: 51, Madera Canyon, 5600’; Santa Rita
Mts., Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 15 June-11 July 1960; 74, Madera Can-
yon, 5600’; and 41, Madera Canyon, 4880’, Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz
Co., Arizona, 20 April-23 May, 1963. 204 Females: 1, Madera Can-
yon, 5600’, Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 8 October 1959;
91, Madera Canyon, 5600’; Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz Co., Arizona,
15 June-15 July 1960; 61, Madera Canyon, 5600’; and 51, Madera
Canyon, 4880’, Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 20 April-27
May 1963; all collected by J. G. Franclemont. Paratypes will be dis-
tributed to the United States National Museum, the British Museum
(Natural History), the Canadian National Collection, the American
Museum of Natural History and the Los Angeles County Museum of
Natural History; the majority will be retained in the Franclemont Col-
lection; two are at present in the Bauer—Buckett Collection, Davis,
California and others will be deposited in that collection.
The species has also been collected in Cave Creek Canyon in the
Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona and in the Flagstaff
area of north central Arizona.
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Figs. 5-7. Abagrotis alampeta. Scale approx. 1.4 x. 5, Abagrotis alampeta.
TYPE; 6, Abagrotis alampeta, paratype male with pale scaling; 7, Abagrotis
alampeta, paratype female; 8, Anicla cemolia, TYPE.
Five female paratypes of barnesi Benjamin, 1921, p. 97, from the
following localities are this species: Mohave., Co., Ariz. (2), Reding-
ton, Arizona (1), and Palmerlee, Cochise Co., Ariz. (2).
Anicla cemolia, n. sp.
This species is very similar in appearance to the figure of Agrotis altes Druce,
1889, vol. 1, p. 285, vol. 3, pl. 27, fig. 12, described from Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico.
Hampson, 1903, p. 525, treates altes as a junior synonym, the male, of Agrotis
ornea Druce, 1889, vol. 1, p. 285, vol. 3, pl. 27, fig. 11, described from near
Mexico City. The forewings of the new species are paler; there is no conspicuous
black spot below 2A as figured by Druce for altes and ornea; and the hindwing
is white, slightly hyaline in both sexes, not shaded outwardly with fuscous as in
the male (altes) of ornea and not dark fuscous as in the female. This species
differs from Anicla infecta (Ochs.) by its much smaller size, white hindwings, and
narrowly pectinate male antennae.
Description: Antennae of male narrowly pectinate, of female simple and sparsely
ciliate. Head and thorax light gray with a slight yellowish cast, with a sparse
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Figs. 3-4. Anicla cemolia. Scale 1 mm. 3, paratype, Windley Key, Monroe
Co., Florida, male genitalia, slide: JGF 5276. 3a, paratype, aedoeagus, slide: JGF
5276. 4, paratype, Key Largo, Monroe Co., Florida, female genitalia, slide: JGF
5272.
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scattering of black scales and with a small patch of black scales at middle of
collar (patagia). Forewing concolorous with head and thorax, light gray with a
yellowish cast and with a scattering and clustering of black scales; the lines obso-
lescent; the basal line represented by a small black spot on costa near base of
wing and a second black spot in fold below Cu; ante-medial line represented by
a black spot on costa, a black spot in fold, and a diffuse cluster of black scales
on the inner margin; postmedial line represented by a black spot on costa and
vague line of black scales, the line excurved below costa, then slightly curved to
inner margin; reniform a broad gray annulus with a pale central area and two
black spots, the larger on the outer side, the smaller on the inner side; subterminal
line diffuse, irregular, broad, blackish, area beyond subterminal line blackish,
terminal line a series of black dots on the veins; fringe concolorous with ground
color of wing. Hindwing white; two black spots near the apical angle represent-
ing the terminal line; fringe white.
Expanse: 25-28 mm.
Male genitalia as figured.
Female genitalia as figured.
TYPE: Male. Tavernier, Monroe Co., Florida, October 21, 1965,
J. N. Todd. In Franclemont Collection.
PARATYPES: 14 males and 4 females, Tavernier, Monroe Co.,
Florida, August 16, 1955-October 23, 1955, J. N. Todd; 1 male in
United States National Museum Collection, 2 males in Franclemont
Collection, 11 males and 4 females in C. P. Kimball Collection; 8 males
and 2 females, Key Largo, Monroe Co., Florida, March 27, 1965—April
27, 1965 and July 21, 1965-August 26, 1965, Mrs. Spencer Kemp; 3
males and 2 females in Franclemont Collection, 5 males in C. P. Kim-
ball Collection; 1 male, Windley Key, Monroe Co., Florida, December
11, 1955, J. N. Todd; in Franclemont Collection; 1 female, Craig,
Florida, April 16, 1956, J. N. Todd; in the United States National Mu-
seum. Collection.
There are twenty males and five females from Tavernier Key and
one male from Key Largo also before me, but the condition of these
specimens is too poor to include them in the type series.
REFERENCES
Barnes, W. and J. H. McDunnough. 1912. Fifty new species and varieties.
Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America 1(5):
3-36.
Benjamin, F. H. 1921. A study of the noctuid moths of the genera Lampra,
Hbn, and Cryptocala, gen. noy. Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 20(3): 71-154.
Druce, H. 1889. In Godman and Salvin, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta,
Lepidoptera—Heterocera 1 (text, i-xxxii, 1-490), 3 (Plates).
Hampson, G. F. 1903. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British
Museum 4 (Agrotinae) i-xx, 1-689.
Smith, J. B. 1908. Notes on the species of Rhynchagrotis Sm. with descriptions
of new species. Can. Ent. 40: 221-228, 286-288.
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DESCRIPTION OF HAEMAGOGUS AERITINCTUS, A NEW SPECIES FROM
BRITISH HONDURAS, WITH A NOTE ON THE VALIDITY OF
HAEMAGOGUS LUCIFER (H. D. AND K.)
(DiererRA: CULICIDAE)
Pepro Gaxinpo! and Haroip TRAPIDO" *
In 1955, while conducting investigations on the ecology of yellow
fever in Middle America, the authors visited British Honduras for
several days. The specific objective of this trip was to investigate the
mosquito fauna of the area in relation to the possible transmission of
yellow fever virus. At the time, there was an outbreak of jungle yellow
fever moving west along the north coast of Honduras toward the east
coast of Guatemala and British Honduras. We arrived at Belize several
days after a devastating hurricane had passed through that territory, so
that conditions were not favorable for the capture of adult mosquitoes.
Therefore, efforts were concentrated on the finding of larvae in tree-
holes within a variety of ecological situations. Collections were made
in the vicinity of Belize and of Stann Creek, as well as at several points
along the road between these two towns.
The present report deals with descriptions of the adult, male
terminalia, pupa and larva of a new species of Haemagogus found
breeding in mangrove associations at two localities. A discussion is
also included of the taxonomic relationships between the new species
and related forms. From the evidence presented the authors conclude
that Haemagogus lucifer (Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1912) is a valid
species and not a synonym of H. regalis Dyar and Knab, 1906 as pro-
posed by Komp (1954).
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) aeritinctus, n. sp.
MALE.—Head. Proboscis somewhat longer than the fore femur, uniformly pur-
ple in color. Palpi very short, barely longer than the clypeus, clothed with purple
scales. Clypeus naked, shiny black in color. Antennae about half as long as the
proboscis, sparsely plumose; tori dark, bare. Vertex blue-scaled with a very nar-
row line of silvery scales bordering the eyes. Occiput clothed with flat, broad,
straw-colored scales. Mentum light-scaled.
Thorax. Anterior pronotal lobes large, inner angle clothed with silvery scales,
remainder of lobe blue-scaled. Mesonotum black, clothed with bright coppery
scales which give a purplish reflection under oblique illumination, except for a
small spot of blue-green scales above the roots of the wings. Scutellum with a
mixture of blue-green and coppery scales. Pleuron mostly covered with bright
silvery scales except for posterior pronotal lobe and meron which are bare and
shiny black. Pleural chaetotaxy as follows: no propleurals, two or three black
1 Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Apartado 6991, Panama, Republic of Panama.
1,2 Present address: The Rockefeller Foundation, Universidad del Valle, Facultad
de Medicina, Apartado Aéreo 6555, Cali, Colombia.
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Male terminalia of Haemagogus aeritinctus n. sp. Fig. 1, Basistyle; fig. 2, Disti-
style; fig. 3, Mesosome; fig. 4, Eighth tergite; fig. 5, Claspette; fig. 6, Tenth ster-
nite.
setae on posterior pronotum, no post-spiraculars, no sternopleurals, two yellowish
pre-alars, three or four upper mesepimerals. Postnotum with one seta near its
posterior border. Coxae and trochanters yellowish with a patch of silvery scales.
Femora clothed with purplish scales, base and undersides largely pale-scaled;
hind femur also bearing a long patch of silvery scales on its anterior surface.
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Tibiae and tarsi covered with purple scales; tarsal claw formula 1.1—1.1-0.0.
Wings shorter than the abdomen; cell-Re much longer than its petiole. Halter
with pale base and dark knob, tip silvery-scaled.
Abdomen. Abdominal tergites clothed with purple scales and large basal seg-
mental patches of silvery scales which become progressively smaller apically.
Male terminalia. Eighth tergite (Fig. 4) bearing 42 large setae from outstand-
ing sclerotized bases in irregular rows which are at most three setae deep. The
setae of the posterior row appear to be very narrow, striated, modified scales and
are flanked by three or four of the longest setae of the sclerite.
Basistyle as figured (Fig. 1). Dististyle (Fig. 2) about two-thirds the length
of the basistyle, expanded on distal third then tapering sharply to a rather acute
point, giving the appearance of a narrow snout; appendage of the dististyle in-
serted subapically, expanded distally, tongue-like. Stem of claspette (Fig. 5)
rather narrow, slightly sinuate, bent sharply at right angles on distal third, clothed
with sparse short pile on proximal half and bearing two stout setae from promi-
nent insertions on its inner surface near the base. Filament a flat, widely ex-
panded leaf inserted distally on the stem. Other parts as illustrated in figures.
FEMALE.—Coloration as for the male; proboscis slightly shorter; tarsal claws
unarmed.
LARVA.—Head (Fig. 18). Globose, dark. Antennae glabrous, small, barely
exceeding the anterior border of head; antennal hair single, short, inconspicuous,
inserted slightly beyond the middle of antennae. Head chaetotaxy as figured.
Thorax. Skin glabrous. Chaetotaxy as follows: Prothoracic hairs: Nos. 1, 2, 3
inserted in the same chitinized plate; No. 1 long, with 2-5 branches; No. 2 about
equal to No. 1, single; No. 3 as long as No. 1, 4-8 branched; No. 4 slightly shorter
than No. 1 with 3-7 branches; Nos. 5 and 6 equal in size, with coalescing sclero-
tized bases, longer than No. 1; No. 7 of same size as Nos. 5 and 6, 3-4 branched;
No. 8 slightly more than half as long as No. 4, with 3-8 branches; Nos. 9, 10, 11
and 12 inserted in same sclerotized tubercle, Nos. 9 and 11 always single; No. 10
with 1-5 branches; No. 12 single or double. Mesothoracic hairs: No. 1 with 2-8
branches; No. 2 slightly more than half as long as No. 1, single; No. 3 single,
longer than No. 2; No. 4 about equal to No. 3, single; No. 5 single or double;
Nos. 6 and 7 inserted on one sclerotized plate, both about equal to No. 5 in
length; No. 6 with 4-8 branches; No. 7 single; No. 8 5-9 branched; Nos. 9, 10, 11
and 12 inserted on same sclerotized base, No. 9 single as long as No. 8; No. 10
6—8 branched; No. 11 single; No. 12 shorter than No. 4 with 1-3 branches; No.
13 multiple, about equal to No. 8; No. 14 with 3-7 branches. Metathoracic hairs:
No. 1 3-7 branched; No. 2 longer than No. 1, single; No. 3 shorter than No. 2,
2-6 branched; No. 4 with 1-3 branches, shorter than No. 1; No. 5 about equal to
No. 4 with 2-6 branches; No. 6 single, as long as No. 2; No. 7 a multiple tuft; No.
8 about as long as No. 5, multiple; Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12 inserted on same sclero-
tized base; No. 9 single, No. 10 a multiple tuft, No. 11 single, No. 12 3-branched.
Abdomen. Skin glabrous. Chaetotaxy as follows: Hair No. 6 with 3-5 branches
on segments I and II, double or rarely triple on segments III to VI, single on
segment VII; hair No. 7 single, or rarely double on segment I. Subdorsal hairs
very variable, usually with 3-4 branches. Comb-scales 20 to 38 in number, ar-
ranged in a patch 3 rows deep. Terminal segments as figured (Figs. 15, 16 and
Ls
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Male terminalia parts of Haemagogus lucifer and H. regalis. Fig. 7, H. lucifer:
8th tergite; fig. 8, H. regalis: 8th tergite; fig. 9, H. lucifer: Dististyle; fig. 10,
H. regalis: Dististyle; fig. 11, H. lucifer: Mesosome; fig. 12, H. regalis: Meso-
some; fig. 13, H. lucifer: Claspette; fig. 14, H. regalis: Claspette.
PUPA.—Trumpets short and stumpy, diameter of pinna about twice the length
of the meatus; tracheoid small, about 4% as long as meatus. Abdominal chaetotaxy
as figured (Fig. 19). Rudimentary spiracles on segments II-VII quite prominent
and located laterally on the segments.
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Type Material
Holotype: Male, mounted on card point. Associated larval and
pupal skins mounted on a slide. Terminalia stained, dissected and
mounted on a second slide. Reared from larvae collected in a rot-hole
of a red mangrove tree (Rhizophora mangle ), in the vicinity of Stann
Creek, British Honduras, on 5 October, 1955. P. Galindo and H.
Trapido, collectors.
Allotype: Female, mounted on card point. Associated larval and
pupal skins mounted on a slide. Same collecting data as holotype.
Paratypes: Two males mounted on card-points. Associated larval
and pupal skins and terminalia mounted on separate slides. Same col-
lecting data as holotype.
One male mounted on a card-point. Associated larval and pupal
skins and terminalia mounted on separate slides. Reared from larvae
taken in a rot-hole of a Ficus tree at the fringe of a mangrove swamp,
near Belize, British Honduras, on 5 October, 1955. P. Galindo and H.
Trapido, collectors.
Eight males mounted on card points. Associated pupal skins and
terminalia mounted on separate slides. Reared from pupae. Seven
specimens with same collecting data as holotype, one taken at Belize,
same collecting data as paratype above.
Seven males mounted on card-points. Two with terminalia mounted
on slides. Four with same collecting data as holotype, and three from
Belize.
Four females mounted on card-points. Associated larval and pupal
skins on slides. Same collecting data as holotype. Twelve females,
nine from type locality and three from Belize, mounted on card-points
with associated pupal skins mounted on slides.
Four females mounted on card-points taken while attempting to bite
in a mangrove swamp near Belize, B. H., on October, 1955. P. Galindo
and H. Trapido, collectors.
Ten larval skins, eight from the type locality and two from Belize,
mounted on slides.
Disposition of type material. Holotype and allotype to be deposited
in the U.S. National Museum. Paratype series to be divided between
the U.S. National Museum and the mosquito collections of the Univer-
sity of California at Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.) and of Gorgas Memorial
Laboratory, Panama.
Taxonomic discussion. This new species belongs to the group of
Middle American species of Haemagogus sens. str. which are com-
monly found breeding in mangrove swamps. These species are: regalis
D. and K., lucifer H. D. and K., iridicolor Dyar, chalcospilans Dyar
and boshelli Osorno.
The peculiar coppery sheen of the mesonotal scales in aeritinctus n.
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——————— W/m ty wee <
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Immature stages of Haemagogus aeritinctus n. sp. Fig. 15, Terminal segments
of larva; fig. 16, Individual pecten tooth; fig. 17, Individual scale of comb of 8th
segment; fig. 18, Head capsule of larva, fig. 19, Abdominal chaetotaxy of pupal
skin.
sp., differentiates it from all other species of Haemagogus, with the
exception of uriartei Shannon and Del Ponte, which occurs in merid-
ional South America and belongs to a different subgenus. The yel-
lowish color of the coxae of aeritinctus is shared only by H. chalco-
spilans, from which aeritinctus may be separated by the color of the
mesonotal scales, the longer proboscis and the shape of the dististyle
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and claspettes of the male terminalia. The male terminalia of aeritinctus
shares characters with both regalis and lucifer. The shape of the disti-
style is like the latter species while the claspettes and mesosome are
much as in regalis. However, the three species may be separated by
the number of setae with sclerotized insertions on the eighth tergite.
In aeritinctus they range from 33 to 46 (in 20 specimens ) with a mean
of 40.9; in regalis from 46-85 (in 59 specimens) with a mean of 64.5,
and in lucifer from 62-104 (in 78 specimens) with a mean of 85.8.
Komp (loc. cit.) sank H. lucifer (H. D. and K., 1912) a mosquito
described from Panama, in the synonymy of H. regalis D. and K., 1906
with type locality in Sonsonate, El] Salvador, stating: “The writer has
examined the male terminalia of H. lucifer on slide No. 1461 in the U.S.
National Museum collection, which was made from a male of the type
series . . . and finds that the terminalia of this specimen correspond
in all particulars with the male terminalia on three slides . . . which
are from the type series of H. regalis. The writer has many specimens
of “H. lucifer’ from Panama, of which he has dissected and mounted
the male terminalia. These agree with those of the three slides of the
type series of H. regalis, noted above.” In further support of his case,
Komp (loc. cit.) published four photomicrographs of the terminalia
slides of H. lucifer and H. regalis discussed above, pointing out the
apparent similarity of the different parts in these preparations.
The authors have been fortunate in working with fresh material of
H. regalis from El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, as well as with a
long series of H. lucifer from various parts of Panama and Colombia
and find these two taxons to differ in the following respects:
a). The shape of the dististyle. In H. lucifer (Fig. 9) it swells be-
yond the middle and then tapers to a sharp point, appearing narrowly
snout-shaped. In H. regalis (Fig. 10) there is no appreciable swelling
in the dististyle which is arcuate and tapers gradually and very slightly
from base to apex. This character can be appreciated in the photo-
micrograph of the terminalia of H. lucifer published by Komp (loc.
cit.) but cannot be clearly distinguished in the photomicrograph of H.
regalis, due to the orientation of the specimen. However, one of us
(P.G.), has examined all the slides of the type series of H. regalis in
the U.S. National Museum, and finds that, with the exception of the
holotype, they all appear to agree well in this characteristic with the
fresh material in the authors’ collection, despite the fact that they are
rather poor preparations. The holotype lacks both dististyles so it
could not be studied properly.
b). The mesosome of H. regalis (Fig. 12) has a rather prominent
subapical serrated carina along the ventral surface. In H. lucifer (Fig.
11) this carina is always missing although some slight serrations are
sometimes present just below the apex. This character can only be
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seen in preparations where the mesosome has been dissected out and
mounted in lateral view.
c). In H. lucifer (Fig. 13) the stem of the claspette swells medianly,
thus appearing much stouter than in H. regalis (Fig. 14) which has
slender and slightly sinuate claspette stems. This characteristic is ex-
tremely constant and can be seen in Komp’s photomicrographs, but
the difference was thought by him to be due to distortions during the
preparation of the slides which are in poor condition.
d). Both forms have thick, stiff setae inserted in sclerotized bases
on the distal margin of the eighth tergite, but the mean number of
these setae differs. In 59 specimens of H. regalis (Fig. 8) the number
of setae range from 46 to 85 with a mean of 64.5. In 78 specimens of
H. lucifer (Fig. 7) the number of thick setae on the eighth tergite
range from 62 to 104 with a mean of 85.8.
e). These two forms occupy widely different geographical areas.
H. lucifer is known from Colombia, Panama and southeastern Costa
Rica and is replaced in Costa Rica along both coasts by H. iridicolor,
which extends into Nicaragua. H. regalis, on the other hand, occurs
from the Pacific coast of Mexico in the state of Chiapas, south to the
Gulf of Fonseca in the border area between El Salvador and Hon-
duras. On the Atlantic coast it has been found only in the states of
Veracruz and Tabasco in southern Mexico, being replaced to the south
in British Honduras and Guatemala by the new species H. aeritinctus.
The latter is in turn isolated from contact with H. lucifer by H. iridi-
color which occupies all of the Atlantic littoral of Nicaragua and Costa
Rica.
About a year after his publication, the late W. H. W. Komp in a
letter to the authors, stated: “I am now inclined to believe that lucifer
is a subspecies of the more northerly occurring regalis.”. However, in
view of the evidence presented above we see no reason at present to
treat these two forms as only subspecifically distinct and therefore
consider them as distinct species.
Geographical distribution. Haemagogus aeritinctus is known only
from Belize and Stann Creek, British Honduras, and from the east
coast of Guatemala.
Altitudinal distribution. Sea-level.
Ecology. The authors have taken this species in mangrove swamp
at Stann Creek, and among Ficus trees adjacent to mangrove at the
outskirts of Belize. Larvae were extremely abundant in rot holes in
the mangrove and Ficus, but adults attacking man were scarce. The
scarcity of adults is probably not significant as the collecting was done
only several days after a devastating hurricane in the area. The adults
which approached attacked about the head. Careful search of the
coastal mangrove of northern Honduras on several occasions failed to
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reveal any Haemagogus there. We also made one search of the man-
grove near Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico, just north of British
Honduras, but did not find Haemagogus. Dr. Jorge Boshell (personal
communication ) collected the new species along the east coast of Gua-
temala just north of Puerto Barrios. He captured adults attempting to
bite in mangrove swamps and recognized the species on sight by the
coppery sheen of the mesonotum, the yellowish coxae and the habit
of females of attacking man about the head. It appears that this is a
species of restricted range. It is morphologically close to, and the
ecological equivalent of the littoral species H. regalis.
Relation to yellow fever. Nothing is known, but probably not of
significance in the epidemiology of sylvan yellow fever because of its
restricted littoral range and habitat. The species is in part peridomestic
however, and appears to be abundant at Belize. Thus it might con-
ceivably become involved in the transmission of yellow fever from
man to man if the disease were once introduced.
Acknowledgment. The authors wish to express their appreciation to
Professor Eustorgio Méndez, Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, for the
illustrations.
REFERENCES
Komp, W. H. W. 1954. Haemagogus lucifer H. D. and K., 1912, a synonym of
Haemagogus regalis D. & K., 1906. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 56: 193-195.
A NEW MEMBER OF A SIBLING SET BELONGING TO THE
DROSOPHILA TRIPUNCTATA GROUP
(DiprerA: DROSOPHILIDAE )
SARAH BEDICHEK PIPKIN
Department of Zoology, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20001
Drosophila leticiae Pipkin, n. sp.
External characters of imagines: 4 9, Arista with 6 or 7 dorsal and 3 ventral
branches in addition to terminal fork. Front dull yellowish brown, darker in
ocellar triangle; ocelli pink; 7 inconspicuous frontal hairs on each side apex of
frontal triangle; orbital hairs 5 or 6. Proclinate orbital 44 posterior reclinate; an-
terior reclinate thin, about 4 proclinate. Face, ¢, white; 9, yellowish. Carina
broad, flat, widening distally; white in male; yellowish brown in female. One
prominent oral bristle; proboscis yellowish, shining, darker distally, with yellowish
hairs. Cheek yellowish, absent behind; width from base of oral bristle to eye
border 42 greatest diameter of eye. Orbits yellowish brown. Eye dull red, a little
darker in the dorsal 44; pile straw-colored. Eye index 1.2. Palpi yellow, with
one prominent subapical hair, 2 others on lateral margin of palpus in addition to
small hairs. Acrostichal hairs in 6 rows; mesonotum shining brown; pleura shin-
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Fig. 1. Outline drawing of paired homologues of hybrids between D. leticiae,
n. sp. and D. metzii showing translocations involving the 4 longer autosomes and
some absence of pairing of portions of homologues. Only the X chromosomes
(accidentally fragmented in making the preparation) and the shortest autosome,
located beside the X, are not involved in the translocations. Ends of chromosomes
are marked “E.”
ing yellowish-brown; scutellum dark brown; anterior scutellars slightly divergent;
halteres dusky yellowish. Anterior sternopleural 14 posterior sternopleural; mid-
sternopleural thin, %4 anterior. Legs yellowish; 2 golden hairs proximal end basal
metatarsus of leg 3. Wings brown; veins darker brown; posterior crossvein clouded;
costal index, 3.1; 4th vein index, 1.5; 5x index, 1.25; 4c index, 0.75; Heavy bristles
on the basal 14 of third costal section; one prominent hair at apex of first costal
section. Abdomen ( ¢) yellowish brown with shining black apical bands on ter-
gites 2-6 extending almost to lateral margins, with indistinct medial interruptions
on tergites 2, 3, 4; apical band thickened medially on tergites 5, 6. Anal plates
yellowish; flattened laterally to form a keel shaped projection; numerous bent
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hairs on ventral margin. Sternites pale gray except most posterior one which is
yellowish. Female abdomen yellowish brown; tergites 2, 3, 4, 5 with black shining
apical bands fading at lateral margins; paramedial extensions on these tergites;
tergite 6 with black medial trapezoid shaped mark; tergite 7 yellow; sternites pale.
Body length (etherized) ¢ 2.5 mm; 2 3 mm. Wing length ¢ 2.25; 2 3 mm.
Internal characters of imagines and genitalia: Anterior malpighian tubules
branched basally at a distance the width of intestine, free, with distal ends turned
back; posterior malpighian tubules apposed with continuous lumen; testes pale
yellow; 3 inner coils (vas deferens) and 4 outer coils (testis proper); sperm pump
with 2 posterior diverticula each scarcely the length of the greater diameter of
the pump. Forceps with 11-13 primary teeth arranged in a sinuous row; no
secondary teeth; the two forceps joined by a medially grooved plate; about 8
marginal bristles and 7 bristles on the upper surface of the forceps; toe rounded
with about 9 bristles. A long medially directed bristle on the posterior border of
each concha of the hypandrium. Apodeme of the phallus a slightly bent rod;
head of phallus simple, bulbous distally with ventrally attached laterally project-
ing ears. Spermatheceae with distal portion dark brown, less chitinized proximally;
oval, no constriction on inner duct; ventral receptacle thin, tightly coiled, with
about 20 gyres. Ovipositor golden brown, acuminate at tip; 19 teeth.
Egg: with 4 slender filaments, each 0.7 the length egg. Puparium golden
brown; aperture of anterior spiracles ringed with black stigmatic plates bearing
about 27 amber filaments; horns including anterior spiracles a little less than 1%
the length of the puparium; posterior spiracles black; apart.
Chromosomes: Laboratory culture 3L5 shows salivary chromosomes with a
medium length X, markedly heterochromatic at the right hand end; one long
autosome, three medium length autosomes, and a very short autosome; chromo-
center scant. Salivary chromosomes of hybrids between this species and its sibling,
D. metzii (Barro Colorado Island strain), show the presence of translocations in-
volving the 4 long autosomes and a lack of pairing of portions of all homologues
(Fig. 1).
Belongs in subgroup IV of the tripunctata species group of the sub-
genus Drosophila, being a sibling of D. metzii Sturtevant 1921 and D.
pellewae Pipkin and Heed, 1964. D. leticiae differs from metzii and
pellewae in the distinctly smaller male body length, absence of sexual
dimorphism of abdominal coloration, and possession of fewer primary
teeth of forceps. D. leticiae further differs from metzii in the yellowish
brown color of the female face, less chalky aspect of the male face;
from pellewae in the white face of the male. Reciprocal crosses of D.
leticiae and D. metzii yield some viable hybrids. Many of the hybrids
were fertile inter se, but laboratory populations derived from them
usually died out in F, or F3. D. pellewae, when used as the female par-
ent, produced few or no progeny with D. leticiae males, though hybrids
were obtained from the reciprocal cross. The latter were sometimes
fertile inter se, but laboratory populations derived from them usually
die out in F» or Fs.
Distribution: Holotype ¢; 12 6, 12 2 paratypes from laboratory
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culture 3L5 developed from 15 founder females netted over fallen
cacao fruit in house yard on the Amazon River at El Marco, Brasil,
near Leticia, Colombia, June 16-20, 1964 (U.S. National Museum);
10 ¢ and 10 & paratypes from laboratory stock 3L5, same data,
(Drosophila Type and Reference Collection) Austin, Texas.
REFERENCES
Pipkin, S. B. and W. B. Heed. 1964. Nine new members of the Drosophila
tripunctata species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Pacific Insects 6: 256-273.
Sturtevant, A. H. 1921. The North American Species of Drosophila. Carnegie
Institution of Washington Publication 301, New Era Printing Co., Lancaster,
Pa. p. 78.
NEW SPECIES OF DOLICHOPODIDAE FROM THE
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
(DireTera )
Haroip Rosrnson, Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
The present paper is primarily intended to supplement the synopsis
of the Dolichopodidae of the Southeastern United States (Robinson,
1964), and includes those undescribed species from the Eastern U.S.
which have been encountered since that study. A number of species
from the Western U.S. and some related or otherwise interesting spe-
cies from Mexico and Central America are also described.
Dolichopus crassitibia, n. sp.
(Figs. 1-4)
Male.—Length 3.0 mm; wing 3.0 mm by 1.0 mm.
Face about a fourth as wide below as high, becoming gradually wider above,
covered with silvery white pollen; front broad, broader above, metallic greenish,
almost completely covered with white pollen: palpus small, pale; proboscis brown.
Antenna black; segment 1 short, widened distally from a narrow base, with hairs
above; segment 2 shorter and wider, very short below; segment 3 about as long
as wide, blunt; arista from near middle of dorsal edge. Lower postocular setae
pale and somewhat flattened.
Thorax metallic green, slightly dulled with grayish pollen, a violet band be-
tween rows of small acrostichals; 6 pairs of large dorsocentrals, 5th pair set in-
ward from the rest of the line; scutellum with large pair of bristles and small
erect hair on the lateral margin; a black bristle over the fore coxa.
Legs black with black setae, all knees, tips of fore and middle tibiae, inner
surface of fore tibia, and base of fore metatarsus yellowish. Fore and middle
coxae with numerous bristles on anterior surface, distal ones large; middle and
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Fig. 1-17. Dolichopodidae, males. Dolichopus crassitibia n. sp. 1, hind tibia;
2, wing; 3, hypopygial lamella; 4, hypopygium. Rhaphium steyskali n. sp. 5, an-
tenna; 6, hypopygium. Diaphorus pseudopacus Robinson. 7, hypopygium; 8, tips
of hypopygial appendages, ventral view. Diaphorus canus Robinson. 9, hypopyg-
ium; 10, hypopygial appendages, ventral view. Diaphorus bakeri n. sp. 11, hy-
popygium; 12, hypopygial appendages, ventral view. Diaphorus gibbosus Van
Duzee; 13, hypopygium; 14, tips of hypopygial appendages, ventral view. Chryso-
tus clypeatus n. sp. 15, hypopygium; 16, face and mouth, palpi turned edgewise;
17, antenna.
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hind coxae with a large external bristle; middle and hind femora with a preapical
anteriorly, hind femur with a few long pale hairs along middle of lower posterior
surface; fore tibia with a pair of indistinct dorsals near base, a second pair near
the middle, of which the posterodorsal is rather large, 2 small posterodorsals and
2 larger apicals; middle tibia with 2 large anterodorsals and 1 small posterodorsal
in basal third, 1 anterodorsal, 1 posterodorsal, and 1 ventral near distal third, 5
apicals; hind tibia (fig. 1) greatly thickened, with 3 anterodorsals of which 2
including a small one are near the base, 4 large posterodorsals, numerous indis-
tinct ventrals, 2 apicals. Lengths of segments of fore tarsus from the base as
8-4-3-2-2; middle tarsus as 10-5-4-3-3; hind tarsus as 8-8-6-4-3, segment 1 very
thick with 2 large bristles above.
Wing (fig. 2) rather oblong with a prominent anal angle and a large sinus
behind the crossvein, hyaline with veins brown. Costa swollen at juncture of vein
1; veins 2 and 4 nearly parallel beyond the crossvein, vein 4 with slight double
bend before middle of last part, vein 3 converging with vein 4 toward the tip;
crossvein about as long as last of vein 5. Calypter, its setae, and knob of halter
pale, stem of halter brown.
Abdomen about as long as thorax, tapering, shining metallic green dulled with
grayish pollen on sides. Hypopygium (fig. 4) two-thirds as long as preabdomen,
black with greenish tinges; lamellae (fig. 3) rounded, whitish with a jagged brown
border; inner appendages pale.
Holotype ¢, from wasp nest, on shore of Potomac River by Plummers
Island, Montgomery Co., Maryland, June 16, 1963, K. Krombein. Spec-
imen in USNM, no. 69332. This is the “Dolichopus n. sp.” listed as
prey of Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) paucimaculatus (Packard) by Krom-
bein (1964, p. 86).
The species would key to the group of species containing Dolichopus
kansensis, D. ovatus, and D. acuminatus using my key to the south-
eastern species. The new species differs from these and from most
other species of Dolichopus by the greatly thickened hind tibia and
the deep sinus in the hind margin of the wing.
Rhaphium steyskali, n. sp.
(Figs. 5-6)
Male.—Length 5.3 mm; wing 4.0 mm by 1.5 mm.
Face long and narrow, becoming wider above, covered with white pollen; front
broad, slightly wider above, metallic green with thin whitish pollen; palpus ap-
parently yellow with pale hairs; proboscis brown. Antenna (fig. 5) brown with
segment 1 yellow below; segment 1 widened distally to as wide as long, bare
above; segment 2 very short, about as wide as first, ringed by submarginal black
setulae; segment 3 about as long as face, elliptical, covered with fine pale hairs,
with darker strand along dorsal margin ending at insertion of arista; arista slightly
preapical, about as long as segment 3. Upper postocular setae black, lateral and
lower postocular surface covered with long white hairs.
Thorax metallic green with mesoscutum very shining, thin whitish pollen evi-
dent toward margins and on pleura. Setae black; acrostichals short, biseriate; 5
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pairs of long dorsocentrals; scutellum with a pair of long widely-separated bristles,
a smaller bristle on each lateral margin; proepisternum covered with short pale
hairs.
Coxae yellow, base of middle coxa slightly darkened externally, segments of
fore and middle tarsi with brownish tips, dorsal margin of hind femur darkened
distally, hind tibia brownish yellow and becoming brownish distally, hind tarsus
dark brown, legs otherwise pale. Fore and middle coxae with numerous pale
hairs on anterior surface, fore coxa without black setae, middle coxa with a cluster
of black setae forming an apical thorn, middle and hind coxae with a long black
external seta; posterior surface of fore femur with many rather long pale hairs,
some pale hairs on hind surface of middle femur toward base, other setae of legs
mostly black; femora without distinct preapicals; fore tibia with pair of small
dorsals near basal fourth, small posterodorsal near middle, 1 distinct apical; middle
tibia with 1 stout anterodorsal near base, smaller one beyond middle, 1 small
posterodorsal near middle, 5 apicals; hind tibia with pair of short stout dorsals
near middle, 1 anterodorsal near base, 1 posterodorsal near second fifth, 2 strong
apicals. Lengths of segments of fore tarsus from base as 12-4-3-2-2; middle tarsus
as 15-7-5-3-2; hind tarsus as 10-12-8-5-3.
Wing elongate oval, hind margin rather oblique distally, surface tinged with
brown especially distally, veins brownish; vein 2 reaching twice as far along
costa as vein 1, nearly straight; vein 3 nearly straight and parallel with 2 but
curving gradually backward near tip; vein 4 slightly offset forward in middle of
last part, nearly parallel with 3 at tip; crossvein nearly perpendicular to base of
vein 5, two-thirds as long as last of vein 5; vein 6 represented by a strong fold
that bends backward in middle. Calypter, its long setae, and halter pale.
Abdomen considerably longer than thorax, tapering, metallic green with slight
whitish pollen on sides; long pale setae on sides of basal terga, long black setae
along hind margins. Hypopygium (fig. 6) brown, rather small, extending slightly
forward under preabdomen, tips prolonged into smooth light brownish rods; lamel-
lae strap-like, acute apically, brown, with dark setae over outer surface, a few
pale setae at tip.
Holotype ¢, Sweetwater Creek near old “Camp Torreya,” Liberty
Co., Florida, Mar. 23, 1954, George Steyskal. Specimen in USNM, no.
69333.
The new species would key to Rhaphium insolitum Curran but dif-
fers by having a much more massive third antennal segment and a
much longer strap-like hypopygial lamella. The new species is the
only Rhaphium known to me having a preapical arista.
Diaphorus bakeri, n. sp.
(Figs. 11-12)
Male.—Length 2.7 mm; wing 2.7 mm by 1.1 mm.
Face about as wide as long; front triangular below, obliterated in upper half;
both face and front brown with slight grayish pollen; palpus brown with a few
dark hairs and a black apical seta; proboscis brown. Antenna brown, all segments
of nearly equal length; segment 1 distally about as wide as long, bare above;
segment 2 slightly wider than first, ringed by small setulae of which one above
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Fig. 18-31. Dolichopodidae, males. Chrysotus picticornis Loew. 18, hind
femur; 19, hypopygium. Chrysotus mexicanus n. sp. 20, hind femur; 21, hypopyg-
ium. Chrysotus neopicticornis n. sp. 22, hind femur; 23, hypopygium. Telma-
turgus costaricensis n. sp. 24, antenna; 25, fore tarsus. Medetera marylandica n.
sp. 26, wing; 27, hypopygial appendages; 28, tip of aedeagus, ventral view. Chryso-
timus arizonicus n. sp. 29, hypopygium. Chrysotimus obscurus n. sp. 30, hypo-
pygium. Chrysotimus metallicus Parent. 31, hypopygium.
is rather long; segment 3 nearly twice as wide as long, covered with numerous
fine pale hairs, with arista inserted near upper margin and with distal margin
slightly produced below arista. Lower postocular surface covered with long black
hairs.
Thorax brown, with slight yellowish pollen above, more grayish pollen on pleura.
Mesoscutum rather strongly arched; bristles black; acrostichals small, biseriate; 5
pairs of dorsocentrals; 1 pair of long scutellars, a small seta on each lateral margin;
a few small setae above the fore coxa.
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Legs brown. Hairs and bristles black; fore and middle coxae with numerous
black hairs on the anterior surface, fore coxa with larger setae on distal margin,
middle and hind coxae with a large external bristle; fore femur with hairs on ven-
tral surface of thickest part rather erect, with a row of prominent setae along
anteroventral surface, hind femur with numerous long hairs along posteroventral
surface and a few stiff hairs anteroventrally near tip, preapical bristles lacking;
fore tibia with 1 very small anterodorsal near basal third; middle tibia with 2
anterodorsals and 2 posterodorsals all small, 4 large apicals; hind tibia with 2 small
but distinct anterodorsals, 4—5 posterodorsals, 4 apicals. Lengths of segments of
fore tarsus from base as 14-7-5-4-3, with tibia as about 23, pulvilli nearly as long
as segment 5; middle tarsus as 16-8-6-4-3, pulvilli scarcely enlarged; hind tarsus
as 11-9-6-4-3, pulvilli not enlarged.
Wing rather oval with basal part very broad, hind margin only slightly curved
from middle to near tip of vein 4; surface with brownish tinge and brown veins;
vein 1 reaching about half way from base to tip of vein 2; veins 2, 3, and 4
nearly straight and parallel beyond the crossvein, vein 3 only slightly more curved
backward toward the tip; crossvein perpendicular to basal part of vein 4, about
three-fifths as long as last of vein 5; vein 6 represented by slight fold. Calypter
and halter brownish, setae of former black.
Abdomen longer than thorax, brown with slight yellowish gray pollen toward
the sides and base; hairs and bristles black, longer toward the sides. Hypopygium
(figs. 11, 12) brown, small, capping tip of preabdomen, with 4 large bristles
projecting posteriorly from near base; hypopygium bearing straight slender arms
with a swelling on middle of inner surface, a flange above forming a short hood,
with a narrow setiferous appendage and a median hooked appendage between
the arms reaching about half of length of arms.
Holotype ¢, from Olga, Washington, July 9, 1926, C. F. Baker. Spec-
imen in USNM, no. 69334.
The new species would key to Diaphorus nigricans in the treatment
of southeastern Dolichopodidae, but differs most noticeably by the
presence of prominent setae posteroventrally on the hind femur. These
setae plus the longer first wing vein provide distinctions from D. fuscus,
and the lack of enlarged pulvilli on the middle and hind tarsi provide
a further distinction from D. snowi. I have included illustrations of
hypopygia of some of the related species having yellow tibiae; D.
pseudopacus Robinson, figs. 7-8; D. canus Robinson, figs. 9-10; D.
gibbosus Van Duzee, figs. 13-14.
Chrysotus neopicticornis, n. sp.
(Figs. 22-23 )
Male.—Length 2.1 mm; wing 2.1 mm by 0.9 mm.
Eyes essentially contiguous below the middle of the face, face narrow above
mouth, covered with yellowish pollen; front broad, slightly broader above, me-
tallic green with slight yellowish pollen; palpus yellow; proboscis yellowish brown.
Antenna with first and most of second segment yellow, upper part of second and
most of third segment brown; segment 1 bare above; segment 2 about as long as
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but distally wider than first, with a submarginal ring of dark setulae; segment 3
longer than second, half again as long as wide, with arista in slight apical sinus.
Lower postocular setae pale.
Thorax metallic green dulled with yellowish pollen above, with thicker whitish
pollen on pleura. Setae black; acrostichals biseriate; 5 pairs of dorsocentrals; a
pair of large scutellars, a small scutellar hair on lateral margin; a pale seta above
fore coxa.
Legs mostly pale, middle coxa and base of hind coxa brownish. Setae mostly
dark; many long pale setae on anterior surface of fore and middle coxae, hind
coxa with a rather dark external bristle; fore femur with a series of prominent
posteroventrals (distal ones longer), ventral setae paler toward base of femur;
middle and hind femora with rather short pale ventral setae, those of hind femur
evenly spaced, hind femur (fig. 22) with 2-3 brownish anteroventral bristles near
tip; middle tibia with 1 strong anterodorsal and 1 weak posterodorsal near basal
third, a very small bristle in each dorsal row beyond middle, 3 distinct apicals;
hind tibia with 2 rather strong anterodorsals and 3 smaller posterodorsals rather
evenly spaced, 2 apicals and 1 subapical. Lengths of segments of fore tarsus from
base as 8-4-3-2-2; middle tarsus as 9-4-3-2-3; hind tarsus as 7-5-4-3-3.
Wing rather oblong oval, clear with brownish veins; veins 3 and 4 nearly
parallel beyond crossvein, vein 2 only slightly diverging; crossvein perpendicular
to last of vein 4, almost half as long as last of vein 5; vein 6 represented by a
slight fold. Calypter and halter pale, setae of former pale brownish.
Abdomen only slightly longer than thorax, metallic green with slight pollen
which is more yellowish above; setae mostly short with rather pale reflections, a
few slightly longer and darker near tergal margins. Hypopygium (fig. 23) small,
enclosed in tip of preabdomen; outer appendages small, pale; inner appendages
primarily a pair of stout dark armatures with a blunt tip bearing 2 short but dis-
tinct setae.
Face of female wide, about half as wide as high; palpus with numerous black
hairs. Setae on anterior surface of fore coxa much shorter, no long or distinctive
setae ventrally on femora; setae of hind tibia generally stronger.
Holotype ¢ and allotype °, from soil of earth dam, wooded area
about 3 miles north of Spartanburg, South Carolina, May 8, 1961; 2 4
paratypes, soil by stream, University of Tennessee Farm, Knox Co.,
Tennessee, July 18 and Aug. 11, 1957, all H. Robinson; 1 2 paratype,
Duke Garden, Durham Co., North Carolina, April 28, 1959, H. S.
Daoud; 1 ¢, Canton, New York, July 27, 1931; 2 ¢, Vincennes, Indiana,
June 6; 2 6, Lafayette, Indiana, June 1 and 27, all J. M. Aldrich. Holo-
type (no. 69335), allotype, and the Aldrich collections in USNM;
others presently in my collection.
For discussion see following species.
Chrysotus mexicanus, n. sp.
(Figs. 20-21 )
Male.—Length ca. 2.0 mm; wing ca. 2.0 mm by 0.9 mm.
Head, thorax, legs except hind femur, wing, and preabdomen essentially as
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described for C. neopicticornis. Ventral margin of hind femur (fig. 20) with sparse
pubescence, at base bearing a pair of distinct black setae that are very close and
often adhere to each other. Hypopygium as illustrated (fig. 21).
Holotype 4, allotype °, 6 4, 2 2 paratypes, from km 375, rt. 180,
Veracruz, Aug. 7; 2 2 paratypes, soil by stream, near Santiago Tuxtla,
Veracruz, Aug. 8, 1962; 1 ¢ and 2 2 paratypes, near Tierra Blanca,
Veracruz, May 12, 1963; 3 é and 2 2 paratypes, edge of shaded stream,
Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, May 12; 1 2, above Rio Valle Nacional, Oaxaca,
May 14, 1963; 1 ¢, near Jaltepec River, rt. 185, Oaxaca, Aug. 8; 3 ¢
and 1 2, near km 220, rt. 185, Oaxaca, Aug. 9, 1962; 4 ¢ and 1 2, El
Salto, San Luis Potosi, May 9; 7 ¢ and 1 2, near junction of rts. 190,
200, Chiapas, May 21; 2 4 and 1 2, just below crest of Sierra above
Arriaga, Chiapas, May 22; 1 ¢, Rio Lajas, Chiapas, May 23, 1963; all
from Mexico collected by H. Robinson; 3 ¢ and 1 2, Clarke Hall,
Dominica, Jan. 22-23; 2 6, near Layou River mouth, Mar. 10, 1964,
H. Robinson; 6 é and 3 2, Layou River mouth, Jan. 9; 1 ¢, same loca-
tion, Mar. 8; 5 ¢ and 1 2, same location, Mar. 18-24; 7 6 and 2 2,
Cabrit Swamp, Mar. 22-25; 4 6 and 1 2, Clarke Hall, Malaise and
light traps, Jan. 8—Mar. 31; all 1964 collected by W. W. Wirth; 1 ¢,
Clarke Hall, May 28; 1 6, Melville Hall Airport, July 14, 1966, George
Steyskal; the latter all from Dominica collected during participation in
the Bredin—Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica.
Holotype (no. 69336), allotype, and the Dominica collections in
USNM,;; others presently in my collection.
After careful examination of the Chrysotus picticornis complex I find
three distinct species are involved. Those specimens having a distinct
dark spot and four or more distinct black bristles near the tip of the
hind femur and rather dense pale pubescence ventrally near the base
of the femur, are C. picticornis. In this species the hypopygial arma-
ture is very slenderly pointed. The two new species lack the distinctly
dark tip on the hind femur and the anteroventral preapical setae are
less distinct (sometimes only 1 present). Of the two new species, C.
mexicanus is easily distinguished by the pair of black ventral bristles
at the base of the hind femur. The hypopygial armature of C. mexi-
canus seems rather variable, in one specimen from Chiapas (near
Arriaga) the armature is very broad and is curved on the lower edge,
in specimens from Dominica the armature is very slender. Though
the range of C. picticornis in the Neotropics is not as extensive as pre-
viously believed, I have collected specimens near Jitotol in Chiapas,
Mexico.
Chrysotus clypeatus, n. sp.
(Figs. 15-17)
Male.—Length 2.0 mm; wing 2.1 mm by 0.7 mm.
Face (fig. 16) very broad, becoming broader below, terminating at suture with
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the broad and bluntly pointed clypeus greatly recessed from the plane of the face,
covered with silvery white pollen; front slightly broader than upper part of face,
dark brownish with thin yellowish pollen; palpus rounded-oblong, nearly as long
as face, covered with silvery white pollen; proboscis small, brown. Antenna (fig.
17) brown; segment 1 very small, bare above; segment 2 larger but hardly longer,
ringed by short brownish setulae; segment 3 triangular, slightly longer than wide,
covered with fine pale pubescence, with arista borne just before apex. Lower
postocular surface with many pale setae.
Thorax dark brownish, with slight yellowish pollen above, whitish pollen toward
sides and on pleura. Setae black; acrostichals small, biseriate; 6 pairs of dorso-
centrals, hind pair long; 1 pair of long scutellars, a small seta on lateral margin
of scutellum; 1-2 pale setae above fore coxa.
Legs brown with fore and middle trochanters, all tibiae, and all but tips of
basitarsi pale. Fore and middle coxae with pale setae on anterior surface; middle
coxa with a brownish setae toward outside, hind coxa with black external seta;
femora without preapical setae, a few prominent antero- and posteroventrals near
tip of hind femur; fore tibia without distinctive setae; middle tibia with 1 strong
anterodorsal near base, 1 very small ventral, 4 apicals; hind tibia with 2 small
anterodorsals, 4 small posterodorsals, 4 stronger apicals. Lengths of segments of fore
tarsus from base as 9-4-3-2-2; middle tarsus as 11-5-3-2-2; hind tarsus as 8-6-4-2-2.
Wing rather oblong, clear, veins brown; veins 3 and 4 parallel, curving slightly
backward; crossvein near midwing, perpendicular to anterior wing margin, about
two-thirds as long as last of vein 5.
Abdomen cylindrical, slightly longer than thorax, dark metallic brownish green;
marginal setae of tergum 6 projecting, but not longer than setae of other terga.
Hypopygium (fig. 15) small, embedded in tip of preabdomen, bare, brown; lamel-
lae minute, brownish, pale pubescent.
Holotype ¢, Port St. Joe, Gulf County, beach, Florida, Mar. 17, 1954,
George Steyskal. Specimen in USNM, no. 69337.
The new species seems most closely related to Chrysotus lamellifer
Robinson, which has the same type of unusual clypeus, but C. lamel-
lifer is a somewhat larger species with a short rather reniform third
antennal segment and with a distinct ventral bristle on the hind basi-
tarsus.
Telmaturgus costaricensis, n. sp.
(Figs. 24-25)
Male.—Length 1.8 mm; wing 2.0 mm by 0.8 mm.
Face very narrow, essentially obliterated in lower half; front broad, broader
above, dark with violet reflections, with very slight pollen; palpus and proboscis
brown. Antennal segments (fig. 24) 1 and 2 small, yellowish; segment 3 brown,
triangular, half again as long as wide; arista dorsal from near base of third seg-
ment, plain. Postocular setae small, brown.
Thorax evenly rounded above, dark brownish above with violet reflections, only
slightly pollinose; pleura yellowish. Acrostichals uniseriate, absent posteriorly; 4
pairs of large black dorsocentrals, posterior pairs largest, an anterior 5th pair very
small; scutellum with 1 pair of bristles, no hairs.
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Legs yellowish with dark setae. Middle femur with preapical bristles anteriorly
and posteriorly; hind femur with both upper and lower preapicals anteriorly;
middle tibia with antero- and posterodorsals paired near basal third, 1 antero-
dorsal near distal third, 2 apicals; hind tibia with a few short indistinct dorsals, 2
very small ventrals. Lengths of segments of fore tarsus (fig. 25) from base as
8-6-5-5-3, segment 1 slightly thickened, all segments bearing very long curved
setae along antero- and posteroventral surfaces; middle tarsus as 11-9-6-4-4; hind
tarsus as 6-11-7-4-3.
Wing elongate oval, slightly brownish tinged, veins brown; veins 3 and 4 essen-
tially parallel beyond the crossvein, vein 2 diverging slightly forward; crossvein a
little over half as long as last of vein 5; vein 6 represented by slight fold. Calypter,
its setae, and knob of halter brown.
Abdomen slightly longer than thorax, cylindrical, brownish with slight violet
reflections; setae dark. Hypopygium small, set on tip of preabdomen, brown with
small brown appendages.
Holotype ¢, La Suiza de Turrialba, Costa Rica, April 1922, Pablo
Schild. Specimen in A. L. Melander collection in USNM, no. 69338.
The new species differs from Telmaturgus parvus (Van Duzee) of
the Eastern United States by the presence of 4 pairs of dorsocentrals;
it differs from T. tumidulus (Raddatz) of Europe by the plain arista
and the differently shaped fore tarsus.
Lamprochromus occidentalis, n. sp.
Male.—Length 2.0 mm; wing 2.0 mm by 0.8 mm. Setae mostly black.
Face wide above, gradually becoming very narrow below, covered with silvery
white pollen; front broad, broader above, shining dark green; palpus small, brown;
proboscis brown. Antenna black, all segments short and about as long as wide;
segment 1 bare above; segment 2 with a ring of setulae and 1 long dorsal seta;
segment 3 pointed, with a dorsal arista. Lower postocular setae pale.
Thorax bright metallic green with a violet stripe along middle of mesoscutum,
a patch of velvety black above wing base; grayish pollen on pleura. Acrostichals
biseriate; 4 pairs of dorsocentrals; 1 pair of strong scutellars, a small hair on
lateral scutellar margin; proepisternum with a few pale setulae before anterior
spiracle.
Middle and hind coxae slightly brownish basally, fore and middle tarsi rather
darkened distally, hind leg brown except basal third of femur, legs otherwise pale.
Fore coxa with numerous small pale hairs and distally with black setae on anterior
surface; middle and hind coxae with a large seta toward the outer surface; middle
and hind femora with preapical bristles; fore tibia with 1 small anterodorsal near
base; middle tibia with 2 small anterodorsals, 2 larger posterodorsals, 4 apicals;
hind tibia with 2 strong anterodorsals, many large posterodorsals of which some
are quite prominent, 3 apicals. Lengths of segments of fore tarsus from base as
9-4-3-2-2: middle tarsus as 11-7-5-3-3; hind tarsus as 9-10-5-3-5.
Wing rather oval, slightly brownish; veins 2, 3, and 4 curving only very slightly
backwards, veins 3 and 4 essentially parallel beyond crossvein; crossvein perpen-
dicular to base of vein 4, two-thirds as long as last of vein 5; vein 6 represented
by a slight fold; anal angle only moderately rounded.
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Abdomen longer than thorax, cylindrical; wholly metallic green. Hypopygium
capping tip of preabdomen, dark with small brownish appendages.
Holotype ¢, from Wells, Nevada, July 12, 1911; 1 ¢ paratype, from
Juliaette, Idaho, July 5, 1930; both J. M. Aldrich. Specimens in USNM,
no. 69339.
The new species differs from others known from North America by
the wholly metallic abdomen. It differs from European species by the
short pointed antenna and the almost wholly brownish hind leg.
Medetera marylandica, n. sp.
(Figs. 26-28)
Male.—Length ca. 2.0 mm; wing 2.0 mm by 0.7 mm.
Face narrow below, metallic dark green, slightly dulled by yellowish white
pollen; front broad, broader above, slightly more pollinose than face; head strongly
excavated behind vertex; palpus and proboscis black. Antenna blackish, all seg-
ments short, segment 3 truncate with an apical arista. Postocular setae black with
pale reflections.
Thorax strongly arched with strongly flattened posterior slope, dark metallic
green dulled with grayish pollen. Acrostichals biseriate, absent posteriorly; 4 pairs
of large black dorsocentrals becoming progressively smaller and grading into hairs
anteriorly; 4 scutellar bristles, lateral pair small; proepisternum with a few small
black setae below.
Legs with fore and middle knees and tibiae, basal joints of fore and middle
tarsi yellow, hind tibia yellowish brown, remainder of legs brown. Setae brown-
ish, all but larger with pale reflections; middle femur with numerous longer setae
along anteroventral surface in distal half; hind femur with 2 bristles toward tip
in middle of anterior surface; middle tibia with small anterodorsal and smaller
posterodorsal paired near basal third. Lengths of segments of fore tarsus from
base as 10-4-3-2-4; middle tarsus as 14-6-4-3-2; hind tarsus as 8-10-6-3-4, basi-
tarsus with a deep prominently rimmed pocket basally on inside surface.
Wing (fig. 26) rather oval, clear, veins brown; vein 2 and last of vein 4 nearly
parallel, vein 3 curving backward and ending near vein 4; base of vein 5 thick-
ened for nearly two-thirds its length; crossvein slightly over half as long as last
of vein 5; vein 6 represented by slight fold. Calypter and halter pale, setae of
calypter brownish.
Preabdomen about as long as thorax, strongly tapered, metallic blackish green
with slight yellowish white pollen; terga bearing small black marginal bristles.
Hypopygium pedunculate, black; appendages (fig. 27) yellow, lateral lamella
deeply cleft, aedeagus (fig. 28) slender with a preapical enlargement.
Holotype ¢, Bethesda, Montgomery Co., Maryland, July 24, 1965,
George Steyskal. Specimen in USNM, no. 69340.
The new species seems closest to Medetera freyi E. Thuneb. of Eu-
rope in the shape of the genitalia, more like M. excellens Frey in leg
color. Of these the former has a much shorter thickened area on the
fifth vein and the latter has much paler pubescence. The only pre-
viously known North American species with a thickened fifth vein, M.
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crassivenis Curran, has the last part of the fifth vein hardly half as
long as the crossvein, and has a hind femur with more and longer
hairs anteriorly but no bristles.
Chrysotimus arizonicus, n. sp.
(Fig. 29)
Male.—Length 2.0 mm; wing 2.6 mm by 1.0 mm. All hairs and bristles pale.
Face broad with sides nearly straight and parallel, metallic green with slight
gray pollen; front broad with sides diverging from below, metallic green with
yellowish pollen; palpus yellow with a number of hairs; proboscis brown. Antenna
black, with all segments short; segment 1 bare above; segment 2 ringed with small
setulae; segment 3 triangular, covered with small hairs, with arista inserted near
middle of the oblique dorsal margin. Lower postocular setae in single series.
Thorax metallic green except the yellow metepimeron, with yellowish pollen
above, more grayish pollen on pleura; posterior slope of mesoscutum flattened.
Acrostichals small, irregularly biseriate; 5 pairs of large dorsocentrals; 1 pair of
long scutellars, a small seta on lateral scutellar margin; proepisternum with a few
short setae above fore coxa.
Legs yellow except the black fifth segments of the tarsi. Fore and middle coxae
with numerous hairs on anterior surface, fore coxa with a series of bristles on
distal margin; middle and hind coxae with a strong external bristle; middle and
hind femora with a preapical bristle; fore tibia without evident bristles; middle
tibia with 2 anterodorsals near base and middle, a smaller posterodorsal near each,
3 apicals; hind tibia with 2 anterodorsals and 3 posterodorsals, 2 small but dis-
tinct apicals. Lengths of segments of fore tarsus from base as 9-4-3-2-2; middle
tarsus as 1]1-5-3-2-2; hind tarsus as 8-6-4-3-3.
Wing rather oval, clear with yellow veins; veins 2, 3, and last part of 4 all very
slightly curved backwards and nearly parallel to each other and to front wing
margin, vein 3 slightly more curved toward tip, vein 4 ending at or just behind
tip of wing; crossvein perpendicular to base of vein 4, two-fifths as long as last
of vein 5; vein 6 represented by a slight fold. Calypter and halter yellow.
Abdomen only slightly longer than thorax; shining metallic green terga dulled
with slight yellow pollen, sterna yellow. Hypopygium (fig. 29) brown, apparently
usually partly concealed, extending forward nearly half length of preabdomen;
appendages brown.
Female very similar to male except in abdomen. First 4 segments of abdomen
yellow, segment 5 broad and metallic green; middle of hind margin of tergum 4
slightly indented.
Holotype ¢, allotype 2, and 1 2 paratype, from Grand Canyon Na-
tional Park (north rim), Arizona, July 15, 1954, W. L. Downes, Jr.
Holotype (no. 69341) and allotype in USNM, paratype in the Downes
collection at the Department of Entomology, University of Illinois.
The new species seems close to Chrysotimus luteopalpus Curran,
but the antenna of the latter species is mostly yellow and the female
abdomen has the fifth tergum yellow and margins of the other terga
plain.
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Chrysotimus schildi, n. sp.
Male.—Length 1.5 mm; wing 2.0 by 0.8 mm. Hairs and bristles mostly yellow,
verticals, ocellars, and anterior dorsocentrals brownish.
Basic characters as in C. arizonicus but antennae yellow with an apical arista;
only center of mesoscutum bright metallic green, thorax otherwise yellow; hind
tibia with only 1 obvious anterodorsal, posterodorsals very small and indistinct;
lengths of segments of fore tarsus from base as 13-6-5-3-3, middle tarsus broken
off, hind tarsus as 11-9-6-4-3; wing vein 4 ending slightly behind wing tip; abdo-
men yellowish on lateral margins of terga, pale brownish below; hypopygium
brownish with greenish reflections, of structure similar to C. obscurus & C. metal-
licus, bases of appendages yellow.
Female abdomen with tergum 1, all but central posterior triangle of tergum 3,
and sides of tergum 4 yellow.
Holotype é and allotype ?, La Suiza de Turrialba, Costa Rica,
April, July 1922, Pablo Schild. Specimens in A. L. Melander collection
in USNM, no. 69342.
The species is readily distinguished by the dorsal spot of metallic
green on the mostly yellow thorax.
Chrysotimus obscurus, n. sp.
(Fig. 30)
Male.—Length 1.8 mm; wing 2.3 by 1.0 mm.
Similar to C. arizonicus but hairs and bristles of body brownish, those of legs
more yellowish; head and thorax including metepimeron much darker metallic
green, abdomen brownish with green reflections (hypopygium as in fig. 30); front
and mesoscutum with light grayish pollen; palpus black; antennal segment 3 very
blunt with an essentially apical arista; acrostichals distinctly biseriate; coxae ex-
cept tips and hind femur except extreme base and tip brown; middle tibia with
2nd anterodorsal near distal third, 1-3 posterodorsals; lengths of segments of fore
tarsus from base as 8-4-3-2-2, middle tarsus as 10-5-4-2-2:; hind tarsus as 8-6-4-3-2;
wing veins brownish yellow, vein 4 ending slightly behind wing tip, crossvein per-
pendicular to last of vein 4; setae of calypter brownish.
Holotype ¢ and 1 ¢ paratype, from roadside foliage, rain forest,
Sierra Juarez above Rio Valle Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico, May 17, 1963,
H. Robinson. Holotype in USNM, no. 69343; paratype presently in my
collection.
Chrysotimus obscurus seems close to such species as C. pusio Loew
and C. metallicus Parent, but is distinct by the brownish coxae and
hind femur and the blunt third antennal segment with an apical arista.
Chrysotimus metallicus has brownish bristles as in C. obscurus, but
the anterior wing margin is more curved and the second and fourth
veins are less distinctly parallel. The female of C. pusio has a partly
yellow abdomen as is common in the genus, but C. obscurus may prove
to be more related to C. metallicus, in which the female abdomen is
entirely metallic green.
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FURTHER STUDIES ON THE TARSONEMIDAE
( AcARINA )
Ropert L. SMILEY
Entomology Research Division, ARS, U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C. 20250
In a continuation of studies on the Tarsonemidae (Smiley, 1964), a
family of mites of importance to agriculture, I here describe one species
belonging to the genus Hemitarsonemus Ewing, two species to the
genus Steneotarsonemus Beer, and two species to the genus Tarsonemus
Canestrini as new from material in the U. S. National Museum collec-
tion. All are from the Western Hemisphere. Also included in this
study are five new species of tarsonemids collected from various areas
in the South Pacific and submitted for determination by D. M. C.
Manson of the Horticultural Research Centre, Department of Agricul-
ture, Levin, New Zealand. This collection is represented by the follow-
ing genera: Hemitarsonemus Ewing (one species), Tarsonemella Hirst,
and Tarsonemus Canestrini (four species). The genus Neotarsonemus
is here erected to include the two species, Hemitarsonemus latus
(Banks) and H. beeri Smiley in which legs IV of the males possess ter-
minal claws which are reduced to a ball-like process. The genus Fungi-
tarsonemus Cromroy (1958) is here synonymized with the genus Hemi-
tarsonemus. Ewing (1939) and Beer (1954) give an excellent histori-
cal account of the confusion and errors made previously in the genus
Hemitarsonemus and perpetuated by former acarologists. It is hoped
that this present generic arrangement will alleviate past and future
errors.
A key is presented for the males of species belonging to Hemitarso-
nemus. Tarsonemella is reviewed, and additional morphological char-
acters are supplied for the genus as well as for T. beameri Beer.
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Steneotarsonemus spinki, n. sp.
(Figs. 1-9)
The male of this species is characterized by the presence of a pair of dagger-
shaped setae on femur and genu IV, and a short, stout, blunt spurlike seta on
tibia III.
Male. Body elongate and broadest in anterior region of hysterosoma. Dorsal
propodosomal setae simple, short, stout, slightly dagger-shaped; third pair of
propodosomals longest, one-third longer than first pair; second pair shortest; fourth
pair slightly longer than first pair. Hysterosoma with three rows of simple setae;
first row with single pair of lateral setae; second row with two pairs of setae;
third row with single pair of setae; setae of first row longest, setae of other rows
more or less equal in length. Ventral propodosomal and hysterosomal setae sub-
equal in length; coxae I with single pair of setae, slightly shorter than single pair
on coxae II; coxae III with two pairs of setae subequal in length, and slightly
longer than setae of coxae I and II; coxae IV with pair of dagger-shape setae.
Ventral apodemes as figured. Legs I and II similar in size and length; genu I with
a rodlike solenidion similar to solenidion on tibia II but without spurlike seta; legs
III longest, with spurlike seta stouter and longer than spurlike setae of legs I and
II; leg IV as figured. Femur with large inner median lateral flange; inner an-
terior and outer median setae short and of equal length; posterior inner seta about
as long as segment, strong, dagger-shaped; genu with daggerlike ventral seta simi-
lar to that on femur, and with distal rodlike solenidion; tibia—tarsus short, with
two tiny inner setae and stout ventrally curved claw. Body 217 yu long by 121 yu
wide.
The female associated with the above male is similar in having a long rodlike
solenidion dorsally on tarsus I and a bifurcate spurlike seta on the distal ventral
surface.
Female. Body elongate, broadest in region of hysterosoma. Propodosomal shield
trapezoidal, bearing two pairs of setae; first pair slightly serrate, about one-third
as long as second pair, second pair about two thirds as long as shield; pseudo-
stigmatic organs ovoid, bearing small spurlike projections, pedicel as long as ex-
panded distal portion. Dorsum of hysterosoma with five distinct transverse seg-
ments; first segment with two pairs of setae, outer pair simple and longer than
the inner serrate pair; second segment without setae; third segment without simple
setae but with two inner serrate setae subequal to the pair of the first segment;
fourth segment without setae; fifth segment with two pairs of serrate setae. First
pair of ventral apodemes Y-shaped, converging with the anterior median apodeme;
a pair of simple setae adjacent to the first pair of apodemes; apodemes II longer
and stronger, with a pair of simple setae which are shorter than the anterior pair;
posterior median apodeme not converging with apodeme III and transverse apo-
deme; apodeme III obscure, and above these, a pair of long simple setae; apodeme
<
Steneotarsonemus spinki, new species. Fig. 1, dorsum, male; fig. 2, venter, male;
fig. 3, dorsum, female; fig. 4, venter, female; fig. 5, ventral, tibia and tarsus I,
male; fig. 6, dorsal, tibia and tarsus I, male; fig. 7, dorsal, tibia and tarsus I, fe-
Hae fig. 8, ventral, tarsus and tibia II, female; fig. 9, pseudostigmatic organ,
emale.
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IV converging with genital plate, and with a pair of simple setae subequal in length
to the pair on apodeme II. Legs robust, as figured. Body 274 u long by 108 u
wide.
The male holotype, USNM 3148, and a female paratype were col-
lected on Sogata orizicola Muir, a planthopper, Baton Rouge, La., No-
vember 18, 1960, by W. T. Spink, for whom this species is named.
Steneotarsonemus friedmani, n. sp.
(Figs. 10-16)
The large empodium on legs I-III and the ventral body striations will separate
this species from other known members of the genus.
Male. Body elongate oval, broadest in anterior region of hysterosoma. Propo-
dosomal shield trapezoidal; with four pairs of simple setae, first pair shortest;
second pair two-thirds length of third pair, slightly blunt apically; third pair
longest; fourth pair subequal to second pair, saberlike and pointed distally.
Hysterosoma with two pairs of simple setae subequal in length located in the
region of metapodosoma, about one-half length of fourth pair of propodosomals;
posteriorly with a single pair of simple setae subequal to anterior pair. Ventral
propodosomal setae and apodemes as figured; apodeme I converging with anterior
median apodeme; apodeme II not converging with anterior median nor transverse
apodeme; apodeme I, the inner coxal condyles, anterior median, and apodemes II
forming heart-shaped figure; striation for the heart-shaped figure as figured. Venter
of hysterosoma as figured; the striae dotlike and stronger in anterior region, with
some longitudinal striation, becoming smaller and dense below this region and on
coxae III. Legs robust as figured. Body 223 u long by 114 uw wide.
Female. Body elongate, broadest at propodosomal and hysterosomal suture.
Propodosomal shield trapezoidal, bearing two pairs of simple setae; first pair one-
half length of second pair; second pair about two-thirds as long as shield; pseudo-
stigmatic organs ovoid, bearing small spurlike projections; pedicel as long as ex-
panded distal portion. Dorsal capitulum about as long as broad, with a pair of
serrated setae. Dorsum of hysterosoma with four segments; first segment with two
pairs of simple setae, outer pair one-fourth longer than inner median pair; second
segment with a pair of inner median setae subequal to pair on the first segment;
third segment with two pairs of simple setae (a lateral and median) subequal in
length to those of segments I and II; fourth segment with only a pair of lateral
simple setae subequal in length and size to those of segments II and III. Ventral
surface as figured. Legs I-III strong and robust; with large empodia and claws;
leg IV extending to margin of the body and terminating in a whiplike seta two
times the length of the leg. Body 300 uw long by 121 uw wide.
The male holotype, USNM 3167, four paratype males and seven
females were collected in leaf sheath of unidentified grass, Van Cort-
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Steneotarsonemus friedmani, new species. Fig. 10, dorsum, male; fig. 11, dorsal,
tarsus and tibia I, male; fig. 12, dorsal, tarsus and tibia II, male; fig. 13, leg IV,
male; fig. 14, venter, male; fig. 15, dorsum, female; fig. 16, venter, female.
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landt Park, Bronx, New York, May 5, 1965, by W. Friedman, for whom
this species is named.
Hemitarsonemus leonardi, n. sp.
(Figs. 17-19)
Three distinctive characters readily separate this species from other known
members of this genus. These are: the dorsal serrate setae, the long stout claw of
leg IV, and the slightly sclerotized lateral plates on the venter of the hysterosoma.
Only the male is known.
Male. Body slightly elongate, broadest in region of the metapodosoma. Propodo-
soma trapezoidal and bearing near lateral margins four pairs of serrate setae; first
and fourth pair subequal in length, second pair slightly shorter than first and
fourth pair, fourth pair subequal to first pair. Hysterosoma with two pairs of
equal serrate setae, stouter and subequal in length to first pair of propodosomals;
and with a pair of lateral simple setae subequal in length to the two pairs of
serrate setae. Opisthosoma with a pair of serrate setae equal in length to the two
hysterosomal pairs. First and second pairs of ventral propodosomals equal in
length. Ventral apodemes of propodosoma and hysterosoma as figured. Venter of
hysterosoma with three pairs of simple setae, equal in length to the two pairs of
ventral propodosomal setae; and with a slightly sclerotized plate on each side,
beginning slightly posterior to the propodosomal and hysterosomal suture and ex-
tending almost to coxae III; lateral plate with a simple seta two-thirds longer
than the ventral propodosomal and hysterosomal setae. Legs I and II similar in
length. Leg III subequal in size and length to legs I and II. Leg IV as figured;
femur with small inner median lateral protuberance bearing a simple seta and
with two simple setae subequal in length below protuberance; tibia long and
slender, with a short seta; tarsus short, with two simple setae and one whiplike
seta longer than the leg, and with long strong, stout, curved claw. Body 185 uw
long by 95 u wide.
Female. Not known.
The male holotype, USNM 3147, was collected on Citrus sinensis
(L.), Jamaica, March 9, 1961, by J. B. Bache-Wiig. The species is
named for Dr. M. D. Leonard, of Washington, D. C.
Hemitarsonemus deleoni, n. sp.
(Figs. 20-23)
The male of this species keys out to Hemitarsonemus peregrinus Beer but it
differs by having dorsal serrate setae.
Male. Body slightly elongate, broadest in region of metapodosoma. Propodo-
soma trapezoidal, slightly sclerotized and bearing near lateral margins four pairs
co
Hemitarsonemus leonardi, new species. Fig. 17, dorsum, male; fig. 18, leg IV,
male; fig. 19, venter, male. Hemitarsonemus deleoni, new species. Fig. 20, dorsum,
male; fig. 21, dorsal, tarsus and tibia I, male; fig. 22, leg IV, male; fig. 23, venter,
male.
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of serrate setae; first and fourth pairs subequal in length; third pair longest, longer
than propodosomal shield; fourth pair longer than first and second pairs but less
than one-half length of third pair. Hysterosoma with two pairs of equal serrate
setae, stouter and subequal in length to fourth pair of propodosomals; with a pair
of lateral simple setae subequal in length to fourth pair of propodosomals. Opistho-
soma with a pair of serrate setae equal in length to the two hysterosomal pairs. Apo-
demes I shorter than apodemes II; apodemes III and IV longer than anterior apo-
demes and as figured, with a lightly sclerotized lateral plate on each side, begin-
ning slightly posterior to the propodosomal and hysterosomal suture and extending
almost to coxae III; lateral plate with simple seta two-thirds longer than the ven-
tral propodosomal and hysterosomal setae. Legs I and IL similar in length, leg II
with extremely large solenidion; legs III subequal in size and length to legs I and
II. Leg IV as figured; femur with small inner, lateral protuberance bearing a
simple seta, and a serrate seta; tibia with a long, slender sensory rod, about half
the length of the tibia, tarsus about as long as broad and with large claw. Body
185 u long by 95 uw wide.
Female. Not known.
The male holotype, USNM 3168, was collected on Hibiscus sp..,
Tonga Islands, June 15, 1965, by L. W. Burgess. This species is named
for the late Dr. Donald DeLeon, who died the summer of 1966.
KEY TO THE MALES OF Hemitarsonemus EWING
1. Without a subapical spurlike process on the inner margin of femur IV _ 9)
With a subapical spurlike process on the inner margin of femur IV _-
PREOREN h | Seh is O Eo a ae eee) Ae tepidariorum (Warburton)
2. Dorsal jnody setae, serrated: ee 3
Dorsal), body: setae: simple, =n ee 4
3. Tibia IV with a long, dorsal, tactile, rodlike seta => deleoni, n. sp.
Tibia IV with a short, dorsal, tactile, rodlike seta leonardi, n. sp.
4, First and second pair of propodosomals not subequal in length 5
First and second pair of propodosomals subequal in length cocosi DeLeon
5. Second propodosomal seta not as long as the first pair of outer hysterosomal
SCtAC aio acet ng ee ee eee 6
Second propodosomal setae about as long as the first pair of outer hystero-
somal Seta SoS 3. eee a oe ea ee ee lodici DeLeon
6. First outer pair of dorsal hystersomals subequal in length to the third pair of
PROPOUOSOMIAIS aes eee ie ee ee boringuensis (Cromroy )
First outer pair of dorsal hysterosomals twice the length of the third pair of
WTO POCLOSOMANS 2:3 60a ee ee ee ee ee ee peregrinus (Beer)
Genus Tarsonemella Hirst, 1923
This genus differs from the other genera in the family by the female possessing
the following: Tibiotarsus I terminates in a stout strongly recurved claw which
is recessed basally and truncated distally; tarsi II and III have empodia and an
outer single lateral claw each; tarsi IJ, III, and IV each has a ventral spur dis-
tally; the venter of the hysterosoma has three pairs of apodemal setae and three
pairs of subequal genital setae.
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I have studied a slide with four females and six males, which I believe to be
Tarsonemella beameri Beer. Neither Hirst nor Beer described a male, and the
opportunity is here taken to point out generic and specific differences based on
this sex. The generic characters for the male are as follows: Tarsi Il and III have
strong ventral spurs; the pretarsal elements are normal and have two claws. The
venter of the propodosoma has three pairs of setae and the hysterosoma has five
pairs of setae. The opisthosoma has two pairs of lateral setae on a transverse line,
the posterior pair having migrated inward. Apodeme II has two pairs of simple
setae.
Type species. Tarsonemus (Tarsonemella) africanus Hirst.
Type data. Female, collected from—*“A hymenopterous insect (Agaon xystrum
Waterston ); from Koforidua, Gold Coast (April 4, 1921).”
Tarsonemella beameri Beer
(Figs. 24-29)
Tarsonemella beameri Beer. 1958. Jour. Kan. Entomol. Soc. 31: (2) 188-192.
Female. The female is as illustrated and described by Beer except the following:
The hysterosoma has six segments and is lightly sclerotized with two pairs of
simple setae and six pairs of lobelike setae. The pseudostigmatic organs are mace-
like. The ventral hysterosomal has three pairs of subequal genital setae and two
pairs of subequal apodemal setae and a smaller pair below the suture adjacent to
the transverse apodeme. The empodium of tarsi II and III has only a single outer
lateral claw. Figure 25 represents my drawing of the tarsal claw on legs II and
III, and figure 26 represents Beer’s drawing of the tarsal claw for the same leg.
Male. Body elongate and broadest in region of the metapodosoma. Dorsal
propodosomal setae simple, long, and slender; third pair of propodosomals longest,
one-half again longer than others; first and second pair subequal in length; third
pair slightly longer than first and second pair. Hysterosoma with a pair of simple
lateral setae; two pairs of finely serrated setae postero-laterally, the outer pair
longest, the inner pair about one-half the length of the outer pair; a pore located
above this pair of setae; below these setae a pair of simple setae about one-half
the length of the inner pair of finely serrated setae. Venter of gnathosoma and
hysterosoma as figured; propodosoma with three pairs of setae; first pair shortest
and adjacent to apodeme I; second pair, slightly longer than first pair, medially
located on coxae II; coxae II with small lateral pore. Apodeme I forming Y-shaped
juncture with anterior median apodeme; apodeme II curved, well defined, and
converging with anterior median apodeme; apodeme III with two pairs of simple
setae medially, and one pair anterior to apodeme IV; apodeme IV with three
simple setae, one adjacent to apodeme III, another above the trochanter, these
two being subequal in length; a shorter and smaller seta located posteriorly on
coxae IV ; posterior median apodeme well defined; coxae III and IV slightly sclero-
tized. Anal plate large and well defined, lying above the subcircular genital pa-
pilla. Legs I and II robust, as figured; legs III smallest, tarsi II and III with ven-
tral spurs; legs IV as figured; femur with inner protuberance bearing a simple
seta; below this seta a large finely serrated seta. Body 185 uw long by 121 » wide.
Type data. Holotype and paratypes: Females, Saipan, Marianas Is-
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lands, November 14, 1947, W. H. Lange, from the beetle, Brontispa
mariana, on coconut palm, Cocos nucifera L.
Specimens examined. Three paratype females in the USNM Collec-
tion, and four females and six males collected by R. F. Winch in Chest-
nut, Cook Islands, April 10, 1964, which I believe to be the same
species.
Neotarsonemus, n. gen.
(Figs. 30-31)
This genus is established to include two species previously assigned to Hemi-
tarsonemus Ewing. These species are H. latus (Banks) and H. beeri Smiley. The
two species may be separated as follows: In the males, the hysterosomal setae are
long in beeri and short in latus. The females may be separated in that the trans-
verse apodeme connects with the anterior median apodeme in beeri, whereas in
latus these two apodemes do not connect.
The generic characters for the male are as follows: Tarsi II and III are with-
out claws but with well defined bell-shaped empodia; tarsi I have claws. Leg IV
is composed of five segments: the tarsus, tibia, femur, coxa, and the apodeme.
The apodemal segment is defined by the fusion of the posterior median apodeme,
apodeme IV, and what is here considered as the fifth apodeme, all connecting to
the coxal segment. When these two segments merge with the posterior median
apodeme, they form an archlike structure which is not present among males of
the other genera. Femur IV has a spurlike process on the inner margin. Tarsus
IV terminates with a knoblike claw. The propodosoma has four pairs of setae.
The characters for the females are as follows: Tarsus I has a recurved claw
which is recessed basally and truncated distally. Tarsi II and III are without claws
but have well defined bell-shaped empodia; there is a pair of setae between coxae
IV.
Type species. Hemitarsonemus beeri Smiley, 1964.
Tarsonemus bucheleri, n. sp.
(Figs. 32-35)
This species may be recognized by the presence of an extremely large solenidion
on tibia II and by a serrate seta on genu I and II ventrally.
Male. Body short, oval, broadest at metapodosoma. Dorsal body setae short,
slender, as figured; third pair of propodosomals longest, one-third longer than first
and fourth pairs; second pair shortest, about two-thirds length of third pair; fourth
pair subequal in length to first pair. First three pairs of hysterosomals of equal
length, about as long as first and fourth pairs of propodosomal setae. Opisthosoma
with a single pair of simple setae, subequal to second pair of propodosomals. Ven-
tral apodemes as figured, first pair shorter than second pair and not forming the
Y-shaped juncture at the anterior median apodeme. Transverse apodeme slightly
obscure and separating at the anterior median apodeme; setation as figured; first
<
Tarsonemella beameri. Fig. 24, dorsum, female; fig. 25, tarsus and tibia II, fe-
male; fig. 26, distal segment of tarsus II (after Beer); fig. 27, venter, female; fig.
28, venter, male; fig. 29, dorsum, male.
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ventral apodemal setae shorter than second pair; posterior median apodeme form-
ing an M-shaped juncture with apodemes III and IV; setation adjacent to the two
apodemes simple and subequal in length. Legs I and II subequal in length and
size; legs III smaller than legs I and II; legs IV as figured; femur with short
anterior inner seta and a longer, stronger distal, daggerlike seta; genu with whip-
like seta and strong solenidion; tibia—tarsus short, with short, slightly curved claw.
Body 159 u long by 83 uw wide.
Female. Body broadly oval, broadest at midlength. Pseudostigmatic organs
spherical, bearing small spurlike projections, pedicel as long as expanded distal
portion. Propodosomal shield with two pairs of setae; anterior pair serrated, two-
thirds length of second pair; second pair simple, long, and slender, one-tenth
shorter than length of the entire propodosoma; with a pair of median simple setae,
one-third length of first pair of propodosomals and subequal to lateral pair. Hystero-
soma with four segments, first segment with a pair of dorsal simple setae, and a
pair of lateral simple setae; second segment larger than first, with a pair of serrated
setae; third segment with lateral simple setae, and with a pair of serrated setae
subequal to those of second segment; fourth ventral segment with one pair ser-
rated setae; apodeme I, short, converging with anterior median apodeme; apodeme
II longer than I, and not converging with anterior median apodeme; a pair of small,
simple setae adjacent and below apodeme I; apodeme II without setae, transverse
apodeme U-shaped, apodemes III and IV with a pair of subequal simple setae;
posterior median apodeme forming a Y-shape at nonconverging extremities of apo-
deme III; apodeme IV converging with posterior median apodeme. Ventral seta-
tion for legs and genital plate as figured. Body 217 u long by 114 uw wide.
The male holotype, USNM 3169, and a female paratype were col-
lected on Ananas sativus Schult., Cook Islands, December 20, 1963, by
A. Bucheler, for whom the species is named.
Tarsonemus hunti, n. sp.
(Figs. 36-43 )
This species may be recognized by the presence of the finely serrated hystero-
somal setae and by a solenidion on tibia II which is almost as long as the segment.
Male. Body short, oval, broadest at metapodosoma. Propodosomal setae simple;
first pair stronger and longer than others; second pair shortest; third pair slightly
longer than second pair but not as long as fourth pair; fourth pair slightly shorter
than first pair. Gnathosoma about as wide as long and as figured. Hysterosoma
with three pairs of finely serrated setae, subequal in length; two pairs located
transversely above suture; a single pair below suture; a pair of simple lateral setae
present. Ventral propodosomal and hysterosomal setae subequal in length. An-
terior median apodeme forming two distinct right angles with transverse apodeme;
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Neotarsonemus, new genus. Fig. 30, diagrammatic presentation of venter of fe-
male N. latus; fig. 31, diagrammatic presentation of venter of female N. beeri.
Tarsonemus bucheleri, new species. Fig. 32, dorsum, male; fig. 33, venter, male;
fig. 34, dorsum, female; fig. 35, venter, female.
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sclerotization light above and below this apodeme. Venter of the hysterosoma as
figured and with bowl-shaped plate above and adjacent to apodemes III and IV.
Legs I and II similar in length. Leg II smaller in size and length to legs I and II.
Leg IV as figured and terminating with a long slender curved claw. Body 127 u
long by 70 uw wide.
Female. Distinctive in having short, rodlike solenidion on tarsi I and II and a
ball-shaped pseudostigmatic organ with spurlike projections. Body 165 u long by
95 uw wide.
The male holotype, USNM 3170, and a female paratype were col-
lected on Hibiscus sp., Tonga Islands, October 13, 1964, by P. C. Hunt,
for whom the species is named.
Tarsonemus stricketti, n. sp.
(Figs. 44-45)
This species may be recognized by the presence of the finely serrated hystero-
somal setae and the ventral striation pattern.
Male. Body broad, oval, broadest at sejugal suture. Dorsal propodosomal setae
simple, long and slender; third pair of propodosomals longest, one-half as long as
the other three pair; first pair longer than second and fourth pair; second pair
shortest; fourth pair about two-thirds the length of first pair. Hysterosoma with
three pairs of finely serrated setae; the first two pairs subequal in length, lying
transversely near the posterior margin; a shorter pair caudad. Venter of propodo-
soma as figured; apodemes I short, forming a Y-shaped juncture with anterior
median apodeme; apodemes II long and strong, curving inward to anterior median
apodeme; transverse apodeme strong, curving inward to anterior median apodeme
to form apodemal plate II; apodemal plate I with lateral pore below coxal condyle,
and with a simple seta; apodemal plate II without pore, but with a simple seta;
striations for each plate as figured. Venter of hysterosoma as figured; with a pair
of lateral plates each with a simple seta; apodemal plates III and IV with longi-
tudinal striations; each plate with a pair of simple setae; seta on plate III longer
than that on IV. Legs I and II subequal in length and size and with strong
solenidion on each tarsus as figured; leg III smallest; leg IV with short, stout
femur bearing a simple seta proximally and long slender saberlike seta distally;
tibia IV with a dorsal strong solenidion and terminating with a short, strong tarsal
claw. Body 172 u long by 96 u wide.
The male holotype, USNM 3173, was collected from water chestnut,
Hong Kong, January 13, 1965, by J. H. Strickett, for whom the species
is named.
Tarsonemus moseri, n. sp.
(Figs. 46-50 )
This species is characterized by the short stubby femur of leg IV and by the
length of the fourth pair of propodosomal setae.
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Tarsonemus hunti, new species. Fig. 36, dorsum, male; fig. 37, venter, male;
fig. 38, dorsum, female; fig. 39, venter, female; fig. 40, tibia and tarsus I, male;
fig. 41, leg IV, male; fig. 42, leg IV, female; fig. 43, leg I, female.
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Male. Body oval, broadest in region of metapodosoma. Dorsal propodosomal
setae simple, long and slender; fourth pair of propodosomals longest, one-half
longer than second pair, and one-third longer than first and third pair; first and
third pair subequal in length. Hysterosoma with three pairs of simple setae; first
two pairs subequal in length, lying transversely near the posterior margin; a shorter
pair caudad. Venter of propodosoma as figured; apodemes I short, forming a Y-
shaped juncture with anterior median apodeme; apodeme II long and strong, curv-
ing inward to anterior median; anterior median not well defined below apodeme
II, converging with transverse apodeme and forming distinct right angles and apod-
emal plate II; apodemal plate II large, with lateral pore medially to transverse
apodeme and coxal condyle II. Venter of hysterosoma as figured; two lateral plates
each with a simple seta; apodemal plate III with two simple setae, proximal seta
one-third longer than distal seta; apodemal plate IV without setae. Legs I and
II subequal in length and size; tarsus II with large solenidion twice the size of
solenidion on tarsus I; leg III smallest; leg IV with short stubby femur, bearing
a short simple seta proximally and long saberlike seta distally; tibia IV with a
strong dorsal solenidion and a long whiplike seta, and terminating with short,
strong tarsal claw. Body 134 u» long by 83 u wide.
The male holotype, USNM 3172, and 7 male paratypes were col-
lected from inner galleries of loblolly pine with Dendroctonus frontalis
Zimmerman at Elizabeth, Louisiana, January 3, 1966, by John C.
Moser, U. S. Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Pineville, Louisiana, for whom the species
is named.
Tarsonemus stegmaieri, 0. sp.
(Figs. 51-55)
This species may be recognized by the presence of the saberlike seta on femur
IV and the ventral spur on tibia IV.
Male. Body oval, broadest in region of metapodosoma. Dorsal propodosomal
setae simple, long, and slender; third pair of propodosomals longest, almost one-
half longer than second and fourth pairs; first pair one-third shorter than third
pair; second and fourth pairs subequal in length. Hysterosoma with three pairs
of simple setae; first two pairs subequal in length and lying transversely near the
posterior margin; a shorter pair caudad. Venter of propodosoma as figured; apo-
demes I short, forming a Y-shaped juncture with anterior median apodeme; apo-
deme II long and strong, curving inward to anterior median apodeme; anterior
median apodeme stronger below apodemes II and converging with transverse apo-
deme to form apodemal plate II; apodemal plate II wider than long, whereas
apodemal plate I is longer than wide; each plate with a simple seta; the setae on
plate I shorter; plate I with lateral pore. Venter of hysterosoma as figured; apex
of apodemes III and IV forming M-shaped juncture with posterior median apo-
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Tarsonemus stricketti, new species. Fig. 44, venter, male; fig. 45, dorsum, male.
Tarsonemus moseri, new species. Fig. 46, dorsum, male; fig. 47, tarsus and tibia
I, male; fig. 48, tarsus and tibia II, male; fig. 49, leg IV, male; fig. 50, venter, male.
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deme; apodemal plate III with two simple setae, proximal seta one-half longer
than distal seta; apodemal plate IV without setae. Legs I and II subequal in
length; legs III smallest; tarsus III with a ventral spur; leg IV with short femur,
bearing a short, simple seta and long daggerlike seta distally; tibia IV with strong
dorsal solenidion and a short simple seta, and terminating with long, strong tarsal
claw. Body 140 u long by 70 » wide.
Female. Not known.
The male holotype, USNM 3171, was collected from coconut in husk,
Bahama Islands, August 31, 1964, by C. E. Stegmaier, for whom the
species is named.
Tarsonemus newkirki, n. sp.
(Figs. 56-63 )
This species may be recognized by the third pair of propodosomal setae which
are longer than legs I and II and by the heart-shaped figure formed by apodemes
I and II, coxal condyles I, and the anterior median apodeme.
Male. Body oval, broadest at suture separating propodosoma and hysterosoma.
Dorsal propodosomal setae simple, long, and slender; third pair of propodosomals
longest, one-half longer than first pair; first pair strong, one-third longer than
second pair; second pair shortest; fourth pair subequal to first, but not as strong.
Hysterosoma with three pairs of simple setae; first two pairs subequal in length
and lying transversely near posterior margin; a shorter pair caudad. Venter of
propodosoma as figured; apodemes I short, curving to coxal condyles, and form-
ing Y-shaped juncture with anterior median apodeme; apodemes IJ strong, con-
verging with anterior median apodeme; when viewed as a whole, these structures
give a heart-shaped figure; anterior median apodeme not well defined below center
of apodemes II, converging with transverse apodeme; apodemal plates I and II
with a pair of setae subequal in length. Venter of hysterosoma as figured; pos-
terior median apodeme forming M-shaped juncture with apodemes III; apodemal
plate III with two pairs of subequal simple setae; apodemal plate IV without setae.
Legs I and II subequal in length and size; leg III smaller, but subequal in length
to legs I and II; leg IV as figured; with long femur bearing an inner simple seta
proximally, a daggerlike seta medially and a simple seta dorso-distally; tibia IV
with a strong solenidion and a saberlike seta; tarsus IV terminating with a short,
strong tarsal claw. Body 127 u long by 76 uw wide.
Female. Distinctive in having a heart-shaped figure formed by apodemes I and
II, coxal condyles I, and the anterior median apodeme. Body 127 u long by 76 u
wide.
The male holotype, USNM 3174, and a female paratype were col-
lected on semidecayed banana, Fiji Islands, September 22, 1963, New
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Tarsonemus stegmaieri, new species. Fig. 51, dorsum, male; fig. 52, tibia and
tarsus I, male; fig. 53, tibia and tarsus II, male; fig. 54, leg IV, male; fig. 55,
venter, male. Tarsonemus newkirki, new species. Fig. 56, dorsum, male; fig. 57,
tarsus and tibia I, male; fig. 58, leg IV, male; fig. 59, venter, male; fig. 60, dorsum,
female; fig. 61, tarsus I, female; fig. 62, leg IV, female; fig. 63, venter, female.
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Zealand Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine No. A320. The
species is named for Richard A. Newkirk, Survey and Detection, ARS,
Plant Pest Control Division, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
REFERENCES
Beer, R. E. 1954. A revision of the Tarsonemidae of the Western Hemisphere
(Order Acarina). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 36 Pt. 2, No. 16: 1091-1387.
1958. The Genus Tarsonemella Hirst, with description of a new
species (Acarina, Tarsonemidae). Jour. Kan. Ent. Soc. 31 (2): 188-192.
Cromroy, H. L. 1958. A preliminary survey of the plant mites of Puerto Rico.
Jour. Agr., Univ. Puerto Rico 42 (2): 39-144.
Ewing, H. E. 1939. A revision of the mites of the subfamily Tarsoneminae of
North America, the West Indies, and the Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Dept. Agr.
Tech. Bull. 653, 1-63.
Smiley, R. L.: 1964. Some Tarsonemidae from the Republic of the Congo.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 66 (3): 145-150.
NEW HOST RECORDS FOR NORTH AMERICAN FRUIT FLIES
(DierERA: TEPHRITIDAE )
J. A. Novak, W. B. Stotrzrus,’ E. J. ALLEN,” and B. A. Foote
Department of Biclogical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240
Although host plants have been reported for about 70% of the ap-
proximately 240 species of Tephritidae known to occur in America
north of Mexico, many of the published records are not based on actual
rearings or are too fragmentary to be of much value. A few workers
assumed that the larvae of a particular tephritid fed on a plant merely
because adults were seen on the foliage. Another source of confusion
has resulted from the changing taxonomic status of certain tephritid
groups. For example, some previously well-known species have been
shown subsequently to be really species groups (see Bush, 1966, on
Rhagoletis). It is frequently difficult, if not impossible, to determine
at a later date which species of the complex was actually reared from
a particular host.
This paper is based on rearings conducted in southern Idaho and
northwestern Montana during the summers of 1965 and 1966 and in
northeastern Ohio between 1961 and 1966. It is presented now so that
the records can be included in a comprehensive list of host plants of
1 Present address: Department of Biology, Eastern Mennonite College, Harrison-
burg, Virginia.
2 Present address: Department of Entomology, University of Idaho, Moscow.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 2, JUNE, 1967 147
Nearctic Tephritidae being compiled by Miss Karen Cassens and Rich-
ard H. Foote, Entomology Research Division, ARS, USDA. The fruit
flies were identified by R. H. Foote. The host plants were determined
by W. H. Baker of the University of Idaho, by J. Thomas of Stanford
University, and by A. Cusick and T. S. Cooperrider of Kent State
University.
The Tephritidae listed below follow the arrangement given in the
recently published Diptera Catalog (Stone, et al., 1965). For each
included species are given the host plants, part of host attacked, loca-
tion of rearing, and any other pertinent observations.
Host RECORDS
Procecidochares minuta (Snow). Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt.;
buds. Idaho. Larvae form small, monothalamous bud galls at apices of small
twigs.
Eutreta frontalis Curran. Aster simplex Willd.; young shoots. Ohio.
Eutreta sparsa (Wiedemann). Solidago altissima L.; rhizomes. S. rugosa Mill.,
Aster laevis L., Helianthus annuus L., H. giganteus L., Vernonia altissima Nutt.;
stems. Ohio. Stem-dwelling larvae usually form small galls. Adults reared from
different host plants differ in size, color, and wing pattern and may represent
host races. Males bred from S. altissima used froth masses as part of their court-
ship display (Stoltzfus and Foote, 1965).
Eurosta elsa Daecke. Solidago juncea Ait.; rhizomes. Ohio. Larvae form large,
rather soft galls on rhizomes just below the crown.
Eurosta reticulata Snow. Solidago juncea; young shoots. Ohio. Larvae form large,
terminal bud galls in crown.
Jamesomyia geminata (Loew). Lactuca canadensis L.; flower heads. Ohio.
Xenochaeta dichromata Snow. Hieracium cynoglossoides Arv-Touv.; flower heads.
Montana.
Icterica circinata (Loew). Bidens cernua L.; flower heads. Ohio. Foote (In
Press) presented the life cycles and described the immature stages of the 2
Nearctic species of Icterica.
Icterica seriata (Loew). Bidens aristosa (Michx.) Britt., B. coronata (L.) Britt.,
B. frondosa L., B. tripartita L.; flower heads. Ohio.
Oxyna palpalis (Coquillet). Artemisia tridentata Nutt.; small branches. Idaho.
Larvae form small, succulent, polythalamous galls. Although as many as 17
variously sized larvae were found in one gall, usually only 5 to 7 mature larvae
were present.
Euaresta bella (Loew). Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.; flower heads. Ohio. Each
larva completes development and pupates within one achene. Foote (1965)
discussed briefly the life histories of this and the following species.
Euaresta festiva (Loew). Ambrosia trifida L.; flower heads. Ohio. Each larva
completes development within one achene.
Paroxyna albiceps (Loew). Aster laevis, A. novae-angliae L.; A. pilosus Willd., A.
praealtus Poir., A. puniceus L.; flower heads. Ohio. Novak and Foote (In
Press) discussed the natural history and described the immature stages of this
species.
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Dioxyna picciola (Bigot). Bidens aristosa, B. cernua, B. tripartita; flower heads.
Ohio.
Trupanea bisetosa (Coquillet). Arnica latifolia Bong.; flower heads. Montana.
Trupanea jonesi Curran. Arnica diversifolia Greene, Aster foliaceus var. parryi
(D. C. Eaton) Gray; flower heads. Idaho, Montana.
Trupanea radifera (Coquillet). Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt., Chrysopsis
villosa (Pursh) Nutt., Senecio hydrophiloides Rydb.; flower heads. Montana.
Tephritis stigmatica (Coquillet). Aster canescens Pursh, Senecio crassulas Gray,
S. triangularis Hook.; flower heads. Idaho, Montana.
Neotephritis finalis (Loew). Balsamorhiza sagittata, Gaillardia aristata Pursh,
Helianthus annuus; flower heads. Montana.
Aciurina maculata (Cole). Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pall.) Britt.; stems. Idaho.
Larvae form small galls along stem.
Aciurina semilucida (Bates). Chrysothamnus nauseosus; buds. Idaho. Larvae
form small bud galls along branches.
Valentibulla californica (Coquillet). Chrysothamnus nauseosus; flower heads.
Idaho.
Valentibulla munda (Coquillet). Chrysothamnus nauseosus; stems. Idaho. Larvae
form large, polythalamous galls.
Xanthaciura tetraspina (Phillips). Eupatorium maculatum L.; flower heads. Ohio.
Stenopa vulnerata (Loew). Senecio aureus L.; young shoots. Ohio. Larvae form
small galls near apices of lateral shoots arising from crown.
Strauzia longipennis var. intermedia (Loew). Helianthus giganteus; stems. Ohio.
Strauzia |. var. longitudinalis (Loew). Helianthus decapetalus L.; stems. Ohio.
Strauzia l. var. perfecta (Loew). Ambrosia trifida; stems. Ohio.
Strauzia l. var. typica (Loew). Helianthus annuus; stems. Ohio.
Strauzia l. var. vittigera (Loew). Helianthus tuberosus L.; stems. Ohio.
Tomoplagia obliqua (Say). Vernonia altissima; flower heads. Ohio.
REFERENCES
Bush, G. L. 1966. The taxonomy, cytology, and evolution of the genus Rhago-
letis in North America (Diptera, Tephritidae). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Har-
vard Univ. 134: 431-562.
Foote, B. A. 1965. Biology and immature stages of eastern ragweed flies
(Tephritidae). Proc. No. Centr. Br., Ent. Soc. Am. 20: 105-106.
Biology and immature stages of fruit flies: The genus Icterica Loew
(Diptera: Tephritidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. (In Press).
Novak, J. A. and B. A. Foote. Biology and immature stages of fruit flies:
Paroxyna albiceps (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae). J. Kans. Ent. Soc. (In
Press ).
Stoltzfus, W. B. and B. A. Foote. 1965. The use of froth masses in courtship of
Eutreta (Diptera: Tephritidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 67: 263-264.
Stone, A. et al. 1965. A Catalog of the Diptera of America north of Mexico.
Agr. Handbook No. 276, ARS, U. S. Dept. Agr., 1696 pp.
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A REVIEW OF THE GENUS AULONIUM FOR THE UNITED STATES
(COLEOPTERA: COLYDIIDAE )
Joun M. Kincsotver and RicHarp E. WHITE
Entomology Research Division, ARS, U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C. 20560
Species in the genus Aulonium are small, flat, shining beetles char-
acterized in most species by sexually dimorphic sculpturing on the
pronotal disk. Because they are cryptic, they are seldom collected and
are probably more common than museum collections and faunal lists
indicate. Specimens are occasionally reared or collected by forest en-
tomologists in connection with biological studies of Scolytidae, but
they are considered of importance only for their association with and
possible predation on economic forest insects.
As is true for most Colydiidae, little is known of the habits of the
species of Aulonium. Kleine (1909) included Aulonium trisulcum
(Geoffroy ) in his list of predators of the bark beetle, Scolytus multi-
striatus (Marsham) in Europe. Craighead (1920) reported that very
young larvae of Aulonium tuberculatum LeConte feed on macerated
woody tissue. DeLeon (1934) listed Aulonium longum LeConte as
“probably a facultative predator” associated with the mountain pine
beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, in ponderosa pine (Pinus
ponderosa Lawson) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas).
Until more is known about the habits of Auloniwm spp., caution should
be exercised in interpretation of tree host records. Relationships may
lie with insect hosts rather than plant hosts.
The genus Aulonium was erected in 1845 by Erichson for four spe-
cies: Colydium bidentatum Fabricius, 1801; Colydium parallelopipe-
dum Say, 1827 (both from the Western Hemisphere); Ips sulcata Oliver,
1790 (now a synonym of Aulonium trisulcus (Geoffroy) 1785); and
Colydium bicolor Herbst, 1797 (now a synonym of Aulonium ruficorne
(Oliver), 1790). Both of the latter species are European. No type-
species was designated by Erichson, and no subsequent designation of
a type-species has been discovered.
Two generic names are listed as synonyms of Aulonium by Hetschko
(1930). Redtenbacher, in 1845, proposed the first, Anoectochilus, for
Colydium bicolor Herbst, but gave no description though he listed the
genus in both a key to genera of Colydiidae and a catalog of species.
In 1849, Redtenbacher himself synonymized Anoectochilus with
Aulonium. Pascoe, in 1860, proposed the second, Gloeania, for his new
species ulomoides from Brazil. Gemminger and Harold (1868), all
subsequent papers and catalogs by various authors, and most recently,
Hinton (1936), have placed the species ulomoides in Aulonium.
Horn (1878), in a revision of the Colydiidae for the United States,
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provided a key to the four species treated in the present paper but
did not include illustrations. No new species have been described
from the United States since that time, and no species have been trans-
ferred to the genus Aulonium. Hetschko (1930) erroneously placed
Colydium lineola Say in Aulonium.
Various faunal papers have included treatments of one or more spe-
cies of Aulonium for the respective regions in the United States.
The genus is known from North and South America, Europe, and
Asia.
Genus Aulonium Erichson
Aulonium Erichson, 1845, p. 275. Type-species, Colydium bidentatum Fabricius
(present designation ).
Anoectochilus Redtenbacher, 1845, p. 124. Type-species, Colydium bicolor Herbst
(monobasic ).
Gloeania Pascoe, 1860, p. 99. Type-species, Gloeania ulomoides Pascoe (mono-
basic).
Form depressed, elongate, subparallel. Polished brownish red to black. Pro-
thorax and elytra subequal in width. Head depressed dorsally; epistoma slightly
penetrating anterior margin of each eye; antenna 1l-segmented with 3-segmented
club, basal insertion beneath epistoma adjacent to eye. Procoxae globular with
cavities closed behind; outer apical angle of protibia finely denticulate. Pronotal
disk usually sexually dimorphic. Elytra elongate; striae finely, serially punctate;
intervals finely alutaceous to reticulose, lateral margins subparallel, apices con-
jointly rounded.
Key To Species OF Aulonium OF THE UNITED STATES
1. Pronotal disk with paired distinct umbones at anterior one-third separated
by, shallow. channel) \(figs22) 4,7). .2. 2 2
Pronotal disk without umbones; median channel may be present 4
2. Anterior margin of pronotum with two rounded knobs (fig. 2) —
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Aviterior margin of pronotum without knobs 9. ee 3
3. Anterior margin of pronotum with distinct emargination at middle (fig. 7);
prostemum’ very finely’ punctate —22) 770) 2) eee é longum
Anterior margin nearly straight (fig. 4); prosternum strongly punctate
h 1s WEP URE SU Ate Aarne ombO Eanes CREA. Seas Tes ee FeSO Rha) é parallelopipedum
4. Apex of each sublateral carina of the pronotum extending beyond anterior
corner of pronotum; median lines deeply impressed (fig. 1) —
SEE LRP ee oe ee See CWE eeS eae eS Ree PL NS EE ee eee ee 6, 2 ferrugineum
Apex of each sublateral carina not extending beyond pronotal corners; median
lines lightly impressed or nearly obliterated _______________ 5
5. Median lines of pronotal disk distinct, approaching at middle but diverging at
base and apex (fig. 5); prosternum strongly, evenly punctate —-
23 SAR) Rt Se MO ae AL ta i De ek ee des Re Eb on as Sor 2 parallelopipedum
Lines of pronotum nearly obliterated on apical half of pronotum, subparallel
in basal half; prosternum finely punctulate, with a tendency to be trans-
versely striguldse*t..gube Ui welek oe el Sey eee eee ee Se 6
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6. Anterior half of pronotal disk between sublateral carinae divided by broad,
shallow channel into paired convexities corresponding to prominent um-
benesvinné= (ie<6) = élytranmicolorous | 22 ees 2 longum
Anterior half of disk not strongly channeled, usually flat (fig. 3); apical half
of elytra usually much darker than basal half — 2 tuberculatum
Aulonium tuberculatum LeConte
(Figs. 2 and 3)
Aulonium tuberculatum LeConte, 1863, p. 67; Horn, 1878, p. 574-575; Blatchley,
1910, p. 554.
Male.—Body 3.6 times as long as wide. Reddish brown with apical half of
elytra usually suffused with or distinctly piceous, suffusion usually extended along
suture to scutellum. Epistoma slightly emarginate apically; vertex with prominent
paired tubercles. Pronotum (fig. 2) slightly longer than wide (4:3.5), margins
slightly arcuate, baso-lateral angles rounded; fine submarginal sulcus extending
from antero-lateral angle to basal angle merging with transverse basal sulcus; an-
terior margin sinuate, broadly emarginate medially between prominent vertical
knobbed_ processes; sublateral carinae prominent at anterior margin becoming
obsolete at middle of pronotal disk, replaced by paired sublateral sulci on basal
half; paired umbones at apical one-fourth; surface punctulate, slightly coarser
punctures in paired submedian basal lines. Elytra with striae faintly indicated,
intervals punctulate. Prosternum convex, faintly punctulate to impunctate. Length
4.5 mm.
Female.—Color as for male. Pronotal disk (fig. 3) smoother, lacking anterior
tubercles and umbones; carinae less pronounced; anterior margin with a narrow,
transverse, slightly raised bead between anterior extremities of sublateral carinae.
Length 4.0-4.2 mm.
Geographical Range.—Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Mary-
land, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas,
Virginia, West Virginia.
Plant Hosts——Pinus virginiana (Miller), Pinus rigida Miller.
Aulonium longum LeConte
(Figs. 6 and 7)
Aulonium longum LeConte, 1866, p. 378; Horn, 1878, p. 574; Hatch, 1961, p. 246.
Male.—Body about 3 times as long as wide. Reddish brown with piceous suf-
fusion on margins of elytra. Head slightly convex above; vertex with two tubercles;
epistoma evenly rounded except for very shallow apical emargination. Pronotum
longer than wide (4.0:3.5), subparallel, lateral margins slightly convergent apically;
anterior margin shallowly, bisinuately emarginate between apices of sublateral
carinae, deeply emarginate between sublateral carinae and antero-lateral corners;
pronotal disk as in fig. 7, surface sparsely punctulate; anterior umbones rounded,
sublateral carinae sharp and prominent anteriorly, obsolete on basal two-thirds.
Elytra subparallel in basal three-fourths, conjointly rounded apically; intervals flat,
discal striae depressed basally, faintly indicated medially, merging with punctures
of intervals apically. Prosternum strongly convex, shallowly, sparsely punctate.
Length 5.5 mm.
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Pronota of Aulonium. Fig. 1, ferrugineum Zimm., é and @; fig. 2, tubercula-
tum Lec., 6; fig. 3, tuberculatum Lec., 9; fig. 4, parallelopipedum (Say), 6;
>
fig. 5, parallelopipedum (Say), @; fig. 6, longum Lec., 9; fig. 7, longum Lec., é.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 2, JUNE, 1967 153
Female.—Slightly smaller than male (4.5—4.75 mm). Pronotal disk convex but
not tuberculate (fig. 6).
Geographical Range.—Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New
Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington.
Plant Hosts.—Pinus edulis Engelmann, Pinus jeffreyi A. Murray, Pinus ponderosa
Lawson, Pinus strobiformis Engelmann.
Aulonium parallelopipedum (Say )
(Figs. 4 and 5)
Colydium parallelopipedum Say, 1826, p. 263. (From LeConte, 1859 )
Aulonium parallelopipedum, LeConte, 1859, p. 324; Horn, 1878, p. 574; Blatchley,
1910, p. 554.
Aulonium aequicolle LeConte, 1859a, p. 84. Synonymized by Crotch, 1873, p. 46.
Male.—Body 3 times as long as wide. Reddish piceous. Head nearly flat on
vertex, slightly convex on dorsum of epistoma; vertex with two indistinct convexi-
ties between eyes; epistoma shallowly emarginate apically; head densely punctulate,
punctures deeper on vertex than on epistoma. Pronotum as long as wide, quad-
rate, margins subparallel, slightly convergent anteriorly and posteriorly, postero-
lateral corners angulate, anterior margin perceptibly emarginate between sub-
lateral carinae, beaded, deeply emarginate between sublateral carinae and an-
terior corners; pronotal disk (fig. 4) with paired umbones low, rounded; paired
median sulci extending from base to apex of pronotal disk; surface, finely, evenly
punctate. Elytra subparallel on basal three-fourths, conjointly rounded apically;
intervals flat, striae composed of fine, close-set punctures distinct from base to
apex. Prosternum slightly convex; punctation moderately dense. Length 5.5 mm.
Female.—Slightly smaller than male (4.75 mm). Pronotal disk (fig. 5) not
umbonate.
Geographical Range.—Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Michigan, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.
Plant Hosts.—Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen, Carya spp., Liriodendron
tulipifera Linnaeus, Quercus spp., Taxodium distichum (L.) Richard.
Aulonium ferrugineum Zimmermann
(mie, 11)
Aulonium ferrugineum Zimmermann, 1869, p. 254; Horn, 1878, p. 574, 575.
Male.—Body 3.6 times as long as wide. Uniformly reddish brown. Head flat
with small, paired umbones on vertex; epistoma slightly emarginate. Pronotum
longer than wide (7:5), margins slightly convergent toward base; posterior cor-
ners rounded; submarginal sulcus fine, continuous with basal sulcus, the latter
slightly arcuate medially; anterior margin deeply, evenly emarginate between apices
of sublateral carinae, the latter extending beyond anterior corners; marginal bead
of median emargination flat; sublateral carinae extending basad about half length
of pronotal disk, continuing as a sublateral sulcus to base; median paired sulci
convergent apically; surface punctulate, median sulci with elongate, irregular punc-
tures. Elytra with striae indistinct; surface with irregular punctulation. Proster-
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num convex, punctulate, with punctures tending to be transversely strigose. Length
3.75—4.0 mm.
Female.—Color as for male. Pronotal disk same as that of male. Length 3.75—-
4.0 mm.
Geographical Range.—Alabama, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina.
Plant Hosts.—Pinus echinata Miller, Pinus palustris Miller, Pinus rigida Miller,
Pinus taeda Linnaeus.
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PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 2, JUNE, 1967 ilts{s)
TINCONARIA ALBESCENTIS, A NEW NORTH AMERICAN GENUS AND
SPECIES OF CECIDOMYIIDAE FOUND IN SEEDS OF
TRIODIA ALBESCENS VASEY
( Diptera )
RAYMOND J. GAGNE
Entomology Research Division, ARS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20560
The genus described below belongs to the tribe Contariniini of
the dipterous family Cecidomyiidae. It is close to Contarinia and
Stenodiplosis on the basis of male and female genitalic characters,
but it differs from them and all the other genera of the tribe by the
following combination of characters: The 2-segmented palpus, the
greatly enlarged tarsal claw in relation to the last tarsomere, and the
equal length of the tibiae and tarsi. The wing is slightly narrower
than other grass-infesting midges belonging to Contarinia and Stenodi-
plosis.
Tinconaria, n. gen.
Antenna with 12 flagellomeres, the two nodes of each flagellomere subequal,
each girdled by one circumfilum and a whorl of setae. Palpus 2-segmented, the
segments short, seldom longer than twice the diameter. Wing narrow; Cu: and
Cus evanescent on the distal half; area behind cubitus narrowed. Tarsi short,
approximately equal to the tibiae in length; tarsal claws (fig. 2) simple, ap-
proximately two-thirds the length of the last tarsomere. Male postabdomen (fig.
1) with the tenth tergum and sternum both bilobed, the lobes rounded; aedeagus
not greatly produced, tapering distally; basimere stout; distimere tapering
gradually beyond the middle, toothed at apex. Female ovipositor (8th abdominal
segment to apex, inclusive) approximately twice as long as remainder of abdomen,
longitudinally striated on distal half except for the sclerotized cerci (figs. 3, 4)
which are elongate-attenuate and bear several setae.
Type-species: Tinconaria albescentis n. sp.
This genus is established for the species described below, which was reared
from seed heads of Triodia albescens Vasey (Gramineae). Information about
the antennae is from a specimen not included in the following description but
discussed below.
Tinconaria albescentis, n. sp.
Antennae missing. Palpus: 2-segmented; first segment short and_ blunt,
0.020—0.030 mm. in length, 0.015—0.025 mm. in dia.; second segment short,
tapering at apex, 0.028—0.033 mm. in length, 0.010—0.015 mm. in dia. Chaetotaxy:
frontoclypeal setae, 9-15 (avg. of 8 observations, 12); dorsocentral, 9-14 (12);
scutal, 11-16 (13); scutellar, 2-4 (3); subalar, 3-4 (3). Length of foretarsomeres
(in mm.): I, 0.065-0.075 (avg. of 6 observations, 0.068); II, 0.200-0.225
(0.210); III, 0.190-0.200 (0.195); IV, 0.060-0.075 (0.065); V, 0.060-—0.070
(0.065). Per cent length of each tarsomere to total length of tarsus, from I to V;
13, 42, 19, 13, 13. Tarsi subequal in length to tibiae. Tarsal claw (fig. 2)
156 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, No. 2, JUNE, 1967
Fig. 1. Male postabdomen, 400%. Fig. 2. Tarsomere V of foreleg, 300x.
Fig. 3. Cerci of ovipositor, dorsal view, 450. Fig. 4. Same, lateral view, 450x.
very long, simple, more than two-thirds the length of tarsomere V, 0.045—0.050
mm. in length. Empodium shorter than claws. Wing length 1.36-1.49 mm.
(avg. of 8 observations, 1.43 mm.), width 0.47-0.53 mm. (0.50 mm.); ratio
width to length (based on avgs.) 0.345. Cu: and Cuz evanescent on distal half;
posterior area narrowed. Male postabdomen (fig. 1): tenth tergum and
sternum bilobed, the sternum longer; aedeagus acute, as long as tenth sternum;
basimere short, stout; distimere tapering gradually beyond middle, toothed at
apex. Female postabdomen: cerci (figs. 3.4) long, thin, closely juxtaposed
laterally, tapering at end, 0.065-0.075 mm. in length and with several setae
scattered along the surface.
Immatures stages unknown.
Material examined. Holotype (on slide): ?; ex seeds of Triodia
albescens; intercepted by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Plant
Quarantine Division; Brownsville, Texas; V-16-1966; 66-14344; U.S.
National Museum type no. 69358. Paratypes: 1¢, 622, with same
data as holotype. Types all deposited in U.S. National Museum.
Midges similar to T. albescentis have been previously reported in
the literature but have been misidentified as Contarinia sorghicola
(Coquillett), the sorghum midge. G. G. Ainslee (unpub.) reared
several specimens from the heads of Triodia flava (L.) Smyth and
identified them as C. sorghicola. Dean (1911), Walter (1941), and
Barnes (1956) referred to those specimens under that name. In the
U.S. National Museum there is one specimen of the midges reared by
Ainslee. The label bears the following data: “Diplosis sorghicola;
Web. No. 1874; Clemson Col., $.C.; 2 Oct. 08; bred from heads of
PROG. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, No. 2, JUNE, 1967 157
Triodia sesleroides; Geo. G. Ainslee.” T. sesleroides is a synonym of
T. flava. Though it is obvious the specimen belongs to Tinconaria
because of the 2-segmented palpus and the large tarsal claw, it is in
very poor condition on a slide. Therefore I cannot be sure whether
this specimen belongs to the species described above or is a different
species. This Ainslee record does show, however, that Tinconaria is
found on another species of Triodia.
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Crops. Crosby Lockwood and Son Ltd., London. 261 pp.
Dean, W. H. 1911. The sorghum midge. U.S. Dept. Agr. Bur. of Ent. Bull.
85: 39-58, 2 pls.
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Agr. Tech. Bull. 778: 1-26.
THE METANOTAL GLAND AS A TAXONOMIC CHARACTER
IN OECANTHUS OF THE UNITED STATES’
(OrTHOPTERA: GRYLLIDAE)
T. J. WALKER? AND AsHLEY B. GuRNEY®
Male crickets of the subfamily Oecanthinae have a large glandular
cavity in the metanotum. This metanotal gland is sometimes called
Hancock's gland because Hancock (1905) was the first to describe
it adequately. The metanotal gland is mouthed (ie., “licked” or
bitten) by the female before and after she receives the spermatophore
from the male. Its secretions probably are important both to the suc-
cessful transfer of the spermatophore and to the diversion of the
female while the sperm pass from the spermatophore into the sperm
receptacle. During this time, the male has the tegmina raised, ex-
posing the gland, and the female is astride the male. The female
removes and eats the spermatophore soon after leaving the male.
A third function of the gland may be to keep the pair together until
another spermatophore can be passed. Postcopulatory feeding at the
gland may last for over an hour (65 minutes observed in Oecanthus
pini by TJW), and a second spermatophore may be transferred within
70 minutes of the first (observed in O. argentinus by TJW). A fourth
function may be that the secretions are specifically distinct and account
1 Study supported by NSF Grant GB4949.
2 Department of Entomology, University of Florida, Gainesville.
° Entomology Research Division, ARS, USDA, Washington, D.C.
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1.0 mm =
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for the usual failure of females to respond to the courtship of hetero-
specific males (Walker 1963).
The morphology and histology of the oecanthine metanotal gland
are described by Engelhardt (1914) for Oecanthus pellucens (Scopoli )
and by Fulton (1915) for an unspecified species of Oecanthus (prob-
ably nigricornis or quadripunctatus ). Males of some species in other
gryllid subfamilies have metanotal glands—Gryllinae, Discoptila
fragosoi (Bolivar) (Boldyrey 1928); Phalangopsinae, Homoeogryllus
(LeRoy 1964); Eneopterinae, Tafalisca, Hapithus (TJW). However,
only in Oecanthinae are the glands large and complex and present
in all species examined. The chief parts of the metanotal gland in
Oecanthinae are a metascutum (Fig. 4, ms) and metascutellum
(msl), henceforth referred to here as “scutum” and “scutellum.” A
well-defined and distinctive posterior median lobe of the scutum
(Fig. 4, pml) occurs in some species but not in others; it is henceforth
termed “posterior median scutal lobe.”
L. Chopard and A. B. Gurney were first to examine oecanthine
metanotal glands for their taxonomic value: Chopard (1955, Fig.
30-32) pointed out that three similar species of African Oecanthus
differed in features of the gland. Gurney, in 1951, examined many
New World species of Oecanthus and drawings were made (including
Fig. 1-6 of this paper). Because of uncertainties in the taxonomy and
nomenclature of U. S. Oecanthus he did not publish his results. These
uncertainties were subsequently dealt with by Walker (1962, 1963).
As a result of Gurney’s work with Oecanthus, Walker (1967, Fig.
20-27) studied the metanotal glands of the oecanthine genus Neox-
abea, discovered features of taxonomic value, and illustrated the
glands of eight species.
The present paper summarizes the early studies by Gurney and the
later studies by Walker of the metanotal glands of U. S. Oecanthus.
Methods. Five or more specimens of each U. S. species (except
laricis) and closely related Latin American species were examined.
Specimens from diverse localities were selected to maximize intra-
specific variation. Pinned specimens were relaxed, and their metanotal
—
Fig. 1-9. Male metanotum of Oecanthus. Fig. 1-5, Dorsal view of scutum and
scutellum (scale beneath Fig. 1). Fig. 1. niveus, specimen from Geneva, N. Y.;
fig. 2, exclamationis, Johnson City, Tenn.; fig. 3, nigricornis, Glen Echo, Md.;
fig. 4, californicus, Huachuca Mts., Ariz.; fig. 5, allardi, Ciudad Trujillo [Santo
Domingo], Dominican Republic; fig. 6, Posterior median scutal lobe of rileyi
(Locality of figured specimen uncertain, probably Corvallis, Oreg.); fig. 7-9,
Caudal view of scutellum (small portions of scutum showing, scale as in fig. 1);
fig. 7, exclamationis, Gainesville, Fla.; fig. 8, leptogrammus, Brownsville, Tex.,
fig. 9, niveus, Highlands Co., Fla. ms—metascutum (scutum), ms/—metascutellum
(scutellum ), pml—posterior median lobe of scutum, set—setae on scutum at
scutoscutellar suture, setl—setae on scutellum, st—scutal tubercle, w—width of
posterior median scutal lobe.
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glands were exposed by elevating and pulling forward the tegmina.
They were then dried in this position. In alcohol-preserved specimens,
the glands were exposed by amputating the tegmina.
Results. Among U. S. species of Oecanthus the scutellum is not
elaborately modified as in most species of Neoxabea (Walker 1967),
nor is there, except in O. niveus, a well-developed median scutal
tubercle (Fig. 1, st) such as Chopard (1955) found useful in identify-
ing African Oecanthus. However, as the following key and accom-
panying figures illustrate, features of the metanotal glands may be
used to separate the species into the same species groups that have
been recognized on the basis of other features such as antennal mark-
ings, calling song, and stridulatory file (Walker 1962). Features of
the metanotal gland, especially the lack of brushes or bundles of
long setae on the scutum at the scutoscutellar suture or on the scutel-
lum, indicate that species related to rileyi are not closely related to
niveus. Therefore, the rileyi group of species is here recognized as
distinct from the niveus group. Although Walker (1962) considered
these to be a single group, features of the antennal markings, calling
song, and stridulatory file support the present division.
In general, species within a species group are difficult or impossible
to separate on the basis of the metanotal gland, and other character-
istics are adequate for identification. However, as indicated in coup-
lets 4 and 5 of the key, within the niveus group the metanotal gland
easily separates species that in a few instances are difficult to sep-
arate by other means. Indeed, the differences in the glands within
the niveus group are as great as the differences used to separate the
other species into species groups.
Oecanthus fultoni shows significant geographical variation in the
structure of the metanotal gland. West Coast specimens have a pos-
terior median scutal lobe similar to that of O. rileyi, and eastern speci-
mens resemble the West Indian O. allardi in this respect.
Key to U.S. Oeecanthus Species, BASED ON MALE METANOTAL GLANDS
Il Brushes or bundles of long setae on scutum at scutoscutellar suture (Fig.
2, set) or on scutellum (Fig. 1, sett) —___ niveus group —--__--- 4
1 No setal brushes or bundles on scutum at scutoscutellar suture nor on
Scutellum (Fig: (O)14, 5)! 2 2 ee — eee a
9. (1’), Scutum with posterior median lobe (Fig. 45.5) —.—.-. _. — =e 3
2! Scutum without posterior median lobe (Fig. 3) ----- nigricornis group,
including argentinus Saussure, celerinictus T. Walker, laricis T. Walker,
nigricornis F. Walker, pini Beutenmuller, and quadripunctatus Beuten-
muller
3 (2) Width of posterior median scutal lobe (Fig. 4, w) twice length or more;
anterior edge of lobe describing a shallow arc (Fig. 4) varicornis
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 2, JUNE, 1967 161
group, including ecalifornicus Saussure, latipennis Riley, major T.
Walker, and varicornis F. Walker
By Width of posterior median scutal lobe (Fig. 5, w) twice length or less;
anterior edge of lobe describing a semicircle (Fig. 5) or a circumflex
(ES) YA CLITA 5H SS oA PRI RRS RN ee ee ee rileyi group, in-
cluding allardi T. Walker & Gumey, fultoni T. Walker, and rileyi Baker
4(1) Pair of vertical, bent-tip, setal bundles on scutum at scutoscutellar
STIULIREL (Ieee), eat ee ook eee eT Se Ee ete 3 exclamationis Davis
4’ No} setaliibundles ‘atiscutoscutellar ‘suture: 222 © ee es 5
5 (4’) Scutellum with a pair of forward-directed horn-like processes; pair of setal
brushes on scutum at scutellar processes (Fig. 8)
Ce as ee ee ee OS ee eee a See ae leptogrammus T. Walker
5! Scutellum without horn-like processes; pair of setal brushes on scutellum
(TBE 0 alee». anil ine Bis r= 6a MULE. agri ID, «cites a Nees niveus (De Geer)
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crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae). I. The genus Neoxabea and
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STUDIES OF NEOTROPICAL CADDIS FLIES, VI: ON A
COLLECTION FROM NORTHWESTERN MEXICO
OLIVER S. FLINT, JR.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560
One of the more interesting and well-known zoogeographic facts
is the intermingling of the Nearctic and Neotropical faunas in Mexico.
It has been known for a long time that Nearctic elements enter
Mexico via the central highlands, but become greatly reduced south
of the trans-Mexican volcanic belt just south of Mexico, D. F., al-
though a few elements keep reappearing on the high mountains as far
south as Costa Rica. Conversely, Neotropical elements enter Mexico
from the south and extend northward to greater or lesser degrees in
the lowland regions of the Pacific and Gulf coasts. Complicating this
pattern are the effects of rainfall, elevation, and the ecological re-
quirements of the group involved.
The Trichoptera show this intermingling of faunas in Mexico in
a clear manner. The northern elements enter Mexico along the Sierra
Madre Occidental, but the large desert area generally bars the caddis
flies from the high region to the east of the mountains. In the warmer
streams of the coastal lowlands just to the west of the mountains are
found many species, probably of Neotropical origin, which are widely
distributed in Central America and which are also found in many
of the warmer streams in the western United States. Confusing this
picture are certain genera, apparently of Neotropical origin (Ato-
psyche and Marilia, at least) which have become cool-adapted, and
extend northward along the same mountains which are inhabited by
the Nearctic groups.
The collection upon which this report is based, made by a group
from the Canadian Department of Agriculture, is the most important
collection made in the “Nearctic” section of northwestern Mexico.
The material is mainly from the high mountains of Durango, and
serves to link the relatively well-known areas in Arizona with the
region near Mexico City. It is not surprising therefore that there are
many records extending the known ranges of Arizonan species far to
the south and a smaller number extending ranges from near Mexico
City to the northwest.
All specimens which are listed from the base camp without more
specific locality data are from a site located at 9000 feet elevation, 10
miles west of El Salto, Durango, Mexico. They were collected pri-
marily by J. E. H. Martin, with smaller numbers taken by J. F. Mc-
Alpine, W. C. McGuffin, and H. F. Howden. A brief discussion of
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the site, its weather and ecology may be found in Thomas (1966,
Can. Ent. 98: 871-875).
Holotypes and allotypes are deposited in the Canadian National
Collection. Paratypes and material of the described species are di-
vided between the Canadian National Collection and the U.S. National
Museum. I wish to thank Dr. Fernand Schmid for making the collec-
tion available for my study.
In addition to the material specifically reported on here, there are
females in the genera Atopsyche, Chimarra, Polycentropus, Cheu-
matopsyche, Hydropsyche, and Lepidostoma which are not determined
to species. It is not presently possible to be certain of the correct
association of males and females for the majority of the species in
these genera.
RHYACOPHILIDAE
Atopsyche boneti Ross and King
Atopsyche boneti Ross and King, 1952, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 45: 194.
The species, described from Morelos and which I have collected near Cordoba,
Ver., is here recorded from northwestern Mexico for the first time. Base Camp:
6 July 1964, 1é.
Atopsyche calopta Ross and King
Atopsyche calopta Ross and King, 1952, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 45: 188.
A single male of this species was collected at the Base Camp on 13 June 1964.
The original material came from the states of Morelos, Oaxaca, and Chiapas.
Atopsyche sperryi Denning
Atopsyche sperryi Denning, 1949, J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 22: 88. Ross and King,
1952, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 45: 190.
This species was previously known only from Arizona. Base Camp: 20 April
1964, 16; 8 June 1964, 26; 9 June 1964, 3¢; 11 June 1964, 1¢; 13 June
1964, 24; 17 June 1964, 446; 18 June 1964, 16; 20 June 1964, 16; 25 June
1964, 24; 27 June 1964, 14; 1 July 1964, 24; 15 July 1964, 34; 29 July
1964, 34; 31 July 1964, 16; 5 Aug. 1964, 16; 8 Aug. 1964, 1¢. Durango,
5 miles west El Salto, 7 June 1964, 14.
Atopsyche tripunctata Banks
Atopsyche tripunctata Banks, 1905, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 32: 17. Ross, 1947,
Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 73: 128. Ross and King, 1952, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer.
45: 190.
Similarly to the preceding species, this species was known only from Arizona.
Base Camp: 8 June 1964, 24; 16 June 1964, 14; 18 June 1964, 14; 26 June
1964, 1g; 28 June 1964, 34; 6 July 1964, 14; 7 July 1964, 14; 8 July 1964,
4é; 29 July 1964, 1¢; 31 July 1964, 16; 1 Aug. 1964, 246; 2 Aug. 1964,
16; 8 Aug. 1964, 12.
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Figs. 1-16. Atopsyche socialis, n. sp.: 1, male genitalia, lateral; 2, aedeagus,
lateral. Chimarra bicoloroides, n. sp.: 3, male genitalia, lateral; 4, clasper, dorsal.
Polycentropus palmitus, n. sp.: 5, male genitalia, lateral; 6, aedeagus, lateral.
Limnephilus pollux, n. sp.: 7, male genitalia, dorsal; 8, aedeagus, lateral; 9,
male genitalia, lateral; 10, female genitalia, lateral; 11, female genitalia, dorsal.
Limnephilus ctenifer, n. sp.: 12, male genitalia, lateral; 13, aedeagus, lateral;
14, female genitalia, dorsal; 15, female genitalia, lateral; 16, male genitalia, pos-
terior.
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Atopsyche socialis, n. sp.
(Figs. 1-2)
This species is closely related to A. tripunctata Banks, from which it differs in
the shape of the paracercus and in the structure of the aedeagus which lacks
the bifurcate dorsal process but has a divided tip.
Adult. Length of forewing, 10-11 mm. Color grayish brown; forewings
mottled brown, paler in anal region. Sixth sternum with apicomesal process about
a third of length of segment; seventh sternum with apicomesal process about
a fifth of length of segment. Male genitalia: Filicercus elongate, clavate, shorter
than paracercus. Paracercus slender, with a dorsal subapical tooth and dorsal
and lateral apical teeth. Basal clasper segment long, inner surface with a shelf
ending in a short apical process; apical segment trianguloid, dorsoapical margin
inrolled. Aedeagus with a strong lateral spine, apex split into dorsal and ventral
points, a simple internal rod present.
Holotype, male. Mexico (Durango), 10 miles west of El Salto,
9000’, 11 Aug. 1964, J. E. H. Martin. Paratypes. Same, but 8 June
1964, 16; 17 June 1964, 3¢; 25 June 1964, 14; 8 July 1964, 1¢; 10
July 1964, 2¢.
GLOSSOSOMATIDAE
Glossosoma ventrale Banks
Glossosoma ventrale Banks, 1904, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 30: 109. Ross, 1956,
Evol. & Classif. Mtn. Caddisfl., p. 153, fig. 301. Fischer, 1960, Trich. Catal.
24:
There is a single female collected at the Base Camp on 6 Aug. 1964 ap-
parently belonging to this species. This is the first record of the species, genus,
and subfamily (Glossosomatinae ) in Mexico.
PHILOPOTAMIDAE
Wormaldia arizonensis (Ling )
Dolophilus arizonensis Ling, 1938, Pan-Pac. Ent. 14: 63. Ross, 1941, Trans.
Amer. Ent. Soc. 67: 51. Fischer, 1961, Trich. Catal. 2: 46.
Wormaldia arizonensis (Ling): Ross, 1949, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 51: 155.
Ross, 1956, Evol. & Classif. Mtn. Caddisfl., p. 62, fig. 74.
These are the first records of this species in Mexico. Base Camp: 8 June
1964, 16 19; 13 June 1964, 19; 17 June 1964, 16 19; 1 July 1964, 1¢; 6
July 1964, 1¢; 10 July 1964, 19; 12 July 1964, 19. Durango: 5 miles west
of El Salto, 7 June 1964, 19; 3 miles west of El Salto, 19 June 1964, 1¢.
Chimarra bicolor ( Banks )
Philopotamus bicolor Banks, 1901, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 27: 370. Fischer,
1961, Trich. Catal. 2: 6:
Chimarra bicolor (Banks): Flint, 1967, Proc. U.S.N.M., vol. 123, no. 3619, p. 3.
One female of this Mexican species from Sinaloa, 15 miles west of El Palmito,
5000’, 20 July 1964.
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Chimarra bicoloroides, n. sp.
(Figs. 3-4)
In coloration this species is similar to C. bicolor (Banks), however, only the
head and pronotum are orange whereas the whole body is orange in bicolor.
The structure of the male genitalia places this species in a very isolated position.
The presence and shape of the dorsal and lateral lobes of the tenth tergum
together with the extremely long spines in the aedeagus render the genitalia
very distinctive.
Adult. Length of forewing, 9 mm. Head, pronotum, and forecoxae orange;
rest of body, wings and appendages fuscous. Male genitalia: Ninth segment
with a midventral keel. Clasper with a narrow dorsal prolongation ending in
a sharp point, mesal surface with a distinctive central ridge dividing the thick
basal from the thin apical portion. Tenth tergum divided into broad, rectangular
dorsal plates, and more elongate lateral plates. Aedeagus (completely everted
in type) with an extremely long internal spine overlying a long trough-like
ventral spine; membranous apex with dorsal and ventral spiculate patches.
Holotype, male. Mexico (Durango), 10 miles west of El Salto, 9000’,
28 July 1964, J. E. H. Martin.
Chimarra embia Ross
Chimarra embia Ross, 1959, Ent. News 70: 170.
There is a single male of this common Mexican species. Sinaloa, 21 miles east
of Villa Union, 25 July 1964.
Chimarra mexicana (Banks )
Rhyacophila mexicana Banks, 1900, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 26; 259.
Chimarra mexicana (Banks): Flint, 1967, Proc. U.S.N.M., vol. 123, no. 3619, p. 3.
This distinctively marked species is recorded from the northwestern part of
Mexico for the first time. Base Camp: 11 June 1964, 1¢; 17 June 1964, 74
19; 25 June 1964, 2¢.
Chimarra utahensis ( Ross )
Chimarrha utahensis Ross, 1938, Bull. Il. Nat. Hist. Surv. 21: 134.
Chimarra utahensis (Ross): Ross, 1951, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4th Ser.) 27: 67.
This species, known from the southwestern United States and Baja California,
is recorded from Mexico proper for the first time. Durango, 7 miles west of
Durango, 7000’, 26 July 1964, 1¢.
PsYCHOMYIIDAE
Polycentropus arizonensis Banks
Polycentropus arizonensis Banks, 1905, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 32: 85.
Ross, 1938, Psyche 45: 13. Denning, 1956, Pan-Pac. Ent. 32: 80.
Fischer, 1962, Trich. Catal. 3: 66.
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Known previously only from New Mexico and Arizona, this species is recorded
from Mexico for the first time. Base Camp: 8 June 1964, 1¢; 13 June 1964,
14; 16 June 1964, 14; 20 June 1964, 1¢; 2 July 1964, 19; 10 July 1964, 19;
24 July 1964, 19; 31 July 1964, 1°.
Polycentropus aztecus Flint
Polycentropus aztecus Flint, 1967, Proc. U.S.N.M., vol. 123, no. 3608, p. 9.
The following are paratypes of this recently described species. Base Camp:
25 June 1964, 146; 15 July 1964, 14; 28 July 1964, 16; 29 July 1964, 26; 6
Aug. 1964, 1¢.
Polycentropus casicus Denning
Polycentropus casicus Denning, in Denning & Sykora, 1966, Can. Ent. 98: 1222.
There is a topotypic pair of this common, widespread, Mexican species. Du-
rango, 24 miles west of La Ciudad, 15 June 1964, 1¢ 19.
Polycentropus halidus Milne
Polycentropus halidus Milne, 1936, Studies N. Amer. Trich. 3: 86. Denning,
1948, Psyche 55: 23. Denning & Sykora, 1966, Can. Ent. 98: 1220.
This species is known otherwise from New Mexico, Arizona, California and
Mexico. Base Camp: 13 June 1964, 1¢; 17 June 1964, 2¢; 20 June 1964,
14; 25 June 1964, 24; 28 June 1964, 14; 5 July 1964, 1¢. Durango, 2 miles
west of El Salto, 19 June 1964, 124.
Polycentropus palmitus, n. sp.
(Figs. 5-6)
This species is close to P. halidus Milne, from which it differs in lacking the
hooklike appendage from the inner lobe of the cercus, and in having longer,
narrower claspers.
Adult. Length of forewing, 6.5 mm. Color brown; body and appendages
slightly paler, forewing spotted with patches of golden hair. Male genitalia:
Cercus divided into 3 parts: a broad dorsolateral lobe, an inner slightly more
elongate ventral lobe, and a dorsal saber-like process. Clasper long and slender,
tip slightly upturned, inner face with a slight ridge, culminating in a_ basal
tooth. Aedeagus broad, with an apicoventral process, trianguloid in posterior
aspect, and dorsolateral plates.
Holotype, male. Mexico (Sinaloa), 8 miles west of El Palmito, 19
July 1964, H. F. Howden.
Polycentropus picana Ross
Polycentropus picana Ross, 1947, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 73: 136. Denning, 1966,
Pan-Pac. Ent. 42: 232.
This species, which is common and widely distributed in northeastern and
central Mexico, is recorded from northwestern Mexico for the first time. Durango,
7 miles west of Durango, 7000’, 26 July 1964, 14 19.
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HypROPSYCHIDAE
Smicridea fasciatella McLachlan
Smicridea fasciatella McLachlan, 1871, J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 11: 136. Ross,
1944, Bull. Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv. 23: 85.
Fischer, 1963, Trich. Catal. 4: 132.
This common species is widespread in southwestern United States and northern
Mexico. Sinaloa: 28 miles east Villa Union, 500’, 4 Aug. 1964, 29; 21 miles
east Villa Union, 25 July 1964, 34 39.
Smicridea utico Ross
Smicridea utico Ross, 1947, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 73: 144.
This is another common species in Central America, Mexico, and the south-
western United States. Sinaloa: 21 miles east of Villa Union, 25 July 1964, 12;
28 miles east of Villa Union, 500’, 4 Aug. 1964, 19.
Cheumatopsyche gelita Denning
Cheumatopsyche gelita Denning, 1952, Can. Ent. 84: 20.
Known previously only from the type series collected in Arizona, the species is
here recorded from Mexico. Base Camp: 25 June 1964, 1¢2.
Cheumatopsyche zion Ross
Cheumatopsyche zion Ross, 1947, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 73: 141.
The species is widely distributed over the southwestern United States, and
is here recorded from Mexico for the first time. Base Camp: 4 July 1964, 19;
29 July 1964, 19; 6 Aug. 1964, 14.
Hydropsyche solex Ross
Hydropsyche solex Ross, 1944, Bull. Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv. 23: 271.
This species seems to have a widespread distribution throughout the more
arid areas of western United States, but has not been recorded from Mexico
previously. Durango: 5 miles west of Durango, 6500’, 29 June 1964, 16 292; 7
miles west of Durango, 7000’, 26 July 1964, 49°.
Hydropsyche oslari Banks
Hydropsyche oslari Banks, 1905, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 32: 13. Ross, 1938,
Psyche 45: 18. Fischer, 1963, Trich. Catal. 4: 65. Denning, 1964, Pan-Pac.
Bint. 403) 133%
This common and widespread western North American species has been
known in Mexico previously only from Baja California. Base Camp: 6 June
1964, 14; 8 June 1964, 34; 17 June 1964, 24; 25 June 1964, 24; 1 July 1964,
124; 2 July 1964, 2%, 29 July 1964, 1¢.
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Hydropsyche occidentalis Banks
Hydropsyche occidentalis Banks, 1900, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 26: 258. Ross,
1938, Psyche 45: 17. Fischer, 1963, Trich. Catal. 4: 58. Denning, 1964,
Pan-Pac. Ent. 40: 133.
This species has a range like that of the preceding. Base Camp: 5 June 1964,
13; 9 June 1964, 26; 2 July 1964, 14; 4 July 1964, 26; 17 July 1964, 14.
LIMNEPHILIDAE
Limnephilus rothi Denning
Limnephilus rothi Denning, 1966, Pan-Pac. Ent. 42: 235.
This species, recently described from southern Arizona, is recorded from
Mexico for the first time. Base Camp: 9 June 1964, 1¢; 16 June 1964, 19; 17
June 1964, 19; 18 June 1964, 1¢ 19; 29 June 1964, 19; 10 July 1964, 14; 22
July 1964, 14; 25 July 1964, 19.
Limnephilus pollux, n. sp.
(Figs. 7-11)
This species is related to morrissoni and castor; from both it is easily separated
by the much reduced tenth tergites, and from castor by the more elongate claspers.
Adult. Length of forewing, male 12-14 mm., female 13-15 mm. Forewings
brown, with considerable white fenestration around anastamosis, and with oblique
paler mark basad. Basal tarsal segment of foreleg about 11% times length of
second segment. Spurs yellow, 1, 3, 4; foretibia and femur without dark spinulose
bands. Male genitalia: Eighth tergum produced into a bilobate process covered
with dark spicules. Ninth segment narrow ventrally; clasper completely united
to posterior margin of segment, but dorsally produced into a long, finger-like
lobe whose apex is directed mesad. Cercus elongate, directed laterad, margins
subparallel, mesal face with a slightly produced, black, rugose stripe. Tenth
tergite a compressed trianguloid plate, dorsal margin darkened apically. Aedeagus
with lateral arms membranous apically, with dorsal margin bearing a dense
fringe of setae. Female genitalia: Ninth sternum slightly produced apicolaterally,
in ventral aspect broadly and shallowly emarginate mesally. Cercus fused to
tenth segment, but produced as a pair of short acute lobes, tenth segment a
short tube.
Holotype, male. Mexico (Durango), 10 miles west of El Salto,
9000’. 17 July 1964, J. E. H. Martin. Allotype, female. Same data.
Paratypes. Same but, 8 June 1964, 3¢; 17 June 1964, 12; 4 July 1964,
12: 8 July 1964, 1¢ 19.
Limnephilus toussainti Banks
Limnephilus toussianti Banks, 1924, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 65: 439.
Limnephilus toussainti Banks: Flint, 1963, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 65: 211.
The original spelling of the specific name is an obvious misspelling of the
name of the Haitian general Toussaint, and was emended in 1963, but without
comment.
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The type of this species bears a label indicating it is from Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, Wm. Mann. This is apparently a mislabelled specimen. During con-
versations with Dr. Westfall I have learned that there are several Odonata
with similar labels, but which are actually from central Mexico. The specimens
are from the base camp on 13 June 1964, 14; 17 June 1964, 19; 29 June
1964, 146; 2 July 1964, 19.
Limnephilus ctenifer, n. sp.
(Figs. 12-16)
This is a species belonging to the diversus group, but which is easily recognized
by the shape of the clasper, cercus, and dorsal armature of the lateral arms of
the aedeagus.
Adult. Length of forewing, 9-10 mm. Color almost uniformly brown, fore-
wings with darker flecks along veins, and with membrane faintly irrorate. Basal
tarsal segment of forelegs subequal in length to second segment; forefemur with
a shallow groove on ventral face, both this and ventral surface of foretibia
densely covered with black spicules; apex of foretibia with a broad hoodlike
process, if this is a true spur, then formula is 1, 3, 4. Male genitalia: Eighth
tergum with a small triangular, apicomesal, spiculate patch. Ninth segment
broad laterally, with clasper united to posterior margin and bearing an upright,
darkened, pointed process. Cercus elongate, tapering to a mesally directed point,
with posterior margin dark and dentate. Tenth tergite with a small, posteriorly-
directed, dark point arising from a large flat base. Aedeagus with heavily
sclerotized lateral arms bearing an apicodorsal comb of spines, and apicoventrally
bearing slender setae. Female genitalia: Ninth segment continuous dorsally,
gradually widened ventrally. Cercus in lateral aspect a pointed lobe, dorsally an
almost continuous broad plate. Tenth segment a slightly longer tube, emarginate
mesally.
Holotype, male. Mexico (Durango), 10 miles west of El Salto,
9000’, 26 June 1964, W. C. McGuffin. Allotype, female. Same but,
25 June 1964, J. E. H. Martin. Paratypes. Same but, 17 June 1964,
12; 21 June 1964, 12; 25 June 1964, 2°; 29 June 1964, 26 12; 1 July
1964, 1é; 4 July 1964, 1¢; 7 July 1964, 12; 17 July 1964, 1¢.
Limnephilus biparta Denning
Limnephilus biparta Denning, 1966, Can. Ent. 98: 1223.
This species, recently described from specimens taken at the base camp, is
apparently rather common there. Base Camp: 9 June 1964, 1¢; 25 June 1964,
22; 28 June 1964, 26; 29 June 1964, 29; 30 June 1964, 19; 1 July 1964, 12
39; 2 July 1964, 29; 4 July 1964, 19; 6 July 1964, 46 19; 8 July 1964, 33
22; 10 July 1964, 1¢ 29; 11 July 1964, 19; 12 July 1964, 5¢ 59; 15 July
1964, 1g 29; 17 July 1964, 12; 18 July 1964, 1g 19; 23 July 1964, 34; 28
July 1964, 24 59; 29 July 1964, 84; 30 July 1964, 34; 31 July 1964, 34 19;
1 Aug. 1964, 36 19; 3 Aug. 1964, 16; 5 Aug. 1964, 1¢ 19; 8 Aug. 1964,
74; 9 Aug. 1964,5¢ 39; 10 Aug. 1964, 1¢4.
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Limnephilus mexicanus, n. sp.
(Figs. 17-21)
This is a species of the assimilis group, close to L. frijole Ross. It is rec-
ognized by the lack of a mesal tooth on the cercus and the presence of a dorsal
comb of spines on the lateral arms of the aedeagus.
Adult. Length of forewing, male 10-12 mm., female 11-14 mm. Color brown,
forewing irrorate with darker brown, veins spotted with dark brown. Basal
segment of foretarsus of male half length of second segment; femur and tibia
of foreleg with mesal surface bearing a row of dark spicules; spurs 0, 2, 3.
Male genitalia: Eighth tergum with an apicomesal patch of dark spicules.
Ninth segment moderately expanded laterally. Clasper united to ninth segment,
extending posteriad, about as broad as long, with dorsal margin flat. Cercus
narrow and elongate, dorsomesal margin slightly inrolled, without mesal tooth.
Tenth tergite about as long as broad, tapering to an upturned apical point.
Aedeagus with lateral arms heavily sclerotized, dorsal margin with a comb of
enlarged setae, ventrally with thin setae. Female genitalia: Ninth segment in-
complete dorsally, almost twice as high as long. Cercus a poorly defined dorso-
lateral swelling on tenth segment. Tenth segment tubular, slightly prolonged
ventrally.
Holotype, male. Mexico (Durango), 10 miles west of El Salto,
9000’. 8 June 1964, J. E. H. Martin. Allotype, female. Same data.
Paratypes. Same but, 6 June 1964, 1¢ 2°; 8 June 1964, 8¢ 62; 11
June 1964, 22; 13 June 1964, 34 32; 16 June 1964, 34; 17 June 1964,
26 52; 18 June 1964, 34 2°; 20 June 1964, 3¢; 24 June 1964, 12;
26 June 1964, 14; 28 June 1964, 2°; 29 June 1964, 12; 1 July 1964,
22; 15 July 1964, 1¢. Durango: 3 miles west El Salto, 8500’, 19 June
1964, 1é 12; Buenos Aires, 10 miles west La Ciudad, 9000’, 11 June
1964, 1°.
Clistoronia graniculata (Denning), n. comb.
Limnephilus graniculata Denning, 1966, Can. Ent. 98: 1223.
This species, recently described from specimens taken at the base camp, is
clearly a member of the genus Clistoronia. The many small pale spots found
on the forewings of the related species are nearly lacking in this species.
The species is common at the base camp: 5 June 1964, 19; 6 June 1964,
49; 8 June 1964, 29; 9 June 1964, 19; 11 June 1964, 19; 16 June 1964,
39; 17 June 1964, 19; 20 June 1964, 19; 25 June 1964, 19; 26 June 1964,
14; 29 June 1964, 19; 1 July 1964, 19; 5 July 1964, 19; 6 July 1964, 146; 7
July 1964, 24; 9 July 1964, 146 19; 12 July 1964, 29; 17 July 1964, 19; 18
July 1964, 14; 22 July 1964, 2¢; 28 July 1964, 26 29; 29 July 1964, 14 19;
30 July 1964, 1¢ 19; 31 July 1964, 26 19; 1 Aug. 1964, 1¢ 49; 3 Aug. 1964,
1g; 4 Aug. 1964, 16; 7 Aug. 1964, 19; 8 Aug. 1964, 3¢ 19; 9 Aug. 1964,
1¢@; ll Aug. 1964, 19.
Hesperophylax magnus Banks
Hesperophylax magnus Banks, 1918, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 62: 20. Ross, 1938,
172 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 2, JUNE, 1967
Figs. 17-27. Limnephilus mexicanus, n. sp.: 17, male genitalia, lateral; 18,
male genitalia, dorsal; 19, aedeagus, dorsolateral; 20, female genitalia, lateral;
21, female genitalia, dorsal. Marilia “A”: 22, male genitalia, lateral. Marilia
“B”: 23, male genitalia, lateral. Lepidostoma lacinatum, n. sp.: 24, male
genitalia, lateral; 25, male genitalia, dorsal. Lepidostoma rectangulare, n. sp.: 26,
male genitalia, dorsal; 27, male genitalia, lateral.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 2, JUNE, 1967 1k7es%
Psyche 45: 32. Banks, 1943, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 92: 348. Ross, 1944,
Bull. Dl. Nat. Hist. Surv. 23: 280.
This species, known from the southwestern United States, is recorded from
Mexico for the first time. Base Camp: 6 June 1964, 19; 13 June 1964, 14;
16 June 1964, 19; 17 June 1964, 19; 1 July 1964, 146; 4 July 1964, 19; 11
July 1964, 14; 17 July 1964, 12.
ODpDONTOCERIDAE
Marilia flexuosa Ulmer
Marilia flexuosa Ulmer, 1905, Ann. Hofm. Wien 20: 70. Ross, 1941, Trans.
Amer. Ent. Soc. 67: 100. Ross, 1951, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4th Ser.) 27: 71.
Denning, 1964, Pan-Pac. Ent. 40: 134. Fischer, 1965, Trich. Catal. 6: 33.
This species is widely distributed, being reported from Texas to Brazil. Pre-
vious Mexican records are from Vera Cruz (Ross, 1941) and Baja California
(Ross 1951, Denning 1964). Base Camp: 9 June 1964, 14; 4 July 1964, 19.
Marilia species
In Marilia in the Neotropical Region there exists an extremely con-
fusing complex of “species” whose genitalia are all very similar. There
are slight differences between each “species” not only in the genitalia,
but also in the coloration. However, I had not been able to take the
exact same “species” at two locations, which made me think that
there might be only one (or a very few) species existing in rather
isolated populations. However, there are two “species” in the collec-
tion from the base camp, which make me wonder if they are not dis-
tinct after all. In order to solve this question, it will take much more
material than is now available.
The following names are available for this group of species in
southwestern North America and Central America: nobsca Milne,
mexicana (Banks), and crea Mosely.
The first “species” (A), fig. 22, is distinguished by the pale hairs
of the forewing having a yellowish cast, having unicolorous antennae,
slightly shorter and broader claspers, and a broader apex of the tenth
tergum. Base Camp: 10 June 1964, 6¢.
The second “species” (B), fig. 23, has the pale hairs grayish-white,
annulate antennae, a more slender clasper, and a more constricted
apex of the tenth tergum. Base Camp: 8 June 1964, 12; 12 July
1964, 12; 17 July 1964, 12; 6 Aug. 1964, 14; (also 29-30 June 1964,
36, Spangler coll. U.S.N.M.).
CALAMOCERATIDAE
Phylloicus ornatus (Banks )
Notiomyia ornata Banks, 1909, Ent. News 20: 342. Fischer, 1965, Trich. Catal.
6: 19.
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Phylloicus ornatus (Banks): Flint, 1967, Proc. U.S.N.M., vol. 123, no. 3619, p. 17.
In coloration this specimen seems identical to the type from Texas. Sinaloa,
15 miles west of El Palmito, 5000’, 20 July 1964, 1°.
Phylloicus aeneus ( Hagen )
Macronema aeneum Hagen, 1861, Syn. Neur. N. Amer., p. 285.
Phylloicus aeneus (Hagen): Ulmer, 1905, Ann. Hofm. Wien 20: 78. Fischer,
Trich. Catal. 6: 20. Flint, 1967, Proc. U.S.N.M., vol. 123, no. 3619, p. 17.
These examples, which are the large dark-winged form generally called
mexicana (Banks), belong to aeneus (Hagen) as I have recently defined the
species. Base Camp: 10 June 1964, 29. Durango, 14 miles southwest of El
Salto, 8000’, 30 June 1964, 19.
LEPTOCERIDAE
Oecetis disjuncta ( Banks )
Oecetina disjuncta Banks, 1920, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 64: 351.
Oecetis disjuncta (Banks): Fischer, 1966, Trich. Catal. 7: 154. Ross, 1951,
Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4th ser.) 27: 74.
This species is extremely close to avara (Banks), but is generally larger and
darker. It has been recorded (Ross, 1951) from Baja California. Base Camp:
8 June 1964, 29; 9 Jume 1964, 19; 11 June 1964, 19; 25 June 1964, 16; 1
July 1964, 16 19; 2 July 1964, 19; 4 July 1964, 29; 6 July 1964, 19; 8 July
1964, 29; 15 July 1964, 19; 29 July 1964, 19.
Oecetis arizonica Denning
Oecetis arizonica Denning, 1951, J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 24: 159.
This species, which is known from southern Arizona, is here recorded from
Mexico for the first time. Base Camp: 1 July 1964, 19; 2 July 1964, 14; 4
July 1964, 19; 20 July 1964, 19.
Oecetis inconspicua ( Walker )
Leptocerus inconspicuus Walker, 1852, Catal. Neur. Brit. Mus. 1: 71.
Oecetis inconspicua (Walker): Betten & Mosely, 1940, Walker Types Trich.,
p. 67. Fischer, 1966, Trich. Catal. 7: 149.
This species is one of the commonest and most widespread New World caddis
flies, being known from all over North America, the Greater Antilles, and higher
elevations in Central America. Durango, 7 miles west of Durango, 7000’, 26
July 1964, 19.
Leptocella dorsalis Banks
Leptocella dorsalis Banks, 1901, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 27: 368. Fischer, 1966,
Trich. Catal. 7: 54. Flint, 1967, Proc. U.S.N.M., vol. 123, no. 3619, p. 21.
This is one of the more common Central American species of the genus.
Sinaloa, 21 miles east of Villa Union, 25 July 1964, 1¢.
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Leptocella gracilis Banks
Leptocella gracilis Banks, 1901, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 27: 369. Fischer, 1966,
Trich. Catal. 7: 51. Flint, 1967, Proc. U.S.N.M., vol. 123, no. 3619, p. 21.
The species seems common in the northern half of Mexico. The examples from
Durango have a slightly darker ground color than the types, but otherwise seem
identical. Durango, 7 miles west of Durango, 7000’, 26 July 1964, 1¢ 19.
LEPIDOSTOMATIDAE
Lepidostoma bakeri Flint
Lepidostoma bakeri Flint, 1965, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 67: 175.
This species was described from southern Arizona and is here recorded from
Mexico for the first time. Base Camp: 9 June 1964, 1¢.
Lepidostoma bispinosa ( Ulmer)
Atomyiodes bispinosa Ulmer, 1911, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 55: 25.
Lepidostoma bispinosa (Ulmer): Denning, 1962, Pan-Pac. Ent. 38: 39.
Lepidostoma alexanderi Denning, 1962, Pan-Pac. Ent. 38: 37 (new synonymy ).
This species is found from southern Arizona to Costa Rica in the mountainous
regions. It is quite variable in details of the genitalia, especially the serrations
along the posterior margin of the tenth tergite and exact shape of the apex of
the clasper. I have seen examples with all intergradations in serration between
the one with a uniform series of small teeth (alexanderi type) to the one with
only a few, widely spaced, large teeth (bispinosa type). Often the two sides of
the tenth tergum are not symmetrical in this regard, one side having more teeth
than the other.
There is 1¢ from the base camp, 17 June 1964, and 14 from Durango, 13
miles west of E] Salto, 18 June 1964.
Lepidostoma knulli Ross
Lepidostoma knulli Ross, 1946, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 39: 280.
Described from southern Arizona, this species is recorded from Mexico for the
first time. Base Camp: 7 July 1964, 1¢; 8 July 1964, 1¢.
Lepidostoma lacinatum, n. sp.
(Figs. 24-25)
This species is a member of the unicolor group, probably closest to the following
new species. The large, serrate apicoventral lobe and the flattened, twisted apex
of the clasper are diagnostic for this species.
Adult. Length of forewing, 10-12 mm. Color brown, antennae and legs
paler, forewing brown with scattered golden setae. Basal antennal segment 3
times as long as broad; maxillary palpus 1l-segmented, concave mesally with
specialized setae; other secondary sexual modifications lacking. Male genitalia:
Tenth tergite with apex upturned, dentate, halves widely separated mesally.
176 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 2, JUNE, 1967
Clasper rather broad, apex produced into a flattened plate twisted mesally, with
a large serrate apicoventral lobe; basidorsal process with dorsal arm short, apical
arm long and flattened, appressed to clasper, with apex produced into a hook.
Aedeagus with a pair of pointed dorsal rods appressed to central tube.
Holotype, male. Mexico (Durango), 10 miles west of El Salto,
9000’, 2 July 1964, J. E. H. Martin. Paratypes. Same data, 34; 6 June
1964, 1¢6; 8 June 1964, 2¢; 13 June 1964, 1¢; 17 June 1964, 3¢; 27
June 1964, 14; 7 July 1964, 146; 15 July 1964, 1¢; 29 July 1964, 1¢.
Mexico (Sinaloa), El] Palmito, 15 July 1964, J. F. McAlpine, 1¢.
Lepidostoma rectangulare, n. sp.
(Figs. 26-27 )
This species is likewise a member of the unicolor group, and probably most
closely related to the preceding species. The very broad apex and small basidorsal
lobes of the clasper render this species very distinctive.
Adult. Length of forewing, 10 mm. Color brown; legs and antennae slightly
paler, forewing spotted with golden hairs. Basal antennal segment about 4 times
as long as broad; maxillary palpus 1-segmented, concave mesally with specialized
hairs; no other sexual modifications. Male genitalia: Tenth tergite rounded in
lateral view, with posterior margin bearing small teeth, halves broadly separated
in dorsal aspect. Clasper elongate, apex broad and truncate in lateral view, with
a small subapical ventral process, apex bearing a mesal lobe in dorsal aspect;
basidorsal processes short. Aedeagus with 2 stout dorsal processes whose tips are
angled mesad.
Holotype, male. Mexico (Durango), 10 miles west of El] Salto,
9000’, 25 July 1964, W. C. McGuffin.
HELICOPSYCHIDAE
Helicopsyche mexicana Banks
Helicopsyche mexicana Banks, 1901, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 27: 368. Ross,
1944, Bull. Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv. 23: 289. Denning, 1964, Pan-Pac. Ent. 40: 133.
The species is widespread in Mexico and southwestern United States. Base
Camp: 17 June 1964, 19; 18 June 1964, 19; 17 July 1964, 14. Sinaloa, 8 miles
west of El Palmito, 19 July 1964, 1¢. Chihuahua, Mesa de Huracan (108°15’,
30°4’), 7400’, 21-25 July 1964, 19.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, No. 2, JUNE, 1967 Wee,
A NEW BRACONID PARASITE OF THE POTATO TUBERWORM
( HYMENOPTERA )
Cart F. W. Mueseseck, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. 20560
Most of the species of the braconid genus Orgilus, all presumably
internal parasites of lepidopterous larvae, are undescribed. I have
undertaken a study of the North American species, in which the
South American form described here is included because of its ap-
parent establishment in California. Advance publication of this de-
scription has been requested in order that a name may be available
for use in a paper now in preparation at the Citrus Research Center,
Riverside, California, that deals with the biology of the parasite.
Orgilus lepidus, n. sp.
This is rather similar to O. lateralis (Cresson), from which it may be dis-
tinguished, however, by its smoother abdomen and by the poorly developed sub-
basal tooth of the tarsal claw. From the only other known South American
species of the genus, O. gossypii Muesebeck, it differs in its relatively shorter
radial cell, its smoother abdomen, much weaker dorsal keels of the first tergite
and its darker coloring.
Female.—Length about 4 mm. Head not wider than thorax, in dorsal view
1.8 times as wide as long; face 1.2 times as wide as eye height, sharply punctate;
malar space slightly more than one-third as long as eye height; temples gradually
receding, 0.6 as wide as eyes, smooth and shining; occipital carina strong laterally,
very weak medially; ocellocular line more than twice as long as diameter of an
ocellus; vertex finely punctate; antennae 29- or 30-segmented in the available
specimens, even the shortest segments of the flagellum slightly longer than broad.
Thorax stout; mesoscutum shining and largely smooth, with only scattered
punctures; notauli weakly foveolate anteriorly, more strongly so posteriorly; disc
of scutellum rather flat, polished; propodeum evenly convex, largely alutaceous
to granulose with some weak, indefinite rugulae medially; side of pronotum
finely roughened below the impression, smooth and polished above it; mesopleuron
smooth and polished, the longitudinal furrow sinuate and finely foveolate; meta-
pleuron largely smooth. Hind coxa evenly coriaceous and rather mat; hind
femur 1.5 times as long as hind coxa and 3.8 times as long as its maximum
width; inner calcarium of hind tibia slightly more than half as long as metatarsus;
tarsal claw with a subbasal angulation but without a distinct subbasal tooth as in
lateralis. Radial cell on wing margin about 1.2 times as long as stigma; second
abscissa of radius nearly on a line with intercubitus; stub of third abscissa of
cubitus punctiform; nervulus clearly postfurcal; lower abscissa of basella a little
less than half as long as mediella or than maximum width of hind wing.
Abdomen a little narrower than thorax; first tergite nearly one and one-half
times as long as broad at apex, evenly coriaceous, the dorsal keels weak and
extending only slightly beyond spiracles; second tergite about 1.25 times as
wide at base as long, more or less coriaceous or granulose medially, broadly
178 PROG. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 2, JUNE, 1967
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ae
Figs. 1 and 2. Orgilus lepidus, n. sp. Fig. 1, part of fore wing; fig. 2, tarsal
claw.
smooth laterally; third and following tergites smooth and polished; ovipositor
sheath just about as long as head, thorax and abdomen combined.
Yellowish brown; antennae brownish black; palpi piceous; a spot on frons and
vertex enclosing the ocelli, the mesopectus and propodeum black; tegulae and
wing bases reddish yellow; wings hyaline; legs brownish yellow, the hind coxa
more or less darkened inwardly toward base, and also the hind femur along
its upper edge, the hind tibia blackish with a conspicuous pale annulus at extreme
base, all tarsi darkened; abdomen with apex of first tergite and all of the second
and third tergites usually brownish yellow, the remainder of the dorsum of the
abdomen black.
Male.—Essentially like the female but usually darker, especially on the coxae.
The antennae are more slender and are 28- to 30 segmented in the available
specimens.
Holotype—USNM 69536.
Described from 5 females (one, the holotype) and 5 males (one, the
allotype) reared from the potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella
(Zeller), at Balcarce, Argentina; 6 females and 6 males labeled as
having been reared from lepidopterous larvae on Chenopodium at
Montivideo, Uruguay, in 1946 by H. L. Parker, and 1 female which is
said to have been reared from P. operculella at Moreno, California,
July 20, 1965, by E. R. Oatman.
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CIMEX HEMIPTERUS (FABR.) FROM BATS IN COLOMBIA,
SOUTH AMERICA
(HEMIPTERA: CIMICIDAE )
C. J. MarinxELLE, Depts. of Biology and Microbiology,
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotd, Colombia (S.A. )
The common human bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., is known to
parasitize a wide variety of mammals and domestic birds. Accord-
ing to Usinger (1966) Cimex species originated phylogenetically
from bats, but some adapted to other hosts. While C. hemipterus
(Fabr.) is mainly a parasite of man in tropicopolitan areas, it has
only been recorded a few times from bats: Scotophilus kuhli Leach
and S. heathii (Horsfield) from India in 1908 and 1912, S. temmincki
(Horsfield) from Java (Indonesia) in 1913, unidentified bat species
from Java in 1932 (Usinger loc. cit.) and Myotis nigricans extremus
Miller from Mexico in 1936 (Hoffman 1944). It has also been found
on poultry in Jamaica and in nests of common swifts in India ( Usinger
ocx cit.)
During a survey of zoonotic diseases in Colombia, 3686 bats were
examined for the presence of ectoparasites. Approximatively 400
of these were obtained from houses infested with C. lectularius or
C. hemipterus. Two bats, Peropteryx macrotis (Wagner), collected
from a hollow tree near the village of La Plata (Depart. Huila) were
infested with numerous C. hemipterus. The parasites were firmly
adhered to the skin near the dorsal part of the tail base and some
of them were inflated with the hosts blood. None of the bats examined
showed infestation with other species of Cimicidae.
Some Cimicidae are capable of transmitting trypanosomes among
bats (Van Den Berghe et al. 1963) and human bedbugs have been
suspected of being able to transmit Trypanosoma cruzi. Because both
man and bats often harbor T. cruzi in Colombia (Marinkelle 1966),
the finding of C. hemipterus on bats may prove to be of importance
in the epidemiology of south american trypanosomiasis.
To my knowledge, this is the first case of C. hemipterus parasitizing
a non-human host in the area south of Mexico to be reported.
Acknowledgements: I am very grateful to Dr. G. M. Kohls (R. M.
L., Hamilton, Montana) for his help in checking the literature and
to Dr. C. O. Handley (U. S. Nat. Mus., Washington, D. C.) for the
identification of the bat species.
This. investigation was partially supported by U. S. Army Grant
DA-ARO-49-092-66-G 109.
REFERENCES
Hoffmann, M. A. 1944. Ectoparasitos de murciélagos mexicanos. Tesis Univ.
Nac. Mexico, 150 pp.
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Marinkelle, C. J. 1966. Observations on human, monkey and bat trypanosomes
and their vectors in Colombia. Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 60(1): 109-
116.
Usinger, R. L. 1966. Monograph of Cimicidae (Hemiptera—Heteroptera). The
Thomas Say Foundation 7: 585 pp.
Van Den Berghe, L., M. Chardome, and E. Peele. 1963. An African bat
trypanosome in Stricticimex brevispinosus Usinger, 1959. J. Protozool. 10; 135-
138.
PALAEOSEPSIS SPECIES DESCRIBED BY MELANDER AND SPULER
(DireTEeRA: SEPSIDAE )
Three species described in the genus Sepsis by Melander and Spuler (1917)
were placed by Duda (1926) in his subgenus Palaeosepsis, a taxon which I
believe to be of generic rank. The Melander and Spuler type specimens are now
in the United States National Museum collections. I have examined them with
the following results. Full citations will appear in the pertinent part of the
neotropical catalogue of Diptera, now in process of publication.
Palaeosepsis armillata (Melander and Spuler), 1917: 18, 81 (fig. 11, not 6).
Curran (1928:75) claimed that Duda (1926:92) confused this species with
P. furcata (M. and S.). Examination of the type specimens from “Hayti,” one of
which is hereby designated lectotype, shows that Duda’s identification is correct
and that Melander and Spuler evidently intermixed the captions for the figures of
the two species.
P. furcata (M. and S.), 1917: 19, 81 (fig. 6, not 11). See above. One of the
originally cited males is labelled as “type.”
P. hoplicnema (M. and S.), 1917: 17, 81 (fig. 12). The unique male type
shows that Duda’s figure (1926: 107, fig. 77) is more accurate than that of the
original description. The species, as stated by Duda, is quite certainly a synonym
of P. armata (Schiner).
Literature Cited—Curran, C. H. 1928. Diptera or two-winged flies. N. Y.
Acad. Sci., Sci. Surv. Porto Rico and the Virgin Is. 11 (pt. 1): 1-118; Duda, O.
1926. Monographie der Sepsiden (Dipt.), I. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 40; 1-
110; Melander, A. L., and A. Spuler. 1917. The dipterous families Sepsidae and
Piophilidae. State College Wash. Agric. Expt. Sta. Bull. 143: 1-(103).—
GrorcE C. StTEYSKAL, Entomology Research Division, ARS, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
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A NEW ATELEUTE FROM THE UNITED STATES
(HyMENOPTERA, ICHNEUMONIDAE )
Henry Townes, American Entomological Institute, Ann Arbor, Mich.
The genus Ateleute Foerster is represented by many species in the
warmer parts of the Old World, where it has been reared several times
from Psychidae. It has not yet been reported from the Western
Hemisphere. Mr. Peter Hattenschwiler, of Uster, Switzerland, on a
visit to the United States in 1963, reared a specimen of this genus at
Greenville, South Carolina from a psychid, along with some other
parasites of Psychidae from several localities in the Carolinas.
Although Ateleute has not been reported previously from America,
Mr. Hattenschwiler’s is not the first specimen known. Some years
ago, I saw two male specimens in the U. S. National Museum that
were collected in south central United States. In 1965, Mr. John
Schmid found a male of the genus among Malaise trap material from
Golden Pond, Kentucky, collected by Dr. Sam Breeland. These three
males may be the same species as the female described below, but
males of Ateleute are difficult to associate with their females, as there
is strong sexual dimorphism. The genus occurs also in South America.
I have seen three undescribed species from Peru.
Ateleute is an isolated genus of the subfamily Gelinae. By “key
characters” it belongs in the tribe Mesostenini, but the genus may be
a derivative of the Chirotica group of genera in the Gelini, and thus
may have independently developed mesostenine characters. For the
present, I prefer to place it in the Mesostenini. It should be in a
subtribe by itself: the Ateleutina.
The more distinctive characters of Ateleute are: Postpectal carina
complete, not interrupted in front of each middle coxa; mesopleural
fovea absent; areolet moderately large, about twice as wide as high,
the second intercubitus weak or absent; second recurrent vein vertical,
with one bulla; tergite 1 often longitudinally striate, its spiracle at the
midlength; propodeum long, its apical transverse carina usually dis-
tinct, its basal transverse carina absent or indistinct, without distinct
longitudinal carinae.
Ateleute carolina, n. sp.
Male: Unknown.
Female: Front wing 3.7 mm. long; postero-median part of mesoscutum with
longitudinal wrinkles; apical transverse carina of propodeum distinct, the basal
carina obsolete; propodeum in front of apical transverse carina mat and with
weak transverse wrinkling; second intercubitus faint; tergite 1 weakly mat,
medially subpolished, with a median longitudinal impression, without any longi-
tudinal striae; tergite 2 weakly mat, without punctures or wrinkles; ovipositor
sheath 0.6 as long as front wing.
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Fulvous, with the head black. Clypeus, palpi, and propleurum not visible
because glued next to card mount; mandible whitish; antenna black, the front
half of scape ferruginous, apical 0.3 of flagellar segment 5, all of flagellar seg-
ments 6-9, and basal 0.6 of flagellar segment 10 white; pronotum fuscous, its
front part, lower part, and hind corner white; mesonotum and metanotum black,
the lateral lobe of mesoscutum margined with white mesally and anterolaterally,
the median lobe of mesoscutum broadly margined with white anterolaterally; apex
of scutellum white; subtegular ridge whitish; mesopleurum with a fuscous area
beneath front wing; legs pale fulvous, their fifth tarsal segments infuscate.
Distinctive characters of this species are the lack of longitudinal striae on
tergite 1, and the color pattern of the thorax.
Type 2, Greenville, South Carolina, emerged from case of Astala
confederata (Psychidae), Feb. 23, 1963, Peter Hiattenschwiler
(Townes ).
NEW SYNONYMY IN PLERONEURA KONOW
(HYMENOPTERA: XYELIDAE)
Davin R. Smitrn, Entomology Research Division, ARS,
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20560
Ross (1932) revised the North American Pleroneura Konow and
included 7 species. He stated that the species had been described
from very few specimens and that larger series would be necessary in
order to determine how stable the characters are on which these
species were based. In recent years, several large series of Pleroneura
have been collected in the East and West, and it is now possible to
evaluate some of the characters which were previously used for species
separation.
P. brunneicornis Rohwer and P. borealis Felt were both described
from New York State and are the only described eastern forms. Ross
separated these species from the western Pleroneura by the pale pos-
terior margin of the pronotum and pale femora, then distinguished
between them by veins r-m and m-cu of the fore wing being interstitial
or not. In series of a species of Pleroneura collected in Maine, the
position of veins r-m and m-cu of the fore wing was found to be
variable; consequently, I consider these two species to be the same.
The western species of the group, in which the body is primarily
black, were separated by the dark or light coloration of the tibiae,
femora, and clypeus. Several series of a species of Pleroneura which
were collected in Oregon and California show a high degree of color
variation within and between sexes. In some instances, the associated
males and females will key to different species in Ross’ key. Therefore,
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, No. 2, JUNE, 1967 183
I believe that the 3 western species, californica Ashmead, schwarzi
Rohwer, and aldrichi Ross, as recognized by Ross, are the same. The
types of these species also fall within the range of variation which I
have found.
The following synonymy is proposed:
Pleroneura brunneicornis Rohwer
Pleroneura bruneicornis (!) Rohwer, 1910, Can. Ent. 42: 89, 9.
Pleroneura borealis Felt, 1917, Can. Ent. 49: 220, 6, 9. New synonymy.
Pleroneura californica (Ashmead )
Manoxyela californica Ashmead, 1898, Psyche 8: 214, 9°.
Pleroneura fulvicornis Rohwer, 1910, Can. Ent. 42: 89, ¢. Synonymy by
Ross, 1951, confirmed.
Pleroneura schwarzi Rohwer, 1910, Can. Ent. 42: 220, 9. New synonymy.
Pleroneura aldrichi Ross, 1932, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 25: 158, ¢, 2. New
synonymy.
Two other western species, koebelei Rohwer and lutea Rohwer,
were recognized by Ross, and they may be separated from californica
by their predominately yellow coloration and genitalic characters.
As yet, I have not seen additional specimens of these forms.
P. brunneicornis and P. californica may be separated by genitalic
characters, and the larvae of brunneicornis also differ from larvae
which may be californica taken from the twigs of fir.
The eastern brunneicornis has been reared from larvae boring in
the twigs of fir, whereas californica is associated with fir only by
adult collections and oviposition observations. The hosts and habits
of koebelei and lutea are not known.
REFERENCES
Ross, H. H. 1932. The Hymenopterous family Xyelidae in North America. Ann.
Ent. Soc. Amer. 25: 153-169.
1951. Xyelidae. in Muesbeck et al., Hymenoptera of America
North of Mexico, Synoptic Catalog. U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monogr. 2: 5-7.
LECTOTYPE DESIGNATION FROM THREE SYNTYPES OF
RADFORDIA SUBULIGER EWING
(AcARINA: MYOBIIDAE)
The need for the designation of a lectotype for the species Radfordia subuliger
Ewing became apparent when it was found that Ewing (1938, Proc. Ent. Soc.
Wash. 40: 180-197) did not designate a holotype for R. subuliger Ewing. The
type material upon which Ewing based his new description has been studied by
the author by the loan of the three syntypes deposited in the United States Na-
tional Museum.
184 PROC, ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 2, JUNE, 1967
Syntype
: Ov harvest mouse
Radfordia : c.PuL
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Su buliger Co/lese Park jd.
n- sr:
Rag Greenfield, Coll.
Zags Ty Pes Apr. 6, 1732
v,
Lectotype
Fig. 1. Radfordia subuliger Ewing, female lectotype designation on type slide
No. 1280 USNM.
Ewing (1938) described R. subuliger from two females which were mounted
on a single slide, designated as Type No. 1280 USNM and from one female
mounted on a separate slide with a label that read at the time of the description
as Myobia subuliger n. sp. This slide is from a different host than that of the
type slide and collected on a different date. Also this slide is in very poor
condition.
The selection of the lectotype by the author has been made from the slide bear-
ing the Type No. 1280. Due to the possible destruction of the type material
and the slide labels, no attempt has been made to remount onto single slides
these two syntypes. Indication to the lectotype is possible by the deterioration
of the slide median. A drawing showing the location of the lectotype and
syntype on the Type No. 1280 USNM is shown in fig. 1. This drawing has been
attached to the back of the type slide. B. McDANrIEL, Department of Entomology-
Zoology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota 57006.
Approved by the Director of South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station as
Journal Series No. 763.
A LIST OF THE SPECIES OF MACROSIPHONIELLA DEL GUERCIO
DESCRIBED FROM NORTH AMERICA
(HomMortTEeRA: APHIDIDAE)
LoutsE M. Russet, Entomology Research Division, ARS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 20250
Twenty-one species assignable to Macrosiphoniella (sensu lato)
have been described from North America, but only seven have been
placed in this genus. In this paper, names of the 14 remaining species
are associated with Macrosiphoniella to make new name com-
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binations available. The 21 species are listed, and their original cita-
tions and previous name combinations are given. One North Amer-
ican species included in the genus because of a misidentification is
discussed. Five species of Macrosiphoniella (absinthii (Linnaeus),
leucanthemi (Ferrari), millefolii (De Geer), tanacetaria (Kalten-
bach), and trimaculata Hille Ris Lambers) described from Europe
also have been reported from North America.
The repository of type specimens is given when known. Additional
types of some species presumably are present in other collections.
Macrosiphoniella Del Guercio 1911 is closely related to Dactynotus
Rafinesque 1818. Indeed, Eastop in 1961 (A study of the Aphididae
(Homoptera) of West Africa p. 19) included atra (Ferrari) 1872,
the type-species of Macrosiphoniella, in Dactynotus. In 1966 (Austral.
Jour. Zool. 14: 455) however, he recognized Macrosiphoniella as a
valid genus. Takahashi and Moritsu (Mushi 37: 1, 1963) stated that
Macrosiphoniella “can not be definitely separated from Dactynotus . . .
but is here maintained as a valid genus, since the trend of the modifi-
cation of the body structures is different from that of the latter genus.”
Although most species may readily be placed in one group or the
other, border forms are difficult to assign. Future studies doubtless
will show whether Macrosiphoniella should be considered of generic
rank. The genus is now accepted by workers though perhaps with-
out critical consideration of the reasons for doing so.
The salient characteristics of Macrosiphoniella are as follows: Last
rostral segment slender, tapered, often stiletto-shaped with acute tip,
with setae located on basal portion of segment longer than the 3
apical pairs (much longer if segment is stiletto-shaped). Cornicles
reticulated at least near apex; nearly or actually flangeless; cylindrical,
or enlarged basally and sometimes slightly so distally; slightly shorter
than, to twice as long as, cauda; usually without, but sometimes with,
a few setae. Frontal tubercles distinct, diverging. Setae on antennal
segment III blunt or enlarged apically, usually not acute. Tergum
membranous but scleroites often present around bases of setae; sclerites
absent, or present anterior and/or posterior to the cornicles; 4 or
more setae on tergum 8. Each Ist tarsal segment with 3 setae. Apterae
with secondary sensoria on antennal segment III. Most species holo-
cyclic on Anthemideae (Compositae ).
Macrosiphoniella can be distinguished from Dactynotus by_ its
tapered, often stiletto-shaped beak with the basal setae of the last
rostral segment usually much longer than the apical ones; by its
flangeless or almost flangeless cornicle; and by the presence of 3 setae
on each lst tarsal segment. None of these conditions pertain to
Dactynotus except the last, where the Ist tarsal chaetotaxy may be
3 but more often is 4 or 5.
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In the following list, M. after the species and author name refers
to Macrosiphoniella.
albicornus (Knowlton and Allen) M., n. comb.
Mucrotrichaphis albicornus Knowlton and Allen 1940, Ohio Jour. Sci. 40: 33.
Macrosiphum albicornum (Knowlton and Allen), Palmer 1952, Aphids of the
Rocky Mountain Region p. 290.
Holotype—USNM.
anomellus (Knowlton and Allen) M., n. comb.
Macrosiphum anomellus Knowlton and Allen 1938, Can. Ent. 70: 75.
Mucrotrichaphis anomellus (Knowlton and Allen), Knowlton and Allen 1940,
Ohio Jour. Sci. 40: 34.
Cotypes—USNM.
artemisiae Cowen—see coweni Hunter.
artemisiphilus (Knowlton and Allen) M., n. comb.
Macrosiphum artemisiphilus Knowlton and Allen 1938, Can. Ent. 70: 75.
Cotypes—USNM.
artemisivulgaris (Knowlton and Allen) M.
Macrosiphum artemisivulgaris Knowlton and Allen 1938, Can. Ent. 70: 76.
Macrosiphoniella artemisivulgaris (Knowlton and Allen), Quednau 1966, Can.
Ent. 98: 428.
Cotypes—USNM.
cefsmithi (Knowlton and Allen) M., n. comb.
Macrosiphum cefsmithi Knowlton and Allen 1938, Can. Ent. 70: 76.
Cotypes—USNM.
chrysanthemi Oestlund—see sanborni (Gillette ).
chrysanthemicolens Williams—see sanborni (Gillette).
cinerescens Hille Ris Lambers, M.
Macrosiphoniella cinerescens Hille Ris Lambers 1966, Hilgardia 37: 588.
Holotype—Hille Ris Lambers colln.; paratypes—Univ. of California, Berkeley.
coweni (Hunter) M., n. comb.
Nectarophora artemisiae Cowen in Gillette and Baker 1895, Colo. Agr. Expt.
Sta. Bul. (Tech. Ser. 1) 31: 123 (preoccupied).
Nectarophora coweni Hunter 1901, new name, Iowa Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 60:
114.
Macrosiphum coweni (Hunter), Sanborn 1906, Kans. Univ. Sci. Bul. 3: 232;
Gillette and Palmer 1934, Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 27: 175 (selected neotype
and paraneotypes ).
Neotype and paraneotypes—USNM.
essigi (Soliman) M., n. comb.
Obtusicauda essigi Soliman 1927, Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 4: 99.
Macrosiphum essigi (Soliman), Knowlton and Allen 1938, Can. Ent. 70: 78.
Dactynotus essigi (Soliman), Eastop 1961, A study of the Aphididae (Homop-
tera) of West Africa p. 19.
Cotypes—Univ. of California, Berkeley.
filifoliae (Gillette and Palmer) M., n. comb.
Macrosiphum filifoliae Gillette and Palmer 1928, Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 21: 5.
Cotypes—USNM.
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flavila (Knowlton and Allen) M., n. comb.
Mucrotrichaphis flavila Knowlton and Allen 1940, Ohio Jour. Sci. 40: 35.
Macrosiphum flavilum (Knowlton and Allen), Palmer 1952, Aphids of the
Rocky Mountain Region p. 306.
Cotypes—USNM.
frigidae (Oestlund) M., n. comb.
Siphonophora. frigidae Oestlund 1886, Minn. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Ann.
Rpt. 14: 20.
Nectarophora frigidae (Oestlund), Oestlund 1887, Minn. Geol. and Nat. Hist.
Survey Bul. 4: 83.
Macrosiphum frigidae (Oestlund), Sanborn 1906, Kans. Univ. Sci. Bul. 3: 232.
Obtusicauda frigidae (Oestlund), Soliman 1927, Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 4: 99.
Cotypes—Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul.
frigidicola Gillette and Palmer, M.
Macrosiphoniella frigidicola Gillette and Palmer 1928, Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann.
Pals Ss
Macrosiphum frigidicola (Gillette and Palmer), Gillette and Palmer 1934,
Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 27: 180.
Cotypes—USNM.
glabrum (Gillette and Palmer), M., n. comb.
Macrosiphum glabrum Gillette and Palmer 1928, Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 21: 2.
Cotypes—USNM.
jonesi (Gillette and Palmer) M., n. comb.
Macrosiphum jonesii Gillette and Palmer 1928, Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 21: 7.
Cotypes—USNM.
ludovicianae (Oestlund) M.
Siphonophora ludovicianae Oestlund 1886, Minn. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey
Ann. Rpt. 14: 23.
Nectarophora ludovicianae (Oestlund), Oestlund 1887, Minn. Geol. Nat. Hist.
Survey Bul. 4: 80.
Macrosiphum ludovicianae (Oestlund), Sanborn 1906, Kans. Univ. Sci. Bul.
ss PBR,
Tritogenaphis ludovicianae (Oestlund), Oestlund 1922, Minn. State Ent. Rpt.
19: 142.
Macrosiphoniella ludovicianae (Oestlund), Hille Ris Lambers 1931, Tijdschr. v.
Ent. 74: 176.
Cotypes—Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul.
pennsylvanica (Pepper) M.
Macrosiphum pennsylvanicum Pepper 1950, Fla. Ent. 33: 3.
Macrosiphoniella pennsylvanica (Pepper), Hille Ris Lambers 1966, Hilgardia
37: 588.
Holotype, allotype, paratypes—USNM; paratypes—Pepper colln.
sanborni (Gillette) M.
Siphonophora_ chrysanthemicolens Williams 1891, Univ. Nebr. Dept. Ent.
Spec. Bul. 1: 8, nomen nudum.
Macrosiphum chrysanthemi (Oestlund), misidentification by Sanborn 1904,
Kans-Univs Sei, Bulje3:ive:
Macrosiphum sanborni Gillette 1908, Can. Ent. 40: 65.
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Siphonophora chrysanthemicolens Williams 1911 (1910), Nebr. Univ. Studies
10: 75, described.
Macrosiphoniella sanborni (Gillette), van der Goot 1917, Indian Mus. Records
(Indian Sci. Jour.) 13: 183.
Pyrethromyzus sanborni (Gillette) Boerner 1952, Mitt. Thiir. Bot. Ges. 3: 168.
Dactynotus (Pyrethromyzus) sanborni (Gillette), Eastop 1961, A study of
the Aphididae (Homoptera) of West Africa p. 19.
Cotypes—USNM.
tapuskae ( Hottes and Frison) M.
Macrosiphum tapuskae Hottes and Frison 1931, Ill. Nat. Hist. Survey Bul. 19:
Oe
Macrosiphoniella tapuskae (Hottes and Frison), Hille Ris Lambers 1938,
Temminckia 3: 37.
Holotype and paratypes—lIllinois Nat. Hist. Survey, Urbana; paratypes—USNM.
toti (Knowlton and Allen) M., n. comb.
Mucrotrichaphis toti Knowlton and Allen 1940, Ohio Jour. Sci. 40: 33; Palmer
1952, Aphids of the Rocky Mountain Region p. 332. Palmer synonymized
toti with Macrosiphum zerothermum Knowlton and Allen. I do not accept
this synonymy.
Holotype and paratypes—USNM.
zerohypsi (Knowlton and Allen) M., n. comb.
Mucrotrichaphis zerohypsi Knowlton and Allen 1940, Ohio Jour. Sci. 40: 34.
Macrosiphum zerohypsi (Knowlton and Allen), Palmer 1952, Aphids of the
Rocky Mountain Region p. 332.
Cotypes—USNM.
zerothermus (Knowlton and Allen) M., n. comb.
Macrosiphum zerothermus Knowlton and Allen 1938, Can. Ent. 70: 83.
Cotypes—USNM.
Macrosiphoniella eupatorii (Williams) of Leonard 1963 is a misidentification
because, though the identity of eupatorii is uncertain, the insects do not agree
with the description of this species. The specimens (“sweeps” taken in 1946)
reported as eupatorii by Leonard are Microparsus desmodiorum Smith and Tuatay.
Williams’ eupatorii has been recorded as follows:
Siphonophora eupatoris Williams 1891, Nebr. Univ. Dept. Ent. Spec. Bul. 1:
26, nomen nudum.
Macrosiphum eupatorii (Williams), Sanborn, 1906, Kans. Univ. Bul. 3: 237-
238, nomen nudum.
Siphonophora eupatorii Williams 1911 (1910), Nebr. Univ. Studies 10: 77,
described.
Macrosiphum eupatorii (Williams), Davis 1911, Nebr. Univ. Studies 11: 281
(Reprint Nebr. Univ. Dept. Ent. Contrib. 5: 29).
Macrosiphoniella eupatorii (Williams), Leonard 1963, Kans. Ent. Soc. Jour.
36: Ta:
Following his description of ewpatorii, Williams stated,
“On white snakeroot (Eupatorium ageratoides), in company with
Aphis ageratoides Oestlund, October, 1889. Apterous females and
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pupae of a Siphonophora very close to, if not identical with the above,
were collected September, 1890, on Eupatorium perfoliatum at Ashland
not far from the place where that species was collected, differing only
in being of a more uniformly greenish-brown color and having the tail
concolorous with the body. Length of body, 1.75-2.00 mm.; antennae,
2.90 mm.; honey tubes 0.40 mm. The species has affinities with
Myzus.”
Williams’ 1911 paper was published 11 years after his death, and
its introduction as well as other brief portions were prepared by some
other person. Regarding eupatorii, it is stated (pp. 6, 78) that there
were no specimens in the University of Nebraska or the U. S. National
Museum collections. And Davis, after including eupatorii in Macrosi-
phum, stated, “I have had no opportunity of studying this species
since the types are lost.”
There apparently are no specimens of the eupatorii described from
Eupatorium ageratoides, October 1889, and only these can be con-
sidered types of this species. However, two slides bearing apterous
adults and nymphs collected from E. perfoliatum at Ashland, Sep-
tember 1890, are in the U. S. National Museum. These specimens are
Microparsus desmodiorum Smith and Tuatay. It is evident that they
are a different species than those described from E. ageratoides be-
cause specimens from the latter host are said to have both the cornicles
and the cauda black, with the cornicles twice as long as the cauda.
In the specimens from E. perfoliatum the cornicles are black and the
cauda pale, and the cornicles are slightly longer than the cauda.
Thus Siphonophora eupatorii Williams 1911, will remain a nomen
dubium unless type specimens of the species are found. I have not
been able to locate them in the collection of the U. S. National Mu-
seum. It is possible that eupatorii belongs in Macrosiphoniella or
Dactynotus, for the cauda is concolorous with the dark cornicles in
several species of these genera, and in some species of each genus
the cornicles are approximately twice as long as the cauda. A Micro-
parsus with a black cauda is not known at present though this does
not preclude the existence of such a species.
A Microparsus from Eupatorium (Compositae ) would be of interest
because species of this genus have been known with certainty only
from Desmodium (Leguminosae). It seems questionable whether
Williams would have confused Eupatorium ageratoides and E. per-
foliatum with Desmodium, however, for he also described Sipho-
nophora desmodii from Desmodium canescens. S. desmodii Williams
1911, whose types are in the USNM, was first described as Microparsus
variabilis Patch 1909.
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SOPHY I. PARFIN
1918-1966
Photo taken in January 1947
Sophy I. Parfin was born in New Haven, Connecticut, April 22, 1918,
and died in New Britain, Connecticut, October 28, 1966. She had
retired on disability September 15, 1960, from the Smithsonian In-
stitution, Washington, D. C., where she was an entomologist on the
staff of the U. S. National Museum, working on the systematics of
Neuroptera and related insects. It is particularly tragic that her health
failed at such an early age, before the full potential of a scientific
career to which she was deeply devoted could be realized.
Her parents, John Parfinowich and Anastia Hamego, were born
in Russia; her mother died in 1919. Sophy preferred the shorter sur-
name Parfin, and in 1950 obtained official court permission for the
change. She seldom used her full middle name, Ivanovna, which by
Russian custom means “daughter of John”.
Following graduation from Meriden High School, she attended
Bethel Junior College, St. Paul, Minnesota (1935-37), and was the
Salutatorian of her class. She then attended Wheaton College, Whea-
ton, Illinois, where she received honors and the B. S. degree in 1939,
with a major in zoology. She spent an additional academic year at
Wheaton taking education courses and obtaining a teacher's certificate.
At both Bethel and Wheaton she studied Bible extensively. German
and zoology, the latter including one course in entomology, were
strongly represented at Wheaton. Sophy’s record shows a dedicated
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interest in advancing her education. In New Jersey during 1943 she
attended night classes, especially in English, at the Newark College
of Engineering. Later, during her Washington, D. C. residence, she
studied medical entomology and Russian at the U. S. Department of
Agriculture Graduate School (1944); morphology, ecology, and
physiology of insects at the University of Maryland (1946-47 ); mycol-
ogy at George Washington University (1946-47). During her em-
ployment at the Smithsonian Institution, she took an unpaid leave
of absence to study entomology at the University of Minnesota (July
1, 1947-June 30, 1949); the original l-year leave was followed by 3
shorter extensions. Her studies at Minnesota led to an M. S. degree,
also to her 1952 paper on the Megaloptera and Neuroptera of
Minnesota.
She was active in extra-curricula activities in college. She was a
member of the glee club, and also played the violin, mandolin, and
piano. On the rifle team she won medals as a sharpshooter; one year
she was college table tennis champion. She was a good tennis player
and swimmer, and was active in both sports after college. In Wash-
ington she was chairman of the sports committee, American Associa-
tion of University Women. Miss Parfin took pride as a woman in
scientific work, and became secretary of the Washington Chapter
of Sigma Delta Epsilon, a professional society of women scientists.
She was also a member of the Entomological Society of Washington.
Following her retirement, she was a member of the Calvary Baptist
Church of Meriden.
During parts of 1940-42 Miss Partin was a substitute teacher in
Connecticut high schools, especially Meriden High School, by day,
and worked nights at the New Departure Manufacturing Co. In
September-November 1941 she taught biology and mathematics
in high school at Orono, Maine. In 1942 she began work as an as-
sistant mechanical engineer at the Western Electric Co., Kearney,
N. J., where she assembled and inspected ball-bearing components;
she also instructed new employees. The work at Western Electric
was considered important to the war effort (World War II), and
she had to obtain special permission from the War Manpower Com-
mission to leave there and to join the staff of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion. At that time the Smithsonian had many demands for the handling
and identification of mosquitoes and other insects of medical impor-
tance from overseas and domestic sources. Miss Parfin began Smith-
sonian employment as a Scientific Aid in the Division of Insects,
U. S. National Museum, on January 17, 1944, under a War Service
Appointment. With the exception of two years at the University of
Minnesota, she remained at the Smithsonian until her retirement,
_ advancing through the ranks of Preparator and Junior Entomologist
to Assistant Curator.
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At the Smithsonian Institution, Miss Parfin made identifications
and provided consultation in several orders of Neuropteroid insects,
expecially the Neuroptera, and curated them in the small but grow-
ing collection. She took an avid interest in research, and it was her
nature to inquire into all details of a problem insofar as information
was available. Because of her limited prior experience in the tech-
nicalities of Neuroptera systematics, and the time required for service
responsibilities, completion of manuscripts was necessarily slow; a
list of her publications follows. The most important paper is that on
Sisyridae, small brown lacewinged Neuroptera which as larvae are
parasitic on freshwater sponges. Most of her available research time
for two years or more was given to the preparation of this paper.
At least two years before Miss Parfin’s retirement, her health be-
came affected by arthritis and associated disease. It became increas-
ingly difficult for her to continue the physical requirements of han-
dling museum drawers, making her usual painstaking dissections, and
the like. Her associates and other friends were distressed by the
burdens which detracted from her previous glad-hearted and en-
thusiastic personality. In the six years of her retirement, during which
she lived with her father and her devoted step-mother, her health
continually worsened from the onslaught of arthritis and its com-
plications.
In closing this biographical account of a lamented colleague whose
life and career were interrupted just as the fully productive years
were approaching, we pay further tribute to her high standards of
scholarship, ideals of research achievement, and dedicated interest
in entomology. To her father, step-mother, and sister we extend
warmest sympathy. AsHLEy B, Gurney and Luetta M. WALKLEY
Entomological Publications of Sophy I. Parfin
1947. [Untitled note on Mecoptera from Oregon] Note given at May 1, meeting.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 49: 258.
1952. The Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Minnesota. Amer. Midl. Naturalist
47: 421-434.
1955. Additional records for Brachypanorpa carolinensis (Banks) (Mecoptera,
Panorpidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 57: 204-205.
1956. Taxonomic notes on Kimminsia (Neuroptera; Hemerobiidae). Proc. Ent.
Soc. Wash. 58: 203-209, 15. figs.
1956. The spongilla-flies, with special reference to those of the Western Hemi-
sphere (Sisyridae, Neuroptera). Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 105: 421-529,
24 figs., 3 pls. (By Sophy I. Parfin and Ashley B. Gumey)
1958. Notes on the bionomics of the Mantispidae (Neuroptera: Planipennia).
Ent. News 69: 203-207.
1959. Chapter 37, Neuroptera, pp. 973-980, 4 figs., in Freshwater Biology, Edited
by W. T. Edmondson, 1248 pp. (By Ashley B. Gumey and Sophy I.
Parfin )
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BOOK REVIEWS
Systems Analysis in Ecology, edited by Kenneth E. F. Watt. Academic Press,
New York, N.Y. xiii + 276 pp., illus. January, 1967. $11.50.
Designed to survey problems and techniques of systems analysis in ecology,
this is the first book to present new electronic and computer procedures being
used in ecology and resource management. Professor Watt has brought together
a fascinating array of papers that discuss the motives for using systems analysis
in ecology, the electronic principles used in data acquisition systems, instrumented
universes for studying animal behavior, the design of systems experiments, systems
simulation, statistical aspects of data reduction by the use of computers, and
a host of additional items applicable to computer usage in this complicated field
of biology. The book will appeal especially to those ecologists whose respect
for the modern-day computer reaches beyond its ability simply to reduce data.
As aptly expressed by one of the contributors, Crawford S. Holling, “. . . if
biology has told us anything, it is that complex systems are not simply the sum
of their parts. There is an emergent principal when fragments act and interact
in a whole system. The speed and large memory of modern digital computers
for the first time allows the ecologist, in principle, to incorporate all the relevant
actions and interactions of the fragments of complex ecological systems in an
integrated manner.” One of the greatest values of this book might well be to
show ecologists how they can take advantage of a very powerful tool in in-
vestigations now under way or in the planning stage —RicHArp H. Foore,
Entomology Research Division, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washing-
ton, D.C. 20560.
Insektenstimmen. By S. L. Tuxen. 156 pp., 89 figs. 1967. Publisher: Springer-
Verlag (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York). Price: DM 12.80 ($3.20).
Man’s interest in sounds produced by insects is very old, but in recent years,
especially since the appearance of a 1949 book “The songs of insects” by George
Pierce, a Harvard physics professor, refined modern equipment has permitted
the “songs” to be recorded, analyzed, and described to others in a way that was
not available to Scudder, Allard, and other early observers. Consequently, there
have been many advances which have placed the study of insect sounds on a
thorough scientific basis, at the same time demonstrating how a knowledge of
this aspect of behavior may contribute to systematics, ecology, and applied
phases of entomology. The present book, the title of which would be “Insect
sounds” in English, first appeared in Danish in 1964 and now is issued as the
88th in a series of small, handbook-size volumes on natural history published in
German by Springer-Verlag. It is attractive, well printed on good paper, and
sturdily bound. Dr. S. L. Tuxen is an entomologist of broad interests, best
known professionally as a specialist of Protura, for editing a 1956 volume on
insect genitalia, and for heading the Department of Entomology in the Zoological
Museum in Copenhagen. In private life Dr. Tuxen is a gifted musician, an
enthusiastic raconteur of observations in many foreign lands, and a charming host.
The book is divided into sections or small chapters, the titles of which trans-
194 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 2, JUNE, 1967
late as follows, with a few explanatory words by this reviewer in parentheses:
Do insects sing? A musician and his instrument; Song of the cricket, a little
sound-theory; Song and mating of the cricket; Ranges and territories of crickets;
Song of the tree grasshoppers (Tettigoniidae); A field grasshopper woos; A brief
summary; The ear of the grasshopper; A little acoustics and a little electrophysi-
ology; Direction hearing; Singing and hearing; The “near the knee” organ
(tympanal organs); Hearing hairs and flight reaction; A little singing brain;
Unorthodox grasshopper voices; Other stridulating insects; Underwater singers;
Ghost tappers (death-watch, etc.); The happy cicadas; The deathshead moth
and the sounds in the beehive; What does a male midge hear?; Moth and bat;
Why do insects sing? The origin of songs, some theories.
The 1961 book, “Insect sounds,” by Peter T. Haskell, is a somewhat more
formal, near counterpart in English. Though Dr. Tuxen contributes some ob-
servations of his own, the book is mainly a summary of work by other entomolo-
gists, and the experiments and illustrations of Richard D. Alexander, Busnel,
Haskell, Regen, Roeder, Treat, T. J. Walker and others have been drawn upon
freely. The bibliography is quite short, the bulk of the literature having been
assembled in 1960 by Hubert and Mabel Frings. The illustrations, of which
about 10 are original, do much to make the book attractive and to clarify
the text. For instance, fig. 27 shows Regen’s clever method of placing crickets
in cages suspended from small free-flying balloons in order to demonstrate that
hearing occurred and was not due to any vibrations through a solid substrate.
For those persons with an interest in insects or general natural history, and who
read German, this seems like an extremely pleasant and informative book. For
serious students it provides a very readable, relatively non-technical summary of
the highlights of recent contributions on insect sounds and their meaning. For
graduate students studying German, the book might be useful as a practice
reader. AsHLEY B. GurNry, Entomology Research Division, ARS, U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20560.
BOOK NOTICE
Clarification of the status of the type specimens of Diabroticites (Coleop-
tera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). By Ray F. Smith and John F. Lawrence.
Univ. Cal. Pubs. Ento., vol. 45: 1-168, 4 pls., 1967. This work is a guide to the
location of the type specimens of the over 900 valid species of this group and
provides a nomenclatural base for future work. The Diabroticites is about equal
to the content of the genus Diabrotica prior to 1947.
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SOCIETY MEETINGS
750th Regular Meeting—March 2, 1967
The 750th regular meeting of the Society was called to order by the president,
Mr. Louis G. Davis, on March 2, 1967 at 8:00 p.m. in room 43, U. S. National
Museum. Thirty-one members and twenty-seven guests were in attendance.
Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read. The names of Richard
H. Whitsel, Cheng Shan Lin, Ralph E. Webb, and Gerald I. Stage were read for
the first time as candidates for membership in the Society. J. Phillip Keathley and
Gerald G. Elgert were received into the Society.
R. H. Foote announced that the annual joint meeting with the Insecticide So-
ciety of Washington will be held on June 1 at the University of Maryland. L. G.
Davis reported that Ralph W. Sherman, a member of our Society, was pre-
sented a distinguished service award by Kansas State University on January 30,
1967. K. V. Krombein exhibited a portion of a collection of over 89,000 insects
from Ireland (mostly Hymenoptera) which had been donated to the U. S.
National Museum by Mr. A. W. Stelfox. R. H. Foote reviewed and exhibited a
new book, “Trap-nesting Wasps and Bees: Life Histories, Nests, and Associates”,
by K. V. Krombein and published by the Smithsonian Press. G. G. Elgert ex-
hibited a photograph which he had taken of an earwig, Anisolabis maritima
(Géné), guarding its eggs. L. G. Davis displayed several new pamphlets pub-
lished by the Plant Pest Control Division, USDA dealing with insects which
do not occur in the United States.
The speaker for the evening, Dr. Botha de Meillon, presented a most interesting
and informative review of the entomology of malaria in Africa south of the
Sahara. A lively discussion followed.
Following the introduction of visitors, the meeting was adjourned by President
Davis at 9:30 p.m. Ratpn A. Bram, Recording Secretary.
751st Regular Meeting—April 6, 1967
The 751st regular meeting of the Society was called to order by the President,
Mr. Louis G. Davis, on April 6, 1967 at 8:00 p.m. in room 43, U. S. National
Museum. Thirty-eight members and twenty visitors were in attendance. Minutes
of the previous meeting were approved as read. Richard H. Whitsel, Chen Shan
Lin, Ralph E. Webb, and Gerald I. Stage were received into the Society.
Mrs. Helen Sollers-Riedel discussed the activities of the Teen International
Entomology Group, an organization sponsored by Cornell University. R. I. Sailer
reviewed and exhibited a recent book, “A Monograph of the Emesinae (Redu-
viidae, Hemiptera)”, by P. W. Wygodzinsky and published as volume 133 of
the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1966.
The first speaker of the evening, Dr. Ashley B. Gurney, related his experiences
collecting insects in Ethiopia, and discussed the activities of some of the entomol-
ogists working there. Dr. Oliver S. Flint reviewed his recent collecting expedition
along the Antarctic. Impressive slide series accompanied each lecture.
Following the introduction of visitors, the meeting was adjourned by President
Davis at 9:50 p.m. RALpu A. Bram, Recording Secretary.
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PIPKIN, S. B.—A new member of a sibling set belonging to the Drosophila
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ROBINSON, H.—New species of Dolichopodidae from the United States and
Mexico (Diptera)
RUSSELL, L. M.—A list of the species of Macrosiphoniella Del Guercio
described from North America (Homoptera: Aphididae )
SMILEY, R. L.—Further studies on the Tarsonemidae (Acarina)
SMITH, D. R.—New synonymy in Pleroneura Konow (Hymenoptera: Xyeli-
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TOWNES, H.—A new Ateleute from the United States (Hymenoptera: Ich-
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A SYNOPTIC CATALOG OF THE MOSQUITOES OF THE WORLD,
SUPPLEMENT III
(DreTERA: CuLicipAE )*
ALAN STONE, Entomology Research Division, ARS, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 20560
This paper is the third supplement to the Synoptic Catalog of the Mos-
quitoes of the World by Stone, Knight, and Starcke (1959), the second
supplement having appeared in Vol. 65 (1963), No. 2, pp. 117-140 of the
Proceedings. The introductory remarks as to format and coverage in Supple-
ment II apply to this supplement also. One new name of the genus-group
and 104 new names of the species group are listed. I am _ particularly
indebted to T. H. G. Aitken, M. Delfinado, B. de Meillon, J. C. Hitchcock,
je. GC. lL. Hogue, Z. Liepa, J. P. Macnamara, Bek: Mattingly, J. A. Reid, J. E.
Scanlon, H. Sollers-Riedel, and T. J. Zavortink for pertinent information.
Introduction
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1. With the additions in this supplement and taxonomic changes, the
number of valid genera and subgenera stands at 119, the number of
valid species becomes 2,680, and the total number of names of the
species-group 4,319.
Systematic Arrangement
6. The genus Mansonia (see p. 101) has been restricted to the two sub-
genera Mansonia and Mansonioides, and Coquillettidia raised to
generic rank with Rhynchotaenia as a subgenus of it. Kompia has
been restored to subgeneric status in the genus Aedes.
Catalog of the Family Culicidae
9. Taxonomic Anatomy.—1963b, Reid, 32-38 (pupal trumpet).
General Taxonomy.—1966, Dodge, 337-393 (1st stage larvae).
Australasian Region.—1966, Steffan, 179-237 (checklist, Papuan
subregion ).
Nearctic Region.—1963, Dodge, 796-813 (larvae; eastern North
America).
Neotropical Region.—1961, Fauran, 2-60 (catalog, French Guiana) ;
1962, Garcia and Ronderos, 105-212 (Anophelini, Argen-
tina).
Oriental Region.—1966, Delfinado, 1-252 (Culicini, Philippines).
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Genus BIRONELLA Theobald
Subgenus BIRONELLA Theobald
bironelli (Christophers ).—Transfer to p. 11 as synonym of gracilis
Theobald.
gracilis Theobald.—Transfer to p. 11 as valid name.
confusa Bonne- Wepster.—Slooff, 1963, 138 (4*, 9, P*, L*).
gracilis (Theobald).—I.C.Z.N., 1965, 164 (Validation under Plenary
Powers ).
bironelli (Christophers), ibid. (Placed on list of rejected and
invalid specific names ).
Genus ANOPHELES Meigen
Important references: 1962, Service, 120-158 (W. Africa, keys) ;
1963, Quy, 26-34 (keys, Vietnam); 1963, various authors in Russell,
West, Manwell, and MacDonald, 641-701 (keys).
Subgenus ANOPHELES Meigen
Important reference: 1965, Reid, 106-125 (key, aitkenii group).
acaci Baisas.—Philippines, Borneo. Reid, 1965, 115 (L*; syn.).
borneensis McArthur.
aitkenii James. ee Reid, 1965, 107 (¢*; 9 Pie
syn
pallida dicen
fragilis Theobald.—Transfer to p. 18 as valid species.
ssp. treacherii Leicester—Transfer to p. 18 as synonym of fragilis
Theobald.
ssp. bengalensis Puri—Change volume number from 18 to 17; trans-
fer to p. 16 as valid species.
pallida Ludlow.—Transfer to p. 13 as synonym of aitkenii s. str.
var. borneensis MacArthur.—Transfer to p. 13 as synonym of acaci
Baisas.
ssp. stantoni Puri—Transfer to p. 18 as synonym of fragilis Theobald;
change BM to NE.
var. djajasanensis (Brug).—Change to djajasanensis (Brug). See
Reid reference under ssp. interruptus (syn.).
ssp. interruptus Puri—Malaya. Reid, 1963a, 111 (taxonomy);
change ssp. to var.
annulipalpis Lynch Arribalzaga—Garcia and Casal, 1964 (1965).
Rev. Soc. ent. Argentina 27: 5 (P*).
asiaticus (Leicester).—Delete parentheses; insert as original citation
“1903, J. trop. Med. 6: 291 (A); delete Lophoscelomyia.
bengalensis Puri—Pakistan (Bengal), India (Assam), Burma, Thai-
land, Indo China, Philippines, S$. China, Taiwan. Reid,
196d; 113 (79> P*, e*tosprstatusye
brevipalpus Roper.—Change “Moluccas” to “Bangka Island.”
petragnani Del Vecchio.—Transfer to p. 25 as valid species; insert “; as
var.” after “E*,”
missiroli Del Vecchio.—Insert “; as var.” after “E*”.
collessi Reid—Malaya, Borneo.
1963a. Ann. trop. Med., Parasit.. 57: 103 (6%, 22 2p ieaeeriea:
Type-loc: Ulu Gombak near Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaya
(BM).
var. ziemanni Griinberg.—Insert “; as sp.” after “2.
”»
18.
19.
28.
29.
30.
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fragilis Theobald—Malaya, Indonesia e. to Celebes and Borneo,
Philippines. Reid, 1965, 109 (4*, 2, P*, L*; syn.).
treacherii Leicester.
stantoni Puri.
var. formosus Ludlow.—Insert “; as sp.” after “2.”
var. simlensis (James ).—Insert “; as sp.” after “Patagiamyjia.”
var. oedjalikalahensis Nainggolan.—Change to oedjalikalah; insert
in Bonne-Wepster and Swellengrebel after “L*,” “; as
oedjalikalahensis.”
var. udjalikalah Waktoedi.—Delete, merely a variant spelling of
above.
insulaeforum (Swellengrebel and Swellengrebel de Graaf).—Burma,
Thailand, Taiwan. Delete “P Japan, ? New Guinea, ? Aus-
tralia. 2 Reid. 1965.19 (Coss 2 Psa)
lesteri Baisas and Hu.—Japan, China.
letifer Sandosham.—Thailand.
ssp. japonicus Yamada.—Insert “; as sp.” after “2 *” in first line.
noniae Reid.— Malaya.
1963a. Ann. trop. Med. Parasit. 57: 108 (4, 2*, P*, L*). Type-
loc: Ulu Langat, Selangor, Malaya (BM).
pursati Laveran.—Transfer to p. 27 as valid sp.
palmatus Rodenwaldt.—Delete “?” before Malaya. Reid, 1965, 117
(ie).
petragnani Del Vecchio.—Mediterranean Region. Coluzzi, 1962,
1025 (resurrected from synonymy).
ssp. francisecanus McCracken.—Change “SU” to “LACM”.
willardi Vargas.—Delete “Ciudad Juarez.”
stonei Vargas.—Insert “and USNM” after “ISET.”
annulimanus Van der Wulp.—Change “North America” to “Wiscon-
sin.
pursati Laveran.—Indochina, Thailand, Malaya. Reid, 1963a, 98
(6*, 2*, P*, L*; resurrected from synonymy ).
roperi Reid.—Assam.
sintonoides Ho.—Malaya, Thailand.
stricklandi Reid.—Malaya.
1965. Ann. trop. Med. Parasit. 59: 121 (¢*, 2, P*, L*). Type-
loc: Johore, Malaya (BM).
tasmaniensis Dobrotworsky.—Tasmania, Australia.
See" Proc inn. Soc.N/S:W.. 91: 130963 P92 P*, LX, 1").
Type-loc: Birralee, Tasmania (CSIR).
tibiamaculatus (Neiva).—Argentina.
tigertti Scanlon and Peyton.—Thailand.
1967. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 69: 19 (¢*, 9, P*, L*). Type-loc:
Ban Bu Phram, Prachinburi Province, Thailand (USNM).
whartoni Reid.— Malaya.
1963a. Ann. trop. Med. Parasit. 57: 106 (é, 2*, P, L, E). Type-
loc: Singgora, Maran, Pahang, Malaya (BM).
Subgenus NYSSORHYNCHUS Blanchard
albitarsis Lynch Arribalzaga.—Garcia and Casal, 1964 (1965). Rev.
Soc. ent. Argentina 27: 6 (P*).
200
30.
36.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
AT.
48.
49.
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Subgenus KERTESZIA Theobald
bambusicolus Komp.—Change to bambusicola.
hylephilus Dyar and Knab.—Delete “Manoa, Orinoco River, Venezu-
ela; Guayaquil, Ecuador and.” Belkin, Schick and Heine-
mann, 1965, 44 (lectotype).
Subgenus CELLIA Theobald
apoci Marsh.—Arab, 1963, 73 (P*).
brohieri Edwards.—Transfer, with synonym, to p. 44 as variety of
hancocki Edwards.
cavernicolus Abonnenc.—Change to cavernicola.
cydippis De Meillon.—Lips, 1962, 108 (to sp. status).
punjabensis James.—Insert “; as var.” after “Myzomyia.”
melanocosta Newstead and Carter.—Insert “; as var.” after Pyreto-
phorus.”
domicolus Edwards.—Change to domicola; transfer to p. 46 as
variety of longipalpis (Theobald).
wardi Leeson and Theodor.—Insert “; as var.” after “L*.”
errabundus (Swellengrebel).—Transfer to p. 32 as synonym of
darlingi Root. Reid and Bonne-Wepster, 1966, 190 (sup-
pression proposed ).
subumbrosa Theobald.—Change to swbumbrosus, delete Myzomyia,
and change reference to Mem. Lpool Sch. trop. Med. 10
(App. ): 4.
gambiae Giles —Coluzzi, 1964, 197-232 (taxonomy).
merus Donitz.—Transfer to p. 48 as valid species.
litoralis Halerow.—Transfer to p. 48 as synonym of merus Donitz.
var. melas (Theobald ).—Delete Pyretophorus and parentheses around
Theobald. Change reference to Mem. Lpool Sch. trop.
Med. 10(App.): 2. Place Bathurst in [ ]. Transfer to p.
48 as valid species.
grenieri Grjebine.-—Madagascar.
1964. Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 57: 38 (L*). Type-loc: Ampandro-
atraka, Anosibé Distr., Madagascar (IRSM).
hancocki Edwards.
var. brohieri Edwards——Adam, Hamon, Rickenbach and Lips,
1956, 756 (to var. status).
indefinitus (Ludlow).—Malaya, Philippines, Indochina, China, Tai-
wan, Mariana Islands. Reid, 1966, 327 (to sp. status;
syn.).
malayensis Hacker.
jamesii Theobald.—Malaya.
longipalpis (Theobald).
var. domicola Edwards.—Adam, Bruce-Chwatt, and Hamon,
1956, 107 (to var. status).
ssp. willmori (James ).—Change to willmorei, here emended.
var. pitchfordi (Giles).—Insert “; as ssp.” after “Pyretophorus.”
melas (Theobald ).—Coluzzi, 1964, 275 (to sp. status).
merus Donitz.—Coluzzi, 1964, 225 (to sp. status; syn.).
litoralis Halcrow.
tangensis Kuhlow, 1962, Ztschr. f. Tropenmed. u. Parasit. 13: 448
(6, 2). Type-loc: Tanga, Tanganyika (BNI).
ssp. flavirostris (Ludlow).—Delete “f.” after “Myzomyia” and insert
asisp:
52.
Do.
56.
57.
58.
59.
65.
68.
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ssp. rupicolus Lewis.—Change to rupicola.
var. indefinitus (Ludlow) .—Transfer to p. 45 as valid species with
var. malayensis Hacker as synonym.
var. eydippis De Meillon.—Transfer with synonym to p. 41 as valid
species.
subpictus Grassi.
var. vadakadiensis Doraisamy.—India.
1963. Bull. Ent. (Madras) 4: 42 (L*). Type-loc: Near
Vadakadu, Rameswaram Island, Madras, India (MSI).
swahilicus Gillies —Kenya, Tanzania.
1964. (Proc« BR: ent Second. 4(B)) So: 61, (6 %..0%, BP L*),.
Type-loc: Goshi, Molindi Distr., Kenya (BM).
var. orientalis Swellengrebel and Swellengrebel de Graaf.
“Neomyzomyia’ before “punctulata.”
theobaldi Giles —Change original reference to “1901. Ent. mon. Mag.
ate 198."
varuna lyengar.—Change IM to LU.
Insert
Genus TOXORHYNCHITES Theobald
Important reference: 1962, Lima, Guitton, and Ferreira, 225-252
(Ankylorhynchus and Lynchiella, revision, key).
Subgenus ANKYLORHYNCHUS Lutz
eatharinensis (Lima, Guitton, and Ferreira ).—Brazil.
1962. Mem. Inst. Osw. Cruz 60: 230 (4*, 2, P*, L*; Ankylo-
rhynchus). Type-loc: Not given, but probably Santa Catarina,
Brazil (IOC).
Subgenus LYNCHIELLA Lahille
bambusicolus (Lutz and Neiva).—Change to bambusicola.
mara Anduze.—Lima, Guitton, and Ferreira 1962, 243 (syn. sug-
gested).
guianensis Bonne-Wepster and Bonne.—Insert “; as ssp.” after “Mega-
rhinus.”
ssp. septentrionalis (Dyar and Knab).—Dodge, 1964, 46-53 (L*).
mara Anduze.—Transfer to p. 59 as synonym of bambusicola.
Subgenus TOXORHYNCHITES Theobald
aurifluus (Edwards ).—Lien, 1965, 9 (4*, 9*, P*, L*).
ssp. conradti Griinberg.—Corbet, 1963, 9 (L*, P*, E).
kaimosi (Someren ).—Corbet, 1963, 11 (P*).
manicatus (Edwards) .—Lien, 1965, 2 (¢*, 2*, P*, L*).
Genus TRIPTEROIDES Giles
Important reference: 1963b, Peters, 89-100 (New Guinea, key P).
Subgenus TRIPTEROIDES Giles
elegans Brug.—Peters, 1963b, 89 (P*, L*).
lorengaui Peters—New Guinea.
1963. Proc. Ki ‘ent? Sores ond.” (B)" 32: 67 «¢6.*4 2, P*,. L*).
Type-loc: Lorengau River, Manus Island, New Guinea (CSIR).
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nissanensis Lee.—Peters, 1963a, 70 (P*).
novohanoverae Peters.—New Guinea.
1963. Proe.: R. ent. Soe: Taonds(B)). 32s 63: (4%) 92 Peaaieee
Type-loc: Noipuas, New Hanover, New Guinea (CSIR).
szechwanensis Hsu.—China.
1964. Acta ent. Sinica 13: 298 (6*, L*). Type-loc: Chengtu,
Szechwan, China (SMC).
Subgenus RACHIONOTOMYIA Theobald
marksae Dobrotworsky.—Australia.
1965. Mosq. of Victoria :58 (¢*, 9, L*). Type-loc: Cabbage
Tree Creek, Victoria, Australia (NMM).
perplexus Peters —New Guinea.
1963. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 32: 91 (9, P*). Type-lce:
Maprik, Sepik District, New Guinea (CSIR).
Genus TRICHOPROSOPON Theobald
Subgenus TRICHOPROSOPON Theobald
73. var. mogilasium (Dyar and Knab).—Insert “; as sp.” after “Joblotia.”
74-77. Running Heads. Change “TRICHOPOSOPON” to “TRICHO-
74.
1:
Ue
79.
80.
84.
89.
90.
PROSOPON.”
Subgenus SHANNONIANA Lane and Cerqueira
fluviatilis (Theobald ).—Change to fluviatile.
Subgenus RUNCHOMYIA Theobald
cotopaxensis Levi Castillo—Change to ecotopaxense.
edwardsianum Lane and Cerqueira.—Cerqueira, 1961, 460 (¢*, @,
P*, L*),
lunatum (Theobald ).—Delete “Argentina.”
paranensis Bréthes.—Argentina. Garcia and Casal, 1965, 14 (4%,
resurrected from syn.); place after pallidiventer.
Genus WYEOMYIA Theobald
Subgenus WYEOMYIA Theobald
culebrae Dyar.—Change “1926” to “1923.”
labesba Howard, Dyar and Knab.—Change “Ancon” to “Tabernilla.”
Subgenus DENDROMYIA Theobald
belkini Casal and Garcia.—Argentina.
1966. Physis 26: 155 (4*, 9*, L*, P*). Type-loc: Igu, Misiones,
Argentina (INM).
Genus PHONIOMYIA Theobald
lassalli (Bonne-Wepster and Bonne).—Change “LU” to “USNM.”
Lectotype here selected bears labels: Trinidad, W.I./F.W.
Urich Collector/ B12-6/ See slide No. 364/ @ of trinidad-
ensis D. K. ident. 1906; terminalia on slide 364.
Genus LIMATUS Theobald
Simondella.—Change “Lavaran” to “Laveran.”
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Genus SABETHES Robineau-Desvoidy
Subgenus SABETHES Robineau-Desvoidy
91. kappleri Bonne.—Change “LU” to “NE.”
Subgenus SABETHOIDES Theobald
93. rangeli Surcouf and Gonzales-Rincones.—Change
“Sabethoides.”
<
‘Sabethoides” to
Genus TOPOMYIA Leicester
95. aureoventer Theobald.—Change “BM” to “IM”; only slide of wing
and leg in BM.
Genus FICALBIA Theobald
Subgenus RAVENALITES Doucet
100. deguzmanae Mattingly.—Delfinado, 1966, 20 (é*, 2, P*, L*).
Genus MANSONIA Blanchard
101. Genus MANSONIA Blanchard.—Transfer with following line to p.
104 preceding Subgenus MANSONIOIDES.
Genus COQUILLETTIDIA Dyar
Insert Genus COQUILLETTIDIA before Subgenus COQUIL-
LETTIDIA.
Important references: 1962, Wharton, 1-114 (Malaya); 1962
(1963), Ronderos and Bachmann, 48-51 (to generic status).
Subgenus COQUILLETTIDIA Dyar
crassipes (Van der Wulp).—Wharton, 1962, 6 (é6*, 2, P*, L*, E).
102. giblini (Taylor).—Delete “Australia, Philippines, Formosa, Malaya,
Thailand, Burma.”
nigrosignatus Edwards.—Transfer to p. 103 as valid sp.
hodgkini (Wharton ).—Malaya, Indonesia.
1962. Inst. med. Res. Malaya, Bull. 11: 12 (¢*, 2*; Mansonia).
Type-loc: Lamir (Pekan), Pahang, Malaya (BM).
103. nigrosignata (Edwards).—Malaya, Indonesia, Philippines. Wharton,
1962, 7 (6*, 9*, L*, E; resurrected from synonymy ).
testaceus Van der Wulp.—Delete “[?] United States.”
104. samoaensis Stone.—Samoa.
1966. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 68: 331 (¢6*, 2). Type-loc: Taba-
logi Ridge, Tau Island, Manua Group, Eastern Samoa (USNM).
Subgenus RHYNCHOTAENIA Bréethes
Insert Subgenus RHYNCHOTAENIA, its synonym, and all its
species to follow species of Subgenus COQUILLET-
TIDIA.
Genus MANSONIA Blanchard
Insert Genus MANSONIA Blanchard. Important references: 1962,
Wharton, 1-114 (Malaya); 1962 (1963), Ronderos and
Bachmann, 46-48.
204
105.
106.
107.
108.
109.
110.
at,
W112,
113.
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Subgenus MANSONIOIDES Theobald
annulata Leicester.—Celebes. Wharton, 1962, 15 (¢*, 2*, P*, L*,
FE).
annulifera (Theobald).—Delfinado, 1966, 23 (6*, 9*).
bonneae Edwards.—Wharton, 1962, 17 (3%, oF ,P*, | ig! 3)
dives (Schiner ).—Wharton, 1962, 20 Cares OF, _P*, L*, E).
papuensis (Taylor) _—Change “901” to “200” and “Melanoconion” to
“Taeniorhynchus.”
Subgenus MANSONIA Blanchard
Important reference: 1963, Ronderos and Bachmann, 57-65 (keys).
pseudotitillans (Theobald).—Ronderos and Bachmann, 1963, 61
(G4. oO". Baaice
titillans (Walker) _—Ronderos and Bachmann, 1963, 61 (¢*, P*, L*,
ihe
Transfer Subgenus RHYNCHOTAENIA, its synonyms, and all its
species to p. 104 as subgenus of COQUILLETTIDIA.
Subgenus Uncertain
aurata Dobrotworsky.—Australia.
1962. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 87: 295 (2*). Type-loc: Cabbage
Tree Creek, Victoria, Australia (NMM).
variegata Dobrotworsky.—Australia.
1962. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 87: 293 (6*, 2*). Type-loe:
Cann River, Victoria, Australia (NMM).
Genus URANOTAENIA Lynch Arribalzaga
albescens Taylor.—Peters, 1964, 27 (A, P*, L). Delete Penn 1949b
reference.
albosternopleura Peters.—New Guinea.
1963. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 32: 203 (é, 2*). Type-loc:
Maprik, Sepik Distr., New Guinea (CSIR).
amiensis Peters —New Guinea, Papua.
1963. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 32: 207 (4*, 2*). Type-loc:
Ami, 10 miles nw. of Maprik, Sepik Distr., New Guinea (CSIR).
annandalei Barraud.—Philippines. Delfinado, 1966, 39 (4*, 2, P*,
1 boi
arguellesi Baisas——Delfinado, 1966, 40 (¢*, 2, P*, L*).
argyrotarsis Leicester.—Peters, 1964, 25 (¢*, 9, P, L).
benoiti Wolfs.—Congo.
1964, in Benoit, Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr. Ann., Sci. Zool. 132: 309
(L*). Type-loc: Mwendua River, Kasongo, Congo (CMT).
bertii Cova Garcia and Rausseo.— Venezuela.
1964. Rev. Sanid. Asist. soc. 29: 221 (6*, 2, P*, L*). Type-loc:
Cumbre de Choroni, Aragua, Venezuela (DERM).
bimaculata Leicester—Delete Philippines.
cavernicola Mattingly.—Vattier and Adam, 1962 (1963), 911 (3%,
Pek ye
clara Dyar and Shannon.—Delfinado, 1966, 42 ( 6 *, P*, L*).
hirsutifemora Peters.—Papua.
1964. Proc. Roy. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 33: 21 (¢*, 2*). Type-loc:
Port Moresby, Central District, Papua (CSIR).
115.
116.
107.
118.
119.
120.
121.
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ludlowae Dyar and Shannon.—Delfinado, 1966, 47 (¢, 2, L; syn.).
reyi Baisas.
maculipleura Leicester.—Wattal and Kalra, 1965, 312 ( ¢*).
mendiolai Baisas.—Delfinado, 1966, 48 (¢*, 9, P*, L*).
moresbyensis Peters.—Papua.
1963. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 32: 204 (¢*). Type-loc:
Port Moresby, Central Distr., Papua (CSIR).
nivea Leicester.—Delfinado, 1966, 50 (6 *, 2, L*).
novaguinensis Peters—New Guinea.
1963. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 32: 141° (6*, 2, P*, L). Type-
loc: Ami, 10 miles nw. of Maprik, Sepik District, New Guinea
(CSIR).
ssp. alticola Peters—New Guinea.
1963. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 32: 142 (4, 2). Type-
loc: Goroka, Eastern Highlands District, New Guinea
(CSIR).
obseura Edwards.—Third line, change “Edwards, 1928” to “Edwards
and Given, 1928.”
paralateralis Peters—New Guinea.
1964. Proc. R. ‘ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 33: 19 (6*, 2). Type-loc:
Kavieng, New Ireland District, New Guinea (CSIR).
paranovaguinensis Peters—New Guinea.
1963. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 32: 135 (¢*, P*, L*),.. Type-
loc: Maprik, Sepik District, New Guinea (CSIR).
philippinensis Delfinado.—Philippines.
1966: J. med, Ent. 3: 36 (¢*,. 9, P*, L*).Type-loe: San Jose,
Mindoro, Philippines (USNM).
reyi Baisas.—Transfer to p. 115 as synonym of ludlowae Dyar and
Shannon.
rossi Delfinado.—Philippines.
1966. J. med. Ent. 3: 36 (6*, 2). Type-loc: San Jose, Mindoro,
Philippines (USNM).
testacea Theobald.—Delfinado, 1966, 53 (¢*, 2, P*, L*).
tubanguii Baisas.—Delfinado, 1966, 55 (¢*, 2, P*, L*).
Genus HODGESIA Theobald
malayi Leicester.—Delfinado, 1966, 58 ( 6 *, P*, L*).
Genus ORTHOPODOMYIA Theobald
Thomasina Newstead and Carter—Change “Newstead and Carter” to
“Newstead and Thomas” after Mansonia longipalpis.
nigritarsis Leicester—Change “(NE)” to “(BM).”
albipes Giles.—Delete entirely. Giles was not treating a Philippine
species.
nkolbissonensis Rickenbach and Hamon.—Cameroon.
1966, (1965), Bull. Soc: Path. exot.. 585 1112 (6%) 9)... Vype-
loc: Nkolbisson, 8 km from Yaounde, S. Cameroon (IERT).
Genus AEDEOMYIA Theobald
catasticta Knab.—Delfinado, 1966, 72 (¢, 2, P*, L*).
206
128.
130.
135.
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Genus PSOROPHORA Robineau-Desvoidy
Subgenus PSOROPHORA Robineau-Desvoidy
ciliata (Fabricius).—Delete West Indies. Guedes et al., 1965, 15
( * *
cilipes (Fabricius ) —Guedes et al.; 1965, 15; 16 (dA ;24)e
holmbergii (Lynch Ariibalzaga) —Guedes et al., 1965, LES
lineata (Humboldt).—Delete Argentina, French Guiana, Brazil, Bo-
livia.
saeva Dyar and Knab.—Transfer below as valid species with genu-
maculata as synonym.
pallescens Edwards.—Guedes et al., 1965, 18 (2*).
saeva Dyar and Knab.—Argentina, Brazil, Surinam, Trinidad, Vene-
zuela, ?Bolivia, PFrench Guiana. Stone, 1967 (in press)
(resurrected from synonymy).
Subgenus JANTHINOSOMA Lynch Arribalzaga
Important reference: 1964, Guedes and Souza, 471-486 (key).
albigenu Peryassi.—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Vene-
zuela (northern limits of distribution uncertain). Guedes
and Souza, 1964, 474 (6*, 2*, P*, L*; resurrected from
synonymy).
paraguayensis Strickland.
bruchi Petrocchi.
albipes (Theobald ).—Guedes and Souza, 1964, 476 ( 4*, P*, L*).
circumflava Cerqueira.—Peru. Guedes et al., 1965, 18 (P*).
cyanescens (Coquillett).—Guedes et al., 1965, 18 (6 *, 2*).
diserucians (Walker ).—Guedes et al., 1965, 19 (6*, 2*).
ferox (Humboldt ).—Guedes et al., 1965, TCS Fel
pazosi Pazos.—Insert before “Cuba,” “Vuelta Abajo (Las Villas) .”
fiebrigi Edwards. — Paraguay, Bolivia. Souza and Guedes, 1962, 249
(6*, 2*; resurrected from synonymy ).
forceps Cerqueira. —Guedes et als, 1965, 20°( od *e2*):
lanei Shannon and Cerqueira. Guedes et ale 1965, 18(fO"))
lutzii (Theobald).—Change “Janthinosoma” to “Janhtinosoma.” Gue-
des et al., 1965, 21 (3*, 9*).
varipes (Coquillett).—Distribution and identity uncertain. Possibly
Central American varipes is different from that in United
States; most South American “varipes” is albigenu.
albigenu Peryassi.—Transfer to p. 128 as valid species with paraguay-
ensis and bruchi as synonyms.
Subgenus GRABHAMIA Theobald
cingulata (Fabricius ).—Guedes et al., 1965, 21, 22 (4*, 2*).
neoapicalis Theobald.—Insert “; Culex” at end of second line, within
parenthesis.
confinnis (Lynch Arribalzaga) —Guedes et al., 1965, 23 (¢*, 2*).
dimidiata Cerqueira.—Guedes et al., 1965, 23 (6*, 2*).
discolor (Coquillett). —Change date from “1930” to “1903.”
paulli Paterson and Shannon.—Guedes et al., 1965, 18 (@*).
varinervis Edwards.—Guedes et al., 1965, 24 (6 *, 2*).
Genus ERETMAPODITES Theobald
tonsus Edwards.—Someren and Hamon, 1964, 82-84 (P*, L*)
137.
138.
145.
146.
147.
148.
149.
150.
151.
153.
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bo |
Genus AEDES Meigen
Subgenus OCHLEROTATUS Lynch Arribalzaga
Aedes, subgenus Kompia Aitken.—Transfer to p. 157 before Sup-
genus FINLAYA as valid subgenus.
albifasciatus (Macquart).—Ronderos and Garcia 1962 (1963) a, 35
(ee
angustivittatus Dyar and Knab.—Ronderos and Garcia, 1962 (1963)a,
od (BE).
meprai Martinez and Prosen.—Ronderos and Garcia, 1962
(USGS). so" (syns). =
antipodeus (Edwards) .—Marks and Nye, 1963, 50 (¢*, 2, P*, L*).
praeteritus Segiy.—Transfer to p. 150 as synonym of pulchritarsis.
africanus Re aE eee “taeniorhynchus” to “Taeniorhyn-
chus.
borealis Ludlow.—Change “Culex” to “Culex.”
communis (De Geer).
ssp. nevadensis Chapman and Barr.—Nevada.
1964. Mosq. News 24: 444 (6*, 9, P*, L). Type loc:
Lamoille Canyon, Elko Co., Utah, United States (USNM).
patersoni Shannon and Del Ponte.—Transfer to p. 150 as valid sp.
explorator Marks.—Australia.
1964. Pap. Dep. Ent. Univ. Qd. 2: 60 (2*, L*). Type-loc: Mt
Olga, 300 mi. sw. of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
(UQ).
fryeri (Theobald).—Mattingly, 1963, 165 (L*).
imperfectus Dobrotworsky.—Australia.
1962. \Proc, Linn Soe. N.S.W. 87: 296°(6*, 2, P*; L*). Type-
loc: Woori Yallock, Victoria, Australia (USNM).
lasaensis Meng.—China.
1962. Acta ent. Sinica 11: 159 (¢*, L*). Type-loc: Lasa [Tibet,
China] (LU).
linesi Marks.—Australia.
1964. Pap. Dep. Ent. Univ. Qd. 2: 63 (2). Type-loc:
Robe, South Australia, Australia (CSIR).
meprai Martinez and Prosen.—Transfer to p. 138 as synonym of
angustivittatus.
mombasaensis Mattingly— Kenya.
1963. Proc: R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 32:-.165 (¢, 9, L*). Type-
loc: Mombasa, Kenya (BM).
nigrithorax (Macquart).—Dobrotworsky, 1966, 135 (9*, L).
patersoni Shannon and Del Ponte.—Ronderos and Garcia, 1962
(1963) a, 35 (P); (resurrected from syn.).
phaecasiatus Marks.—Australia.
1964. Pap. Dep. Ent. Univ. Qd. 2: 64 (2). Type-loc: 5 miles
from Maningrida, Amhem Land, Northem Territory, Australia
(UQ).
pulehritarsis (Rondani).
praeteritus Seguy.—Coluzzi, in litt. (syn.).
purpureipes Aitken.—Transfer to p. 157 under Subgenus KOMPIA.
luteovittata Theobald.—Insert after “Culex” “nemorosus var.”
sapiens Marks.—Australia.
1964, Pap. Dep. Ent: Univ. Od. 2: 66 (¢*, 9*). Type-loc:
North Bourke, New South Wales, Australia (CSIR).
mathist Neveu-Lemaire.—Change “French Guiana” to “Brazil.”
208
154.
155.
157.
165.
167.
168.
170.
171.
173.
175.
176.
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simanini Gutsevich.—U.S.S.R. (Uzbekistan).
1966. Zool. Zhur. 45: 457 (¢*, 2). Type-loc: Kokand, Fergana
Valley, Uzbekistan (ZIL).
dorso-vittatus Villeneuve.—Insert after “Culex”, “nemorosus var.”
subalbirostris Klein and Marks.—Marks and Nye, 1963, 56 ( ¢*, 2%,
Belts):
Insert Subgenus KOMPIA Aitken. Mattingly, 1961, 16 (retumed
to subgeneric status).
purpureipes Aitken.—Insert from p. 151 under Subgenus KOMPIA.
Subgenus FINLAYA Theobald
kompi Vargas and Downs.—Arizona.
mjoebergi (Edwards ).—Change to “mjdbergi.”
occidentalis (Skuse).
ssp. milsoni (Taylor).—Dobrotworsky, 1962, 301 (as sp.; P*,
er.
shintiensis.—Change “Lein” to “Lien.”
sorsogonensis Banez and Jueco.—Philippines.
1966. Acta med. Philippina 2(4): 195 (¢*, 2*, L*). Type-loc:
Sorsogon Province, [Luzon] (IHP).
stanleyi Peters —New Guinea.
1963., Proc. R: ent. Soc; Lond. (B). 32:1 (¢¢ 19; B* ies) eeigae=
loc: Minj, Western Highlands District, New Guinea (CSIR).
subbasalis Dobrotworsky.—Australia.
1962. Proce. Linn. Soc..N:S.W. 87: 298) (6%, 25° P* ks eee
loc: Ginninderra Falls, New South Wales, Australia (CSIR).
tutuilae Ramalingam and Belkin.—Samoa.
1965. Contr. Amer. ent. Inst. 1(4): 3 (¢*, 9, P*, L*). Type-loc:
Aoloau, Tutuila, American Samoa (USNM).
Subgenus HOWARDINA Theobald
alloteenon Kumm, Komp and Ruiz.—Add to type-locality, “Poas
Volcano.”
arborealis Bonne-Wepster and Bonne.—Change “USNM” to “ITH.”
aurivittatus Cerqueira.x—Martinez, Prosen and Carcavallo, 1964, 54
(ieee
cozumelensis Diaz Najera.—Mexico.
1966. Rev. Invest. Salud. publ. (Mex.) 26: 334 (4*, 9*, P*, L*).
Type-loc: San Miguel de Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico (ISET).
Subgenus CHAETOCRUIOMYIA Theobald
calabyi Marks.—Marks, 1964, 132 (2).
elchoensis Taylor.—Marks, 1964, 134 (6*, 9, P*, L*).
macmillani Marks.—Australia.
1964. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 89: 138 (¢*, 2*). Type-toe:
N.W. Dungog, Gummi Plain, Barrington Area, New South Wales
(US).
spinosipes Edwards.—Marks, 1964, 142 (2, E*).
Subgenus HALAEDES Belkin
australis (Erichson).—New Zealand.
er:
180.
181.
182.
183.
184.
186.
187.
188.
189.
190.
194,
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Subgenus GEOSKUSEA Edwards
tonsus Edwards.—Mattingly, 1965, 23 (4¢*). Delete “? Celebes.”
Subgenus STEGOMYIA Theobald
albopictus (Skuse ).—Restore New Guinea, deleted in Suppl. I.
arboricolus Knight and Rozeboom.—Change to arboricola.
bambusicolus Knight and Rozeboom.—Change to bambusicola.
Supplement II. montana Koidzumi. Change reference given to:
“1918: Trans. nat.. Hist. Soc: Formosa 38; 141 (4;
Stegomyia). Type-loc: Chikutoki, Kagi District, Formosa
(LU)..”
gardnerii (Ludlow).
ssp. imitator (Leicester).—Malaya, Nepal, S. China. Mattingly,
1965, 36 (resurrected from synonymy; syn.).
christianus Dyar.
hensilli Farner.—Transfer to p. 187 as ssp. of scutellaris.
laffooni Knight and Rozeboom.—Knight and Hull, 1951, 221 (L).
paullusi Stone and Farner.—North Bormeo.
seutellaris (Walker).—Delete Philippines. Colless, 1962, 313 ( é*,
taxon).
ssp. hensilli Farner.—Delete Singapore of Suppl. I. Colless, 1962,
314 (to ssp. status).
ssp. malayensis Colless—Singapore, Malaya, Philippines.
1962. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 87: 314 (¢*, 9). Type-
loc: Pulau Hantu, Keppel Harbor, Singapore (CSIR).
tabu Ramalingam and Belkin.—Tonga Islands.
1965. Contr. Amer. ent. Inst. 1(4): 1 (4*, 9, P*, L). Type-loc:
Eua Island, Tonga (USNM).
usambara Mattingly —Someren and Hamon, 1964, 80 (P*).
vinsoni Mattingly.— Mattingly, 1963, 168 (¢@ ).
imitator Leicester.—Transfer to p. 183 as ssp. of gardnerii.
christianus Dyar.—Transfer to p. 183 as synonym of gardnerii imitator.
Subgenus AEDIMORPHUS Theobald
albocephalus Theobald.—Change reference to “Mem. Lpool Sch.
trop. Med. 10(App.): 4.
arabiensis (Patton).—Transfer with synonym to p. 198 as synonym
of vexans (Meigen).
dialloi Hamon and Brengues.—Dahomey.
1965. Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 58: 103 (4*). Type-loc: Tchakarkou,
Natitingou Prefecture, Dahomey (IERT).
ebogoensis Rickenbach and Ferrara.—Cameroon.
1966. Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 58: 26 (4*). Type-loc: Ebogo,
Cameroon (IERT).
hamoni Mattingly.— Nigeria.
1963. Proc. Ri ent; Soe ond:;(B)s32-166 (644 2 *)s 4lype-
loc: Akute Village, Ogun River, near Iju waterworks, S. Nigeria
(BM).
lottei Hamon and Brengues.—Ivory Coast.
1965. Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 58: 101 (4*). Type-loc: Tiassalé,
Ivory Coast (IERT).
210
195.
196.
198.
207.
209.
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niveoscutellum (Theobald) .—Delete asterisk after “¢.”
nocturnus Theobald.—Hawaii. Correction to Suppl. II. Change
“125° to “195.”
nyounae Hamon and Adam.—Brengues and Hamon, 1965, 92 (P*,
L*
Me
rickenbachi Hamon and Adam.—Rickenbach and Ferrara, 1964, 972,
* *
tauffliebi Rickenbach and Ferrera.—Cameroon.
1965. Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 58: 24 (6*). Type-loc: Mbéga,
Dept. Dyong and Sanaga, Cameroon (IERT).
vexans (Meigen).—Hamon et al., 1966, 373 (syn.).
arabiensis Patton.—Insert in synonymy after montcalmi.
sudanensis Theobald.—Insert in synonymy after eruthrosops.
Subgenus NEOMELANOCONION Newstead
Supplement II. Le Berre and Hamon reference inadvertently left out
of “Literature Cited.” See that section in this Supplement.
aurovenatus Worth—Supplement I. Change type locality from
“Nduma” to “Ndumu.”
palpalis (Newstead ).—Gambia.
taeniarostris (Theobald ).—Bailly-Choumara, 1965 (1966), 671 (P*,
Subgenus DICEROMYIA Theobald
periskelatus (Giles ).—Qutubuddin, 1945, 34 (¢?).
whartoni Mattingly —Malaya.
1965. Culic. Mosq. Indomalayan Area VI: 65 (8*, P*, L*).
Type-loc: Ulu Gombak, Malaya (BM).
Subgenus AEDES Meigen
nubicolus Laffoon.—Change to nubicola.
uneus (Theobald) .—Knight and Hull, 1951, 222 (L).
Subgenus CANCRAEDES Edwards
miachaetessa Dyar and Shannon.—Change “1935” to “1925.”
lateralis Theobald.—Change “1919” to “1818.”
Genus ARMIGERES Theobald
Subgenus ARMIGERES Theobald
baisasi Stone and Thurman.—Baisas 1935, 488 (¢*, 2; as kuchin-
gensis); Delfinado, 1966, 80 (3 *; 2, P*, L*).
. kuchingensis Edwards.—Transfer Baisas’s 1935b reference to baisasi
Stone and Thurman.
malayi (Theobald) .—Philippines.
manalangi Baisas.—Delfinado, 1966, 86 (¢*, 2, P*, L*).
papuensis Peters—New Guinea.
1963. Proce: R: .ent. Soe, Lond:2(B) 32: 4 (6) Cee eae
Type-loc: Maprik, Sepik District, New Guinea (BM).
setifer Delfinado.—Philippines.
1966. Mem. Amer. ent. Inst. 7: 87 (¢*, 2*). Type-loc: Pinigi-
san, Mantalingajan, Palawan, Philippines (ZMC).
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Subgenus LEICESTERIA Theobald
digitatus Edwards.—Delfinado, 1966, 88 (6 *, 2, P*, L*).
flavus Leicester—Delfinado, 1966, 89 (4*, 2, P*, L*).
magnus (Theobald) .—Delfinado, 1966, 91 ( ¢*, 2, P*, L*).
omissus (Edwards ).—Delfinado, 1966, 92 (¢*, 2, P*, L*).
Genus CULISETA Felt
Important references: 1963, Barr, 324-330 (key pupae, Nearctic) ;
1964, Maslov, Ent. Obozr. 43: 193-217 (Ent. Rev. : 97-107) (taxon-
omy).
Subgenus CULISETA Felt
alaskaensis (Ludlow) .—Barr, 1963, 328 (P*).
ssp. indiea (Edwards).—India, Pakistan. Maslov, 1964, 203
(100) (to ssp. status).
annulata (Schrank).
ssp. subochrea (Edwards).—Maslov, 1964, 204 (100) (to ssp.
status).
atlantica (Edwards) .—Insert from p. 222.
zottae (Ungureanu).—Change from ssp. to syn.
impatiens (Walker) .—Barr, 1963, 329 (P).
incidens (Thomson) .—Barr, 1963, 328 (P*).
particeps (Adams) .—Barr, 1963, 328 (P*).
sinensis (Meng and Wu) .—China.
1962. Acta ent. Sinica 11: 382 (6*, 2, P, L*; Theobaldia).
Type-loc: China (LU).
subochrea (Edwards) .—Transfer with its synonym to p. 218 as ssp.
of annulata (Schrank).
Subgenus CULICELLA Felt
atra Lee.—Insert from p. 222.
minnesotae Barr.—Transfer to p. 221 as ssp. of silvestris (Shingarev).
morsitans (Theobald) .—Delete northern North America.
ssp. dyari (Coquillett) —Northern North America. Maslov, 1964,
209 (103) (to ssp. status).
brittoni Felt.
ochroptera (Peus).—Place as ssp. of silvestris (Shingarev).
silvestris (Shingarev).
ssp. ochroptera (Peus).—Maslov, 1964, 209 (103) (to ssp.
status).
ssp. minnesotae Barr.—Maslov, 1964, 209 (103) (to ssp. status).
ssp. amurensis Maslov.—China.
1964. Ent. Obozr. 43: 210 (¢*, 2, L). Type-loc: Cen-
tral Amur Region, Ussuri Basin, Southem Maritime
Province, Northeast China (LU).
Subgenus CLIMACURA Howard, Dyar and Knab
antipodea Dobrotworsky.—Australia.
1962; ‘Proc: kinn. SoexN:S-Wesie 29h (67%) 2. P*y i"). Type-
loc: Cann River, Victoria (NMM).
melanura (Coquillett ).—Barr, 1963, 327 (P*).
weindorferi (Edwards ).—Dobrotworsky, 1966, 143 (é*, 2, P*, L*).
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Subgenus ALLOTHEOBALDIA Brolemann
indica (Edwards) .—Transfer to p. 218 as ssp. of alaskaensis (Lud-
low).
Subgenus Uncertain
atlantica (Edwards ).—Transfer to p. 218 in subgenus Culiseta.
atra Lee.—Transfer to p. 220 in subgenus Culicella.
Genus CULEX Linnaeus
Subgenus LUTZIA Theobald
. fuseanus Wiedemann.—Delfinado, 1966, 97 ( 6 *, 2, P*, L*).
setulosus Doleschall—Change “1875” to “1857.”
bimaculata Theobald.—Insert after “2” “; as var.”
fusca Theobald.—Insert after “A” “; as var.”
Subgenus NEOCULEX Dyar
amaniensis Someren and Hamon.—Tanzania.
1964. J. ent. Soc. S. Afr. 27: 78 (¢*, 9*). Type-loc: Amani,
Tanganyika (BM).
6. brevipalpis (Giles). —Delfinado, 1966, 125 (4*, 2, P*, L*).
bo
bo
garioui Bailly-Choumara and Rickenbach.—Cameroon.
1966. Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 59: 144 (6*). Type-loc: Mbol,
Yokadouma, E. Cameroon (IERT).
laplantei (Hamon, Adam and Mouchet).—Change “Eboga” to
“Ebogo.”
nematoides Dyar and Shannon.—Insert “2.”
pseudoandreanus Bailly-Choumara.—Cameroon.
1965 (1966). Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 58: 660 (4*). Type-loc:
Ebogo, Arrondissement de Mbalmayo, 100 km. s. of Yacundé,
Cameroon (IERT); Bailly-Choumara and Pajot, 1965 (1966):
G65¢R* Ils):
capensis De Meillon.—Insert after “?” “as var.”
Subgenus MOCHTHOGENES Edwards
chiyutoi Baisas.—Delfinado, 1966, 129 (¢*, P, L).
culionicus Delfinado.—Philippines.
1966. Mem. Amer. ent. Inst. 7: 130 (¢*, 2). Type-loc: San
Pedro, Culion I., Palawan, Philippines (USNM).
latifoliatus Delfinado.—Philippines.
1966. Mem. Amer. ent. Inst. 7: 131 (6*, 2). Type-loc: Molawin
Creek, College, Laguna, Philippines (USNM).
laureli Baisas—Philippines. Delfinado, 1966, 132 (4*, 2, P*, L*;
resurrected from synonymy ).
malayi (Leicester).—Delete Philippines and remove laureli from
synonymy.
shrivastavii Wattal, Kalra and Krishnan.—Andaman Islands.
1966. Bul. Ind. Soc. Mal. Com. Dis. 3: 159 (4*). Type-loc:
Ferrar Ganj, S. Andaman Islands (NCID).
tricontus Delfinado.—Philippines.
1966. Mem. Amer. ent. Inst. 7: 133 (4*). Type-loc: Molawin
Creek, College, Laguna, Philippines (USNM).
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uncinatus Delfinado.—Philippines.
1966. Mem. Amer. ent. Inst. 7: 134 (4*, 2). Type-loc: Osmena,
Samar (USNM).
Subgenus LOPHOCERAOMYIA Theobald
Important reference: 1965, Colless, 216-307 (Malaya, keys).
aculeatus Colless—Malaya.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 286 (4*, 9, L*). Type-loc: Bukin Tungal,
Kg. Gajan Forest Reserve, Perak, Malaya (ANIC).
acutipalus Colless.—Malaya.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 299 (4*, 9, L). Type-loc: Kg. Chantek
Bahru, Singapore (ANIC).
alphus Colless.—Malaya, Borneo.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 283 (4*, 9, L*). Type-loc: Kg-Sijankang,
Selangor, Malaya (ANIC).
atracus Colless—Change “BM” to “CSIR.”
christiani Colless—Change “BM” to “CSIR.”
bandoengensis Brug.—Java, Malaya. Colless, 1965: 292 (é*, 9,
L; to sp. status).
bengalensis Barraud.—India, Malaya, Hainan I. Colless, 1965, 293
Coes On 1. to spy status)
bicornutus (Theobald).—Burma, Malaya, Botel Tobagu (nr. For-
mosa). Colless, 1965, 291 (4*, L*; resurrected from
syn.).
brevipalpus (Theobald) .—Stone, 1957, 172 (resurrected from syn.) ;
Colless, 1965, 301 (é*, 2, L).
cinctellus Edwards.—Philippines.
crassicornis Colless.—Malaya.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 296 (¢*). Type-loc: Ulu Gombak, Selangor
Malaya (ANIC).
cubitatus Colless—Malaya.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 273 (é6*, 2, L). Type-loc: Mandai Road,
Singapore (ANIC).
curtipalpis (Edwards).—Edwards, 1928, 279 (4*); Colless, 1965,
SOTO 702 1L)k
demissus Colless.—Malaya.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 296 (¢6*). Type-loc: Ulu Gombak, Selan-
gor, Malaya (ANIC).
eminentia (Leicester ).—Colless, 1965, 298 (¢*, L).
brevipalpus Theobald.—Transfer to p. 232 as valid species.
eukrines Bram and Rattanarithikul.—Thailand.
1967. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 69: 11 (6*, 9, L*). Type-loc:
Huai Bong Ti, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand (USNM).
variata Leicester —Change “NE” to “BM.” Transfer to p. 235 as valid
species.
fuscosiphonis Bram and Rattanarithikul—Thailand.
1967. Proc. ent. Soc. Washington 69: 11 (¢*, 2, L*). Type-
loc: Muang, Phattalung Province, Thailand (USNM).
ganapathi Colless.—Malaya.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 294 (4*, 9, L*). Type-loc: Ulu Langat,
Selangor, Malaya (ANIC).
gibbulus Delfinado.—Philippines.
1966. Mem. Amer. ent. Inst. 7: 105 (6*). Type-loc: San Jose,
Mindoro, Philippines (USNM).
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hewitti (Edwards) .—Colless, 1965, 303 (¢*, 2, L).
incomptus Bram and Rattanarithikul—Thailand.
1967. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 69: 16 (8*, 2). Type-loc: Doi
Sutep, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand (USNM).
inculus Colless——Malaya.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 280 (¢*, 2, L*). Type-loc: Kampong
Sireh, Selangor, Malaya (ANIC).
josephinae Baisas—Change to josephineae and transfer to p. 234 as
valid species.
. josephineae Baisas.—Philippines. Delfinado, 1966, 106 (4*; resur-
rected from synonymy).
luearis Colless—Malaya.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 299 (¢*). Type-loc: Ulu Pandan, Singa-
pore (ANIC).
bicornuta Theobald.—Transfer to p. 232 as valid species.
macdonaldi Colless—Malaya, Philippines.
1965. J; med: Ent: 2:-276 (3*, L*). Type-loc: Singapore
(ANIC); Delfinado, 1966, 108 ( ¢*, P*, L*).
mammilifer (Leicester ).—Hainan I. Colless, 1965, 287 (4*, 2, L*;
syn.); Delfinado, 1966, 109 ( 4 *, P*, L*).
chiungchungensis Hsiii—1963. Acta ent. Sinica 12: 229 (4*, 9,
L*). Type-loc: Chiungchungsang, Hainan Island, Kwang-
tung Province, China (LU).
minor (Leicester ).—Colless, 1965, 289 (6 *, 2, L*; syn.).
nolledoi Baisas.
var. bengalensis Barraud.—Transfer to p. 232 as full species.
var. bandoengensis Brug.—Transfer to p. 232 as full species.
5. navalis Edwards.—Malaya. Colless, 1965, 304 (4*, 29, L).
niger (Leicester ).—Colless, 1965, 282 (6*, 2, L).
nolledoi Baisas.—Transfer to p. 234 as synonym of minor (Leicester).
petersi Colless—Change “BM” to “CSIR.”
pseudornatus Colless—Change “BM” to “CSIR.”
peytoni Bram and Rattanarithikul.—Thailand.
1967. Proc. ent. Soc Wash. 69: 7 (¢*, 9, L*). Type-loc: Phatt-
halung-Trang Road, Phatthalung Province, Thailand (USNM).
pholeter Bram and Rattanarithikul.—Thailand.
1967. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 69: 13 (4*, 9, L*). Type-loc:
Khao Mai Ha Wa, Chon Buri Province, Thailand (USNM).
reidi Colless.—Malaya, Philippines.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 279 (¢*, 2, L*). Type-loc: West Coast
Road, Singapore (ANIC).
spiculosus Bram and Rattanarithikul.—Thailand.
1967. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 69: 3 (¢*, 2, L*). Type-loc: Doi
Sam Sao, Tak Province, Thailand (USNM).
traubi Colless.—Malaya.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 295 (4*, 2, L*). Type-loc: Ulu Gombak,
16th mile, Selangor, Malaya (ANIC).
uniformis (Theobald) .—Philippines.
variatus (Leicester).—Colless, 1965, 270 (6*, 2, L*; resurrected
from synonymy ).
whartoni Colless—Malaya.
1965. J. med Ent. 2: 275 (é*, 2, L*). Type-loc: Singapore
(ANIC).
238.
239.
240.
241.
242.
243.
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wilfredi Colless—Malaya.
1965. J. med. Ent. 2: 297 (4*). Type-loc: Malaya (ANIC).
Subgenus CULICIOMYIA Theobald
pallidothorax Theobald.—Philippines.
papuensis (Taylor) .—Philippines.
ramakrishnii Wattal and Kalra.*
1965. Bull. Ind. Soc. Mal. Com. Dis. 2: 309 (6*, 2). Type-loc:
Lachhiwala Reserve Forest, Dehra Dun, India (NICD).
spathifurea (Edwards) .—Delfinado, 1966, 123 (é*, 2, P, L*).
India.
Subgenus THAIOMYIA Bram
Culex, subgenus Thaiomyia Bram, 1966, Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 68:
73. Orthotype: Culex dispectus Bram.
dispectus Bram.—Thailand.
1966: Proe. ent. Soc. Wash. 68: 75 (6%, 2) P*, L*). Type-loc:
Doi Sam Sao, Tak Province, Thailand (USNM).
Subgenus CULEX Linnaeus
Important reference: 1967, Bram, 1-222 (keys, New World).
Lasioconops Theobald.—Change reference to Mem. Lpool Sch. trop.
Med. 10 (App.): 8.
abnormalis Lane.—Colombia. Bram, 1967, 20 (6 *, 2, L; syn.).
scutatus Rozeboom and Komp.
acharistus Root.—Argentina, Chile. Bram, 1967, 23 ( ¢*, L*).
alani Forattini— Colombia.
1965. Entomologica Médica 2: 143 (é*). Type-loc: Catera a
Gachancipa, Colombia (USNM); Bram, 1967, 23 ( 6*).
alticola Martini—Transfer to p. 242 as synonym of apicinus Philippi.
annulirostris Skuse.—Delfinado, 1966, 139 ( 6*, 2, L*; syn.).
palmi Baisas.
gambiensis Theobald.—Insert “; as var.” after “(2 ).”
apicinus Philippi—Bolivia. Bram, 1967, 26 (6 *, 2, L; syn.).
alticola Martini.
archegus Dyar.—Peru, Colombia, Ecuador. Bram, 1967, 28 ( ¢*, L;
resurrected from syn.). Place before argenteopunctatus.
articularis Philippi—Type-loc: Casa Pangue, Llanquihue, Chile
(USNM). Bram, 1967, 30 ( ¢*; neotype).
azuayus Levi Castillo—Transfer to p. 252 as synonym of nigripalpus
Theobald.
beauperthuyi Anduze.—Transfer to p. 259 as synonym of saltanensis
Dyar.
bickleyi Forattini—Colombia.
1965. Entomologia Médica 2: 146 (4*). Type-loc: Bosque Cal-
deron, Bogota, Colombia (USNM); Bram, 1967, 33 (¢*).
bidens Dyar.—Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Venezuela. Bram, 1967,
35 (4 *; resurrected from syn., syn.).
interfor Dyar.
? Under Article 31 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature this
name is presumably not emendable; under the old Code it would have to be
changed to ramakrishnani, as the species is named after Dr. Ramakrishnan.
246.
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brethesi Dyar.—Bachmann and Casal, 1962, 78 ( 4 *, P*, L*).
camposi Dyar.—Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Bram, 1967, 49 (4%;
raised to sp. status).
cheni Ho.—China.
1963. Acta ent. Sinica 12: 368 (3*, 9, L*). Type-loc: Canton,
China (CMC).
chidesteri Dyar.—Argentina. Bram, 1967, 42 ( 6 *, L; syn.).
deanei Correa and Ramalho.
confusus Baisas.—Transfer to p. 251 as synonym of mimulus Ed-
wards.
coronator Dyar and Knab.—Bram, 1967, 46 ( 6 *, L; syn.).
coronator mooseri Vargas and Martinez Palacios.
ousqua Dyar.—Transfer to p. 253 as valid species.
usquatus Dyar.—Transfer to p. 264 as valid species.
usquatissimus Dyar.—Transfer to p. 264 as valid species.
albertoi Anduze.—Transfer to p. 253 as synonym of ousqua Dyar.
ssp. camposi Dyar.—Transfer to p. 244 as valid species.
ssp. mooseri Vargas and Martinez Palacios —Change to synonym.
covagarciai Forattini— Venezuela.
1965. Entomologia Médica 2: 128 (4). Type-loc: San Antonio
de Caparo, Municipal Capitol, Venezuela (USNM); Bram, 1967,
Do (C7415):
deanei Correa and Ramalho.—Transfer to p. 244 as synonym of
chidesteri Dyar.
declarator Dyar and Knab.—Bram, 1967, 56 ( ¢*, L; syn.).
forattinii Correa and Ramalho.
bidens Dyar.—Transfer to p. 243 as valid species.
fasyi Baisas—Change “[Davao], Mindanao” to “[Mountain], Luzon.”
fernandezi Casal, Garcia and Cavalieri—Argentina.
1966. Physis 26: 185 (4*, 2, P*, L*). Type-loc: Quebrada de
Piquirenda, Salta, Argentina (INM).
forattinii Correa and Ramalho.—Transfer to p. 245 as synonym of
declarator Dyar and Knab.
gameti Bailly-Choumara.—Cameroon.
1966. Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 59: 148 (¢*). Type-loc: Mbol, Yoka-
douma, E. Cameroon (IERT).
habilitator Dyar and Knab.—Peru.
incognitus Baisas.—Delfinado, 1966, 145 (4 *, 2, P, L*).
interfor Dyar.—Transfer to p. 243 as synonym of bidens Dyar.
kesseli Belkin.— Belkin, 1964, 236 (¢*, 2, P*).
lahillei—Correction to Suppl. II. Change “Casals” to “Casal”; also
index, p. 140.
levicastilloi Lane.—Venezuela. Bram, 1967, 74 ( 6 *, L; syn.).
tejerai Cova Garcia.—1962. Rev. Sanid. Asist. Soc. 27: 312 (4%,
9, P*, L*). Type-loc: Near La Cumbre de Choroni, Aragua,
Venezuela (DERM).
mimulus Edwards.—Delfinado, 1966, 150 (¢*, 2; syn.).
confusus Baisas.
mollis Dyar and Knab.—Bram, 1967, 80 ( é *, L; syn.).
tisseuili Senevet.
nigripalpus Theobald.—Bram, 1967, 84 ( 4 *, L; syn.).
azuayus Levi-Castillo.
264.
275.
276.
278.
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oswaldoi Forattini.—Brazil.
1965. Entomologia Médica 2: 167 (4*). Type-loc: Macaphyba,
Natal, Brazil (USNM); Bram, 1967, 86 ( 6*).
ousqua Dyar.—Mexico to Colombia. Bram, 1967, 50 (4
from syn.; syn.).
albertoi Anduze.
palmi Baisas.—Transfer to p. 241 as synonym of annulirostris Skuse.
ssp. quinquefasciatus Say.—Restore to this status.
trifurcatus Fabricius.—Delete “fatigans ssp.”
pseudovishnui Colless.—Delfinado, 1966, 147 (P, L*).
quinquefasciatus Say.—Return to p. 254 as ssp. (see Suppl. I).
salinus Baisas.—Transfer to p. 260 as synonym of sitiens Wiedemann.
saltanensis Dyar.—Brazil, Panama, Venezuela. Bram, 1967, 97 ( 4%,
Leisyn:):
beauperthuyi Anduze.
scutatus Rozeboom and Komp.—Transfer to p. 242 as synonym of
abnormalis Lane.
sitiens Wiedemann.—Delfinado, 1966, 151 (¢*, 2, L*; syn.).
salinus Baisas.
spinosus Lutz.—Colombia, Venezuela.
suborientalis Baisas—Change “[Davao], Mindanao” to “[Mountain],
Luzon.”
thriambus Dyar.—Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia.
tisseuilli Senevet—Emended by Belkin, 1965, 24 to tisseuili. Trans-
fer to p. 251 as synonym of mollis Dyar and Knab.
siamensis Barraud and Christophers.—Insert “; as var.” after “4.
usquatissimus Dyar.—Costa Rica to Ecuador and British Guiana.
Bram, 1967, 51 ( 6 *; resurrected from synonymy).
usquatus Dyar.—Mexico to Argentina. Bram, 1967, 49 (4*).
*. resurrected
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Subgenus MELANOCONION Theobald
ocossa Dyar and Knab.—Change “Surinam” to “British Guiana.”
elarki mE alae Casal, 1963, 317 (4*; resurrected from
syn.).
eastor Dyar.—Trinidad.
implicatus Senevet and Abonnenc.—Transfer to p. 273 as synonym of
nigrescens.
nigrescens (Theobald ).—Casal, 1963, 317 ( 4*).
implicatus Senevet and Abonnenc.
clarki Evans.—Transfer to p. 268 as valid species.
oedipus Root.—Garcia and Casal, 1965, 9 (P*).
portesi Senevet and Abonnenc.—French Guiana, Trinidad, Brazil.
Aitken and Galindo, 1966, 202 ( 4*, 2; resurrected).
cayennensis Floch and Abonnenc.
rabanicolus Floch and Abonnenc.—Change to rabanicola.
portesi Cenevet and Abonnenc.—Transfer to p. 274 as valid species.
eayennensis Floch and Abonnenc.—Change “PIG” to “NE”; transfer
to p. 274 as synonym of portesi.
ybarmis Dyar.—Trinidad.
zeteki Dyar.—Trinidad.
Subgenus MICROCULEX Theobald
Important reference: 1962, Coutinho and Forattini, 209-234.
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290.
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intermedius Lane and Whitman.—Coutinho and Forattini, 1962, 217
(8*, 9, P*, L*).
lanei Coutinho and Forattini—Brazil.
1962. Studia ent. 5: 210 (é*, 2, P*, L*). Type-loc: Bertioga
(Itaguaré) , Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil (FH).
pleuristriatus Theobald.—Coutinho and Forattini, 1962, 223 oe
PE OES):
shopei Forattini and Toda.—Brazil.
1966. Studia ent. 9: 507 (4*, 2*, P*, L*). Type-loc: Utinga,
Belem, Para, Brazil (FH).
xenophobus Ronderos.—Venezuela.
1965. Physis 25: 249 (6*, 9*, P*, L*). Type-loc: San Bonifacio,
Sucre, Venezuela (INM).
Subgenus AEDINUS Bourroul
americanus (Neveu-Lemaire).—Transfer to p. 283 as a nomen
dubium. Change French Guiana to Brazil.
bisculatus Coquillett—Trinidad, Antilles. Transfer to follow belemen-
sis as a valid species with antillum-magnorum of authors
as a synonym.
canaanensis Lane and Whitman.—Change “1934” to “1943.”
eauchensis Floch and Abonnenc.—Change “Moyenne-Mana” to
iCaunx
Subgenus CARROLLIA Lutz
bihaicolus Dyar and Nufiez Tovar.—Change to bihaicola.
Nomina Dubia
americanus (Neveu-Lemaire).—French Guiana. Fauran, 1961, 45
(taxon. ).
Genus DEINOCERITES Theobald
pseudes Dyar and Knab.—Texas.
Fossil Species
loewi Giebel.—Place “Giebel” in parentheses; change “Culex” to
“Toxorhynchites’; insert “Culex” after “A”; change
SLi to SININ Gus
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Type Depositories
327. ANIC. Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra, Australia.
BNI. Barnhard-Nocht-Instituts fiir Schiffs- und Tropenkrankheiten,
Hamburg, Germany.
CMC. Department of Parasitology, Chungshan Medical College,
Canton.
DERM. Laboratorio de Entomologiade de la Division de Endemias
Rurales, Maracay, Venezuela.
329. NCID. National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India.
NMC. Naturwissenschaftlichen Museum der Coburger Landestiftung,
Coburg, Germany.
Australia (ANIC).
330. China (CMC, SMC), Germany (BNC, NMC), India (NICD), Vene-
zuela (DERM).
Index
336. cephasi—Change to cephasi.
338. decannus.—Change to deccanus.
344. josephinae.—Change to josephineae.
karwari (Barraud ).—Change to karwari.
347. miachaetessus—Change to miachaetessa.
351. pennai.Change 151 to 150.
353. reptans Linnaeus. Change “Mon-mosquito” to “Non-mosquito.”
354. scutipunctatus—Change “Neivan” to “Neiva.”
shintiensis—Change “Lein” to “Lien.”
355. stokesi—Change 196 to 197.
Index to Supplement ITI
This includes only those names not indexed in the original catalog or in
Supplements I and II. The page numbers here refer to the number at the
left in the preceding text, quivalent to the proper position in the original
catalog.
BculeatusmGolless) se eee 232 catharinensis (Lima, Guitton, and
acutspalus\C@olless 2 2 282 Bierbeina’) 2. + See es ee ee 59
clamp bonabtimir tS a8. to DAO ri Ghent TAG) sete kt a oe hee 244
albosternopleura Peters 109 chiungchungensis Hsii _....___._____. 234
alpuusmC@olless* ee ee OOO. | Collesst eld ee il
alticolane eters nate tee a ee /ecovacarcian MoOrattiini =a 245
amaniensis Someren and Hamon __ 225 cozumelensis Diaz Najera —-_- Wes:
aMNIenSIS: Peters. 8.2 109 crassicornis Colless __.......... 232
AMMOTELSIS: Waslov a) 2 OI “icubitatus, Colless: 2.8 ee 232.
antipodea Dobrotworsky _......... 221 culionicus Delfinado —..__ 231
aurata Dobrotworsky ____......... 0s clerics Collass 2 BB
belkini Gasal and’ Garcia 84 dialloi Hamon and Brengues _____ 192
benoit Wolfs, acer UO) idispectuss, Bram. "...2 0 27 et) = 239
bertii Cova Garcia and Rausseo _. 110 ebogoensis Rickenbach and Ferrara 192
brekleyi Forattim 285 243
eukrines Bram and Rattanarithikul 233
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explorator Marks 25 ae 145 peytoni Bram and Rattanarithikul — 235
fernandezi Casal, Garcia, and Cav- phaecasiatus Marks _..... 150
11 | ene eee ena Ve aoe 247 philippinensis Delfinado — 118
fuscosiphonis Bram and Rattanari- pholeter Bram and Rattanarithikul 235
thikul ___...__...___.._.__________._.__...... 233 pseudoandreanus Bailly-Choumara 228
gameti Bailly-Choumara 248 ramakrishnii Wattal and Kalra —__ 238
ganapathi Gollesss= e288 reidi Colless) EE 235
garioui Bailly-Choumara and FOSSIDelfina Coase 118
Rickenbachy seen 2 lee 227" ~samoaensis: Stone) =..2- = > See 104
gibbulus, Delfinado: 2 255: sapiens!’ Marks 0.500 6 eee 153
grenieri Grjebine AAW. setiten sD eltinad oye ee 213
hamomni Mato yee See 192 = shopei Forattini and Toda —_________- 280
hirsutifemoraPeters: =.) 113 © shrivastavii Wattal, Kalra and
hodekinwe Wharton) 2s. 102 Koishnan. = eee 231
imperfectus Dobrotworsky — 147s simanini |\Cutsevich = 154
incomptus Bram and Rattanarithi- sinensis (Meng and Wu) __....__-- 219
kul a Fa 238 “sorsogonensis Banez and: jueco, 2 1%)
inculus"@ollesste 8! ee 233 spiculosus Bram and Rattanarithi-
lanei Coutinho and Forattini 280 lou 64 eer ee 235
Jashensis Nien 2 148. stanleyi-Peters.2.2 4) pla
latifoliatus Delfinado 23) istrickland: Reid == 29
Jinesi Maxks"- 25 = ee 148 — subbasalis Dobrotworsky eral
loreneaur eters) 68" ‘swahilicus Gillies) = 2 eee 56
lottei Hamon and Brengues GA szechtianensis Sty ee 71
lucamsa@olless) see e2 se eee 234 tabu Ramalingam and Belkin _— 188
macdonald Colless ._... +. 934 ‘tangensis Kuhlow —_... 48
macmillann, Marks - 175 tasmaniensis Dobrotworsky —- 29
malayensis @olless 22 ee 187 _ tauffliebi Rickenbach and Ferrara 198
marksae Dobrotworsky 2) eetejeran Cova Garciay = see 250
mombasaensis Mattingly 149 eaiihaiomyia Bram 2 eee 239
moresbyensis Peters __.......--- 116 tigertti Scanlon and Peyton 29
nevadensis Chapman and Barr _.. 143. traubisGolless) <.-2. 5 235
nkolbissonensis Rickenbach and tricontus Delfinado -... =. eaaoe
JE GATTO VOSA: se eee seamen ce 123 tutuilae Ramalingam and Belkin _. 172
Howie wmeian fe 0 7t 2 . fs 24 “wmematus Delfinado’ = > = aeee 232
novaguinensis Peters _........______ 117 vadakadiensis Doraisamy _...... 55
novohanoverae Peters 69 variegata Dobrotworsky — 108
oswaldoi Forattini ......_.......... 252 whartoni Mattingly (Aedes) _____. 203
papuensis#leters;see = 213 whartoni Reid (Anopheles) —.__- 30
paralatexalis Peters) 118 whartoni Colless (Culex) 235
paranovaguinensis Peters Ss Swaliredi(Colless === eee 235
penmplexusseeterse — es 28 ee 72 xenophobus Ronderos 280
REPLACEMENT NAMES FOR PREOCCUPIED SPECIFIC NAMES
IN DOLICHOPODIDAE
(Diptera )
Medetera postminima nomen novum for Medetera minima Van Duzee, 1925,
Psyche 32: 180 (California, U.S.A.), not Medetera minima (as Medeterus mini-
mus) De Meijere, 1916, Tijd. Ent. 59: 259 (Java); also recorded from Sumatra
by Hollis, 1964, Beaufortia 10: 260.
Sympycnus pessimplex nomen novum for Sympycnus simplicipes De Meijere,
1916, Tijd. v. Ent. 59: 252 (Java), not Sympycnus simplicipes Becker, 1908,
Mitteil. Zool. Mus. Berlin 4: 46 (Canary Islands, Europe). This species has
recently been recorded from Sumatra by Hollis, 1964, Beaufortia 10: 269, under
the De Meijere name.—Grorcr C. StTEysKAL, Entomology Research Division,
ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington. D.C. 20560.
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SOME NEW AND OLD SPECIES OF COLASPIS IN THE WEST INDIES
Doris H. BLAke, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C. 20560
This paper is an attempt to straighten out the names of the blue or
green species of Colaspis found in the West Indies as well as to describe
several new species collected there. These rather large conspicuous
beetles are of strikingly brilliant blue or green color, sometimes shot
with rosy or golden lights, and so have attracted the attention of ento-
mologists from the early days. Linnaeus described the first species
from “America” in 1758, quite simply as “green with yellow legs and
antennae’, and named it Chrysomela occidentalis. The name has been
applied to a Jamaican species but the beetle was collected by Rolander,
who, according to Henrikson (1928, Ent. Med. 15:97) collected not in
Jamaica but in Surinam (Dutch Guiana). Later Linnaeus described
another species that he named Cryptocephalus jamaicensis. This
species his pupil, Fabricius, had already described a few years earlier
in 1781 as Erotylus flavipes from Jamaica and his name takes prece-
dence over Linnaeus’ jamaicensis. In 1792 Fabricius described Chry-
somela luteicornis from the islands of “America meridionalis” and
Olivier in 1808 described Colaspis unicolor and C. femoralis from the
“Antilles” as well as Colaspis smaragdula from Santo Domingo. Since
there is great similarity between these blue or green species of Colaspis,
it is difficult to identify them from their brief old Latin descriptions
except by the locality in which they were taken, and when the locality
is simply “Antilles”, identification can only be made certain by extant
specimens of the original beetles. A few old Fabrician specimens are
still left; one, C. luteicornis, is at Kiel, and some day someone may
identify it. I am unable to identify the Olivier species C. wnicolor or
femoralis, or C. nigricornis Suffrian (changed by Weise to C. suffriana)
or varicornis Suffrian, both from Cuba. All four species are described
as having dark or partly dark antennae, and this character does not fit
the blue green species of Colaspis from the West Indies except an un-
described one from Jamaica.
Lefévre’s description of C. chevrolati from Hispaniola and C. in-
sidiosa from the “Antilles” are likewise difficult to interpret. F. Monrés
spent a year studying the collections in France, and took many of his
beetles there for comparison. Since I know that Monrés examined
Lefevre’s collection I have taken the specimen that he labelled as C.
chevrolati as probably correct. It is close to Olivier’s C. smaragdula.
In the material studied I have found six species from Cuba, three
species from Hispaniola, and two species from Jamaica, of these blue
or green Colaspis. A single specimen has been collected in Puerto
Rico, according to G. N. Wolcott, who described it briefly as “an
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elongate brownish beetle with light green iridescence most marked on
pronotum and head”. It was collected on “weeds in a clearing on El
Yunque’. No one has been able to locate the specimen in the collec-
tions in Puerto Rico, and it may possibly represent a new species. On
the other hand, on the islands between Puerto Rico and South America
there is a species of Colaspis which is a brownish beetle with faint
green lustre that has been collected on the mainland of South America
and also on the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada. It corresponds
with Lefévre’s description of C. insidiosa from the “Antilles” pretty
closely and it may be that this occurs as far north as Puerto Rico.
Wolcott's brief description of the color of the Puerto Rico specimen
matches the description of the color of C. insidiosa Lefévre.
One other species of Colaspis has recently been collected on St.
Lucia by O. S. Flint. It is almost piceous with a faint green or blue
tint in the dried specimen and has pale yellow brown legs with the
tarsi blue green.
Colaspis cubensis, n. sp.
Fig. 1
Between 6 and 7.5 mm. in length, oblong oval, very shiny, metallic green, rarely
with a bluish lustre, coarsely and on the elytra geminately striate punctate, the
intervals being slightly costate, legs and antennae yellowish brown.
Head coarsely and rugosely punctate, a more or less distinct median line down
occiput; shiny, brilliant green, with labrum and mouthparts yellowish brown.
Antennae yellowish brown with tip of terminal joint dark piceous, very slender,
extending to about middle of elytra. Prothorax with slightly angulate sides with
a more or less distinct angle at about the middle, and a tooth at apical and basal
angles, surface coarsely and somewhat irregularly punctate, with bare places, not
very convex, brassy green. Scutellum small, shining green. Elytra coarsely and
geminately striate punctate, the rows near apex becoming single and intervals on
sides and at apex more costate, brilliant green, only occasionally bluish green.
Body beneath shining green, legs pale yellowish brown, in male first tarsal joint
of middle and anterior legs a little widened but not swollen as in other species.
Length 6-7.5 mm.; width 3-4.2 mm.
Type, male, and § paratypes, USNM 68322.
Type locality —Cayamas, Cuba, collected by E. A. Schwarz.
Other localities—Cuba: vicinity of Havana, T. Barbour; Havana,
Baker; Santiago de las Vegas, on Solanum melongeum, P. Cardin; San
Antonio de los Banos, Jose H. Pazos; Alquiza, on Solanum corvum, L.
Scaramuzza; Jaronu, on eggplant, L. Scaramuzza; Santa Clara, R.
Combs; Baragua, on eggplant, L. Scaramuzza; Nagua, Oriente Prov.,
S. C. Bruner; C. H. Ballou; San Blas, Santa Clara; Bahia Honda, Wick-
ham; Soledad, Cienfuegos, P. J. Darlington, Jr. Loma del Gato, Cobra
Range, about 3000 ft. alt., P. J. Darlington, Jr.; Banos de San Vicente,
Pinar del Rio, C. Parsons; Buenos Aires, Trinidad Mts., C. Parsons;
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Upper Yana Valley, L. Scaramuzza; Vinales, Pinar del Rio, W. J.
Clench, P. Vaurie.
Remarks.—This Cuban species has always been called C. smaragdula
Oliv. ever since Suffrian identified it as that, but smaragdula was de-
scribed from “St. Domingo” and the present species is confined to
Cuba. It is distinguished from the species from Hispaniola in having
costate elytra, and is distinguished from other species of Colaspis from
the West Indies by its proportionately shorter prothorax, more gemi-
nately striate punctate elytra, less swollen first tarsal joint in the male,
and by the broadly rounded apex to the aedeagus that has only a very
short blunt tip.
Colaspis aleyonea Suffrian
Fig. 13
Colaspis alcyonea Suffrian, Archiv. f. Naturg., vol. 32, 1866, p. 326.
About 7 mm. in length, oblong oval, pronotum alutaceous, densely and deeply
punctate with rounded sides, elytra shiny, densely, deeply and substriately punc-
tate, without costae, dark blue green, blue or even purplish, legs and antennae
yellow brown.
Head densely and coarsely punctate with a depression in middle of front, dark
blue green or even purplish blue, mouthparts yellowish brown. Antennae extend-
ing almost to middle of elytra, yellow brown. Prothorax with rounded sides, sur-
face alutaceous and not at all shiny, punctures deep, moderately coarse and dense.
Scutellum dark. Elytra shiny, punctures deep, moderately coarse and dense.
Elytra more shiny than pronotum with dense, coarse punctation tending to be
striate and with some horizontal ridging, a little costate at apex. Body beneath
shining blue or green, legs yellow brown, first tarsal joint of front and middle
legs rotund in male. Length 6.5—7.3 mm.; width 3—-3.6 mm.
Type, whereabouts unknown.
Type locality —Cuba.
Other localities—Cuba: Havana, Barbour; Buenos Aires and Mina
Carlota, Trinidad Mts., C. Parsons, June and July 1939; Buenos Aires,
P. J. Darlington, Jr., May 1936, at 2500-3500 ft. alt.; Soledad, Cien-
fuegos, May 1936, P. J. Darlington, Jr.
Remarks.—The deep blue or even purple coloring as well as the
dense elytral punctation and lack of costae distinguish this from C.
cubensis. The first tarsal joint of the male is rounded and wider than
in C. cubensis. The aedeagus has an unusually long narrow tip.
Colaspis orientalis, n. sp.
Fig. 8
About 6.5 mm. in length, oblong oval, prothorax distinctly alutaceous and not
shiny, elytra finely alutaceous but somewhat more shiny, prothorax deeply, densely
and coarsely punctate, not very convex with rounded, not at all angulate sides,
elytra coarsely and substriately punctate, without costate intervals, green, legs and
antennae yellowish brown, in male the first tarsal joint of all legs wide.
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Head coarsely and densely punctate, an obscure median line down occiput,
surface dull, not shiny, dark green with the labrum and mouthparts deep reddish
brown. Antennae not extending below middle of elytra, slender, yellow brown.
Prothorax with rounded sides, not angulate, a tooth at basal and apical angles,
surface alutaceous, not at all shiny, with dense, deep, and coarse punctures and
in intervals very fine punctures, dark green. Scutellum dark green. Elytra a
little wider than prothorax, slightly alutaceous, but more shiny than prothorax,
with regular coarse and nearly striate punctures, without costae except for a
slight trace at apex, deep green. Body beneath shiny dark green, legs yellow
brown; in the male the anterior and middle first tarsal joint rotund and the cor-
responding joint in hind feet nearly as well rounded. Length 6-6.5 mm.; width
3-3.1 mm.
Type, male, MCZ 31203.
Type locality —Soledad, Cienfuegos, Aug. 1920, N. Banks.
Other locality —Baracoa, Oriente Province, Cuba, collected by S. C.
Bruner and Leon Boucle, April 21-30, 1929.
Remarks.—The dull dark green surface of the prothorax and lack of
elytral costation distinguish this from C. cubensis. It is very closely re-
lated to C. alcyonea Suffrian, which has similar elytral punctation but
is more shiny and usually is blue or even purplish whereas this species
is a dark green. The two species are difficult to separate except by
comparison of the aedeagi. The aedeagus is wider and with a more
slender tip in alcyonea. Only two specimens, both males, of this species
are known, but in the two the aedeagi are alike and distinctly different
from alcyonea.
Colaspis fervida (Suffrian )
Fig. 4
Chalcophana fervida Suffrian, 1866, Archiv. f. Naturg. 32:330.
Between 5 and 6 mm. in length, broadly oblong oval, lustrous green, elytra
shining with golden and rosy lights, antennae and tarsal joints pale yellowish
brown; prothorax with traces of angularity at sides and with scattered punctures
denser on sides, elytra without costae, punctures substriate, not dense or coarse.
Head usually with a slight median depression on occiput, otherwise smoothly
polished and rather densely punctate, lustrous green with brown mouthparts.
Antennae extending below humeri, yellow brown with the basal joint metallic
green. Prothorax moderately convex with traces of angularity on sides, a strong
apical tooth and smaller basal one, surface polished, lustrous green with scattered
punctures, denser on sides and not coarse. Scutellum polished green. Elytra
moderately convex, with small humeri and a faint trace of tranverse depression
below, no signs of costate intervals, small substriate punctation, surface polished,
shining with a golden or rosy sheen. Body beneath green, prosternum densely
punctate, legs green except the pale yellow brown tarsal joints, sometimes these
having a greenish lustre, in male inner side of hind tibiae serrate, first tarsal joint
of anterior pairs of legs well rounded. Length 5-6 mm.; width 3-3.6 mm.
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Type, whereabouts unknown.
Type locality —Cuba.
Other localities —Habana, Baker; Cayamas, Schwarz.
Remarks.—The rosy and golden lights of the polished green elytra
make this species easily recognizable. It has much the same polished
surface as C. smaragdula Oliv. from Hispaniola, but is a shorter,
broader and more rounded beetle. This is one of three species of
Colaspis, all of which occur in Cuba, that are shorter and more rotund
than the other species of blue-green Colaspis from the West Indies.
These three species bear a strong resemblance to all the species found
in Hispaniola in having polished elytra with scattered and not very
dense punctation and in being without costae. In all of them the sides
of the prothorax show more or less degrees of angulation in spite of
Suffrian’s statement that the sides are rounded. There is one peculiarity
in the males of the group that the inner side of the hind tibiae is serrate.
Colaspis viridula (Suffrian )
Fig. 5
Chalcophana viridula Suffrian, 1866, Archiv. f. Naturg. 32:331.
About 4 mm. in length, oblong oval, lustrous green with pale yellow antennae
and tarsal joints; prothorax with scattered punctures, elytra with substriate and
not dense or coarse punctation, a transverse depression below basal callosity, no
trace of costae.
Head with a slight median depression on occiput, front without depressions,
and with scattered, not dense or coarse, punctation; mouthparts dark brown.
Antennae with basal joint having a faint metallic lustre, rest pale yellow except
for a dark tip to terminal joint. Prothorax somewhat convex, with rounded sides,
a trace of angulation along sides, a pronounced apical tooth and small basal one;
surface polished green with scattered punctures, denser on sides, nowhere coarse.
Scutellum shining green. Elytra without trace of costae, a tranverse depression
below basal callosities, punctation tending to be striate, not coarse or dense. Body
beneath shining green, prosternum densely punctate, legs green, tarsal joints yel-
lowish brown with faint greenish lustre; hind tibiae in male with serrate edge on
inner side and first tarsal joints of anterior pairs of legs much rounded. Length
4.2 mm.; width 2.6 mm.
Type, whereabouts unknown.
Type locality —Cuba.
Remarks.—A single specimen from Loma del Gato, Sierra del Cobre,
elevation 2600-3325 ft., Oriente Province, Cuba, was collected in Sep-
tember 1935 by J. Acuna, S. C. Bruner and L. Scaramuzza which seems
to fit Suffrian’s description of Chalcophana viridula. Suffrian wrote
that it was smaller than C. fervida but very similar. It lacks the golden
sheen of fervida being simply polished green. The coloring otherwise
is much the same, and the serration on the hind tibiae in the male is
the same.
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Colaspis barberi, n. sp.
Fig. 7
About 5.5 mm. in length, oval, shining, the prothorax and head lightly and
elytra more coarsely punctate, deep violaceous blue shining with greenish lights,
tarsi and antennal joints except the basal one yellowish brown.
Head with a faint trace of median depression on occiput, otherwise without
depressions, polished, distinctly and not densely punctate, brilliant blue or purple
with green lights; mouthparts brown. Antennae extending a little below humeri,
slender, outer joints a little broader, basal joint with metallic blue lustre and tip
of terminal joint dark, otherwise yellowish brown. Prothorax convex with sides
rounded in one specimen and with a trace of angularity in other specimen, a tooth
at basal and apical angles; surface brilliant dark blue with purplish or greenish
lights, distinctly and not coarsely or densely punctate. Scutellum shining dark
blue. Elytra broad and moderately convex, polished dark blue with purplish or
greenish lustre, and with coarse and not dense punctation that tends to be irregu-
larly striate, a slight depression below basal callosity. Body beneath shining dark
blue, almost glabrous, legs dark blue with tibiae slightly hairy at apex, and tarsal
joints a yellowish brown with faint metallic green lustre. Length 5.5 mm.;
width 3.3 mm.
Type, female, and one female paratype, USNM 68321.
Type locality—Taken on “Musail cayes” at Baragua, Cuba, Nov. 5,
1926 by L. Scaramuzza.
Remarks.—This is distinguished from C. fervida Suffrian by its deep
purplish blue coloring and by the finer and not so densely punctate
pronotum. No male of the species is known, so it is impossible to say
whether there is serration on the hind tibiae, but it is likely since this
is closely related to the group of species with that character, composed
of C. fervida (Suffrian) and C. viridula (Suffrian). H. S. Barber had
labelled this as a new species and set it aside to describe. Suffrian’s
description of C. striata differs from this species in its smaller size, in
the dark coloring of the tarsi, and in the striate punctation of the elytra.
Colaspis smaragdula Olivier
Figs. 10, 11
Colaspis smaragdula Olivier, 1808, Entomologie 6:883.
Olivier’s description translated is as follows: Colaspis smaragdula, punctate,
green, antennae and feet rufous, punctures of elytra substriate. Magnitude and
form of C. aurata. Antennae pale rufous. Head punctate, green, eyes fuscous.
Thorax punctate, green. Scutellum green. Elytra green with substriate punctures.
Body green. Feet rufous. It has a gilded appearance. The antennae are of a pale
yellowish brown, eyes are brown. All the body is of a beautiful brilliant green
color, the head and thorax are punctate, the elytra are punctate, the punctures
form almost geminate striae. The feet are yellowish brown. It is found in Santo
Domingo.
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This short description easily fits all the Colaspis found on Hispaniola,
as well as many elsewhere, and has led to the old Olivier name being
applied pretty generally to most of the species with green coloration
in the West Indies since Suffrian applied it to the Cuban species.
However the habitat limits the species to Hispaniola. All the Colaspis
that I have examined from Hispaniola are alike in being a brilliant
polished green, without costae, except for traces near the apex, and
with the punctures of the prothorax and elytra not very dense or coarse,
and the elytral punctures tend to be striate or even geminate striate.
Yet the aedeagi of these polished green beetles show considerable
variation. In some specimens from the mountains of the central part
of the Dominican Republic the aedeagi are totally different. The
beetles themselves are larger with a larger prothorax. Since these
beetles were collected in an inaccessible country in the interior, it is
not so likely that this is the Olivier species and I am describing it as
new. From the rest of the beetles I am illustrating two specimens with
somewhat different aedeagi. One figure is of a specimen from Guay-
mate, in the southeastern part of the Dominican Republic. The second
figure is of a specimen from Source, Metalas, Haiti, which is in the
low coastal region between Port-au-Prince and Ennery. Whether this
variation in the aedeagi is subspecific I cannot determine as I have far
too little material from which to form any conclusion.
Colaspis chevrolati Lefévre fide F. Monrdés
Fig. 12
Colaspis chevrolati Lefévre, 1891, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35:CCLVII.
Lefévre’s description of Colaspis chevrolati translated is as follows: Colaspis
chevrolati, suboblong ovate, convex, metallic green, with blue tints, shining,
labrum, palpi, antennae and feet bright fulvous. Length 644-7 mm. St. Domingo.
Head strongly and not densely punctate, between eyes a short longitudinal im-
pression. Prothorax transverse with arcuate sides and in middle obsoletely sinuate,
convex above, in middle of disc rather distantly and on sides more densely punctate
with elongate (aciculatim) punctures. Scutellum smooth, apex subrotund. Elytra
below humeri obsoletely transversely impressed, unevenly punctate, towards apex
and especially near suture with substriate punctation, humeral callosity moderately
rounded, smooth. This pretty species comes from Chevrolat’s collection where it
was confused with C. smaragdula Oliv. of the same country. It resembles it in
color but in form and punctation is very different.
In the Monros collection are two specimens from Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, that F. Monrds has identified as chevrolati Lefevre. Monrdés
spent a year in Paris studying collections there and may have com-
pared material with Lefevre types. The figure of the male herewith
given has an aedeagus that differs only slightly from that of other
specimens of the genus in Hispaniola.
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Colaspis darlingtoni, n. sp.
Fig. 9
About 6.5 mm. in length, oblong oval, shining, prothorax and elytra distinctly but
not coarsely nor densely punctate, punctures on elytra tending to be geminate
striate; green or bluish green with antennae and legs yellowish brown.
Head coarsely and densely punctate with an obscure median line down occiput,
very shiny green with mouthparts dark reddish brown. Antennae not extending
to middle of the elytra, slender, pale yellow brown with tip of terminal joint dark.
Prothorax moderately convex with sides feebly angulate, especially a little below
the middle, a tooth at basal and apical angles; surface shining with moderately
dense, deep but not coarse punctures, green or bluish green. Scutellum shining
blue or green. Elytra with a slight basal callosity and a depression below this in
which punctures are a little coarser than on callosity, punctation irregularly gemi-
nate striate, not very dense or coarse, without ridging between except feeble traces
of costae at apex; green or bluish green. Body beneath shining blue or green or
even with a purplish tinge, legs yellowish brown, first tarsal joint in anterior and
middle legs roundly widened. Length 6.1-6.7 mm.; width 3.3-3.7 mm.
Type, male and 2 paratypes, MCZ 31204. One paratype in the U.S.
National Museum.
Type locality —Foothills of the Cordillera Central, south of Santiago,
Dominican Republic, June 1938, P. J. Darlington, Jr.
Other locality Constanza, 3000-4000 ft., August 1938; 25 miles by
road south of Puerto Plata, June 1938, P. J. Darlington, Jr.
Remarks.—While the description of Colaspis smaragdula Olivier fits
this species also, it does not appear so likely to be Olivier’s species be-
cause it was taken in the mountains in the middle of the Dominican
Republic in inaccessible country, where P. J. Darlington with his
usual perspicacity found it. The aedeagus of this species is utterly un-
like that of any of the rest of the species of the island.
Colaspis flavipes (Fabricius )
Fig. 3
Erotylus flavipes Fabricius, 1781, Spec. Ins. 1:159.
Cryptocephalus jamaicensis Gemelin ed. Linnaeus Systema Naturae, vol. 4, 1788,
p. 1729.
Colaspis flavipes Olivier, 1801, Entomologie 6:881. (Probably not the same as
Fabricius’ species as Olivier gives the locality as French Guiana. )
Between 6 and 8 mm. in length, oblong oval, lustrous green, blue green or some-
times brown with greenish lustre in the punctures or faintly green along margins,
occasionally entirely brown. Legs and antennae pale yellow brown; coarsely punc-
tate, punctures on elytra in single striate lines near suture, becoming semi-geminate
from 5th row to side with little smooth space between lines of punctures on sides.
Head at base of occiput finely punctate, punctures becoming coarser towards
frontal tubercles which are impunctate, a depression in middle of front, labrum
pale yellow brown. Antennae long and slender, pale yellow brown. Prothorax
not twice as wide as long, rather flat, sides angulate at middle, with small tooth
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at basal and apical angles; punctures irregular, not so dense in middle, contiguous
on sides. Scutellum lustrous, impunctate. Elytra with short intra-humeral sulcus,
a depression below scutellum in which coarse striate punctures are sunken; four
rows of striate punctures from suture to middle of each elytron, more or less evenly
striate with smooth spaces between rows, thence rows of striate punctures be-
coming more geminate with intervening space less and more costate, on sides and
at apex distinctly costate; lustrous green or in some specimens brown with green
in punctures, occasionally entirely brown. Body beneath lustrous green or brown,
impunctate except on prosternum, legs entirely yellow brown. Length 5.7-8.3
mm.; width 3-4 mm.
Type possibly in British Museum (Natural History), “Museum D.
Banks”.
Type locality —Jamaica.
Other localities—Manchester Parish, Mandeville, collected by Van
Dyke; on Elephant’s ear and Susumbra, collected by J. M. Dale, 20
June 1950; St. Thomas Parish, 1 mile east of Lyssons, May 28, 1954,
T. H. Farr; Corn Puss Gap, on Susumbra, Oct. 1, 1950, R. P. Bengry;
Bath, 1937, Chapin and Blackwelder; St. Ann’s Parish; Monoagre, H.
Morrison, Sept. 14, 1917; Mt. Diablo, June 13, 1965, T. H. Farr; Tre-
lawny Parish, Windsor Estate, T. H. Farr, March 1960, R. P. Bengry,
Aug. 30, 1955; Cockpit City, J. Maldonado, Dec. 28, 1961; Hope Gar-
dens near Kingston, May 23, 1921, C. C. Gowdey; Kingston, near
Liguana, on wild solanaceous plant, M. Kisluik, June 7, 1931.
Remarks.—At first the entirely brown coloring of some specimens
seemed to indicate a different species from C. flavipes, but further
study of a series of specimens taken at one time by T. H. Farr at Mt.
Diablo left no doubt that the species varies from lustrous bright green
to entirely brown. The brown specimens have been taken in certain
inland areas of Jamaica in Trelawny Parish and St. Ann’s Parish.
Since this is the only blue-green Colaspis that occurs in Jamaica
there is little doubt that the Fabrician name must be applied to it.
Colaspis farri, n. sp.
Fig. 2
About 5.5 mm. in length, oblong oval, lustrous dark blue with a bluish green
lustre about elytral striate punctation; rugosely punctate on prothorax, lines of
moderately coarse punctures on elytra, antennae and legs dark.
Head with interocular space approximately half width of head, densely punc-
tate throughout with a trace of median depression, shining blue green, labrum
and mouthparts dark brown. Antennae extending below humeri, basal joints with
a metallic bluish lustre, remainder dark brown. Prothorax slightly angulate at
middle on sides with a tooth at apical angle and a less marked one at base, sur-
face rugose with deepset and not too dense punctation, dark blue with purplish
and greenish lustre. Scutellum dark, polished, impunctate. Elytra with regular
rows of moderately coarse punctures, these rows having a blue or green lustre
against the dark blue intervals, intervals towards apex becoming costate. Body
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beneath dark with a bluish or greenish lustre, legs also dark. Length 5.5 mm.;
width 2.9 mm.
Type, female, USNM 68320.
Type locality—Grove Place, Manchester Parish, Jamaica, collected
23 June 1960 by T. H. Farr.
Remarks.—The small size and deep dark blue color distinguish this
species. All the others treated in this paper have pale yellow legs or
at least the tarsal joints are pale, and the antennae pale. This species
alone has entirely dark legs and dark antennae.
Colaspis insidiosa Lefévre
Fig. 6
Colaspis insidiosa Lefévre, Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr. (5) VII, 1877, p. 145.
Lefévre’s description of Colaspis insidiosa translated is as follows: Colaspis
insidiosa, oblong ovate, fuscous aeneous, shining, body below sparsely pubescent,
margins of prothorax and elytra obscurely green, labrum, antennae and legs rufous
brown; head densely punctate, between eyes with a longitudinal impression, eyes
large, dark, prothorax convex, unequally punctate with very minute, scarcely visible
punctures in the interstices, sides with reflexed margins, rounded and widened at
middle with obsolete bidentate edge; scutellum smooth, rounded at apex, elytra
below base transversely strongly impressed, with prominent humeri, that are
smooth. Male, smaller, elytra towards suture quite regularly subgeminate punc-
tate, near sides more strongly and less regularly subrugose punctate, first joint
strongly dilated in anterior tarsi. Length 714-8 mm.; latitude 34 mm. Female,
longer and wider, elytra on interior disc regularly striately subgeminate punctate,
towards apex and near suture quite profoundly punctate sulcate, interstices convex,
smooth, near sides strongly costate, interstices tranversely rugose, first tarsal joint
of anterior legs triangular.
Type locality —*“Antilles”.
Other localities —Venezuela: Caracas; Grenada: St. George (Lee-
ward side), H. H. Smith, Becquia, H. H. Smith. St. Vincent: Yambu
River Valley, on guava, M. Kisluik, C. E. Cooley; on cotton, W. N.
Sands and H. A. Ballou. Mistique, on cotton leaves, W. H. Sands.
Remarks.—Although this beetle was identified in the Bowditch col-
lection as Colaspis fastidiosa Lefevre, I believe that it is rather Colaspis
insidiosa Lefevre, the habitat of which is given as the “Antilles”.
Lefeévre’s description of a brown beetle with greenish margins, and
with geminate striate punctures on the elytra fits this beetle and like-
wise his description of the rugose punctation and costae on the sides
of the female applies to it. In the shape of the large prothorax it is
unlike any other blue green Colaspis from the West Indies.
Colaspis luciae, n. sp.
Fig. 13
About 4.5 mm. in length, oblong oval, shining, almost piceous with a faint bluish
green tint (when boiled to relax, beetle was distinctly dark bluish green), antennae
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yellowish brown with last four joints darker brown; legs pale yellowish brown with
tarsal joints bluish green; pronotum not so coarsely punctate as elytra, in which
punctation in basal half is confused, becoming striate in apical half.
Head with interocular space more than half width of head, coarsely punctate
over entire head, punctures larger in lower front, a slight median depressed line
down front. Antennae extending to middle of elytra, pale yellow brown with four
apical joints dark brown. Prothorax with two angularities in middle of sides, and
a tooth at each angle, densely and coarsely punctate. Scutellum small, rounded.
Elytra with shining impunctate humeral prominences, otherwise coarsely, contigu-
ously and confusedly punctate in basal half, the punctures being coarser than those
on pronotum, and becoming striate in apical half with the intervals slightly costate.
Body beneath dark bluish green, smooth with only the sides of prosternum punc-
tate. Legs yellowish brown with tarsal joints bluish green, first joint in front and
middle tarsi enlarged in male. Length 4.5 mm.; width 2.5 mm.
Type, male, USNM 69217.
Type locality —Marisule, St. Lucia, 30 July 1963, O. S. Flint.
Remarks.—C. femoralis Olivier and C. unicolor Olivier, both from
the “Antilles”, are described as bronzy, the latter even a little coppery,
with antennae fuscous except at base. These descriptions do not apply
to this species. There is no bronzy or coppery lustre at all to this
beetle. It is almost black with a very faint blue green tint that may
be more pronounced in the living beetle as it was distinctly dark blue
green when boiled. It is smaller than most of the blue green species
and the yellow brown legs have the tarsal joints blue green, unlike
any other species from the West Indies.
A SUBSTITUTE NAME FOR THE GENUS NICUESA IN COCKROACHES
(DicryopTERA, BLATTARIA, BLATTELLIDAE )
In 1929 Hebard (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 55: 397) described the genus Nicuesa,
based on N. dichroa Hebard from Panama. It is preoccupied by Nicuesa Distant
1893 (Biol. Centr. Amer., Heteroptera 1 (Suppl.): 385) in Lygaeidae. Slater
1964 (Cat. Lygaeidae World, 1: 151) recognizes Nicuesa Distant as_ valid.
No other name is available for Nicuesa Hebard, according to Princis 1965
(Orthopterorum Cat., Pars. 7: 392). Furthermore, Dr. K. Princis (Univ. Lund),
in litt. 1967, agrees with the unavailability of a name. Therefore, I here propose
Drabeha, new name, to replace Nicuesa Hebard. The name of the type species
is Drabeha dichroa (Hebard), new combination. Drabeha is modified from the
anagram of the name Hebard, as a tribute to my late friend Morgan Hebard for
his many basic researches in the Blattaria. AsHLEY B. Gurney, Entomology Re-
search Division, ARS, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
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A NEW THYCE FROM GEORGIA
(COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE )
O. L. Cartwricut, Curator of Coleoptera, Department of Entomology,
U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. 20560
This is the first species of the genus Thyce to be recorded from east-
ern United States, all others being from California, New Mexico, and
Texas. It was first submitted for determination by Dr. Max R. Osburm
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture pecan laboratory at Albany,
Georgia, who also obtained all the additional specimens used in pre-
paring the following description. I am pleased to name the species
after Dr. Osburn, a fellow student and friend for over forty years.
Thyce osburni Cartwright, new species
Holotype male: Length 21 mm., width 10 mm. Elongate oval, dark blackish
brown, finely pubescent, with pronotal midline, scutellum, inner side of sutural
costae of the elytra and underside white. Labrum free, emarginate. Clypeus very
broadly deeply recurved anteriorly, densely coarsely setigerously punctate, the
setae rather sparse, more or less recumbent and directed toward midpoint of the
distinct, sinuate, frontal suture, the punctures gradually finer and closer laterally
and along the suture; remainder of head densely, coarsely punctate but with a
covering of dense white recumbent setae interspersed with long erect hairs, the
erect hairs about as long as the clypeus, the recumbent setae less than half as
long as the erect hairs. Clypeus widest in font with broadly rounded lateral an-
terior angles. Eyes large, separated by about 4 times their width. Antennae 10-
segmented with 3-segmented club, the club subequal to stem, 3.5 times as long
as terminal segment of maxillary palpus, and as long as basal width of clypeus.
Pronotum 4.5 mm. long, 7 mm. wide, anterior angles rounded, posterior angles
distinct, sides sinuate, widest at middle, the anterior half arcuate outward, pos-
terior half arcuate inward; distinctly margined except medially at base where
bead becomes fine and obsolete; surface densely, moderately finely punctate, the
punctures with rim distinct anteriorly and obsolete posteriorly, many uniting to
form lines, densely covered with fine semi-recumbent brownish hair, the hair and
its puncture generally directed toward midpoint of base but some lateral hair
forming a swirl around lateral fovea; narrow, white midline with dense white hair
directed posteriorly; a few scattered, very long, erect brownish hairs along anterior
half of lateral margin, the anterior margin, and inward slightly toward disc of
pronotum at middle. Scutellum with dense recumbent white hair. Posterior edge
of pronotum below beading also with dense white hair between pronotum and
elytra.
Elytra strongly margined laterally, somewhat depressed basally between humeri
and anterior margin. Surface finely, densely covered with setigerous punctures,
the fine hair as on pronotum but a trifle shorter, directed posteriorly, those on the
sutural costae gradually becoming white along inner margin.
Sterna with very dense long white hair as on the posterior margins of the
femora. Abdominal segments and pygidium covered closely with short, recumbent
white hair from dense fine punctures, the abdominal segments with a narrow
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Thyce osburni, n. spi (63e)
smooth shining area anteriorly at middle. Femora and tibiae with much less dense
mixture of short recumbent and long erect hair. Outer claw on all tarsi with strong
basal tooth, inner claw with much smaller tooth.
Holotype collected May 19, 1966, in black-light trap in pecan
orchard, 4% miles southeast of Albany, in Dougherty County, Georgia,
by W. L. Tedders. USNM 69180.
The 22 male paratypes from same locality by same collector, July 1,
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1964 to May 19, 1966. Variation is negligible in the typical series,
length 20 to 23 mm., width 9 to 11 mm.
Thyce osburni, the only known species from eastern United States,
differs from all species from western States by the very long, com-
paratively narrow club of its antennae. The length of the antennal
club of Thyce osburni equals the width of the head between the eyes
and is nearly as long as the entire head. It is 3.5 times the length of
the fourth segment of the maxillary palpus. This species is strikingly
and beautifully marked as well, the white, very distinct, narrow median
line of the pronotum, white scutellum, dense white hair between the
pronotum and elytra and the white suture of the elytra, all against the
uniform dark brown of the rest of the upper surface, presents a very
handsome appearance.
ANTHOMYIA PROCELLARIS RONDANI IN NORTH AMERICA
(DieTERA, ANTHOMYIDAE )
Anthomyia procellaris Rondani, 1866, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 9: 147;—1866-
1871(?), Dipt. Ital. Prodr. 6: 154; Séguy, 1929, Encycl. Ent. (B2, Diptera)
5: 69;—1930, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 24: 161; Tiensuu, 1935, Acta Soc.
Faun. Flor. Fenn. 58(4): 13.
Séguy figured the male genitalia of specimens he identified with this species.
Tiensuu figured parts of the male genitalia of specimens from Finland and
stated that at least in that country the characters of the males of A. pluvialis (L.)
and A. procellaris Rond. were rather constant.
It has been apparent to me for some time that a few species of Anthomyia
occur in North America besides the 2 species so far recorded: A. pluvialis (L.)
and A. oculifera Bigot (see Stone et al., 1965, Cat. Dipt. Am. north of Mex.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Surv., Agr. Handbook 276: 865). The identity of
most of those species is not yet clear, but one of them agrees so well with the
data of Séguy and Tiensuu concerning A. procellaris that I feel certain that the
same species occurs in North America. I have examined specimens (all in
USNM) from England as well as from the following North American localities:
MICHIGAN; Livingston County, E. S. George Reserve, June 5, 1943 (G.
Steyskal); MARYLAND: Bethesda, July 31, 1962 (C. W. Sabrosky), from
puparia found in robin nest; WEST VIRGINIA: Natrium, July 3, 1961 (H. M.
Kulman), from puparia found in tent of eastern tent caterpillar Malacosoma
americanum (Fabr.); SOUTH CAROLINA: Clemson, December 8 and 14,
1966 (J. A. Payne), reared from pig carcass in tree—GrorcE C. STEYSKAL,
Entomology Research Division, ARS, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash-
ington, D. C. 20560.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967 QAI
TWO NEW METALLIC SPECIES OF HELINA FROM CHILE
(DieTeRA: Muscripse )*
H. Ropnery Donce, 385 Johnson Hall, Washington State University,
Pullman, Washington
In limited Chilean material from various sources two apparently new
metallic Phaoniines have been found which seem best referred to
Helina, though neither agrees fully with Malloch (1934) or other
diagnoses of that genus.
Helina violescens, New Species
Length 7 mm. A blackish fly with thorax blue-black and abdomen blue-green.
Legs black; eyes bare; squamae dark; parafacials and lunule silvery pollinose; 4
posterior dorsocentral bristles.
Male.—Front 0.13 of head width; frontal rows of about 10 pairs, the upper
3 or 4 hair-like; frontal vitta velvety black, broadened to lunule; parafrontals
linear, dark pollinose; ocellar bristles very strong, proclinate; verticals undiffer-
entiated; parafacials narrow, silvery pollinose; eyes bare; antennae black, seg-
ment 3 is 1.4 as long as 2; arista long, minutely pubescent; clypeus with antennal
depressions; vibrissae slightly above oral margin; cheeks black, 0.2 of head height;
occiput black-haired. Palpi black, slender.
Thorax shining blue-black, with 2 faint pollinose vittae on anterior half of
notum. Chaetotaxy: Acrostichals 3:1; dorsocentrals 3:4; intraalars 1:2; supraalars
1:2-3 (prealar strong); humerals 3; notopleurals 2, posterior callus 2; scutellars
3 marginal, 1 small discal, some setules laterally outside the marginal bristles;
propleuron bare; prosternum bare; metasternum bare; pteropleuron and_ hypo-
pleuron bare; beret hairs 1—2; sternopleurals 1:2 to 2:3; postalar declivity bare;
infrasquamals none. Spiracles black. Wing hyaline, veins bare, dark brown;
vein 3 ends in wing apex; vein 4 straight, posterior cross vein sinuous; costal spine
vestigial; basicosta and epaulet black; squamae blackish, the margins darker;
lower lobe extends 0.75 beyond upper. Halters black. Legs black. Middle tibia
with 2 small posterior bristles and none on anterior side; hind tibia lacks calcar,
but with a very long, erect PD at apical fourth and 2 AD, 2 AV bristles.
Abdomen shining, blue-green, with scattered erect bristles on the sides of
third and disc of fourth segments; venter black-haired; 1st sternum bare. Fifth
sternum with a small notch; genital segments small, retracted.
Female.—Similar to male in most respects. Front slightly narrowed to vertex,
which is 0.33 of head width; ocellars more divergent; ocellar triangle large,
reaching half way to lunule; inner and outer verticals well developed; orbital
bristles absent; frontal rows of about 8 pair of bristles; parafrontals setulose; para-
facials glabrous on upper half; costal spine longer, double in allotype, vestigial
in most paratypes; tibial bristles identical to the male.
Type Series—Holotype male, Las Condes, Santiago Prov., Chile,
Oct. 6-12, 1958 (Luis Peas); Allotype and two male, one female para-
1 Scientific paper No. 2621, Washington Agricultural Experiment Station;
Project No. 9043.
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types, “Concep(cion), 1.Oct.(19)55, J. A. Coll.”; 1 female, Quintero,
Oct. 15, 1951 (Maria Etcheverry ); 2 females, Angol, Chile, Nov. 9 and
Sept. 19, 1950 (D. Cataldo); 1 female, Quillota, Valparaiso Prov.,
Chile, Dec. 30, 1954 (Luis Pefias); 5 males, Barrancas, Santiago, Chile,
Mar. 14, 1955 (Luis Pefas); 2 males, 21 females, Dalcahue, Chiloe
Prov., Chile, lat. 42°23’, Feb. 10-20, 1957 (Luis Peas); one male,
Maullin, Chile. Holotype, allotype and paratypes at Washington State
University; paratypes to be sent to Prof. Jorge Artigas, Univ. of
Concepcion; Prof. Maria Etchevvery and the U. S. National Museum.
This species keys to Helina (part) in Couplet 5b of Snyder (1940)
because the hypopleuron is bare; however the presence of setules
about the posterior notopleural bristle and on the outer margin of
the scutellum would exclude it from that group in couplet 4. In
Malloch’s key (1934) it runs to viola Malloch, but differs by the bare
eyes, hyaline wings and smaller size. If the PD bristle of the hind
tibia is interpreted to be the calcar, this species runs to Euphaonia ful-
vohumeralis Malloch, which is obviously different. It seems better to
refer it to Helina, at least for the present.
Three of the five Barrancas males have the wings deeply yellowed
but do not appear to differ otherwise. Some specimens may have
three pairs of postsutural acrostichals, but only the prescutellar pair
is strong.
Helina veniseta, New Species
Length 7 mm. Superficially very similar to the preceeding species but lunule
and parafacials with blackish pollen, cruciate interfrontals present, acrostichals
2:3, all very strong, notopleuron with scattered setules about both bristles and
vein 3 setulose.
Female.—Head black; eyes extremely sparsely and minutely spiculose. Front
parallel-sided, 0.33 of head width; frontal rows of 9-10 pair, the upper 2 pair
reclinate; frontal vitta broad, velvety black, with a pair of cruciate interfrontals
and the ocellar triangle reaching about 0.33 to lunule from the anterior ocellus;
ocellar and vertical bristles very strong; no orbitals; parafrontals narrow, with
a row of black setules; parafacials wider, polished on upper half, blackish pollinose
below; antennae black, segment 3 is 1.4 as long as segment 2; arista very minutely
pubescent to tip; vibrissa as in preceeding species; cheek 0.25 of head height;
cheek, metacephalon and occiput entirely black-haired; palpi black, slightly
swollen; haustellum short. The antennal axis is 0.64 and vibrissal axis 0.63 of the
head height.
Thorax bluish-black, faintly dusted along front margin; acrostichals 2:3; dorso-
centrals 2:4; intraalars 1:2; supraalars 1:3, the prealar subequal to the posterior
notopleural; humerals 3; notopleurals 2 plus many setules; posterior callus 2;
scutellars 3 strong marginals and a weaker basal, 2-3 discals; propleuron and
prosternum bare; sternopleurals 2:2; pteropleuron setuled on posterior half; hypo-
pleuron setuled before the spiracle, bare below; beret hairs present; infrasquamals
absent. Posterior spiracle large, oval, without bristles in lower margin; supra-
spiracular convexity equal in size and shape to the spiracle, pilose. Legs black;
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hind tibia with erect PD at apical fifth and 2 AD and 2-3 AV at about middle;
hind femur with complete AD and AV rows; middle tibia with 3 P, no PV bristles;
middle femur with a complete PV row, the basal 2-3 stout and erect; anterior
tibia with only one outstanding bristle, dorsal and subapical. Wing hyaline,
veins dark; vein 3 with dorsal setules at base, extending half way to the cross
vein, ventrally bare on node, followed by 3 small setules, visible on one wing
only; vein 3 apically rather strongly bowed; vein 4 straight on apical section;
remigium bare; costal spine vestigial; basicosta and epaulet black; squama blackish
with black margins, the lower lobe subtriangularly rounded, projecting about
halfway beyond the upper lobe; halters black.
Abdomen shining blue, the 4th segment concolorous, with scattered, erect hairs.
Venter black-haired, the first sternum bare.
Male.—Unknown.
Holotype.—Female, Las Condes, Santiago Prov., Chile, Oct. 6-12,
1958 (Luis Penas), at Washington State University.
The setulose vein 3 would exclude this species from Helina. How-
ever, in Malloch’s key it does not fully agree with Myiospila because
vein 4 is straight nor with Hydrotaea because of the absence of a
proclinate orbital bristle, so it would key falteringly to Helina. Its
resemblance to violescens may be more than superficial. In Curran’s
(1934, 1965) Manual it runs to Mydaea, but it is excluded from that
genus by the presence of anterior acrostichal and female interfrontal
bristles. If keyed past Helina in Malloch it differs from the metallic
Darwinomyia by the eye not conspicuously pilose, the presence of
hypopleural hairs and absence of PV bristles on the middle tibia; from
Euphaonia fulvohumeralis Malloch by the clavate palpi, from Psilo-
chaeta by the presence of cruciate interfrontals in the female and from
Brachygasterina by the hypopleural hairs. Furthermore, all of these
genera are stated in Malloch’s key to have vein 3 bare.
Helina violescens and veniseta do not agree with any of the metal-
lic Muscidae described from Argentina by Shannon and del Ponte
(1926). In Albuquerque’s (1952) key to metallic Neotropical Phaoni-
inae they run best to Brachygasterina and differ from Xenomorellia
Malloch and Dasymorellia Malloch by the remigium bare.
LITERATURE CITED
Albuquerque, D. de O. 1952. Sobre alguns generos metalicos de Phaoninae
neotropicais e descrigao de uma Xenomorellia nova (Diptera: Musicidae).
Bol. Mus. Nac. (Zool.) no. 116: 1—(21).
Curran, C. H. 1934, 1965. The families and genera of North American Diptera.
Ist ed., 1934, priv. publ., 512 pp.; 2nd ed., 1965, Henry Tripp, N. Y., 515 pp.
Malloch, J. R. 1934. Muscidae. Dipt. Patagonia and S. Chile (Brit. Mus.
[Nat. Hist.]), pt. 7, fasc. 2: 171-346.
Shannon, R. C., and E. Del Ponte. 1926. Sinopsis parcial de los Muscideos
Argentinos. Rev. Inst. Bacteriol. (Dept. Nac. Hig.) 4: (1)-44, pls. 1-2.
Snyder, F. C. 1940. New and little known tropical Helina Desvoidy, allied to
Ariciella Malloch (Diptera: Muscidae). Am. Mus. Novitates no. 1060: 1-9.
244 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967
SYNONYMY IN THE LYGAEIDAE
( HEMIPTERA )*
James A. SLATER, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University
of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Syzygitis reflexa Bergroth, 1921. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 61:165.
The taxonomic position of this monotypic genus has been an enigma
for many years. Bergroth related it to Polychisme and Scudder (1962.
Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. Lond. 114:193) suggested that the two genera
were “most probably” congeneric.
In the Helsinki Museum is a female of Polychisme poecilus (Spinola )
which certainly is the type specimen of Syzygitis reflexa. It fits the
Bergroth description in every particular and the locality data (“Chile,
Concepe. (P. Herbst)” ) is identical. A holotype label has been placed
on this specimen. Syzygitis is here formally placed as a junior synonym
of Polychisme and S. reflexa a junior synonym of P. poecilus. New
synonymy.
The key to the two species of Polychisme given by Scudder (1962)
is inaccurate as in a series of thirty-two specimens of poecilus from
Chile the variation in number of corial punctures covers the entire
range of numbers used by Scudder to differentiate poecilus from the
Central American ferruginosus (Stal).
P. poecilus, like most other ischnorhynchines, is usually found in the
macropterous condition. I have in my collection, however, a series of
six specimens that I take to be conspecific with poecilus that are
strongly coleopteroid, with the clavus and corium distinct and the lat-
ter strongly broadened and rounded laterally, more convex dorsally,
and with the apical corial angle extending back to the antero-lateral
corner of abdominal tergum seven. The membrane is thus correspond-
ingly small, although attaining the apex of the abdomen. Such coleop-
teroid conditions are frequently associated with relatively stable
habitats and/or old stable land areas, and in the present case would
seem to have great zoogeographic significance as these insects ap-
parently are associated with Nothophagus in Chile.
Lethaeus simpsoni Bergroth, 1912. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8):10:195.
This species was originally described from “Badagri, Southern
Nigeria (J. J. Simpson).” As usual Bergroth did not indicate type
specimens or so label his material. However, the Helsinki Museum
possesses a male specimen with the above locality data plus “1910-213.,
1-2-10”, and the scientific name in Bergroth’s handwriting. This is cer-
1 This work was supported by a grant in aid from the National Science Founda-
tion.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967 245
tainly the type specimen and a red holotype label has been placed on
the pin.
L. simpsoni, despite Bergroth’s statement that it is “very distinct in
several characters” appears to me to be indistinguishable from Lethaeus
africanus Dallas, and is here formally synonymized. New synonymy.
Apteroloides Slater, 1964. South African Animal Life 10:60-61.
Unfortunately the five year period that the above paper was in press
has resulted in a case of synonymy. The genus Apteroloides was de-
scribed with Aspilocoryphus signatus Distant 1918 as type species and
also included Apterola angusticollis Lindberg 1939. Seidenstucker
(1964. Reichenbachia 2:56:199-207) described the genus Stenaptula
with Apterola angusticollis Lindberg as type species. Since Seidenstuck-
er’s paper appeared in January of 1964 it has priority and Apteroloides
Slater becomes a junior synonym of Stenaptula Seidenstucker. New
synonymy.
Blissus obscurus Slater, 1964. South African Animal Life 10:102.
This specific name is a junior homonym of Blissus doriae obscurus
Reuter (1888. Rev. d'Ent. 7:223) described from Greece. I propose,
therefore, the name Blissus latoides new name to replace Blissus ob-
scurus Slater, preoccupied.
Lasiosomus bellus Slater, 1964. South African Animal Life 10:159.
Again the press time of my South African paper appears to have
resulted in a case of synonymy. L. bellus had originally appeared in my
manuscript as L. minutus, but was changed to bellus in the galley (by
oversight it still appeared as minutus in the key) due to the appearance
of the description of a Lasiosomus minutus by Scudder (1962. Mus.
Roy. Afr. Cent. Sci. Zool. N. 110, p. 423). It now appears to me that
bellus is actually synonymous with Lasiosomus minutus Scudder and
the former becomes a junior synonym. New synonymy.
Naphiellus Scudder, 1962. Can. Ent. 94:982.
This genus was described by Scudder for Aphanus latus Distant
from India. Slater (1964. S. Afr. Animal Life 10:189) synonymized
latus with Rhyparochromus dilutus Horvath 1892. Therefore the cor-
rect name for the taxon should be Naphiellus dilutus (Horvath).
Pachymerus crudelis Haglund, 1895. Ofv. Vet. Akad. Forh. 7:462-3.
This species was originally described by Haglund in the omnibus
genus Pachymerus and subsequently placed in Lachnophoroides by
Distant (1918. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9):2:260). However, this latter
genus is said by Distant 1920 to pertain to the Oxycareninae. (I have
not seen the type species L. ornatipennis Distant 1914 from New Cale-
donia.) Crudelis Haglund is a rhyparochromine and belongs to the
genus Dieuches.
246 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967
THE NEARCTIC DORYCTINAE, IV. NOTES ON THE GENUS
DENDROSOTER WESMAEL AND DESCRIPTION OF
ONE NEW SPECIES
(HYMENOPTERA, BRACONIDAE )
Paut M. Marsu, Entomology Research Division, ARS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20560
Muesebeck (1938) revised the genus Dendrosoter for the United
States, discussing generic synonymy and providing a key to the four
known species. The present paper provides additional distribution
records for two species and a description of a new one from the south-
western United States. The records listed below are in addition to
those found in the Hymenoptera Catalogue (Muesebeck and Walkley,
1951) and its two supplements (Muesebeck, 1958 and 1967).
Dendrosoter protuberans (Nees )
Bracon protuberans Nees, 1834, p. 121.
This species is being studied in Michigan and Ohio as a potential
control agent for Scolytus multistriatus (Marsham), the smaller Euro-
pean elm bark beetle. It is listed here in the likely event that it will
become established in the United States. In Muesebeck’s key (1938,
p. 282), protuberans will run to couplet 3 and agrees most closely with
integer Muesebeck. However, the males of protuberans are easily rec-
ognized by their swollen third segment of the maxillary palpus and by
the short stigma in the hindwing (fig. 1); the females are distinguished
by the shorter malar space which is less than one-half of the eye height.
Dendrosoter suleatus Muesebeck
Dendrosoter sulcatus Muesebeck, 1938, p. 284.
I have seen specimens from Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
New York. This species has previously been recorded from Florida,
North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Wisconsin, and Texas.
The range of sulcatus is probably throughout the states east of the
Great Plains.
Dendrosoter chansleri Marsh, n. sp.
Female.—Length 4.5 mm. Color dark brown except calli on head and basal
antennal segments which are lighter brown. Head cubicle; frons deeply excavated
between calli; temples and malar space equal to eye height; face, temples, and
vertex finely rugulopunctate, frons rugolose with a weak median longitudinal
carina from antennae to median ocellus; calli strongly rugose; antennae 25 seg-
mented, inner edge of first and second flagellar segments concave, length of first
flagellar segment nearly equal to second. Mesonotal lobes granular; notauli deep,
meeting before scutellar furrow in a wide coarsely rugose area; mesopleural disc
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967 QA7
Fig. 1. Dendrosoter protuberans (Nees), fore and hindwings, ¢.
Fig. 2. D. chansleri Marsh, n. sp., fore and hindwings, °.
finely reticulate; mesopleural furrow shallow, foveolate, slightly longer than
one-half width of mesopleuron; scutellar furrow deep, with numerous cross carinae;
scutellar disc granular; propodeum entirely rugose, carinae definite only on apical
edge. Wings maculated, venation as in fig. 2. Hind coxae coarsely striate. First
abdominal tergum as long as apical width, longitudinally striate, without a definite
raised median area; tergum (2+ 3) longitudinally striate on basal one-third; re-
mainder of abdominal terga smooth; ovipositor a little longer than abdomen.
Male.—Unknown.
Holotype Female—NEW MEXICO: Lincoln National Forest, J. F.
Chansler, Hopk. U.S. 37240-G, Pinus ponderosa, in association with
Dendroctonus adjunctus. USNM 68927.
Paratypes.—3 ? ?, same data as holotype; all deposited in U.S.
National Museum.
This species runs to integer in Muesebeck’s key but differs in its
larger size, color, coarser sculpturing, larger rugose area where notauli
meet, deeper notauli, wing maculations rather than cross bands, more
convex scutellum, and lack of definite carinae on the propodeum.
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Muesebeck, C. F. W. 1938. The genus Dendrosoter Wesmael in the United
States. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 40:281—287.
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America North of Mexico. Synoptic Catalogue. First Supplement. U.S. Dept.
Agr., Agr. Monogr. 2:18-36.
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Muesebeck, C. F. W. and L. M. Walkley. 1951. Family Braconidae. in C. F.
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248 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967
ADDITIONAL SYNONYMIES WITHIN THE AMBLYCERAN BIRD LICE
(MALLOPHAGA )*
Rocer D. Price® and K. C. EMERsSON®
During the past year a number of new synonymies within the bird
lice have come to our attention. These are as follows:
Colpocephalum aculeatum Piaget, 1885, Pediculines Suppl.: 121.
Colpocephalum olivaceae Price and Beer, 1965, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 58: 119.
New synonymy.
Piaget’s species was based on a 6 ( Piaget Collection slide 1121 at the
British Museum (Natural History) ) supposedly from a specimen of
Columba iriditorques Cassin in the Museum de Leide. Subsequently,
Hopkins and Clay (1952) stated that C. aculeatum was actually from
some member of the Psittaciformes and they placed it in Psittacomeno-
pon. Recent study has shown that C. aculeatum and C. olivaceae are
conspecific, with the true host probably being Lampribis olivacea, a
ciconiiform and the type-host of C. olivaceae. Coincidentally, Piaget
(1885) also described Laemobothrion pallidum from the same host
species as that for C. olivaceae, to substantiate that he had material
available from that host.
Colpocephalum angolensis Price and Beer, 1963, Can. Ent. 95: 750.
Colpocephalum angolensis Tendeiro, 1964, Ann. Mus. Roy. l’Afr. Cent., Ser. 8, No.
132: 171. New synonymy.
This is a situation in which the same name was given in 2 separate
descriptions for what is obviously the same species of louse.
Colpocephalum heterosoma Piaget, 1880, Pediculines: 572.
Colpocephalum poopoensis Carriker, 1956, Rev. Brasil. Ent. 5: 140. New synon-
ymy.
Carriker (1956) described both C. heterosoma boliviana and C. poo-
poensis from specimens of a single series taken from Phoenicopterus
chilensis Molina. Price and Beer (1965a), without examination of the
types, were able to determine that C. heterosoma boliviana was a
synonym; and that C. poopoensis was also probably a synonym of C.
heterosoma. We have now studied Carriker’s type-series of both, in-
cluding the holotype é of each (USNM 68655 and 68656, respectively ),
and believe they are morphologically inseparable from C. heterosoma
found on P. antiquorum Temminck. Clay (1951) has pointed out the
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Station, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101.
2 Department of Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife, University of Minnesota,
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101.
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great amount of variation within ¢ ¢ of C. heterosoma; Carriker’s holo-
type of C. heterosoma boliviana is a specimen of the “small” form and
his holotype of C. poopoensis is one of the “large” form. To add further
to his confusion, Carriker included both a “small” and a “large” form
within his paratypes of C. poopoensis. The é genitalia as illustrated by
Carriker (1956: Figs. 24, 26, 27), and upon which he placed consider-
able importance, are actually inseparable, the differences as shown
either being due to his interpretation or to an oversight of parts.
Colpocephalum nanum Piaget, 1890, Tijdschr. Ent. 33: 257.
Neocolpocephalum buteonis Eichler, 1954, in Bach and Eichler, Monatsch. f.
Veterinarmed. 9: 13. New synonymy.
Price and Beer (1963) placed N. buteonis as a species sedis incertae
due to its unrecognizable description. We recently obtained from the
Zoologisches Museum of Hamburg 3 ¢ paratypes of N. buteonis (WEC
1748a, WEC 4072ab, WEC 4072v), all of which are typical C. nanum.
The illustration of the dorsal ? terminalia by Eichler (Bach and Eichler,
1954: Fig. 1) is misleading and must either represent a misinterpreta-
tion of certain details or possibly a distorted specimen. Since these 3
2 Qare the only specimens of the type-series known to be available for
study, since they bear the same collection data as the holotype, and
since they are from Buteo buteo (L.), a bird commonly infested with
C. nanum, we can only conclude that N. buteonis is a junior synonym
of C. nanum.
Colpocephalum napiforme Rudow, 1869, Z. Naturwiss. 34: 395.
Colpocephalum heterospizium Carriker, 1963, Mem. Soc. Cien. Natur. La Salle
23: 15. New synonymy.
A @ paratype from the same collection as the holotype @ is inseparable
from C. napiforme; the illustration of the 4 genitalia by Carriker (1963:
Plate III, Fig. 3a) may likewise be construed as being similar to those
of C. napiforme.
Colpocephalum pectinatum Osborn, 1902, Ohio Nat. 2: 201.
Colpocephalum ictiniae Carriker, 1963, Mem. Soc. Cien. Natur. La Salle 23: 13.
New synonymy.
The type-series of C. ictiniae composed of the ¢ holotype (USNM
68759), ¢ allotype, and 3 2 paratypes supposedly from a single collec-
tion from Ictinia plumbea (Gmelin), a falconiform, are all typical owl
Colpocephalum and compare favorably with material we have seen of
C. pectinatum.
Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus (Boisduval and Lacordaire, 1835), Faune Ent. En-
virons Paris: 123.
Ciconiphilus pilherodii Carriker, 1964, Rev. Brasil. Biol. 24: 102. New synonymy.
Ciconiphilus agami Carriker, 1964, Rev. Brasil. Biol. 24: 103. New synonymy.
250 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, No. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967
A study of the 2 holotype (USNM 68869), 4 allotype, and a @ para-
type of C. pilherodii and the ¢ holotype (USNM 68870) and ¢ allotype
of C. agami has shown both series to agree well with specimens of C.
decimfasciatus as delimited by Price and Beer (1965b).
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838), Handb. Ent. 2: 438.
Colpocephalum sphenorhynchus Tendeiro, 1964, Ann. Mus. Roy. l’Afr. Cent., Ser.
8, No. 132: 173. New synonymy.
Specimens from Sphenorhynchus abdimii (Lichtenstein), the type-
host of C. sphenorhynchus, have been examined previously (Price and
Beer, 1965b) and found to be conspecific with C. quadripustulatus.
These specimens agree well with the description of C. sphenorhynchus.
Cuculiphilus (Aegypiphilus) gypsis Eichler, 1944, Dtsch. Ent. Z. 1943: 57.
Aegypiphilus contrastus Eichler and Zlotorzycka, 1963, Acta Parasitol. Polonica 11:
216. New synonymy.
Aegypiphilus secundus Eichler and Zlotorzycka, 1963, Acta Parasitol. Polonica 11:
217. New synonymy.
Scharf and Price (1965) discussed their reluctance to render an
opinion on these names in view of material seen to that time. Since
then, however, we have obtained for study the holotype ? of A. con-
trastus and the holotype é of A. secundus. We have found no signifi-
cant differences between the ¢ holotype and only specimen known to
date of C. gypsis and ¢ ¢ of A. contrastus and no significant differences
between the ¢ holotype and only specimen known to date of A. secundus
and é @ of A. contrastus. Eichler and Zlotorzycka (1963) unfortunately
provided no adequate separating characteristics for these lice; as a re-
sult, we feel there is now no longer justification for recognizing these
as separate species.
Kurodaia caputonis (Carriker, 1966), Amer. Midl. Nat. 76: 77.
Conciella clamatori Carriker, 1966, Amer. Midl. Nat. 76: 78. New synonymy.
Conciella setosa Carriker, 1966, Amer. Midl. Nat. 76: 79. New synonymy.
Conciella glaucidiae Carriker, 1966, Amer. Midl. Nat. 76: 79. New synonymy.
Carriker (1966) described the above 4 species of Conciella consecu-
tively. We have studied his type-series, including the holotype of each,
and can find no means for separating them. Presumed differences
cited in the descriptions are attributable primarily to distortions in the
handling of the specimens. These specimens are extremely close to
Kurodaia crassiceps (Piaget), and may eventually prove inseparable,
but K. caputonis, with dimensions generally slightly smaller and with
a narrower, more clearly defined, somewhat pointed penis, is main-
tained here as a distinct species, with page priority over the 3 junior
synonyms.
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Laemobothrion maximum (Scopoli, 1763), Ent. Carniolica: 382.
Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) grandiculus Tendeiro, 1964, Ann. Mus. Roy.
l Afr. Cent., Ser. 8, No. 132: 185. New synonymy.
No reliable difference has been demonstrated between specimens of
Laemobothrion from Buteo rufofuscus (J. R. Forster), the type-host of
L. grandiculus, and other series considered to represent L. maximum
(see Nelson and Price, 1965).
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NEOPARENTIA, A NEW GENUS OF AMERICAN DOLICHOPODIDAE
(DirTEra )
Haroip Rosinson, Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
During the century since the recognition of Sympycnus Loew, the
genus has been relatively ill-defined and has been easily confused with
other genera in various subfamilies such as Symbolia (Diaphorinae),
Stolidosoma (Stolidosominae), and Peloropeodes (Rhaphiinae). The
most critical efforts have left a large and variable genus, and attempts
at further subdivision have depended excessively on characters limited
to the male sex. Only recently it has been possible to clarify the status
of one very natural and uniform segregate genus, Calyxochaetus, which
differs from Sympycnus by the lack of hairs on the scutellum (Robin-
son, 1964).
Collecting in southern Mexico I have found a number of species of
Sympycninae which lack hairs on the scutellum but otherwise in no
way resemble Calyxochaetus. These species all possess long thread-
like hypopygial lamellae, a character that led Parent (1954) to de-
scribe a related species from Costa Rica as a Nematoproctus. For these
species I propose the recognition of the following new genus.
Neoparentia, gen. nov.
Setae mostly black. Face very narrow, usually with eyes contiguous near the
middle in the male; front broad, broader above, mostly metallic greenish or bluish;
palpi small; proboscis brownish; antennal segment 1 bare above, segment 2 trun-
cate apically, segment 3 with arista dorsal; lower orbital setae uniseriate, pale.
Mesoscutum not flattened posteriorly; acrostichals uniseriate; 6 pairs of dorso-
centrals; 2 scutellars, scutellum without hairs; proepisternum with only a few pale
setae above. Middle and hind coxae with an external bristle; mid femur with both
anterior and posterior preapical; hind femur with 1 or 2 preapicals anteriorly; front
metatarsus of male not shortened. Wing elongate oval: veins 3 and 4 nearly
straight and parallel to noticeably divergent beyond the crossvein; last part of vein
5 distinctly longer than crossvein; vein 6 represented by slight fold. Abdomen
cylindrical in male, 6 tergites visible; hypopygium small usually rather globose,
placed on tip of abdomen; lamellae filliform.
Type species, Neoparentia bisetosa sp. n.
The various hypopygia of Neoparentia are highly divergent in form
but in no case show the conical shape that is typical of Calyxochaetus.
Neither are the hypopygial lamellae short and inconspicuous as in that
genus. In addition, Calyxochaetus usually has a shining violet front
(obscured by pollen in C. nodatus), and usually has the front meta-
tarsus of the male shortened (not shortened in C. metatarsalis). The
face of Neoparentia is narrower in both sexes, % as wide below as
high in the female compared % or more as wide below as high in the
female of Calyxochaetus.
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The new genus contains two rather different elements, the smaller
species showing little superficial resemblance to the larger ones. Ap-
parently Neoparentia is itself a complex showing considerable evolu-
tionary divergence.
KEY TO THE SPECIES OF Neoparentia
1. Abdominal tergites 2 and 3 yellow on the side; sternite 5 sometimes with a
pair of stout rodlike setae; hypopygial capsule forming a pair of long
slender projections on the forward end; length usually 3 mm or more —__ 2
Abdominal tergites wholly dark, sternite 5 without rodlike setae; hypopygial
capsule blunt or with only short projections on the forward end; length
Fesshthiameoerninn 2 eee woes ctr val gener ere Rune ere Vek TE eRe ee oe Bate ae! 4
2. Metepimeron yellow; abdominal sternite 5 without large rodlike setae (Costa
[RUG aces BS pt ee RS ed GP all, oA Ripe oe RE Rem Dyleie Peele SS bicolor (Parent )
Metepimeron dark; abdominal sternite 5 of male with large rodlike setae —__ 3
3. Length 2-3 mm; second joint of male fore tarsus somewhat thickened
QU@ ali Oriel) ee ae ee ere ee ee caudata (Van Duzee)
Length 3-3.5 mm; fore tarsus of male plain (Oaxaca, Chiapas)
aS ESI TE Ere ee Ree ld RY Daye Se, SN Se ES _____ bisetosa sp. n.
4. Palpus white; acrostichals sparse or lacking posteriorly; wing of male with
tip deformed, veins 3 and 4 strongly diverging apically (Oaxaca, Chia-
[04 (Si) eae ae ee ne a SR nn Oe NS oe deformis sp. n.
Palpus dark; acrostichals distinctly reaching onto posterior slope; wing of
male not greatly deformed, veins 3 and 4 hardly diverging apically 5
5. Hind tibia with two anterodorsals; male fore tarsus with last joints modified,
usually folded against each other (Oaxaca, Chiapas) tarsalis sp. n.
Hind tibia with only one anterodorsal; fore tarsus plain 6
6. Lower pleural surface yellow; wing veins 3 and 4 slightly diverging apically
((@ostagRicar) sae ten 2. Be, Pere Te See Ae ee le ee schildi sp. n.
Pleura totally dark; wing veins 3 and 4 parallel apically (Oaxaca, Chia-
PES) ere aes a AS as Ne Rg el Ne obseura sp. n.
Neoparentia bisetosa sp. n.
(Figs. 1, 2)
Male.—Length 3.4 mm; wing 3.2 mm by 1.1 mm.
Face long and narrow with eyes nearly contiguous in lower half, gradually wider
above, covered with yellowish-white pollen; front metallic bluish with slight yel-
lowish pollen. Palpus pale. Antenna brown, first and part of second segment
yellow, first rather narrow; second segment very short; third segment about as
long as wide, rounded apically; arista basal.
Mesonotum metallic greenish dulled with yellow pollen, darker lines following
rows of bristles, grayer pollen on sides; metepimeron mostly darkened, pale below.
Acrostichals reaching onto posterior slope.
Legs mostly yellow; distal joints of tarsi, tip of hind femur and tibia, and all of
hind tarsus dark; setae mostly black, pale setae anteriorly on fore and middle coxae
and ventrally on femora. Middle femur with a row of short erect black setae near
base on posteroventral surface; middle tibia with large anterodorsal and postero-
dorsal near basal fourth, anterodorsal and crest of about eight ventrals near distal
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pygium. Fig. 3, bicolor (Parent), hypopygium (after Parent, 1954). Figs. 4-5,
deformis sp. n.: 4, hypopygium; 5, wing. Fig. 6, obscura sp. n., hypopygium.
Figs. 7-10, tarsalis sp. n.: 7—8, fore tarsi; 9, hypopygium; 10, wing. Fig. 11,
schildi sp. n., hypopygium.
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third, one subapical ventrally, two or three apicals; hind tibia with two antero-
dorsals, five or more posterodorsals, five or more indistinct ventrals, four apicals.
Lengths of joints of fore tarsus from base as 9-5-4-3-2; middle tarsus as 12-7-6-4-3;
hind tarsus as 8-12-8-5-4.
Wing slightly brownish tinged; third and fourth veins curving slightly back-
wards and converging slightly toward the tip, essentially parallel at the tip, cross-
vein about half as long as last of fifth vein; anal margin slightly but distinctly
rounded. Tip of calypter dark, its setae and the halter pale.
Abdomen very elongate; second and third segment yellow with brown fore and
hind margins, other segments brown; setae mostly black; fifth sternite bearing a
pair of long stiff blunt bristles.
Female face wider, as wide as third antennal segment, covered with gray pol-
len; all segments of antennae short, third wider than long. Middle femur without
distinct posteroventrals; middle tibia with only two ventrals, one near basal and
one near distal third. Anal margin of wing slightly more prominent.
Holotype male, allotype female, three male and ten female paratypes,
from around puddles on trail, ridge above Pueblo Nuevo, Chiapas,
Mexico, Dec. 24, 1962. Two female paratypes, from small pool in pine
forest, near crest of Sierra Juarez above Ixtlan de Juarez, Oaxaca,
Mexico, May 19, 1963. Holotype and allotype in U.S. National Mu-
seum, others presently in the author’s collection.
The species is the largest in size of those now known in the genus.
The pair of rod-like appendages on the venter of the abdomen are
rather distinctive, but recently Harmston and Miller (1966) have called
attention to such structures in the following apparently related species
from the Western United States.
Neoparentia caudata (Van Duzee) comb. n.
Sympycnus caudatus Van Duzee, 1917, Can. Ent. 49: 338.
Parasyntormon caudatum (Van Duzee) Harmston and Miller, 1966, Proc. Ent.
Soc. Wash. 68: 92.
This California species differs from N. bisetosa by the smaller size,
2-3 mm, the more restricted yellow coloration at the base of the abdo-
men, and the somewhat thickened second joint of the fore tarsus.
Harmston and Miller (1966) call attention to the paired setae on the
venter of the abdomen which are similar to those in many species of
Parasyntormon. According to the illustration by Van Duzee (1930)
the antenna of his species is of a Sympycnus or Neoparentia type and
completely unlike Parasyntormon. Van Duzee describes the hypo-
pygial lamellae as very long, yellow, fringed with long hairs. Though
such lamellae are found in the genus Sympycnus, apparently paired
rod-like setae on the abdominal sternites are not. Pubescence of the
scutellum has not yet been noted.
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Neoparentia bicolor (Parent) comb. n.
(Fig. 3)
Nematoproctus bicolor Parent, 1954, Beitr. Ent. 4: 223.
The species is most obviously distinct from Nematoproctus by the lack of numer-
ous long pale hairs on the upper part of the proepisternum. Of particular note in
Parent’s (1954) original description are the following:
Length 3.0 mm; palpus creamy white, antenna yellow; a single series of acros-
tichals; metepimeron, coxae, abdominal segments 2 and 3 and sides of 4 and 5
yellow; middle femur with series of 3—4 rigid setae ventrally near the base, middle
tibia with 2 setae of remarkable length ventrally in the apical part; setae of
calypter black.
Neoparentia deformis sp. n.
(Figs. 4, 5)
Male.—Length 2.8-3.0 mm; wing 3.6 mm by 1.3 mm.
Face long and narrow, gradually wider above, covered with yellowish-white
pollen; front with metallic bluish ground color nearly obscured by dense yellowish-
brown pollen. Palpus white with white hairs which are more prominent apically.
First two antennal segments yellowish, third segment brown; first segment long
and narrow; second very short; third longer than wide, triangular, rounded basally;
arista nearly basal.
Mesonotum metallic bluish nearly obscured by dense yellowish brown pollen;
pleural surface dark with grayish pollen, lower half of metepisternum yellow. A
series of acrostichal setae anteriorly, posteriorly acrostichals sparse or lacking.
Legs almost wholly yellow, hind tarsus dark distally; setae mostly black, some
pale setae anteriorly on fore and middle coxae and ventrally on femora. Middle
tibia with antero- and posterodorsal near basal third, anterodorsal and ventral
near distal third, four apicals; hind tibia with one anterodorsal, about four postero-
dorsals, two or three small ventrals, four apicals. Lengths of joints of fore tarsus
from base as 10-4-3-2-2; middle tarsus as 11-5-4-2-2; hind tarsus as 6-7-4-2-2.
Wing clear, broadly rounded and slightly crinkled apically; third vein curving
gradually forward near the tip, fourth curving gradually backward near tip and
prominently divergent from third; crossvein three-fourths as long as last of fifth
vein; anal margin slightly but distinctly rounded. Tip of calypter dark, its setae
pale; knob of halter slightly to distinctly brownish.
Abdomen very elongate, drooping, brown; hypopygium small for the genus.
Female face as wide as antenna, grayish; third antennal segment only about as
long as wide, subacute; hind tibia with three or four rather distinct ventrals;
third and fourth wing veins only slightly divergent at tips, anal margin slightly
more prominent.
Holotype male, allotype female, and eight male paratypes, from
small pool in pine forest, near crest of Sierra Juarez above Ixtlan de
Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico, May 19, 1963. One female paratype, by
puddles on trail, ridge above Pueblo Nuevo, Chiapas, Mexico, Dec. 24,
1962. Holotype and allotype in U.S. National Museum, others presently
in the author’s collection.
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Neoparentia obscura sp. n.
(Fig. 6)
Male.—Length 2.0 mm; wing 2.2 mm by 0.9 mm.
Face long and very narrow, almost obliterated in lower part, covered with yel-
lowish pollen; front metallic bluish dulled with grayish yellow pollen. Palpus
dark. First two segments of antenna yellowish, first narrow, second shorter and
broader; third segment brown, triangular, pointed, half again as long as wide;
arista basal.
Mesonotum metallic bluish green, dulled with grayish pollen anteriorly; pleura
brownish, lower half of metapisternum yellow. Acrostichals reaching onto pos-
terior slope.
Legs wholly yellow with setae black. Middle tibia with two rather long antero-
dorsals, first paired with a shorter posterodorsal near basal fourth, small ventral
near distal third, three apicals; hind tibia with one anterodorsal near base, three
or four shorter posterodorsals, two or three rather indistinct ventrals. Lengths of
joints of fore tarsus from base as 8-5-4-3-2; middle tarsus as 10-5-4-3-2; hind
tarsus as 5-7-5-3-3.
Wing clear; third and fourth veins nearly straight and essentially parallel be-
yond crossvein; crossvein about half as long as last of fifth vein; anal margin dis-
tinctly rounded. Tip of calypter and its setae black; knob of halter brown.
Abdomen slightly longer than thorax, brown.
Female face as wide as first antennal segment; antennal segments all short,
second shortest, third about as wide as long, rounded. Hind tibia with a series of
indistinct ventrals. Anal margin of wing slightly more prominent.
Holotype male, allotype female, five male and three female para-
types, on foliage in rain forest, near 100 km marker, Rt. 175 above Rio
Valle Nacional; five male and one female paratypes, near Rio Valle
Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico, May 16-18, 1963. One female paratype, near
Puerto Vientes above Pueblo Nuevo, Chiapas, Mexico, May 24, 1963.
Holotype and allotype in the U.S. National Museum, others presently
in the author's collection.
Neoparentia tarsalis sp. n.
(Figs. 7-10)
Male.—Length 2.0 mm; wing 2.2 mm by 0.9 mm.
Face long and very narrow, eyes contiguous near middle, face covered with
whitish pollen; front dark metallic bluish with slight brownish pollen. Palpus dark.
Antenna brown; first segment narrow, about as long as third; second shorter; third
slightly longer than wide, bluntly pointed; arista basal.
Mesonotum metallic bluish green dulled with brownish pollen, more grayish
on pleura; lower half of metapisternum yellow. Acrostichals reaching onto pos-
terior slope.
Legs wholly yellow with mostly black setae, some pale setae on anterior surface
of fore coxa and ventrally on femora. Middle tibia with an antero- and postero-
dorsal near basal third, anterodorsal and small ventral near distal third, four
apicals; hind tibia with two strong anterodorsals, five or more prominent postero-
dorsals, four or five small ventrals, four apicals. Lengths of joints of fore tarsus
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from base as 8-5-2-2-3, last three joints usually tightly folded; middle tarsus as
11-5-4-3-2; hind tarsus as 5-7-4-3-2.
Wing clear; third vein straight, fourth parallel with third for much of last part,
bending slightly backward near tip; crossvein about two-thirds as long as last of
fifth vein; anal margin slightly but distinctly rounded. Tip of calypter and its
setae black; knob of halter pale brown.
Abdomen very slightly longer than thorax, brown with slight yellow on side of
second tergite and venter.
Female face wider, as wide in middle as first antennal segment; antennal seg-
ments all short, second shortest, third about as wide as long, rounded. Ventrals
of hind tibia more prominent, joints of fore tarsus not folded. Anal margin of
wing slightly more prominent.
Holotype male, allotype female, six male and three female para-
types, on foliage in rain forest, above Rio Valle Nacional, Oaxaca,
Mexico, May 14-16, 1962; two male and one female paratypes, same
locality, Dec. 20-21, 1962; two male and two female paratypes, near
100 km marker, Rt. 175, Sierra Juarez above Rio Valle Nacional,
Oaxaca, Mexico, May 17-18, 1963. One male paratype, near Puerto
Vientes above Pueblo Nuevo, Chiapas, Mexico, May 24, 1963. Holo-
type and allotype in U.S. National Museum, others presently in the
author's collection.
The slightly divergent tips of the third and fourth wing veins seem
to indicate relationship to Neoparentia deformis, but that species has
a much more deformed wing and lacks the modified fore tarsus in the
male.
Neoparentia schildi sp. n.
(Fig; 11)
Male.—Length 2.5 mm; wing 2.7 mm by 1.0 mm.
Face long and narrow, gradually wider above, covered with grayish brown
pollen; front metallic bluish with slight brownish pollen. Palpus dark. Antenna
brown, first two segments rather yellowish; first segment narrow; second shorter
and wider; third half again as long as wide, triangular, bluntly pointed; arista
basal.
Mesonotum metallic bluish green dulled with brownish pollen; upper pleural
surface brownish with gray pollen, lower pleural surface and metapisternum yel-
lowish. Acrostichals reaching onto posterior slope.
Legs wholly yellow with mostly black setae, some pale setae anteriorly on fore
coxa and ventrally on femora. Middle tibia with antero- and posterodorsal near
basal third, anterodorsal and ventral near distal third, one or more rather slender
anteroventrals near tip, four apicals; hind tibia with one anterodorsal, about four
posterodorsals, two small ventrals, four apicals. Lengths of joints of fore tarsus
from base as 9-4-3-2-2; middle tarsus as 11-5-4-2-2; hind tarsus as 6-8-5-3-2.
Wing slightly brownish tinged, rather pointed at tip of fourth vein; third vein
straight, fourth vein slightly diverging from third near tip; crossvein two-thirds as
long as last of fifth vein; anal margin slightly but distinctly rounded. Tip of
calypter and its setae black; knob of halter very pale brownish.
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Abdomen slightly longer than thorax, brown.
Female unknown.
Holotype male and one male paratype, Turrialba, Costa Rica, Nov.
1922. Two male paratypes, La Suiza, Costa Rica, one dated April,
1922. All collected by Pablo Schild and in the A. L. Melander collec-
tion in U.S. National Museum.
Though Neoparentia schildi provides the southernmost known rec-
ord for the genus, other species will undoubtedly be found in South
America.
REFERENCES
Harmston, F. C. and L. S. Miller. 1966. New and little known Dolichopodidae
from the Pacific Northwest and intermountain areas. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 68:
88-93.
Parent, O. 1954. Quelques Diptéres Dolichopodides (Deuxiéme article). Beitr.
Ent. 4; 221-230.
Robinson, H. E. 1964. capitalis (Norton)
Messa Leach
There are 3 or 4 species in North America. M. populifoliella (Town-
send), a generally pale-colored species, and 1 or 2 other dark-colored
species are leaf-miners of Populus. M. wuestneii (Konow ), a Holarctic
species and known in North America only from Alaska and Northwest
Territories, is a leaf-miner of Salix. Additional series of members of
this genus will be needed before a revision is attempted; however, a
new record for North America for a European species is given below.
Messa nana (Klug)
Tenthredo nana Klug, 1814, Mag. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 8: 73.
This species is quite distinct from all other members of this genus
in North America and may be separated by the distinct ridges on the
head enclosing an ocellar basin and supra-antennal basin, the lack of
surface sculpture on the lobes of the mesonotum, the slender antenna,
and the black coloration with the labrum, upper angles of the pro-
notum, tegula, extreme base of each femur, and each tibia and tarsus
whitish. It appears indistinguishable from the European specimens I
have examined.
The North American records for this species are as follows: MAINE:
Scarsboro, 4 June 1966, L. J. Lipovsky (2¢ 2 ); Scarsboro, 11 June
1967, on birches in nursery, D. R. Smith (11 9 ¢). NEW YORK:
Oswego Co., Oswego Township, from sticky board trap in pear
orchard, June 3, 1966, R. W. Stelle (22 @ ).
Profenusa MacGillivray
Smith (1966) gave a key to the 6 North American species in this
genus. P. platani Burks was included in that key; however, a new
genus is described in this paper for this species. The 5 species now
considered to belong in this genus are leaf-miners of Quercus, Betula,
and Crataegus. P. lucifex (Ross) had been known only from the type
specimen from Illinois, but, recently, I have seen additional specimens
which were reared from red oak in Maine and from bur oak in Ontario.
Bidigitus, n. g.
Type-species.—Profenusa platani Burks.
Description.—Antenna with 3rd segment longer than 4th segment; 2nd segment
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longer than wide. Prepectus absent. Fore tarsus subequal in length to fore tibia.
Fore wing with vein 2A and 3A straight at apex. Hind wing with cell R: open;
anal cell present, with petiole much longer than cell. Tarsal claw with 2 long sub-
equal outer teeth and a large acute basal lobe.
This genus is close to Profenusa but differs by the unique tarsal claw
and the short anal cell of the hind wing. In Profenusa, there is a single
outer tooth on the tarsal claw, and the anal cell of the hind wing, when
present, is much longer than its petiole. The genitalia of this species
are also quite different from those of Profenusa.
The single species in this genus, platani, is a leaf-miner of Platanus
racemosa, and it is known only from southern California.
Nefusa Ross
The single species in this genus, N. anita (MacGillivray ), is known
only from the eastern United States, where it is a leaf-miner of Viola.
This species is unique in that it possesses a prepectus, a character ab-
sent in all other North American Heterarthrinae and present only in
the European genus Parna: otherwise, it is close to Profenusa. Although
rarely collected, it was plentiful in Malaise trap collections in Mary-
land.
Setabara Ross
The one species in this genus, S. histrionicus (MacGillivray), is
known only from the western United States. All that is known of its
biology is that a good series of adults was collected from Prunus at
Talent, Oregon by L. G. Gentner. This species is probably a leaf-
miner. The closed cell R, of the hind wing and the simple tarsal claw
with an indistinct basal lobe will separate this genus from others of
this tribe.
Fenella Westwood
Fenella Westwood, 1840, Introd. Mod. Class. Ins. 2: 54.
Type-species.—Fenella nigrita Westwood. Monotypic.
Fenella nigrita Westwood
Fenella nigrita Westwood, 1840, Introd. Mod. Class. Ins. 2: 54.
This is the first record of this species and genus for North America,
and its discovery must be attributed to Dr. H. E. Milliron of the Ento-
mology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.
The specimens Dr. Milliron obtained were reared from larvae which
were mining leaves of Potentilla at Ottawa, Canada. Recently, I have
also seen several specimens of this species from East Lansing, Michi-
gan. The species may be separated from other North American Fenu-
sini by its small size (2 mm. or less in length) and by its 10- or 11-
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Fig. 1. Prolatus artus, n. sp., sheath. Fig. 2. Prolatus artus, n. sp. lancet. Fig.
3. Profenusa canadensis (Marlatt), tarsal claw. Fig. 4. Bidigitus platani (Burks),
tarsal claw. Fig. 5. Prolatus artus, n. sp., tarsal claw. Fig. 6. Setabara histrionicus
(MacGillivray ), tarsal claw.
segmented antenna. The simple tarsal claws, absence of the anal cell
in the hind wing, and the basal loop formed by vein 2A and 3A meet-
ing 1A in the fore wing place this genus close to Fenusa.
Fenusa Leach
There are 3 species in this genus in North America. Benson (1951)
gave a key to these 3 species and the following key is extracted from his.
1. Lateral lobes of mesonotum with fine surface sculpture; abdominal tergites
dull with alutaceous surface sculpture; vein 2r of fore wing joins Rs
before 3r-m; male rare; larva mines in leaves of Ulmus; eastern North
America, probably introduced from Europe ulmi Sundevall
Lateral lobes of mesonotum and abdominal tergites smooth, without surface
sculpture; vein 2r of fore wing joins Rs beyond 3r-m ___..--_____-_ 2
2. Antenna longer than thorax; 3rd segment only 1% times as long as 4th; at
least segments 4 and 5 more than twice as long as broad; male unknown;
larva mines in leaves of Alnus; transcontinental and Holarctic —.__-
MBE lar? NORA" De bree ereerode tnd, oY) 2 5 Bye ee Beh dohrnii (Tischbein )
Antenna shorter than thorax; 3rd segment twice as long as 4th; segments 4
and 5 less than twice as long as broad; males common; larva mines in
leaves of Betula; eastern North America, California, Oregon, Utah, Wash-
ington, probably introduced from Europe —----.--- pusilla (Lepeletier )
Prolatus, n. g.
Type-species.—Prolatus artus, n. sp.
Description.—Antenna with 3rd segment subequal to or only slightly longer
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967 283
than 4th segment; 2nd segment slightly longer than wide. Prepectus absent. Fore
tarsus long and slender, 144 times or more length of fore tibia; mid tarsus about
1% times length of mid tibia; hind tarsus shorter than hind tibia. Fore wing with
vein 2A and 3A curving up and meeting 1A, forming a small basal cell. Hind
wing with cell R: open; anal cell absent. Tarsal claw simple, long and slender.
This genus is erected for the unique new species described below.
It may be separated from other Heterarthrinae by the long, slender
fore and mid-tarsi, the slender antenna with the 3rd and 4th segments
subequal in length, simple tarsal claw, and the absence of the anal cell
in the hind wing. It is apparently most closely related to Fenusa.
Prolatus artus, n. sp.
Female.—Length, 3.8 mm. Entirely black with clypeus, labrum, mandibles,
tegula, upper angles of pronotum, extreme apex of each femur, and extreme base
of each tibia light brown to whitish. Head and body, except for anterior and
lateral lobes of mesonotum, covered with fine white hairs. Wings uniformly sub-
hyaline.
Characters as for genus. Clypeus truncate; malar space linear; genal carina ab-
sent. Sheath slender, straight above and rounded below and at apex (fig. 1). Lancet
as in fig. 2.
Male.—See discussion.
Holotype.—Female, Oregon, Jackson Co., 10 mi. N. W. Pinehurst,
May 5, 1962, David R. Smith. USNM 69159.
Host.—Unknown.
Discussion.—I have seen one male which may be this species; how-
ever, it is associated only by general structure and collection localities
(both from Oregon ), and since the association is not definite, I hesitate
to designate it as an allotype. The coloration of this male is similar to
that of the female described except for the pronotum and tegulae,
which are black. The fore and mid tarsi are also slightly longer in
relation to the lengths of their respective tibia than those of the female.
The data on this male are as follows: “Oregon, Benton Co., Scott’s Hill,
1 mi. S. W. Corvallis, moss and ground litter, March 10, 1960, J. D.
Lattin.” It was undoubtedly collected from a Berlese sample.
One structural character not mentioned in the generic or specific de-
scription is the presence of a cross vein in the radial cell of the hind
wing. This is extremely unusual and I know of no other sawflies with
this extra vein. I am choosing only to mention this character since it
may be an abnormality, a phenomenon very common in the wing
venation of sawllies.
This species is immediately recognized from all other Fenusini by
the long slender fore and mid tarsi and the simple tarsal claws.
REFERENCES
Benson, R. B. 1951. Tenthredinidae. in Handbooks for the identification of
British insects. Roy. Ent. Soc. London 6: 51—252.
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Burks, B. D. 1958. Tenthredinidae. in Krombein et al., Hymenoptera of
America North of Mexico, Synoptic Catalog, Supplement 1, U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Agr. Monogr. 2: 8-18.
1967. Tenthredinidae. in Krombein et al., Hymenoptera of Amer-
ica North of Mexico, Synoptic Catalog, Supplement 2, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr.
Monogr. 2: 15-26.
Ross, H. H. 1936. The Nearctic sawflies of the genus Fenusa (Hymenoptera:
Tenthredinidae). Trans. Illinois St. Acad. Sci. 29: 263-266.
1937. A generic classification of the Nearctic sawflies (Hymenop-
tera: Symphyta). Illinois Biol. Monogr. 15: 1-173.
1951. Tenthredinidae. in Muesebeck et al., Hymenoptera of Amer-
ica North of Mexico, Synoptic Catalog, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monogr. 2: 22-82.
Smith, D. R. 1966. A new Profenusa (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from red
oak, with keys to the adults and known larvae of the Nearctic species. Ann. Ent.
Soc. Amer. 59: 719-723.
PARASITIC TROMBIDIID MITES ON DASYHELEA MUTABILIS
(COQUILLETT)
(DieTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE )
R. H. Wuitset and R. F. ScHOEPPNER, Biologists, San Mateo County
Mosquito Abatement District, Burlingame, California
On August 13, 1965, a male ceratopogonid was collected and sub-
sequently noted to be parasitized by three mites. The male gnat was
collected in an oak-woodland area within Santa Clara County, Cali-
fornia.
Dr. Willis W. Wirth, Agricultural Research Service, United States
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., determined the host as
Dasyhelea mutabilis (Coqg.), a common Nearctic gnat. Dr. Irwin M.
Newell, University of California at Riverside, identified the mite larvae
as belonging to the genus Valgothrombium. Identified specimens have
been retained by each specialist.
The position of the mites on the ceratopogonid is related in fig. 1.
One mite was attached to the ventral side of the first abdominal seg-
ment between the sternite and hind coxa. Another mite was attached
between the second and third abdominal sternite. A third mite was
dislodged during transport. Newell relates that these mites frequent
moist situations where they crawl over the substrate in search of prey.
Presumably, the Dasyhelea was parasitized immediately following
pupation. According to Newell, it is not uncommon that these mites
locate the pupae of the host and await ecdysis before attachment.
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Fig. 1. Valgothrombium mites attached to Dasyhelea mutabilis.
Apparently, trombidiid mites are associated with a wide variety
of insects as related by the literature. Newell (P. C., 1966) has
records of Valgothrombium on Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
Odhiambo (1957) noted a trombidiid mite associated with Oxycarenus
(Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) while Davis (1961) reports Allothrombium
mitchelli as a predator on the balsam woolly aphid (Homoptera:
Aphididae). Salman (1929) records a Trombidium species feeding on
the eggs of Coleophora salmani (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae). Severin
(1944) relates that a Eutrombidium species serves as a predator of
grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Locustidae). Records of trombidiid mites
associated with diptera of medical importance are presented in an
annotated list by Jenkins (1964).
REFERENCES
Davis, R. 1961. A mite, Allothrombium mitchelli, new to science, predator on
_ the balsam woolly aphid. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 63(4): 269-272.
Jenkins, D. W. 1964. Pathogens, parasites and predators of medically impor-
tant arthropods. Bull. World Health Organization, 30, Suppl., 150 pp.
Newell, I. M. 1966. Personal correspondence. University of California, River-
side, California.
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Odhiambo, T. R. 1957. The bionomics of Oxycarenus species (Hemiptera:
Lygaeidae ) and their status as cotton pests in Uganda. Jour. Ent. Soc. So. Africa
20(2): 235-249.
Salman, K. A. 1929. Notes on the immature stages and biology of a birch
case-bearer. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 22(3): 480-488.
Severin, H.C. 1944. The grasshopper mite Eutrombidium trigonum (Hermann)
an important enemy of grasshoppers. So. Dakota Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bull. 3:
1-36.
PROTECTION OF INSECTS BEING TRANSPORTED IN LIQUID
At one time or another, most entomologists have had to try to work free with-
out damaging them insects transported in liquid in vials into which wads or wisps
of cotton had been inserted to protect the specimens against rubbing and breakage.
The difficulties encountered in trying to separate the insects from the cotton are
well known. To overcome the problems involved, at one time I tried substituting
pieces of cloth for the cotton, thinking that one might be able to wash or float
the insects from a single piece—but the result was just as bad or worse. Saran
Wrap, however, can be used to protect the specimens and they are readily and
quickly floated from the plastic.
Saran was tested in several solvents over a period of about six months to de-
termine whether or not it might prove to be generally useful for this purpose, with
the following results:
Solvent at full strength Effect on Saran
95% alcohol None evident.
xylol No effect.
glacial acetic acid No effect.
dioxane Some dissolving of the Saran and the dioxane became
slightly milky. Brittle after drying.
chloroform No effect. Saran slightly stiffened after drying.
ammonia No disintegration of the Saran but it became slightly
browned. Saran flexible after drying.
ethyl acetate No effect.
As a result of the tests and our experience with the Saran, we are routinely
substituting it for cotton or cloth, inserting a crumpled ball of it into the vials.
Additional protection of specimens against mechanical damage may be ob-
tained by placing them in more viscid media such as glycerine, or even heavy
syrups like white Karo. Liquids of desired viscosity can readily be obtained by
using methyl cellulose. When necessary, suitable agents, such as ethyl acetate,
may be added to prevent decomposition. After they arrive at their destination speci-
mens stored in such materials can easily be washed in water and then stored in
alcohol—R. D. SHENEFELT, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin 53706.
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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF
TRIMENOPONIDAE FROM PANAMA
( MALLOPHAGA )
Eustorcio MENDEZ, Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Panama, R. P.
The systematics of the family Trimenoponidae remains unsatisfac-
tory. The group is comparatively small since only nine species are
known, all of which are found in the American tropics associated
mainly with rodents and marsupials. In his monograph, Werneck
(1948) combines this particular group with the family Boopidae (found
on mammals) and the families Ricinidae and Menoponidae (found on
birds), in a single group, the family Ricinidae. However, this system
of classification is not generally followed and many investigators con-
sider the lice grouped in the family Trimenoponidae, as designated
by Harrison (1915) and reviewed by Ferris (1922) as a separate, well-
defined group restricted to mammal hosts.
The most recent discussions regarding affinities and host-parasite re-
lationships within the family Trimenoponidae have been presented by
Hopkins (1949) and Vanzolini & Guimaraes (1955). To date this group
contains five genera, namely: Cummingsia, Chinchillophaga, Harri-
sonia, Philandesia and Trimenopon. Recently Dr. Phyllis T. Johnson
has kindly submitted to me for study specimens of Trimenoponidae
that apparently belong to an unknown genus and species and form
the basis for the present paper. This discovery bears out the statement
of Emerson (1964) to the effect that more collecting from probable
hosts in South America could enlarge the family.
Hoplomyophilus, n. gen.
Generic diagnosis—Trimenoponidae lacking spinelike processes on ventral side
of head; with two lateral spiniform setae at level of antenna. Prothorax subquad-
rate, smaller than pterothorax; anterior thoracic stigmata conspicuous.
Hoplomyophilus can be readily separated from the other known
genera, with the exception of Philandesia and Trimenopon, by the
absence of spinelike processes on the ventral region of head. The new
genus can be separated from the latter two genera by structural fea-
tures of the head and thorax. The following differences are outstand-
ing: In Hoplomyophilis the head has two conspicuous lateral spiniform
setae at same level with antenna. These spiniform setae are absent in
Philandesia and Trimenopon. In Hoplomyophilus the prothorax is sub-
quadrate, smaller than pterothorax, whereas both Philandesia and
Trimenopon have a trapezoidal prothorax which is larger than ptero-
thorax.
Description—Head without spinelike processes on ventral region; with lateral
and posterior margins sinuate; posterior margin with central sinus; with two dorsal,
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Figs. 14, Hoplomyophilus nativus, n. gen., n. sp.: 1, dorsal-ventral view of
male holotype; 2, genitalia of male holotype; 3, dorsal-ventral view of female
allotype; 4, genitalia of female allotype.
submarginal spiniform setae at the antennal level; clypeal region moderately pro-
duced, not limited by distinct suture; eyes absent; maxillary palpi four-segmented,
exposed; antennae four-segmented, exposed, not protected ventrally by a flap;
antennal fossae deep; temporal lobes slightly prominent, truncate. Prothorax and
pterothorax fused, both subquadrate; anterior thoracic stigmata conspicuous; pos-
terior thoracic stigmata reduced; sternal plates fused into a single plate. Legs
short, stout; with distinct pulvilli on the first tarsal segment of all legs. Abdomen
subovate, with five pairs of abdominal stigmata; male genitalia of simple type.
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Type species.—Hoplomyophilus nativus, new species.
Affinities.—It is my opinion that Hoplomyophilus is closely related
to the peculiar genus Harrisonia Ferris. Similarities are noticed par-
ticularly in the morphology of the thorax and abdomen. Among the
most important features common to the two genera are the complete
union of prothorax and pterothorax, the fusion of the thoracic sternal
plates into a single plate and the conspicuous anterior thoracic stig-
mata. The fact that Harrisonia also parasitizes spiny rats, Proechimys
semispinosus being its true host, seems to support this belief.
Hoplomyophilus nativus, n. sp.
(Figs. 1-4)
Description —MALE (Figs. 1, 2). Head slightly wider than long, with clypeal
region moderately produced, having anterior margin evenly convex, provided with
minute and short marginal and submarginal setae. Lateral margins of head sinuate,
slightly notched; each margin armed with two dorso-submarginal spiniform setae
located at same level with the antenna. Posterior margin of head sinuate, with
indentation at middle. Maxillary palpi four-segmented, exposed, with few short
setae mostly concentrated on apical segment. Antennae four-segmented, exposed,
bearing a few fine setae. Last antennal segment slightly swollen, semiglobular,
larger than remaining segments. Antennal fossae deep, with very sclerotized, con-
cave margin. Temples truncate, moderately projecting, with lower angle bearing
a long dorsal seta that reaches middle of thorax. Both dorsal and ventral regions
of head clothed with setae of different sizes and irregular distribution.
Thorax longer than broad, bearing short and medium-size setae scattered on
dorsal and ventral regions. Sternal plates apparently fused into a single plate
extended along thorax, including ventral setae. Prothorax fused with pterothorax.
This fusion apparently indicated by well chitinized longitudinal internal ridge in
the middle of thorax. Prothorax subquadrate, smaller than pterothorax, provided
with dorsal sublateral flap armed with conspicuous spiniform seta. Pterothorax
subquadrate. Anterior thoracic stigmata prominent. Posterior thoracic stigmata
reduced.
Legs short and stout. First pair smaller than second and third pair, which are
of about same size. All legs clothed with short setae sparsely distributed. Basal
tarsal segment of all legs with small pulvilli. Apical tarsal segment of all legs
ending in two claws.
Abdomen slightly elongate, ovate, with sinuous lateral margins. Each tergum
and sternum, except terminal ones, provided with no more than two irregular rows
of short and medium size setae. Segments I-VI with two short and one long
latero-marginal seta. The last reaches maximum length on segments IV—VI. Apical
abdominal segments with few marginal and inner setae.
Genitalia (Fig. 2) simple, with basal plate elongate, having posterior half dis-
tinctly broad, provided with well chitinized walls; with acute sinus at middle of
caudal margin. Anterior half gradually tapering to end on long, slender blade of
about even width throughout. Parameres apparently absent.
FEMALE (Figs. 3, 4). General morphology and chaetotaxy essentially as in
the male. Differences between sexes are found in size and the terminal abdominal
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PANAMA
Fig. 5, Map of Panama showing the known range of Hoplomys gymnurus and
the localities where Hoplomyophilus nativus has been collected.
segments. The female genital area (Fig. 4) presents lateral gonopods provided
with setae, preceded by latero-marginal group of setae. Caudal region separating
gonopods having one marginal row of six medium-size setae and about two rows
of minute setae accompanied by a few short ones. A patch of about ten small
spicules is present at the middle of caudal area near its margin.
Types.—Holotype male from Cerro Azul, Province of Panama, R. P.,
21 March 1961; allotype female from Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Prov-
ince of Bocas del Toro, 21 March 1964; one female paratype from same
locality and date as allotype; one female paratype from Camp Pina,
Canal Zone, 6 December 1960 and one female paratype from Rio
Changena, Province of Bocas del Toro, 23 September 1961. All types
collected by personnel of the Environmental Health Branch, Office
of the Surgeon General, United States Army Caribbean, Fort Amador,
Canal Zone.
Lengths.—Male holotype, 1.27 mm; female allotype, 1.46 mm.
Type host.—Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas, 1897).
Holotype and allotype will be deposited in the collections of the
U.S. National Museum. One paratype will be deposited in the collec-
tions of the British Museum (Natural History). Other paratypes will
be deposited in the collections of Dr. Phyllis T. Johnson and the Gorgas
Memorial Laboratory, respectively.
Remarks.—It is of some interest to note that the specimens of the
present new genus and species of mallophaga obtained on Isla Escudo
de Veraguas, were collected from the subspecies Hoplomys gymnurus
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wetmorei Handley, whereas the continental specimens were taken from
Hoplomys gymnurus goethalsi Goldman. No morphological differences
have been detected among the lice coming from these two different
subspecies of host.
It may be assumed that Hoplomyophilus nativus is rare since the
examination of numerous specimens of the type host from several
localities in Panama over a period of years has indicated that this
rodent is more commonly parasitized by mallophaga of the genera
Gyropus and Gliricola of the family Gyropidae.
The terrestrial genus Hoplomys belongs to the spiny rat family
Echimyidae and is monotypic. In Panama it has a wide distribution
especially along the Caribbean Coast and has been collected in ever-
green forest up to an altitude of 2100 feet. Besides Panama, the genus
also is known to exist in the following countries: Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brasil and British Guiana. In figure 5
the range of Hoplomys gymnurus in Panama is indicated by the cross-
hatched area.
I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Dr. Phyllis T. Johnson
for allowing me to study and describe this interesting mallophaga. I
am also grateful to Dr. K. C. Emerson for advice and criticism given
me during the preparation of this paper.
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Emerson, K. C. 1964. A new genus and species of Mallophaga. Ann. Mag.
Nat. Hist. Ser. 13. 7:383-384.
Ferris, G. F. 1922. The mallophagan family Trimenoponidae. Parasitology
14(1):75-86.
Harrison, L. 1915. The respiratory system of Mallophaga. Parasitology 8(1):
101-127.
Hopkins, G. H. E. 1949. The host-associations of the lice of mammals. Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond. 119( 2) :387—604.
Vanzolini, P. E. and L. R. Guimaraes. 1955. Lice and the history of South
American land mammals. Rev. Brasil. Ent. 3:13—46.
Werneck, F. L. 1948. Os Maldfagos de Mamiferos. Parte I. Amblycera e
Ischnocera (Philopteridae e parte de Trichodectidae). 243 pp. Revista Brasil.
Biol., Rio de Janeiro.
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A KEY TO THE SPECIES OF LYSTRIDEA BAKER WITH DESCRIPTION
OF A NEW SPECIES FROM CALIFORNIA
(Homoptera: CICADELLIDAE: ERRHOMENELLINI)
James P. Kramer, Entomology Research Division, ARS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20560
The species of Lystridea Baker were last treated by Oman (1938:
178-180) in his revision of the Nearctic Errhomenellini, a tribe which
he (1949: 61) later assigned to the Tettigellinae, now called Cicadel-
linae. Metcalf (1963: 4) has subsequently transferred the tribe to the
Aphrodinae. There is still question as to the correct subfamily place-
ment of the tribe, but the resolution of the matter is beyond the scope
of this paper. For a description of the tribe, see Oman (1949: 75).
Lystridea can be separated from all other North American genera in
the Errhomenellini by the following combination of characters: crown
with numerous, fine, irregularly longitudinal striae; head short and
broad, crown not strongly produced anteriorly; head as broad as or
broader than pronotum, posterior margin of pronotum not incised. The
species of the genus are large (5.5-10mm.), robust, and known only
from our far western States of California, Oregon, and Nevada.
In the key below, it should be noted, only the male genitalia provide
characters which allow positive differentiation of species. While size
is useful in separating females, there is some intergradation in this
character. The female of the new species is unknown. The interested
student is referred to Oman (1938: 178-180) for additional data on
uhleri (Baker) and nuda Oman.
KryY TO THE SPECIES OF Lystridea BAKER
ERAN leg tes lee Sie he eR ee oe ee a
Hemalesyes tt. = fin «sec Pe OG ate AE. el te 4
2. Aedeagus greatly enlarged distally and with long paired processes near apex
(sce | ES cen ene eae ee ev Naber ENO DOI ne RUDE D PS wilkeyi, n. sp.
Aedeagus not greatly enlarged distally and without long paired processes
WEA ADCK eee bees ten eae eens ee ee ete pace eee 3
3. Aedeagus with many stout setae on apical portion (fig. 6) —. uhleri (Baker )
Aedeagus with minute teeth on apical portion (fig. 4) —___- nuda Oman
4. Length 8-10 mm., width of head 2.75—3.00 mm. -______ uhleri (Baker )
Length 6.75-8.25 mm., width of head 2.50-2.75 mm. —.________. nuda Oman
Lystridea wilkeyi, n. sp.
(Figs. 1-3)
Length: Male 7.00-7.50 mm.
Coloration: Ground color of venter sordid stramineous to reddish brown, usually
marked with black; legs pale brown to reddish brown, variably touched with
black and/or spotted with yellow; clypeus and clypellus brownish, usually with
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wilkeyi
_——_—__—
\S nuda hi
=~ ee a
6 Zi
Figs. 1-3, Lystridea wilkeyi, n. sp.: 1, aedeagus laterally; 2, style laterally; 3,
aedeagus ventrally. Figs. 4, 5, Lystridea nuda Oman: 4, aedeagus laterally; 5,
style laterally. Figs. 6, 7, Lystridea uhleri (Baker): 6, apical portion of aedeagus
laterally; 7, style laterally. Note: The aedeagi of nuda and uhleri are of the same
general shape, but the aedeagus of uhleri is much larger.
darker irrorations; genae and lora black, heavily marked with yellow as irregular
spots on lora and as a crescentic band on each gena; antennal bases and surround-
ing areas black. Crown, pronotum, and scutellum with ground color yellowish
brown; crown and pronotum variably mottled with black, mottling usually strong-
est on anterior coronal margin either side of apex and on pronotum just behind
each eye; scutellum with basal angles and mesal area broadly black; forewings
gray, variably mottled with dark brown, most veins marked with alternating tan
and dark brown areas.
Male genitalia: Aedeagus in ventral view (fig. 3) with shaft narrowed, a pair
of sharp projections basally, and a longer pair of lateral appendages subapically;
aedeagus in lateral view (fig. 1) with apical portion greatly enlarged; style (fig.
2) relatively simple.
Female genitalia: Female unknown.
Types: Holotype male, Lebec, California, Alt. 4,000 ft. May 13,
1928, J. O. Martin. Nineteen male paratypes as follows: 1, Bodie, Cali-
fornia, 8,475 ft., July 1-7, Wickham; 3, Argus Mts., Inyo County, Cali-
fornia, May 22, 1937; 9, Walker Pass, Kern County, California, May
20, 1960, R. P. Allen; 2, 29 miles west of Benton, California, June 24,
1960, R. P. Allen; 2, Junction 395-108, Mono County, California, June
14, 1959, R. P. Allen; 2, Topaz, California, July 4, 1917.
Notes: The species is named for Mr. R. F. Wilkey of the California
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Sacramento, Cali-
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fornia. He sent me the first specimens of this species for identifica-
tion. The holotype will be deposited in California Academy of Sciences
and paratypes in the collections of the United States National Museum
and the Bureau of Entomology of the California Department of Agri-
culture in Sacramento.
REFERENCES
Oman, P. W. 1938. Revision of the Nearctic leafhoppers of the tribe Errhomen-
ellini (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 85: 163-180.
1949. The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A
generic classification and check list. Mem. Ent. Soc. Wash. 3: 1-253.
Metcalf, Z. P. 1963. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI Cicadel-
loidea, Part 8 Aphrodidae: 1-268. Published by the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture.
A NEW NASAL MITE FROM THE ROBIN (TURDUS MIGRATORIUS)
(ACARINA, SPELEOGNATHINAE )
Gorpon Marston Ciark, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana
In 1963 a series of speleognathid nasal mites was recovered from
two robins (Turdus migratorius) in the Bitterroot Valley of western
Montana. These mites were a new species which is herein described.
All measurements are given in millimeters.
Boydaia turdi, new species
(Fig, 1)
ADULT.—Conforms to the characteristics of the genus Boydaia as outlined by
Fain (1963).
LARVA (Fig. 1A).—Color milky white; shape broadly oval; weakly sclerotized;
size, 0.34 in length by 0.3 in width, excluding gnathosoma which is 0.08 wide at
base; with three-segmented palpi measuring 0.048 in length; palpal tarsus reduced
to a stubby, subapical tibial thumb, bearing two barbelled and one bladelike seta.
Dorsum: Anteriorly with a pair of slightly expanded, circular, finely barbelled
sensillae 0.027 in length, preceded by a pair of short presensillar barbelled setae;
dorsal setae barbelled, short and expanded, arranged in a 4-4-2-2-2 formula; dorsal
cuticle very finely striated.
Venter: With two pairs of short, barbelled sternal setae and two pairs of genital
setae.
Legs: Tarsus I specialized and characteristically modified, elongated, measures
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967 295
Fig. 1, Boydaia turdi, larva: A, ventral and dorsal views; B, tarsus I, dorsal;
C, tarsus I, ventral; D, head of claw, tarsus I.
296 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967
(base of pulvillus to tibia) 0.04 long and 0.05 wide; claws equal in length, 0.065,
characteristic in shape, one fine, with a shepherds crook curve apically, the other
stouter with a “sea horse head” configuration apically (Fig. 1D); tarsal I setation
indicated in Fig. 1B and C; tarsae of other legs relatively unmodified although
the claws of tarsus II are elongate, blunt and equal (0.027); claws of tarsus III
normal, short, curving, blunt (0.015). Numbers of setae present on leg segments
similar to other Boydaia larvae.
Diagnosis: Boydaia turdi larvae may be distinguished from all other known
larvae of the genus Boydaia, particularly B. jordani van Eyndhoven, 1955, by the
configuration of the claws of tarsus I. In B. turdi one claw is clubbed, the other
has a fine hooked extremity while in B. jordani both claws are clubbed.
Holotype: Larva USNM 3247 is deposited in the collection of the United
States National Museum, Washington, D.C.
Paratypes are deposited at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory.
Type Host: Turdus migratorius Linnaeus.
Type Locality: Lost Horse Canyon, Ravalli Co., Montana.
REFERENCES
Fain, A. 1963. Chaetotaxie et classification des Speleognathinae (Acarina:
Trombidiformes ). Bull. Inst. Roy. des Sci. Nat. de Belgique 39(9): 1-80.
Van Eyndhoven, G. L. 1955. Boydaia jordani sp. n., a new endoparasitic mite
(Acarina: Speleognathidae). Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. London: 203-208.
DISTINGUISHING AMOEBALERIA DEFESSA (OSTEN SACKEN)
FROM A. SACKENI GARRETT
(DieTERA: HELEOMYZIDAE)
Gill (1962, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 113: 579) in his revision of this family, stated
that these two species could be distinguished only by differences in the male
postabdomen. The series of these species in the U.S. National Museum show the
following differences; that in the venation of the wing is apparently valid for
both sexes.
Amoebaleria defessa (O. S.).—&, in addition to the postabdominal differences,
the hind basitarsus lacks a claw or apicoventral production. In both sexes, the
narrowest distance between the 2 branches of vein Rs, near tip of the wing, is
distinctly greater than the difference at the same point between the anterior branch
(Re,s) and the costa; the angle at the apex of cell R: is approximately 25°.
Amoebaleria sackeni Garr.— é, hind basitarsus with distinct apicoventral pro-
duction or incipient claw. In both sexes, the anterior branch of Rs is more curved,
making the narrowest distance between the branches equal to or less than the
distance between the anterior branch and the costa; the angle at apex of cell Ri
is approximately 30°.—GrorcE C. StEysKaL, Entomology Research Div., ARS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20560.
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SOMETHING BETTER THAN POLYPORUS OR PITH FOR
DOUBLE MOUNTS
All of the materials commonly used for making double mounts with minuten
nadeln frequently give trouble by becoming loose, either on the main pin or the
minuten. The silicone rubber that I have been using for microvial stoppers, etc.
(Gurney, Kramer, and Steyskal, 1964, Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 57: 240-242), obtain-
able from plastics distributors in most large cities as General Electric RTV-11
or Dow Corning RTV-521, has excellent pinning qualities. A very delicate pin
may be pushed into it, even with the blunt end foremost, and it will be firmly
gripped and not come loose. I cast the material into approximately 3-mm-thick
plaques in plastic boxes and cut it into cubes with a knife—GrorcE C. STEYSKAL,
Entomology Research Division, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wash-
ington, D.C. 20560.
SEX RATIOS OF PLATYPUS
(CoLEOPTERA: PLATYPODIDAE )
In the use of ultraviolet light traps for determining populations of various forest
insects, members of the ambrosia beetle genus Platypus are recovered and enu-
merated. Sex ratios of two species in the genus are of interest.
According to W. M. Blackman (Miss. Agric. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bul. 11:38, 1922),
male Platypus beetles in galleries greatly outnumber the females. H. G. Hubbard
(U.S.D.A. Bur. Ent. Bul. 7:14, 1897) states that “the female is frequently accom-
panied by several males in the galleries”. Both of these workers indicate that males
should be encountered with greater frequency than females.
Although the light traps sample only the population of newly emerged adult
Platypus beetles, moving from trees where they developed to other trees or
stumps suitable for attack, there is good reason to believe that both sexes are
equally attracted to the ultraviolet light source.
In 1965 and 1966 the following recoveries were found in the trap collections.
Platypus compositus Say, a species most frequently associated with hardwood
trees: 194 males, 135 females. Platypus flavicornis Fabricius, a species most fre-
quently associated with coniferous trees: 762 males, 1306 females. The abundance
of P. flavicornis is attributable to operation of the traps in woodlands predomi-
nantly stocked with pine trees. A preponderence of males is not indicated in these
studies. A third species of the eastern United States, P. quadridentatus Oliver,
has not been recovered in the trap collections in Florida.—L. A. Herrick, Depart-
ment of Entomology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32601.
298 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER, 1967
BOOK REVIEWS
A Revision of the Genus Lobopoda (Coleoptera: Alleculidae) in North America
and the West Indies. By John M. Campbell. Illinois Biological Monographs
37, 203 pp., 186 figs. University of Illinois Press, Urbana and London. 1966.
The family Alleculidae has been neglected until just recently, and the genus
Lobopoda, one of the most difficult, was in bad need of work. This revision by
Campbell helps to make sense of Lobopoda and points to more good work in the
family. Lobopoda now contains 195 described species, all from the New World.
Of those, 87 are from the area covered in this revision. Campbell has arranged
the 87 species (30 new) in 5 subgenera (3 new) and 33 species groups. Descrip-
tions of all taxa, distributions, and illustrations of male genitalia are given. The
males are keyed to species; females are keyed to subgenus but only in one sub-
genus are they keyed to species. Phylogenetic trees give some idea of relationships
between species, and the position of the genus in the family is discussed. Campbell
is to be congratulated on his first major work—T. J. Spm_Man, Entomology Re-
search Division, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20560.
A Bibliography of the Psocoptera (Insecta). Australian Zoologist XIII (2):
137-209, 1965. A Catalogue of the Psocoptera of the World. Ibid XIV (1):
1-145, 1967. By C. N. Smithers. Price: Of latter, $2.00; of former, not known.
These publications are regarded as of such major importance as to merit general
notice; for specialists of the Psocoptera (Corrodentia) they are invaluable. The
bibliography, estimated to consist of more than 1,200 titles, was compiled with
the active cooperation of 22 specialists and others. The catalogue includes 1,605
species regarded as valid, in 197 genera and 31 families. All valid species and
synonyms, including those preserved in amber but not other fossils, are listed,
with their distribution. However, precise type localities and most references sub-
sequent to original descriptions are not shown. Mr. Smithers, Curator of Insects
in the Australian Museum, Sydney, who has studied psocid systematics for some
12 years and is still a young man, in these two publications has earned warm
thanks for retrieving the scattered literature of a much neglected group of insects.
—AsHLEY B. Gurney, Entomology Research Division, ARS, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20560.
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MENDEZ, E.—Description of a new genus and species of Trimenoponidae
from Panama ( Mallophaga )
PRICE, R. D. and K. C. EMERSON—Additional synonymies within the
amblyceran bird lice (Mallophaga)
ROBINSON, H.—Neoparentia, a new genus of American Dolichopodidae
( Diptera )
SHENEFELT, R. D.—Protection of insects being transported in liquid
SLATER, J. A.—Synonymy in the Lygaeidae (Hemiptera)
SMITH, D. R.—A review of the subfamily Heterarthrinae in North America
(Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae )
STEYSKAL, G. C.—Replacement names for preoccupied specific names in
Dolichopodidae (Diptera )
STEYSKAL, G. C.—Anthomyia procellaris Rondani in North America (Dip-
tera: Anthomyiidae )
STEYSKAL, G. C.—A new subgenus for Leucopis luteicornis Malloch, a
predator on mealybugs in India ( Diptera: Chamaemyiidae )
STEYSKAL, G. C.—Distinguishing Amoebaleria defessa (Osten Sacken) from
A. sackeni Garrett (Diptera: Heleomyzidae )
STEYSKAL, G. C.—Something better than polyporus or pith for double
mounts
STONE, A.—A synoptic catalog of the mosquitoes of the world, supplement
Ill (Diptera: Culicidae)
WEBER, N. A.—Synonyms of Trachymyrmex bugnioni Forel and Trachymyr-
mex diversus Mann (Hymenoptera: Formicidae )
WHITSEL, R. H. and R. F. SCHOEPPNER—Parasitic trombidiid mites on
Dasyhelea mutabilis (Coquillett) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae )
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BRAM, R. A.—Lectotype assignments for several species of the genus Culex
miGueneast Asia «( Diptera: \Culicidae) 2. 327
FLINT, O. S., JR.—The first record of the Paduniellini in the New World
Mitcupmieras @sychomundae) o.oo he Be 310
GAGNE, R. J.—Notes on the genus Thecodiplosis Kieffer in North America,
and some generic reassignments (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) —-_-__-- 338
HERRING, J. L. and H. C. CHAPMAN—A new species of Omania from
Piineonesrs | ( bemipters: salaiae)) 2 Ee 354
JAMES, M. T.—The blow flies of Dominica (Diptera: Calliphoridae) ——— 368
JOHNSTON, D. E.—On the occurrence of two species of Palaeacarus in the
eastern United" States (Acar: Acarifonmes) #2. - 2 301
JOHNSTON, D. E.—Observations on Oribatei. The discovery of Haploch-
thonius simplex (Willmann) in North America (Acari: Acariformes) 365
KINGSOLVER, J. M.—On the genus Rhipibruchus Bridwell, with descrip-
tions of a new species and a closely related new genus (Coleoptera:
Bric bidae- Ta Chinge)\o- 5 eae a ee oe ae Re ond ee ee Ne elt Pee 318
LIN, C. S.—Bionomics of Cerceris simplex graphica at Lake Texoma (Hy-
menoptera:~ Splecidae: : Philanthimae) 20. 8s 312
LIN, N.—Linear copulation in Xylocelia franclemonti Krombein (Hymenop-
COT Se CUTE 528) (Die ia ST a LS TSS (AREF Pe en SR pe Fo ee Re Oa OS ee SC ee 2.
At least upper part of face and lower part of front covered mith dark brown
mollen) wathowtlopviots. Stay border’ 2. a 6
Prnd: tipia, wathout evident posterodorsal, 2 3
Hind tibia with a small but distinct posterodorsal ______________________ 4
3. Hypopygium asymmetrical, strongly swollen on one side (Fig. 5)
CON Tex )) peers as i eee a ll eel M. asymmetricus, n. sp.
Hypopygium essentially cylindrical (Texas, Mexico) _.. M. fulvosetosus Parent
4. Apex of hypopygium oblique with upper edge sharply projecting, a tuft of
stiff black hairs on apical surface (Fig. 4) (Mexico) __ M. lithophilus, n. sp.
Apical surface not oblique, bearing only rather pale hairs — 5
5. Hypopygium bearing only a narrow pubescent appendage (Md., S.C., Fla.,
Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies, Europe, New Zealand?)
BS Bae ges BT her Nd oS SRE Shee a AR ips ee oc 8 ea M. albipes (Zetterstedt )
Hypopygium bearing a small but broad pubescent appendage distally (West
nr CLiGS)) Same eee. cater eee Tel a eer ee 2h M. eaudatus ( Aldrich)
6. Face of male narrower than that of female, never whitish below, usually
distorted in dry specimens; 3rd antennal segment slightly longer than
broad with arista borne at middle of dorsal edge _...._.___-________ i
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Fig. 1-5. Micromorphus, male hypopygia; 1. M. leucostoma, n. sp.; 2. M.
knowltoni, n. sp.; 3. M. bifrons Robinson; 4. M. lithophilus, n. sp.; 5. M. asym-
metricus, N. sp.
Face of male very broad, as broad as in female, often whitish below, rarely
distorted in dry specimens; 3rd antennal segment as broad as long with
arista bome slightly beyond middle of dorsal edge ___-_-----__----------------- 8
7. Hypopygium without evident appendages, with a tuft of long hairs on tip
CNBYeM@ Gebec) Res ts 30) sevens oy 2 5 ores M. minimus (Van Duzee)
Hypopygium with a pair of very long slender lamellae, without long apical
TYAS Cea OTT pIN acpi a Re oe M. longilamellatus Robinson
8. Face without white pollen on lower part; hypopygium with only small slen-
der apical appendages (Fig. 2) (Utah) —__-_______. M. knowltoni, n. sp.
Face with white pollen on lower part; hypopygium with a pair of short
pubescent. apical appendages ..._.__.. ee 9
9. White pollen on face restricted to area above suture; hypopygial appendage
broad, bearing many long setae (Fig. 3) (Iowa) — M. bifrons Robinson
White pollen covering entire lower half of face; hypopygial appendage nar-
row, bearing a few short hairs (Fig. 1) (Washington) M. leucostoma, n. sp.
The following four species are previously undescribed.
Micromorphus leucostoma, n. sp.
(Fig. 1)
Male.—Length 1.8 mm; wing 1.6 mm by 0.7 mm.
Face very wide above, half as wide below, upper half covered with black
velvety area which extends above antennae onto lower third of front, lower part
of face covered with white pollen; front broad with sides diverging from base,
with yellowish pollen above toward middle and grayish pollen toward side; palpus
brown with gray pollen and numerous pale hairs; proboscis brown. Antenna black;
segment 1 short, broadened toward tip, bare above; segment 2 slightly broader
and nearly as long as first, ringed with small dark setulae; segment 3 half again
as long as second, rather triangular, covered with fine hairs, with arista inserted
a little beyond middle of dorsal edge. Lower postocular setae pale.
Thorax rather gibbous with posterior slope of mesoscutum flattened; dark with
yellow pollen on mesoscutum and scutellum, more grayish pollen on pleura, hind
margin of scutellum yellowish. Bristles yellowish; acrostichals lacking; 6 pairs of
dorsocentrals; 1 pair of scutellars; 1 rather small bristle above fore coxa.
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Middle and hind coxae infuscated at base, last segments of tarsi and hind tarsus
from tip of segment 1 brown, legs otherwise yellow. Hairs and bristles mostly
pale; fore and middle coxae with numerous hairs on anterior surface, fore coxa
with a series of larger setae along distal margin, middle and hind coxae with a
rather small external seta; middle and hind femora with a preapical seta; fore
tibia without distinct bristles; middle tibia with 1 anterodorsal and a smaller
posterodorsal near basal third, 3 distinct apicals; hind tibia with 1 anterodorsal and
1 posterodorsal near basal third, 1 posterodorsal near distal third, 2-3 apicals.
Lengths of segments of fore tarsus from base as 7—3-2-2-2; middle tarsus as
9-43-99. hind tarsus as 5—5—3—-2-2.
Wing rather oval, clear with brown veins; vein 3 nearly straight, vein 2 diverg-
ing from it slightly, vein 4 nearly parallel to 3 beyond crossvein and ending
slightly behind wing apex; crossvein nearly perpendicular to base of vein 4, about
two-fifths as long as last of vein 5; vein 6 represented by slight fold. Calypter, its
setae, and the halter pale.
Abdomen only slightly longer than thorax, dark with slight grayish pollen
toward sides and base; pubescence pale, marginal setae toward side of first tergum
rather prominent. Hypopygium (fig. 1) small, brown, with only small appendages,
with numerous fine hairs over the blunt apical surface.
Female with head and parts of legs broken off, but otherwise showing dif-
ferences only in genitalia.
Holotype ¢ and allotype 2°, from O'Sullivan Dam, Grant Co.,
Washington, July 22, 1954, M. T. James. Specimens in USNM, No.
69344.
The new species is one of three known to me having the face broad
and apparently resistant to distortion as the specimen dries. Of the
other two, Micromorphus knowltoni, described below, is distinct in
the complete lack of white pollen on the face, and M. bifrons Robinson
of Iowa has a smaller less distinct white pollinose area on the face.
Each of the three species has distinctive hypopygia, that of M. leu-
costoma being unusually short and stout.
Micromorphus knowltoni, n. sp.
(Brig, 84)
Male.—Length 1.4 mm; wing 1.7 mm by 0.6 mm.
Face very broad, about two-fifths as broad below as above, divergent margins
continuing along sides of the broad front; brown velvety area covering face and
extending onto lower margin of front; a few pale reflections above the clypeus,
most of front with light brownish pollen; palpus and proboscis brown, former
with a small black apical seta. Antenna brown, segment 3 broken off, remaining
parts as in M. leucostoma. Lower postocular setae pale.
Thorax mostly as in M. leucostoma, brown with yellowish pollen above and
grayish pollen toward the sides and on the pleura; 1 strong bristle above fore coxa.
Outer surfaces of middle and hind coxae and sometimes part of fore coxa
infuscated, distal segments of tarsi brownish, legs otherwise pale. Most hairs and
bristles of legs rather pale; coxae and femora as in M. leucostoma; fore tibia with-
out evident bristles; middle tibia with a distinct rather dark anterodorsal above
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the middle, 3 strong apicals; hind tibia with a strong anterodorsal near basal third,
2 small posterodorsals all rather dark, 2-3 small apicals. Lengths of segments of
fore tarsus from base as L0—5—4—3-3; middle tarsus as 12—7—5-3-3; hind tarsus
as 8— others broken off.
Wing rather oval, clear with veins pale toward base; veins 2, 3, and 4 nearly
straight and parallel beyond crossvein, vein 4 diverging slightly toward tip and
ending at or just after wing tip; crossvein perpendicular to base of vein 4, two-
fifths as long as last of vein 5; vein 6 represented by very slight fold. Calypter
and halter yellow, setae of former pale.
Abdomen about as long as thorax, greenish brown dulled with considerable
eray pollen; pubescence pale. Hypopygium (fig. 2) brownish, small, with numer-
ous pale hairs on flattened apical surface and a few very short slender brownish
appendages toward the upper side,
Female with face only slightly wider than in male, about half as wide below
as above; antennal segment 3 triangular, about as long as broad, with arista
inserted just beyond middle of dorsal margin; lengths of segments of hind tarsus
as S—-9-6—4-4.
A
Holotype ¢ and 4 & paratypes, Clear Creek Canyon, Utah, July
14-16, 1946; allotype 2°, Long Valley, Utah, July 4, 1946, all G. K.
Knowlton. Specimens in the Iowa State University collection, Ames,
Iowa.
The species is closely related to both Micromorphus leucostoma,
described above, and M. bifrons Robinson of Iowa, both of which
have similar wide faces. In M. knowltoni, however, there is essentially
no white pollen on the face and the hypopygium bears only very small
slender appendages.
Micromorphus asymmetricus, 1. sp.
(Fig. 5)
Male—Length 1.4 mm; wing 1.4 mm by 0.6 mm.
Face narrow below, less than a fourth as wide as above, with sides running
nearly parallel slightly above the clypeus, the narrow white pollinose margins
sharply demarcated from the central black triangle; front broad with diverging
sides continuous with those of face, covered with light brownish pollen; palpus
black, proboscis brown. Antennae and postocular area as in M. leucostoma,
Thorax similar to M. leucostema, with brownish yellow pollen above, more
grayish pollen toward side and on pleura; tip of scutellum rather pale; bristles
light brownish, 1 large seta above fore coxa.
Bases of coxae slightly infuscated, distal segments of tarsi brownish, legs other-
wise pale. Fore and middle coxae with numerous pale hairs anteriorly the distal
ones longer, middle and hind coxae with a rather pale external bristle, other hairs
and bristles of legs mostly dark; middle and hind femora with a preapical seta;
fore tibia without evident bristles; middle tibia with an anterodorsal and a
posterodorsal near base, 3 apicals; hind tibia with 1 small anterodorsal near basal
third, 3 very small apicals. Lengths of segments of fore tarsus from base as
12-6-4—3-2; middle tarsus as 16-S—5—4-3; hind tarsus as 8-10—-6-44.
PROG. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967 333
Wing rather oval, clear with brown veins; vein 3 nearly straight, vein 2 slightly
divergent; vein 4 slightly curved, equally far from 3rd at crossvein and near tip,
ending slightly behind wing tip; crossvein perpendicular to last of vein 4, a third
to a half as long as last of vein 5; vein 6 represented by a slight fold. Calypter,
its setae, and the halter rather pale.
Abdomen about as long as thorax, tapered toward tip; mostly blackish with
slight grayish pollen toward side and base; hairs and bristles rather yellowish brown.
Hypopygium (fig. 5) small, dark brown, distinctly swollen near tip on left side;
a few short, upwardly curved appendages and a small tuft of pale hairs at tip.
Holotype ¢, Aug. 4, and 1 4 paratype, Aug. 5, 1962, from moist
calcareous rock surfaces, in a small shaded ravine about 5 km south
of Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Holotype in USNM No.
69345; paratype presently in my collection.
The species is one of the narrow faced group related to Micro-
morphus albipes Zetterstedt. The new species is quite distinct in the
very asymmetric hypopygium and the hind tibia completely lacking
posterodorsals.
Micromorphus lithophilus, n. sp.
(Fig. 4)
Male.—Length 1.3 mm; wing 1.3 mm by 0.6 mm.
Face narrow below, about a third as wide as above, with the diverging sides
straight, covered with blackish velvety areas with paler reflections along the
margins of the eyes; front broad with diverging sides continuous from face,
covered with a dull brownish pollen; palpus and proboscis black. Antenna essen-
tially as in M. leucostoma, segment 3 slightly broader than long. Lower postocular
setae pale.
Thorax as in M. leucostoma.
Bases of middle and hind coxae and sometimes base of fore coxa infuscated,
distal segments of tarsi dark, legs otherwise mostly pale. Fore and middle coxae
with numerous pale hairs anteriorly, longer setae distally, middle and hind coxae
with a rather dark external seta, otherwise hairs and bristles of legs dark; middle
and hind femora with a preapical seta; fore tibia without evident bristles; middle
tibia with a small anterodorsal and a small posterodorsal near basal third, 3 apicals;
hind tibia with an anterodorsal and a posterodorsal near the basal third and a
very small posterodorsal near distal third, 3 apicals. Lengths of segments of fore
tarsus from base as 10—5-—4—3-3; middle tarsus as 12-6—-5-3-3; hind tarsus as
6-9-5—4—4.
Wing rather oblong oval, clear with blackish veins; veins 3 and 4 nearly
straight and parallel beyond the crossvein, vein 2 very slightly diverging; crossvein
nearly perpendicular to last of vein 4, about half as long as last of vein 5; vein 6
represented by slight fold. Calypter and halter sometimes darkened, former with
light brownish setae.
Abdomen about as long as thorax, tapered to tip, blackish with grayish pollen
toward base and sides; hairs and bristles brownish, paler toward sides of terga.
Hypopygium (fig. 4) small, dark brownish, with apical surface oblique and
bearing a tuft of stiff black setae in the middle, upper edge of the apex projecting.
Female with face slightly wider, with a wider pale margin along the side.
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Holotype ¢, allotype 2,9 ¢, and 6 2 paratypes, from moist shaded
calcareous rock, in a small ravine about 5 km south of Tamazunchale,
San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Aug. 4-5, 13-14, 1962, H. Robinson. Holotype
( No. 69347) and allotype in USNM; others presently in my collection.
The species is very closely related to Micromorphus albipes Zetter-
stedt but differs by the darker center of the face and by the more
pointed hypopygium bearing a tuft of black setae.
REFERENCES
Parent, O. 1929. Etude sur les Dolichopodides exotiques de la collection von
Réder. Ann. Soc. Sci. Brux. (B) 49: 169-246.
Robinson, H. 1964. A synopsis of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the South-
eastern United States and adjacent regions. Misc. Publ. Ent. Soc. Amer. 4: 103-
192.
DOLICHOMOTES NAVEI, A NEW GENUS AND
NEW SPECIES OF PYEMOTID MITE
(ACARINA: PYEMOTIDAE )
Rosert L. Smitey, Entomology Research Division, ARS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250
The tarsonemine family Pyemotidae includes more than 120 known
species, some of which are of medical or agriculture importance
(Cross 1965). Krantz (1957) erected the genus Dolichocybe for a
pyemotid mite that possesses unusual morphological characters: the
hysterosoma which is divided into four segments with transverse striae
separating the genital plate from the fourth pair of coxal plates; a pair
of long posterior ventral whiplike setae; and an elongated gnathosoma.
The genus here described is similar to Krantz’s and may be separated
by the following characters: the reduction in body and leg setation,
the longitudinal striation separating the coxae medially, and the
absence of the pseudostigmatic organs.
Dolichomotes, n. ¢.
Type-species: Dolichomotes navei, new species.
Gnathosoma of female oval and tapering; palpal tarsus possessing two distinct
short claws and solenidion. Idiosoma long and slender, tapering, truncate
posteriorly, and terminating with a pair of long strong simple setae ventrally.
Legs I-IV similar in size and segmentation; each with two claws and empodium;
tarsi I and II with a large striated disclike sensory seta (fig. 1); and tibiae I-IV
similar by having a smaller sensory organ. Propodosoma without pseudostigmatic
organs.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967 335
Figs. 1-4, Dolichomotes navei, n. sp.: 1, tarsus I, dorsal, 9; 2, venter of
gnathosoma, @; 3, venter, 2; 4, posterior ventral seta.
Although this species lacks the globoid-shaped pseudostigmatic
organs on the propodosoma, it has a pair of long slender sensilla arising
from deep, specialized pits. The sensilla may be serving the same
purpose as the pseudostigmatic organs. Cross (1965) reports that
the pseudostigmata and the pseudostigmatic organs are not present
in the genera Paracarophenax Cross, Acarophenax Newstead and
Duvall, and Adactylidum Cross.
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PROG. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967 337
Dolichomotes navei, n. sp.
(Figs. 1-8)
Female. Body elongate and broadest in medial region of hysterosoma. Gnath-
osoma as wide or slightly wider than long; palpal tarsus (fig. 2) with a pair of
short curved claws, a microseta, and a solenidion; palpal tibia with long slender
seta and microseta laterally. Propodosoma longer than wide; dorsally with two
pairs of simple lateral setae subequal in length and a pair of longer slender simple
sensory sensilla. Hysterosoma long and slender, tapering and becoming truncate
posteriorly; with a pair of long strong simple caudal setae; dorsum divided into
three distinct segments. First segment with two pairs of simple setae, a lateral
and a medial pair. Second segment with one pair of lateral simple setae slightly
longer than those of the first segment and medial setae consisting of base only
and with a pair of anterior internal sclerotized structures. Third segment with
two pairs of marginal simple lateral setae subequal in length and the remnants
of a third pair medially; posterior and ventrally with a pair of long strong simple
setae about as long as length of hysterosoma and a pair of microsetae at posterior
lateral margin of genital plate. Ventral propodosomal and hysterosomal setae
subequal in length. Coxal plates large and distinct, separated from each other
medially by striae; transverse striae also in area between coxae IV and genital
plate. Coxae I with a single pair of setae, slightly shorter than pair on coxae II;
coxae III with single pair of setae slightly longer than pair on coxae IV. All
tarsi (figs. 6-8) with two well developed claws and empodium. Tarsi I and II
similar, with a large striated, disclike sensory seta, a microspur, a pair of simple
dorsal setae distally, and a shorter pair of simple seta ventrally. All tibiae similar,
each with a small, striated, disclike sensory seta similar to those on tarsi I and II.
Legs III and IV similar, without striated disclike sensory seta on the tarsi. Body
145 uw long; 64 “ wide.
Holotype. Female, U.S. National Museum No. 3226; collected on
Areca catechu L., Hawaii, March 19, 1960 by R. Nave, for whom this
species is named.
REFERENCES
Cross, E. A. 1965. The generic relationships of the family Pyemotidae (Acarina:
Trombidiformes ). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 45, No. 2: 29-275.
Krantz, G. W. 1957. Dolicocybe keiferi, a new genus and new species of pye-
motid mite, with a description of a new species of Siteroptes (Acarina: Pyemo-
tidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 50: 259-264.
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NOTES ON THE GENUS THECODIPLOSIS KIEFFER IN NORTH
AMERICA, AND SOME GENERIC REASSIGNMENTS
(Dierera: CECIDOMYIIDAE )
RAYMOND J. GAcGNE, Entomology Research Division, ARS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20560
No key to the North American genera of Cecidomyiidae will
properly separate Thecodiplosis from Contarinia. Felt (1918, 1925,
1958) distinguished between the two genera on the basis of whether
the costa is interrupted at its juncture with R;. The costa is invariably
interrupted in species of both genera.
The most reliable basis for the separation of the adults of the two
genera lies in the female postabdomen: in both genera it is long and
protrusible, but in Thecodiplosis brachyntera (Schwagrichen), the
type-species, and in the species which I consider here to belong to
the genus, it is not longitudinally striated, and the cerci are ovoid and
fleshy; in Contarinia the postabdomen is longitudinally striated, and
the cerci are long-attenuate, well-sclerotized, and closely juxtaposed
laterally. Males of both genera are essentially alike: the tenth tergum
and sternum are bilobed and subequal, and the aedeagus is triangular,
distally attenuate, and subequal in length to the tenth segment.
Foote (1965) listed nine species in the genus Thecodiplosis. Except
for the recently named T. piniresinosae Kearby, that treatment of the
group followed Felt (1918). Only four of the species actually belong
there on the basis of the structure of the female postabdomen. These
are: T. cupressiananassa (Osten Sacken), T. hudsonici (Felt), T.
piniradiatae (Snow and Mills), and T. piniresinosae Kearby. Con-
tarinia constricta Condrashoff, C. cuniculator Condrashoff and C.
pseudotsugae Condrashoff, also belong to Thecodiplosis on the basis
of the female ovipositors and larval characters. All the species now
assigned to Thecodiplosis are associated with twigs or leaves of
conifers.
T. cockerelli Felt, reared from pine needles, is here transferred to
Contarinia on the basis of the female characters discussed above.
Thecodiplosis dulichii Felt fits well the description of Anthodiplosis
Kieffer (Kieffer, 1913) and is here transferred to that genus. This
species has been reared from seeds of a sedge, Dulichum sp. Antho-
diplosis may be separated from all the other North American genera
of Contariniini by the fact that the nodes on each flagellomere are
unequal in size and the circumfilum on each node is rudimentary with
very short loops. The female ovipositor is not protrusible, and each
flagellomere of the female antenna has a distal neck two-thirds as long
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967 339
as the node. The only other species of Anthodiplosis is A. rudimentalis
Kieffer, known from Europe, and reared from heads of Artemisia
vulgaris.
T. liriodendri (Osten Sacken), causing ocellate leaf galls on the
tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera L., is here transferred to Thomasin-
iana because of the larval characters (Mohn, 1955). Adult males
presumably reared from these galls by Felt, fit the description of the
genus in Kieffer (1913).
T. quercifolia (Felt), reared from an oak leaf gall made by Cynips
sp., has three circumfila on each flagellomere and therefore belongs in
another tribe, the Cecidomyiini. The proximal circumfilum on the
distal node of each flagellomere is not developed into loops but girdles
the node closely. The two other circumfila have well-developed loops,
but the loops are much longer on one side of the node than on the
other. The species is here referred to Bremia Rondani.
T. zauschneriae Felt, reared from rosette galls on Zauschneria cali-
fornica Presl., is here transferred to Contarinia on the basis of the
female characters discussed above.
REFERENCES
Condrashoff, S. F. 1961. Three new species of Contarinia Rond. (Diptera:
Cecidomyiidae ) in Douglas-fir needles. Can. Ent. 93: 123-130.
Felt, E. P.. 1918. Appendix: a study of gall midges. VI. N.Y. State Mus. Bull.
(1917) 202: 76-205.
. 1925. Key to gall midges. (A resumé of Studies I-VII). N.Y.
State Mus. Bull. 257: 1-239.
. 1958. III. Subfamily Itonidinae (= Cecidomyiinae). Conn. State
Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey Bull. 87:93-206.
Foote, R. H. 1965. In Stone et al., A Catalog of the Diptera of America North
of Mexico. U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Handbook 276: 241-295.
Kieffer, J. J. 1913. Diptera. Fam. Cecidomyidae. Genera Insectorum, Fasc.
152: 346 pp., 15 pls.
Mohn, E. 1955. Beitrage zur Systematik der Larven der Itonididae. Zoologica,
Stuttgart 38(105): 1-247, 30 pls.
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THE DISCOVERY OF LISTROPHORUS LEUCKARTI PAGENSTECHER
ON MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS PENNSYLVANICUS
FROM NORTH AMERICA‘
(ACARINA: LISTROPHORIDAE )
B. McDANIEL?, Jon P. SHOEMAKER® and Susan J. Joy®
The mite species Listrophorus leuckarti Pagenstecher (the type
species of Listrophorus Pagenstecher, 1861) was recorded from the
meadow vole Microtus arvalis arvalis (Pallas). Recent material col-
lected in Canada and the United States extends the distribution of
this species to include the Nearctic region. A study of material from
the Trouessart collection revealed the following distribution records:
Argentina (on host Mus sylvaticus); India (on host Arvicola amphi-
bius); and France (on host A. arvalis). All specimens had been
collected by Rollinat and determined by Trouessart. No dates of
collection were recorded. The French material from A. arvalis was
reported by the late Dr. Marc Andre (personal communication ) to be
homotypes of Trouessart, although not indicated as such.
With these new records, L. leuckarti Pagenstecher has been found
in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, and Oriental realms. The
following is the habitat range of L. leuckarti in Canada and the
United States: Silverwater, Manitoulin Island, Canada, from Microtus
pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus collected by Tho Scholten on July 26,
1961, and Cabell and Mason Counties, West Virginia, United States,
in August 1966, collected by Jon P. Shoemaker and Susan J. Joy.
The material collected in Canada consists of a single male, six
females and two larvae. The material from West Virginia are four
males, three females and two larvae. All of these agree in structure
with specimens from Argentina, France, and India.
The following description and illustrations of L. leuckarti are made
from Trouessart homotypes and specimens from West Virginia.
Listrophorus leuckarti Pagenstecher
Male—Body laterally compressed, elongate, narrowing posteriorly, dorsum
striate (fig. 2). Legs well-developed. Hair-clasping organ of the typical listro-
phorid type, with flap-like plates to clasp hairs of host. Opisthosomal length
much less than distance between coxa of leg IV and coxa of leg I. Head well-
developed, propodosomal and opisthosomal plates prominent. Head plate narrow-
ing to a point at anterior end, extending beyond legs I; posterior portion projecting
and partly enclosing coxa I. Propodosomal plates extending from dorsum of
1 Approved by the Director of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
as Journal Series No. 766.
* Department of Entomology-Zoology, South Dakota State University, Brookings,
South Dakota.
3 Department of Zoology, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, No. 4, DECEMBER, 1967 341
Listrophorus leuckarti Pagenstecher. Fig. 1, lateral view of female; fig. 2,
lateral view of male.
body and covering region above second pair of legs but not connected to coxae II,
separated from head plate by approximately the width of coxa II. Shape of
prodosomal plates rhomboidal, with a single seta placed at the anterior section.
Another seta of same shape and size as propodosomal setae between lower section
of propodosomal plates and head plate on membranous portion of body. Middle
section of dorsum strigose (fig. 2). Two setae similar in structure to propodosomal
plate setae on striated region of body, placed between legs II and III, and the
other between opisthosomal plate and coxa IV. Opisthosomal plate divided, each
portion extending from anal region of body cephalad to coxa IV. The setae of
each plate similar in structure to propodosomal plate setae, with a single seta
on anterior portion and two on posterior portion of opisthosomal plate (fig. 2).
Strial pattern of body around opisthosomal plates different from body region
between legs II and anterior portion of opisthosomal plate (fig. 2). Venter of
gnathosoma with listrophorid flap-like plates covering sternal area from coxae I
to mouthparts. First pair of legs longer than second pair with typical listrophorid
arrangement of segments, i.e., with the femur greatly elongated (longer than
all other segments combined). Legs II smaller than others. All legs with
sclerotized regions associated with apodemes, similar to the division of the
propodosomal plate. Plates associated with legs II with a single seta, legs III
having two pairs of setae; those with legs I and IV without setae. Two simple
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setae between coxae I small, not visible when specimen mounted laterally. A pair
of microseta; between apodemes of legs III and also between coxa IV. All legs
with conicals. Male genitalia close to legs III on metapodosomal. Aedeagus
distinct, well-developed, sickle-shaped, apex bent (fig. 2). Anal suckers small,
associated with a sclerotized bar, the suckers and bars not plainly visible when
specimen mounted laterally. Anal region with single pair of simple setae divided
into two reduced lobes, heavily sclerotized; the divided nature not evident when
specimen mounted laterally.
Female—Twice as long as male, with head plate and propodosomal plate similar
to male. Body laterally compressed, elongated. Distance between legs IV and
posterior end of body subequal to distance between coxa I and coxae IV. Legs
similar to those of male, with the first pair longer than second. Legs III and IV
equal in length. Propodosomal plate same shape as male (fig. 1); setae similar
in structure and placement. Propodosomal plate divided as in male, with two
setae on main and largest division, one placed on most anterior section and the
other at most posterior region. Striations of dorsum similar to male from propod-
osomal plate to coxa IV. Striations from coxa of legs IV as shown in fig. 1.
Dorsum with four pairs of setae, one pair placed near coxa IV, a second pair
caudad of coxa IV approximately length of legs IV, and two pairs near anal
section of body. Two pairs of simple setae associated with anal opening. Opis-
thosomal region without dorsal plate. Genital area enclosed by apodemes of legs
III, two small genital suckers present within arch of apodemes; all this region
not visible when specimen mounted laterally. Coxal plates of legs III and IV
sclerotized, well-developed. Entire venter with striations, similar to dorsum. All
legs with conicals. The female may be distinguished by the shape of the
propodosomal shield.
Listrophorus leuckarti is separated from all other members of the
genus by the shape of the aedeagus (fig. 2), the shape of the propod-
osomal plate, type of body striations, and male opisthosomal plates.
It should be noted that the females of the genus Listrophorus are less
distinctive, and without the male, species identification is at times
extremely difficult. However, the shape of the propodosomal plate
and the dorsal striations are the most distinguishing characters of the
females.
In the key by McDaniel (1965), L. leuckarti was identified as L.
americanus Radford. The separation of L. leuckarti and L. amer-
icanus presently can be made only on the basis of the structure of
the aedeagi. The senior author is presently working on the complex
of the genus Listrophorus found on muskrats which involves L. validus,
L. doxieri and L. americanus. Until this study has been completed no
further distinctions in this complex are possible.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors wish to express their appreciation to the late Professor Mare Andre,
Laboratoire d’ Acarologie, France, for the loan of material of L. leuckarti from
the Trouessart collection and to Th. Scholten, University of Victoria, Victoria,
Canada, for specimens collected by him. The authors also wish to thank Drs.,
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R. J. Walstrom, E. U. Balsbaugh, Jr. and P. A. Jones of the Dept. of Entomology-
Zoology, South Dakota State University for reading the manuscript; and giving
of their time in order that this paper could be completed. This investigation was
supported in part by a grant from the Marshall Research Foundation, Marshall
University.
REFERENCES
McDaniel, B. 1965. The Subfamily Listrophorinae Gunther with a Description
of a New Species of the Genus Listrophorus Pagenstecher From Texas ( Acarina,
Listrophoridae ). Acarologia 7(4): 704-712.
LINEAR COPULATION IN XYLOCELIA FRANCLEMONTI KROMBEIN
( HYMENOPTERA: SPHECIDAE )
NorMAN Lin, Department of Zoology and Entomology, The Ohio
State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
Linear copulation, in which both members of the pair are dorsal
side up and form a straight or nearly straight line with heads facing
away from each other, has seldom been reported in sphecid wasps.
As far as I could determine such behavior has only been reported in
the cicada killer wasp Sphecius speciosus (Drury) by Lin (1966),
and Scullen (1965) has published a photograph of a pair of Cerceris
frontata Say copulating in this position. Evans (1966) mentions only
one other case of linear copulation among solitary wasps and that
occurred in the eumenid Monobia quadridens (Linnaeus). The
present account of copulation in Xylocelia franclemonti Krombein is
another case of linear copulation and therefore seems worth reporting.
Both the Raus (1918) and the Peckhams (1898) reported observing
copulation in X. metathoracica Mickel and X. americana (Packard)
respectively, but gave no description of the position. Three observers
have noted instances of seemingly unsuccessful mating in species of
Xylocelia. Thus, Krombein (1958) stated that several males of X.
virginiana Rohwer attempted unsuccessfully to mate by pouncing on
females on the ground. The Raus (1918) noted that such pouncings
occurred frequently in X. metathoracica. Powell (1963) stated that
X. occidentalis (Fox) pairs were often observed in what appeared to
be unsuccessful mating attempts, but none were seen copulating.
These encounters “consisted of a male riding on the back of a female
as the latter walked about.” The wasps were oriented head over head,
but contact of abdomens was not seen. These were at the most 10 or
20 second engagements and “usually terminated at some disturbance
such as the pair falling from a grass stem or being bumped by another
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male in flight.” Similar unsuccessful attempts at mating were observed
in the present study.
X. franclemonti (det. H. E. Evans) was found nesting in consider-
able numbers from 1957 to 1966 in sandy tracts along baseball fields
in the Parade Grounds, a huge field in Brooklyn, New York. Colonies
of S. speciosus are located on these same tracts. The following
observations were made during the summers of 1958, 1960, 1965, and
1966. A total of 14 unsuccessful copulatory attempts were observed
on nine different days between 11:08 am and 5:34 pm and between
June 18 and August 31. The single copulating pair was observed on
July 25, 1965. As the data for X. metathoracica (Rau and Rau, 1918),
X. virginiana (Krombein, 1958), and X. occidentalis (Powell, 1963)
also suggest, unsuccessful attempts at copulation in X. franclemonti
are seemingly more common than successful copulation.
In all cases of apparent unsuccessful attempts at mating, a smaller
male was mounted on, or mounted a larger female in the position
described above by Powell. Five pairs in this position alighted on the
ground, and two alighted on a fence. One of the pairs alighted on
the ground several times and another on the fence several times. Two
pairs were observed resting on plants and in the case of one, a still
smaller male was mounted in the same position on the primary male.
In seconds they flew away, the female carrying the two males. Five
cases were observed of males in flight, pouncing on females to assume
the above position. Once there was a brief struggle, the male assumed
the usual position on the back of the female, and the pair then flew
off, the female carrying the male. On a sixth occasion a pouncing
male missed the female, landed next to her, and then flew away.
Apparently the same female landed again about 30 seconds later and
a male was successful in assuming the usual position on her back.
At least three of the 14 pairs walked about considerably. Once a
female walked up to a nest and, apparently because of the male on
top of her, was unsuccessful in her attempted entry. She then flew,
carrying the male with her. Unsuccessful attempts at copulation in
X. virginiana were directed at females engaged in nesting activities
(Krombein, 1958). A pair of X. franclemonti remained on the ground
or some other surface for less than a minute on five occasions, and
a pair was on a surface for more than a minute on two occasions, the
longest being three or four minutes. This was considerably longer
than the maximum of 20 seconds reported for X. occidentalis by
Powell (1963).
In five cases, a male X. franclemonti was observed to lash the female
with his antennae while mounted on her. On two occasions males
lashed the antennae of the female, on three occasions the head. In
one of these latter cases the female repeatedly unfolded and folded
her wings in what may have been an “attempt” to eject the male. She
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then flew off carrying the male with her, and they landed on a plant
about eight inches away; they then flew off again.
Seven pairs were observed to fly off together, the female carrying
the male, and in some of these cases additional landings and take offs
were observed. On one occasion a male alighted on a female, lashed
her antennae with his, and after about one minute flew off. On a
second occasion a male alighted on a female and then flew away.
On July 25, 1965, a pair of X. franclemonti in linear copulation
suddenly alighted on the ground in front of me. The male faced in
a direction opposite that of the female. The male as in the previous
cases was noticeably smaller and thinner than the female. The pair
remained where they landed for about 30 seconds, when I placed my
pencil next to them. They then climbed the pencil, the female pulling
the male. The pair walked about the pencil considerably, the female
continuing to pull the male behind her. The pencil was lifted four
or more feet above the ground when the pair jumped off and in a
spiral manner descended to the ground.
Several aspects of apparent unsuccessful mating behavior have not
previously been described in Xylocelia. These include the frequent
carriage of the male in flight by the female, and the antennal lashing
of the head or antennae of the female by the male.
The precopulatory and copulatory behavior of X. franclemonti is
similar to that of the cicada killer. Copulating cicada killers may fly.
Females, usually noticeably larger than males, pull the males after
them in walking and are never pulled by the males. Essentially the
same precopulatory position is assumed as in X. franclemonti with
the smaller male over the female, and mating may not take place at
all. Nesting females will not mate as is also suggested in the present
study in X. franclemonti and seems to be the case in X. virginiana
(Krombein, 1958). Courtship includes the lashing of the female's
antennae and head by the male’s antennae. A second male is some-
times found in the precopulatory position on top of the first male.
Flight frequently occurs in the precopulatory position, but the female
is apparently unable to commence flight while carrying more than
one male (Lin, 1963, 1966a, 1966b, and personal observation ).
I am indebted to Dr. Howard E. Evans for identifying the Xylocelia.
Funds for the summer of 1965 and 1966 were provided in part by
a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research.
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Evans, H. E. 1966. The behavior patterns of solitary wasps. Ann. Rev. Ent.
11: 123-154.
Krombein, K. V. 1958. Miscellaneous prey records of solitary wasps. III
(Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 71: 21-26.
Lin, N. 1963. Territorial behavior in the cicada killer wasp Sphecius speciosus
(Drury) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) I. Behaviour 20: 115-133.
346 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967
1966a. Copulatory behavior of the cicada killer wasp Sphecius spe-
ciosus. Animal Behaviour 14: 130-131.
1966b. Standard and emergency courtship in the cicada killer
wasp Sphecius speciosus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Amer. Zool. 6: 585.
Peckham, G. W. and E. G. Peckham. 1898. On the instincts and habits of the
solitary wasps. Wisc. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 2, 245 pp.
Powell, J. A. 1963. Biology and behavior of nearctic wasps of the genus Xylo-
celia with special reference to X. occidentalis (Fox). (Hymenoptera: Spheci-
dae). Wasmann Jour. Biol. 21: 155-176.
Rau, P. 1935. The courtship and mating of the wasp Monobia quadridens.
Ent. News 46: 57-58.
and N. Rau. 1918. Wasp studies afield. Princeton University Press,
Princeton, 372 pp.
A NEW SALDID FROM CALIFORNIA
(HEMIPTERA: SALDIDAE )
J. T. PoLnemus, 3115 S. York, Englewood, Colorado 80110
Several years ago, while studying the Usinger Collection, I separated
a new species of Saldula. I had hoped to include it in a more com-
prehensive study of the genus, but the need for the new name has
prompted me to publish it alone.
Saldula usingeri, n. sp.
Of moderate size, moderately broad, general color black, macropterous. (For
all measurements, 60 units = 1 mm.)
Head: Black, feebly shining, surface almost obscured by dense, short, re-
cumbent silvery pubescence; preocellar spot yellowish; with scattered long erect
setae in addition to the usual three pairs of long hairs on frons and vertex; ocelli
slightly raised and separated by the width of an ocellus; interocular space greater
than the width of an eye (20:19); clypeus and anteclypeus testaceous medially,
piceous elsewhere.
Thorax: Pronotum black, feebly shining, rugulose, surface almost obscured by
pubescence, vestiture as described for head; covered with long black erect setae,
very evident at lateral margins when viewed from above; lateral margins very
slightly convex to straight, narrowing moderately anteriorly; callus slightly raised,
with deep pit in center; anterior lobe longer than posterior lobe (17:8, not including
collar); collar wide (5); underparts black, clothed with fine silvery pubescence;
scutellum equal in width and length (57:57), with vestiture similar to pronotum,
depressed transversely across center.
Wings: Hemelytra fully developed, pubescence and setae as on pronotum;
ground color black; for most specimens, the inner corium and clavus are solid
velvety black, and the outer corium is feebly shining and marked as in figure 1A;
occasionally light spots are found on the inner corium along the corial suture and
at the apex along the membrane; membrane fumose to deep fumose, with four
cells.
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Yoram
Yo mm
Fig. 1, Saldula usingeri, n. sp.: A, left hemelytron; B and C, left male paramere,
two views; D, parandria.
Abdomen: Piceous, covered with short, decumbent silvery pubescence; in
female, caudal portion of subgenital plate leucine, this plate produced caudad;
parandria as shown in figure 1D.
Extremities: Antennal segment 1 testaceous, with deep brown ventral basal
stripe; segment 2 deep brown, testaceous on apical third or fourth; segments 3
and 4 deep brown to piceous; as thick as the apex of segment 2, relatively slender
for the genus; all segments clothed with short pubescence and scattered longer
hairs, the latter longest on segments 3 and 4; proportions as follows:
Holotype ¢: 1;20 : II;42 : III;28 : IV:30. Allotype ¢: 1;20 : II;48 : III;29 :
IV;28.
Legs testaceous, coxae, base and apex of trochanters, base of femora flavous
to flavo-testaceous; tibia and tarsal segments darkened apically, tibia with usual
dark spines.
Genitalia: Paramere as shown in figure 1B and 1C; filum gonopori coiled one
and three fourths times; median sclerotized structures of aedeagus typically
Saldula like.
Measurements: Holotype ¢, length 3.65 mm., width 1.85 mm., allotype °,
length 4.8 mm., width 2.4 mm.
Mean length of 10 ¢ ¢: 3.84 mm.; min. 3.65 mm., max. 4.35 mm.
Mean width of 10 ¢ ¢: 1.81 mm.; min. 1.65 mm., max. 2.0 mm.
Mean length of 10 2 9: 4.20 mm.; min. 3.9 mm., max. 4.8 mm.
Mean width of 10 2 @: 2.18 mm.; min. 1.9 mm., max. 2.4 mm.
Material: Holotype, male, (R. L. Usinger Collection ), Calif., Colusa
Co., Wilbur Spr., Aug. 16, 1960, R. L. Usinger collector; allotype,
female, same locality but May 17, 1961, Wygodzinsky collector;
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paratypes as follows: 9 ¢ 6,8 2 2, same data as holotype; 3 ¢ 3,4 22,
2 nymphs, same but May 17, 1961, Wygodzinsky collector; 1 ¢, 6 22,
same but Sulphur Cr. at Wilbur Hot Spgs., Mar. 29, 1956, on shore
in ‘Footbath’ pool area, H. B. Leech collector; 1 2, same as holotype
but May 15, 1967, N. Ueshima collector; 3 ¢ ¢, 1 2, same as holotype
but H. C. Chapman collector.
Paratypes are in the collections of P. Wygodzinsky, R. L. Usinger,
H. C. Chapman, J. T. Polhemus, and USNM. I am indebted to Drs.
Wygodzinsky, Usinger and Chapman for the opportunity to study
this material, and to the latter for helping in the diagnosis of this
material. This species is named in honor of Dr. R. L. Usinger in
recognition of his interest in and fine contributions to our knowledge
of Saldidae.
Comparative notes: Saldula usingeri n. sp. is close to Saldula
pilosella (Thomson) of Europe. Both of these species have small
eyes and a wide interocular space, the latter often exceeding the width
of an eye in both species. In usingeri, however the front lobe of the
pronotum is long compared to the posterior lobe (measured on a
median line, not including the collar), the ratio for usingeri being
anterior: posterior, 17.7: 10.8 (10 specimens) and for pilosella 12.9:
10.9 (10 specimens). In addition the pilosity of the paramere is much
heavier in usingeri (fig. 1) and the paramere is of a different shape.
The color of the specimens of the two species is quite different in the
material examined, pilosella being much lighter.
Cobben (1958) considers Saldula hirsuta (Reuter) a subspecies of
S. pilosella. Material of hirsuta has not been examined, but as Cobben
gives only the relative hairiness as the difference between the two
forms of pilosella, it is clear that we are dealing with a different species
in usingeri.
Considering North American species, usingeri is closest to Saldula
pexa Drake, however the parameres, parandria and eunomy are dif-
ferent. The clavus always has a well defined apical spot in pexa, and
never in usingeri, however in the lightest specimens of the latter there
is a small, ill-defined light area. The most distinctive character of
usingeri, however, is the wide interocular space due to the small eyes,
particularly noticeable in large females where the head looks dis-
proportionately small.
Drake (1950) lists Saldula hirsuta (Reuter) as occurring in Cali-
fornia, but almost certainly he was referring to either usingeri or pexa.
REFERENCES
Cobben, R. H. 1959. Notes on the classification of Saldidae, with the descrip-
tion of a new species from Spain, Zool. Meded. Leiden 36: 303-316.
Drake, C. J. 1950. Concerning North American Saldidae (Hemiptera), Bull.
Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 45(1): 1-7.
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ECTOPARASITES OF CANADIAN BIRDS AND MAMMALS!
Nrxon Wuson, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 96819
A small collection of ectoparasites from birds and mammals is listed
with comments relative to host relationships and distribution in
Canada. Important past references to each species in Canada are
reviewed briefly. Eighteen species belonging to 7 orders are listed
from 13 species of birds and mammals. Eight of these are new
Canadian, provincial and/or host records.
Specimens have been distributed between Joseph Moore Museum,
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana and Bernice P. Bishop Museum.
Thanks are extended to Mr. W. W. Baker, Dr. R. E. Mumford and
Mrs. G. L. Ward for providing most of the material for study.
List of Ectoparasites
Class ACARINA
Order MrETASTIGMATA
Family IxopmaEr
Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Packard )
1 6,1 92, ex Lepus americanus Erxleben, New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., Kent
I., 25.VI1.1963, I. L. Brisbin (FN 29).
This is the tick encountered most often on leporids in North America. Gregson
(1956) tabulated many records from Canada including four from New Brunswick.
Ixodes angustus Neumann
1 2, ex Tamias striatus (Linnaeus), Ontario, Thessalon, 64 km N, 26.VII.1965,
J. B. Cope (JBC 581).
According to Gregson (1956) this species is best known from the western
provinces but is found throughout Canada. He listed it from this host in Ontario.
Order MrsosTIGMATA
Family HAEMOGAMASIDAE
Eulaelaps stabularis (Koch)
1 9, ex Sorex cinereus Kerr, Saskatchewan, Regina, 3 km SE, 28.VIII.1959,
N. Wilson (E 1156); 1 9, ex Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord), Saskatchewan,
Regina, 3 km SE, 28.VIII.1959, N. Wilson ( E 1157).
E. stabularis is a widespread species recorded mostly from rodents and insec-
tivores. This is the first record from Saskatchewan and from S. cinereus. All
previous Canadian records are from Ontario (Banks, 1909; Jameson, 1950; Judd,
1950).
Haemogamasus ambulans (Thorell )
1 9, ex Eutamias minimus (Bachman), Ontario, Chapleau, 32 km E, VII.1965,
W. H. Buskirk and J. B. Cope.
1 This investigation was supported in part by Public Health Service Research
Grant AI-01723 from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease,
National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service.
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This species is known from the northern United States, Canada and Alaska
under the name Haemogamasus alaskensis Ewing. Rodents and insectivores are
the common hosts. It never has been reported from E. minimus but there are
records from Ontario (Jameson, 1950; Keegan, 1951). The record of Haemo-
gamasus hirsutus Berlese from Ontario by Judd (1950) may be this species.
Family LAELAPIDAE
Androlaelaps fahrenholzi ( Berlese )
1 N, ex Microtus pennsylvanicus, Saskatchewan, Regina, 3 km SE, 28.VIII.1959,
N. Wilson (E 1157).
This is a widespread species occurring most frequently on rodents. It has been
recorded from Canada by Strandtmann (1949), Jameson (1950), Judd (1950,
1953) and Scholten et al. (1962), but never from Saskatchewan.
Laelaps alaskensis Grant
3 29, ex Microtus pennsylvanicus, Ontario, Attawapiskat, 7.VII.1965, J. B.
Cope et al. (JBC 550).
This rodent mite has been reported from Keewatin and Ellef Ringnes Island
in Canada (Harper, 1956; McAlpine, 1964; 1965). Records of Laelaps muris
(Ljungh) from Ontario by Judd (1950; 1953; 1954) are probably this species.
Order PRrostTiGMATA
Family TROMBICULIDAE
Euschongastia sp.
40 LL, ex Microtus pennsylvanicus, Saskatchewan, Regina, 3 km SE, 27.VIII.
1959, N. Wilson (E 1155).
All specimens lack sensillae making specific identification impossible. They
are very close to E. campi Brown and Brennan and E. sciuricola (Ewing) both
of which have been collected in Canada (Brown and Brennan, 1952; Farrell,
1956).
Class INsECTA
Order ANOPLURA
Family HorLopLEURIDAE
Hoplopleura acanthopus ( Burmeister )
1 6, 2 29, ex Microtus pennsylvanicus, Saskatchewan, Regina, 3 km SE,
98.VIII.1959, N. Wilson (E 1157).
H. acanthopus is a common ectoparasite of Microtus in North America and has
been reported previously from Canada (Ferris, 1921; Harper, 1956; Scholten
et al., 1962; McAlpine, 1964, 1965; Spencer, 1966).
Order MALLOPHAGA
Family MENOPONIDAE
Myrsidea anaspila ( Nitzsch)
2, 2 9, ex Corvus corax Linnaeus, Ontario, Moosonee, 28.VI.1965, J. B. Cope;
2 99,1N, ex C. corax, Ontario, Moosonee, 15.VII.1965, J. B. Cope and W. H.
Buskirk.
Neither Spencer (1948, 1957), Stirrett (1952) nor Whitehead (1954) listed
this species from Canada; however, it is to be expected on the common raven.
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Trinoton querquedulae (Linnaeus )
1 ¢, ex Anas carolinensis Gmelin, Manitoba, Delta, 13.VIII.1964, D. A.
Manuwal.
This mallophagan occurs on several species of ducks and has been collected
from this locality on this host (Buscher, 1965). There are other Canadian records
from British Columbia (Spencer, 1948), Ontario (Stirrett, 1952) and Quebec
(Whitehead, 1954).
Family PHILOPTERIDAE
Saemundssonia sternae (Linnaeus )
1 @, ex Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, Manitoba, Delta, 13.VIII.1964, D. A.
Manuwal (REM 4501).
This species is expected to occur wherever the common tern does, although
apparently it has not been collected in Canada.
Order SIPHONAPTERA
Family CERATOPHYLLIDAE
Megabothris atrox (Jordan)
4 292, ex Mustela erminea Linnaeus, Ontario, Moosonee, 14.VII.1965, W. H.
Buskirk (B).
Holland (1949) mentioned only two records of this species; that of Jordan’s
from Alberta and a new one from Northwest Territories. The above record
extends the range about 2,300 km eastward in Canada. The few collections
indicate this flea is a parasite of weasels.
Three of four specimens varied from the original description in that they had
fewer pronotal spines (23, 23, 24, 26). Jordan (1925) indicated there were
26 to 29 spines in the pronotal ctenidium of his specimens which suggested to
him that it might be a bird flea.
Megabothris quirini ( Rothschild )
2 64,1 2, ex Mustela erminea, Ontario, Moosonee, 14.VII.1965, W. H.
Buskirk (A); 1 4, ex M. erminea, Ontario, Moosonee, 14.VII.1965, W. H. Buskirk
(133).
This flea is normally a parasite of cricetid rodents and the present records may
reflect predation by weasels on these rodents. This is a widespread species in
Canada and Holland (1949) listed several records from Ontario.
Monopsyllus eumolpi eumolpi ( Rothschild )
1 g, ex Eutamias minimus, Ontario, Chapleau, 32 km E, VII.1965, W. H.
Buskirk and J. B. Cope.
This chipmunk flea probably occurs throughout the range of Eutamias in
Canada. Holland (1949) and Hubbard (1949) each reported three records from
Ontario.
Monopsyllus vison (Baker )
1 6, ex crawling on Homo sapiens Linnaeus, Ontario, Moosonee, 12.VII.1965,
W. H. Buskirk. 2 ¢ 6, ex Mustela erminea, Ontario, Moosonee, 14.VII.1965, W.
H. Buskirk (B).
This species is widespread in Canada with Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben )
the true host. The specimen from man probably was acquired while handling
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mammals and those from a weasel reflect the predatory nature of this animal.
Holland (1949), Hubbard (1949) and Scholten et al. (1962) listed several
records from southern Ontario.
Orchopeas caedens durus (Jordan)
2466, 2 92, ex Mustela erminea, Ontario, Moosonee, 14.VII.1965, W. H.
Buskirk (B).
The subspecies durus has a widespread but discontinuous distribution in Canada.
Its true host is T. hudsonicus and the above record probably indicates predation
by the weasel on red squirrels. There are several records of this species from
Ontario (Holland, 1949; Judd, 1954; Scholten et al., 1962).
Family IscHNOPSYLLIDAE
Myodopsylla insignis ( Rothschild )
1g, 1 @, ex Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte), New Brunswick, Charlotte Co.,
Kent I., 17.VIII.1963, I. L. Brisbin (FN 54).
M. insignis is widely distributed in Canada from inland British Columbia to
New Brunswick, from which latter province the above record is the first. Bats
of the genus Myotis, especially M. lucifugus, are recorded most frequently as
hosts.
Order DipTERA
Family HippoBoscipAE
Ornithomya fringillina Curtis
1 4, ex Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin), Ontario, Moosonee, 15.VII.1965, J. B.
Cope and W. H. Buskirk; 1 9, ex Passerella iliaca (Merrem), Ontario, Moosonee,
16.VII.1965, J. B. Cope; 1 ¢, ex clothing, Ontario, Moosonee, 17.VII.1965, W.
H. Buskirk; 1 9, ex Z. albicollis, Ontario, Moosonee, 21.VII.1965, J. B. Cope.
This is a common hippoboscid of certain species of passeriform birds in
temperate North America and there are numerous records from Canada, including
Ontario, (Bequaert, 1954; Davies, 1958; Bennett, 1961). The fox sparrow
apparently is not one of the preferred hosts as Bequaert (1954) published only
one verified record.
REFERENCES
Banks, N. 1909. New Canadian mites. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 11(3): 133-143.
Bennett, G. F.. 1961. On three species of Hippoboscidae (Diptera) on birds in
Ontario. Can. J. Zool. 39: 379-406.
Bequaert, J. C. 1954. The Hippoboscidae or louse-flies (Diptera) of mammals
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A NEW SPECIES OF OMANIA FROM MICRONESIA
(HEMIPTERA: SALDIDAE)
Jon L. Herrinc and Haroip C, CHapMAn, Entomology Research
Division, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture+
The following new species is the first member of the genus Omania
Horvath from Micronesia. Previously, four species were known:
coleoptratra Horvath, 1915 from the Sultanate of Oman and the Sinai
Peninsula, marksae Woodward, 1958 from intertidal coral rocks of the
Great Barrier Reef of Australia, samoensis Kellen, 1960 from American
Samoa and satoi Miyamoto, 1963 from the Tokara Islands south of
Kyushu, Japan. The present species was collected at Nauru Island
in southeastern Micronesia.
All of the members of the genus are extremely small and secretive
and have thus far eluded discovery on most of the islands of Oceania.
Both Woodward (1958) and Kellen (1960) have given excellent
accounts of the life history, habits and adaptations of these saldids
to a marine life in the intertidal zone. Drake (1961) has summarized
the literature and included a splendid illustration of O. marksae.
Key TO THE SpEcIES OF Omania HorvATH
1. Eyes small, width two-thirds or less the width of the vertex at level of
ocelli, length subequal to length of pronotum; vertex with silvery pu-
bescence; hemelytra almost unicolorous —....___»_-___»_ 2
Eyes large, width four-fifths or more the width of the vertex at level of
ocelli, length greater than length of pronotum; vertex with golden pu-
bescence; hemelytra with a contrasting pattern of bluish bloom and black — 4
2. Collum of head distinctly triangular; all antennal segments concolorous light
brown; calluses of pronotum flat, poorly delimited; pronotum, scutellum,
and hemelytra uniformly bluish gray; legs light brown _ coleoptrata Horvath
Collum of head not triangular, anterior demarcation arcuate; antennal seg-
ments III and IV dark brown or black; calluses of pronotum slightly
raised and clearly demarcated; pronotum, scutellum and hemelytra
velvety: blast." oie wee eee eee 3
3. Antennal segment III only one-half as long as IV, apices of segment I and II
fuscus, all of III and IV black; posterior lobe of pronotum about twice as
long as the anterior collar; hemelytra uniformly dull black _ satoi Miyamoto
Antennal segment III approximately two-thirds as long as IV, apex of seg-
ment II and all of III and IV brownish black; posterior lobe of the
pronotum only slightly longer than anterior collar; hemelytra marked
with a bluish bloom along costal margin and near middle of disk —
ib Re ee Ree Ree ee ee i eee ee marksae Woodward
4. Length of eye almost one and a half times length of pronotum, its posterior
margin extending beyond the posterior margin of the pronotal collar;
1 Washington, D.C. and Lake Charles, Louisiana, respectively.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967 355
median fovea of callus deep, almost completely separating callus into two
swollen lobes; scutellum very small, distinctly less than twice as wide as
long; irregular silvery blue pattern occurring extensively over pronotum,
Geeta lhonaay euavel InyercrslKyiade) oe nauruensis, nN. sp.
Length of eye no more than one and a quarter times length of pronotum, its
posterior margin not surpassing the posterior margin of the pronotal col-
lar; median fovea of callus distinct but not dividing the callus into two
separate lobes; scutellum twice as wide as long; irregular silvery blue
pattern confined to sides of pronotum and three stripes on hemelytra
Be iy a ta, Ree ee Ree samoensis Kellen
Omania nauruensis, 0. sp.
(Figs. 1-2)
Male.—Head in front vertical, strongly deflexed, not projecting in front of
eyes; over twice as wide as long, 40: 17°. Eyes large, four-fifths the width of
vertex at level of ocelli; almost one and a half times length of pronotum on median
line, 23: 16, their hind margins surpassing the hind margin of the pronotal collar;
vertex, frons and clypeus shining black, finely rugulose; pubescence fine, golden.
Ocelli raised, separated from each other by twice the distance between ocellus and
eye. Anterior pair of cephalic trichobothria large, closely resembling ocelli but
pale, bearing the usual pair of long, black setae. Posterior hairless collum on
median line one-fourth total length of head, 4:17, with dull blue-gray pruinosity;
anterior margin broadly arcuate. Clypeal region and underside of head with long,
pale hairs. Rostrum testaceous, reaching middle coxae. Relative lengths of
antennal segments I-IV, 9: 13: 11: 16, with numerous hairs; segments I and II
pale, III and IV uniformly reddish brown.
Pronotum hardly more than one-half as long as wide at base, 16: 33; lateral
margins rounded and evenly tapered to anterior collar; posterolateral angles
bluntly angled but not carinate or explanate; collar about one-sixth of total length,
2.5: 16; callus prominently elevated and clearly demarcated by a sulcus at sides
and behind, median fovea continued as a sulcus which almost completely divides
callus into two lobes; pronotal margins and median sulcus with blue-gray
pruinosity.
Scutellum small, over one and a half times wider than long, 16: 10; one-half
as wide as base of pronotum, 16: 33; disk depressed on sides leaving a longitudinal
carina joined to the transverse basal one, clearly defined by the blue-gray
pruinosity.
Forewings completely covering sides of abdomen and extending to level of
sterna; dark, entirely coriaceous, elytron-like; not over-lapping and without a
trace of membrane; costal margins broadly convex, apices rounded; surpassing
abdomen, slightly diverging. Claval suture present, weakening apically, but
clearly defined by preapical pruinose band. Blue-gray pruinose areas as follows:
a large basal and preapical band on clavus, an irregular patch on base of corium
extending narrowly down the lateral margin of hemelytra, widening at middle
third and extending inward almost to commissure, a broad band at apical margin.
Hind wings absent.
(oo nits) —) lami:
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Fig. 1, Omania nauruensis, n. sp., holotype ¢.
Pronotum, scutellum and hemelytra impunctate, with rather sparse covering
of short, curved hairs, these becoming longer laterally.
Coxae and most of femora shining testaceous; apical fifth or sixth of each
femur, all tibiae, tarsi stramineous with abundant long hairs; tibiae with some
stiff spines.
Genital capsule small with a pair of minute claspers (fig. 2).
Total length 1.20 mm., greatest width of hemelytra 0.57 mm.
Female very similar to male but larger. Length 1.36 mm., greatest width of
hemelytra 0.68 mm.
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Fig. 2, é clasper.
Holotype male (USNM 69554) and allotype female, Nauru Island,
432 miles west of the Gilbert Islands and just south of the equator,
Nov. 25, 1966; 137 paratypes, same locality but Nov. 16, 19, and 25,
1966. All collected by H. C. Chapman.
Holotype, allotype and 35 paratypes in the USNM. Paratypes in
John T. Polhemus collection and H. C. Chapman collection.
O. nauruensis can be distinguished from the other four members of
the genus by its large, elongate eyes and the distinctive and apparently
constant color pattern.
CoLLectinc NOTES
Omania nauruensis was collected at low tide from coral pinnacles
that were common in the reef which completely surrounds Nauru
Island. Most collections were made in the vicinity of Anibare Bay.
The coral outcroppings varied in size from a foot to more than eight
feet in height and many were very broad (fig. 3). Fig. 4 shows a coral
pinnacle which generally produced specimens of this saldid. Speci-
mens were collected by flushing or splashing water against the coral
out-croppings just above the water where the surface was still moist
from the previous high tide. The specimens were washed into the
water where they were easily collected by a dipper or finger tip and
then placed in a vial of alcohol. Because of the small size of this
species, their collecting was facilitated by splashing pinnacles which
were in the open sunlight and had white sand at their bases. Specimens
appeared rather helpless in the water; if they were not collected, they
eventually returned to a pinnacle. O. nauruensis apparently comes out
of the interstices of the coral outcroppings at definite times during
low tides. Collecting of this species was rather poor immediately
following low tides.
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Fig. 4, Coral pinnacle which often produced Omania nauruensis.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967 359
Halovelia marianarum Usinger was the only other aquatic bug noted
in the general habitat. This marine veliid was often seen around and
on portions of the coral pinnacles.
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THE NEARCTIC DORYCTINAE, V. THE GENUS LELUTHIA AND
COMMENTS ON THE STATUS OF THE TRIBE HECABOLINI
(HYMENOPTERA, BRACONIDAE )
Paut M. Marsu, Entomology Research Division, ARS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20560
The Doryctinae have been divided into two tribes depending upon
the presence of the second intercubitus in the forewing and, hence,
three cubital cells (Doryctini), or the absence of the second inter-
cubitus, hence, two cubital cells (Hecabolini). Tobias (1961) de-
scribed a genus and species of Doryctinae which usually had two
cubital cells but in which several specimens had three. After further
study, and when he found no other characters to distinguish the
Hecabolini and Doryctini, he concluded that “the presence or absence
of the second intercubitus can not serve as a reliable criterion for the
separation of these groups.”
During my study of the genus Leluthia Cameron which normally
has three cubital cells, I observed one distinct species and several
specimens of another with only two cubital cells. Furthermore, one
specimen has the right wing with two cells and the left with three.
Otherwise, the specimens are identical and, I believe, congeneric.
I agree with Tobias that this character of the forewing is not reliable
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for tribal separation and that, therefore, the two tribes should be
combined.
Leluthia Cameron
Leluthia Cameron, 1887, p. 392. Type-species: Leluthia mexicana Cameron.
Desig. by Viereck, 1914.
Russellia Muesebeck, 1950, p. 78. Preoce. by Vargas, 1943. Type-species: Hetero-
spilus (?) astigma Ashmead. Orig. desig. New synonymy.
Russellella Muesebeck and Walkley, 1951, p. 178. New name for Russellia
Muesebeck.
Distinguished by the following characters: head subcubical; first flagellar
segment longer than second; forewings with two or three cubital cells, radial
cell short, usually not nearly attaining apex of wing, recurrent vein entering first
cubital cell, sometimes at extreme apex, subdiscoideus nearly on a straight line
with discoideus, first brachial cell open at apex; foretibia with row of 5-10 small
stout spines; tergum (243) with a tranverse strongly bisinuate groove and short
shallow oblique grooves from base of tergum which set off a circular or oval
area medially at base of tergum (fig. 10).
Cameron (1887) included two species in Leluthia, mexicana and
fuscinervis, the types of which are in the British Museum. Sub-
sequently Viereck (1914) designated mexicana as the type-species
of the genus. The other species, fuscinervis, is not congeneric with
mexicana and, in fact, belongs to the genus Heterospilus. Muesebeck
(1950) described the genus Russellia to include his species prosopidis
and astigma Ashmead. These species are definitely congeneric with
Leluthia, and prosopidis is identical with the type-species, mexicana.
Key to Nearcric SpreciEs oF Leluthia
Soap ere ae oe ieee eae EA 2
Malesia. ad ter Labs 2 ies et be! oe eee 5
2. Second intercubitus absent, forewing with two cubital cells — 3
Seco” intercubitus present, forewing with three cells 4
3. Ovip.:itor as long as abdomen; hindfemur about four times longer than its
Pre neste welt es eee eel LT Sh eee floridensis, n. sp.
Ovipositor shorter than abdomen; hindfemur about three times longer than
RCAC RIVER eee ee astigma (Ashmead )
4. Vertex transversly rugosopunctate; thorax stout, slightly longer than high
Pee AU ORD et Le Re eT eS ee mexicana Cameron
Vertex punctate or granular; thorax flattened dorsoventrally, usually about
touiite sasilOmcewag abi ein a. 8 pits heel Peas te eee astigma (Ashmead )
5. Stigma present in hindwing (fig. 8); if rarely absent, then vertex trans-
VETSC IN TUPOSOPUNGCtALG oe A eee mexicana Cameron
Stigma absent in hindwing; vertex punctate or granular _. 6
6. Second intercubitus absent, forewing with two cubital cells; hindfemur
about four times longer than its greatest width _..-- floridensis, n. sp.
Second intercubitus present; if rarely absent, then hindfemur about three
times longer than greatest width __._____________ astigma (Ashmead )
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Figs. 1-3. Wings of Leluthia species: fig. 1, astigma, 2, fore and hindwing;
fig. 2, astigma, 6, hindwing; fig. 3, floridensis, 2, fore and hindwing. Figs. 4-7.
Male genitalia: fig. 4, astigma, genital capsule; fig. 5, astigma, ninth sternum;
fig. 6, floridensis, genital capsule; fig. 7, floridensis, ninth sternum.
Leluthia astigma (Ashmead), n. comb.
(iar, Il, 25 2h by)
Heterospilus (?) astigma Ashmead, 1896, p. 215. Holotype male, USNM 69555.
Russellia astigma (Ashmead), Muesebeck, 1950, p. 78.
Russellella astigma (Ashmead), Muesebeck and Walkley, 1951, p. 178.
Female——Length of body, 3-6 mm, ovipositor, 1-2 mm. Color usually entirely
dark brown or black with legs lighter; often legs and basal antennal segments
bright honey yellow, and body marked with reddish brown. Head cubical, flat-
tened dorsoventrally; entirely finely granular or punctate, lower part of temples
occasionally smooth; malar space one-third eye height; temples about one-half
eye width; antennae 25-32 segmented. Thorax flattened dorsoventrally, often
very much so; pronotum short, somewhat swollen; propleuron granular; propleural
groove distinct, weakly foveolate; mesonotum not sharply declivous anteriorly;
mesonotal lobes finely granular; notauli weak, rugose, obscured behind by wide
rugose area; scutellar furrow with 7 cross carinae; scutellar disc granular; meso-
pleural disc and mesosternum granular; mesopleural furrow usually smooth;
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subalar groove shallow, often rugose; propodeum coarsely granular, often longi-
tudinally rugosopunctate medially. Hindcoxae and all femora granular; hindfemora
about three times longer than greatest width. Wing venation as in fig. 1; stigma
usually about four times as long as wide; second intercubitus occasionally absent.
First abdominal tergum longer than wide, longitudinally rugosopunctate; tergum
(2+3) with area in front of transverse groove short and broad, more often oval
than circular; remainder of terga granular; ovipositor about two-thirds abdominal
length.
Male.—Essentially as in female; hindwing without stigma (fig. 2); genitalia
as in fig. 4, ninth sternum narrowed and truncate anteriorly (fig. 5).
Type Locality—Morgantown, West Virginia.
Distribution.—Arizona, California, Iowa, Maryland, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West
Virginia, Wyoming; Mexico.
Hosts.—Agrilus sp., A. difficilis Gory, (?) A. politus (Say).
The specimens from Oklahoma, Texas, California, and Mexico are
generally flatter and lighter than the other more northern specimens.
However, I can find no significant differences and feel that they are
members of this species.
Leluthia floridensis, n. sp.
(Figs.G, G6, 7)
Female.—Length of body, 4-5 mm, ovipositor, 2-2.5 mm. Head, thorax, and
first abdominal tergum, and tergum (2+3) medially at base, dark brown, often
black; legs and remainder of abdomen brown. Head flattened dorsoventrally; eyes
large; malar space about one-fourth eye height; temples about one-half eye width;
vertex flat, not declivous posteriorly, transversely rugulopunctate; face, temples,
and frons punctate; antennae 26-29 segmented. Thorax flattened dorsoventrally;
prothorax punctate; propleural groove shallow, rugulose; mesonotal lobes punctate;
notauli shallow, weakly foveolate; obscured behind by wide rugose area; scutellar
furrow narrow, with 7 cross carinae; scutellar disc flat, punctate; mesopleural
disc and mesosternum punctate; mesopleural furrow shallow, weakly foveolate,
usually as long as mesopleuron; subalar groove shallow, wide, rugose; propodeum
nearly horizontal, completely longitudinally rugose. Legs punctate; hindfemora
usually about four times longer than wide. Wing venation as in fig. 3; second
intercubitus always absent; radial cell somewhat longer than in other species but
not reaching wing tip. First abdominal tergum about as long as apical width,
longitudinally rugose, without a raised median area; tergum (2+3) granular
behind transverse sinuate groove; remainder of abdominal terga granular;
ovipositor equal to length of abdomen.
Male.—Similar to female; length 3-4 mm; genitalia as in fig. 6; ninth sternum
pointed anteriorly (fig. 7); hindwing without stigma.
Holotype female.—Florida: Polk County, August 31, 1961, ex citrus
limbs. USNM 69553.
Paratypes.—Florida: Polk County, 6 22, 3 66, August 28 and
September 5, 1961, ex citrus limbs; Lake Alfred, 1 2, August 21, 1961.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967 363
Figs. 8-12. Leluthia mexicana: fig. 8, fore and hindwings, ¢; fig. 9, hindwing,
9; fig. 10, tergum (2+3); fig. 11, genital capsule, ¢; fig. 12, ninth sternum, ¢.
Host.—One specimen was reared from citrus limbs infested with the
weevil Cryptorhynchus fallax LeConte.
This species is so similar morphologically and in general habitus to
the type-species, mexicana, that I feel it undoubtedly belongs in
Leluthia. The presence of only two cubital cells in the forewing
would have placed this species in the tribe Hecabolini; but, in the
light of the brief discussion above, this tribe has no validity. Although
the male genitalia of floridensis are somewhat different, I do not think
that this is enough to warrant a separate generic placement.
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Leluthia mexicana Cameron
(Figs. 8-12)
Leluthia mexicana Cameron, 1887, p. 392. Holotype female in the British Museum.
Russellia prosopidis Muesebeck, 1950, p. 78. Holotype female, USNM 59483.
New synonymy.
Russellella prosopidis (Muesebeck), Muesebeck and Walkley, 1951, p. 178.
Female—Length of body, 3-6 mm, ovipositor, 1.5-3.5 mm. Color dark brown
or black except lower part of head, prosternum, and legs which are often lighter
brown. Head subcubical; vertex and frons transversely rugosopunctate, face
rugulose, temples granular; malar space about one-third eye height; temples about
three-fifths eye width; antennae 22-30 segmented. Thorax stout, not flattened;
pronotum short, propleuron rugose; propleural groove not distinct; mesonotum
declivous anteriorly; mesonotal lobes granular; notauli represented by wide shallow
rugose lines, obscured posteriorly by wide rugose area; scutellar furrow with
7 cross carinae; scutellar disc granular; mesopleural disc punctate; mesopleural
furrow deep, finely foveolate; subalar groove broad and strongly rugose; meso-
sternum punctate; propodeum completely rugose, no indication of carinae. Hind-
coxae and all femora granular. Forewing venation as in fig. 8; hindwing, fig. 9;
stigma of forewing about three times as long as wide; second segment of radius
short, sometimes much shorter than first segment. First abdominal tergum about
as long as broad at apex, longitudinally rugose, without raised median area; tergum
(2+3) finely rugosopunctate behind transverse groove (fig. 10); remainder of
terga granular; ovipositor about as long as abdomen.
Male.—Essentially as in female; length 2.5—4.5 mm; hindwing with a stigma,
(fig. 8), rarely without one; genitalia as in fig. 11; ninth stemum narrowed and
truncate (fig. 12).
Type Locality—Northern Sonora, Mexico.
Distribution—Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas;
Mexico.
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OBSERVATIONS ON ORIBATEI. THE DISCOVERY OF
HAPLOCHTHONIUS SIMPLEX (WILLMANN)
IN NORTH AMERICA
(Acari: ACARIFORMES )*
Haplochthonius simplex (Willmann, 1930) is a small, presumed primitive,
oribatid mite of the enarthronote family Haplochthoniidae. The species is of
interest to students of comparative morphology of Acariformes because of (1)
a presumed primitive notogastral chaetotaxy; (2) the absence of notogastral
scissures in the immature stases; (3) the presence of 5 pairs of centrodorsal
notogastral lyrifissures; (4) the hypertrophy of the postlabral apodeme; and
(5) the presence of 2 pairs of genital gland ducts emptying into the genital
vestibule.
Haplochthonius simplex was originally described from a single specimen found
in leaf litter in Holland. The species was redescribed in magnificent detail by
Grandjean in 1947 (Ann. Sc. Nat. Zool., Paris, lle Ser., VIII:213-248) and it
is this redescription on which my determination of the specimens mentioned below
is based. Grandjean collected H. simplex in several countries in the Mediterranean
region from extremely dry litter and, at Periguex, inside his house. He charac-
terized H. simplex as a xerophilous species and suggested that its occasional
appearance, in small numbers, in Berlese extracts of mosses and moist litter
materials may be due to contamination of the sample after it was brought into
the laboratory. Willmann (1952; Zeitschr. f. Parasitenk. 15:392-428) recorded
a single specimen of H. simplex from the pelage of a vole, Microtus oeconomicus,
in Germany. The mite has apparently never been found outside of the Palaearctic
region.
In a Berlese extract of some dry straw and debris from the roost of an English
sparrow (Passer domesticus) one female and 2 tritonymphs of Haplochthonius
simplex were found. The roost material was taken from my garage, 3 miles south
of Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio on 5 November 1964. A second collection made
on 9 November from the same roost netted one protonymph, 2 deutonymphs, and
one tritonymph. The number of mites taken is not impressive but does definitely
establish the presence of this interesting mite in the new world. It seems doubtful
that the mites can be regarded as laboratory contaminants of the samples as we
have never before encountered H. simplex in our laboratory or in samples extracted
there.
Other mite inhabitants of the roost were Aeroglyphus robustus (Banks),
Dermanyssus hirundinis (Hermann), Dermatophagoides sp. immatures (the latter
two associates of the English sparrow) and, in small numbers, miscellaneous
Cheyletidae, Tarsonemidae, and erythracarine Anystidae.
In passing it may be mentioned that van der Hammen (1952; Zool. Verhandel.,
No. 17:22) reported that no specimen was present on the type slide of H. simplex
in the Oudemans collection at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden.
During a brief visit to the Oudemans collection in September, 1962, I examined
this type slide and can report that the specimen is indeed present in the prepara-
tion—Dona.p E. Jounston, Institute of Acarology, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio 43210.
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366 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967
AN ALATE APHID WITH AN EXTRA CORNICLE
(HomorrTerA: APHIDIDAE)+*
A single specimen of an alate aphid bearing an extra cornicle was found among
approximately 300,000 aphids that were examined during 1960-66 in connection
with a research project on aphid migration (NC-67). Entomologists in the central
United States who cooperated in the project collected aphids in yellow-pan water
traps, wind traps, and suction traps, and submitted the material to an identifica-
tion center at the Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin.
The abnormal specimen was a species of Macrosiphum taken in a suction trap
at Lincoln, Nebraska, October 3, 1966. The extra cornicle arose from the right
side of abdominal segment VI (fig. 1). The specimen had the tips of the
cornicles and antennae broken off. As these bear diagnostic characters, specific
identification was not possible.
Only once previously has this interesting and rare occurrence been reported
in North America. Leonard described an extra pair of cornicles on apterae of
Aphis sambucifoliae Fitch from Long Island, New York (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash.
68: 320, 1966).
Fig. 1. Dorsal view of Macrosiphum sp., showing location of an extra cornicle
on segment VI of the abdomen.
In Europe, extra cornicles have been reported on apterae of Aphis sp. near
esulae Borner and Megoura viciae Kalt. (Remaudiére, G., Rev. Path. Veg. et
Entom. Agric. 43: 31-35, 1964).
This appears to be the first record of an extra cornicle either on an alate form
or in the genus Macrosiphum.—J. T. MEpLER AND A. K. Guosn, University of
Wisconsin, Madison.
14 contribution from the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, as a
collaborator under North Central Regional Project NC-67, Migration of Aphids
and Noctuids.
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967 367
THE STATUS OF RATITIPHAGUS BATOCINA EICHLER
(MALLOPHAGA: MENOPONIDAE )
Eichler (1949, Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital. 79: 11-13) erected the new genus Ratiti-
phagus and included in it the single new species, R. batocina. The description
was based only on the female, presumably taken from a specimen of Pterocnemia
pennata pennata (d’Orbigny) (Order Rheiformes). Hopkins and Clay (1952,
A Check List of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga, London, 362 pp.), in
reference to this, stated: “There is no generic description and the description
of the type-species is so grossly inadequate that we are unable to form a useful
opinion as to whether the genus is good or not, especially as it is extremely
probable that the occurrence . . . on the alleged host was due to contamination.”
They suggest, without availability of material for study, that Ratitiphagus is
probably a synonym of Colpocephalum.
I have recently been able to borrow 2 paratype 2 2 (WEC slides 1179q and
1179r) of R. batocina from the Zoologisches Staatsinstitut und Zoologisches
Museum, Hamburg; these specimens are from the type-host with collection data:
Punta Arenas, Magalhaenstrasse [Chile], 23 April 1912. While they are not of
optimal quality, they apparently possess no features significantly differing from
those of 2 2 of Colpocephalum trispinum Piaget as described by Price and Beer
(1965, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 58: 111-131). I see no reason, on the basis of
available material, for not considering R. batocina a junior synonym of C. trispinum,
whose type-host is a member of the Neotropical Ciconiiformes. This undoubtedly
is an instance of contamination of the rheiform host, thus leading to the incorrect
assumption by Eichler that he was dealing with a uniquely new louse from P.
pennata.—Rocer D. Price, Department of Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife,
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101.
PTILINUS FRIENDI, A NOMEN NUDUM
(COLEOPTERA: ANOBIIDAE )
The name Ptilinus friendi has appeared in print in Dissertation Abstracts in
the abstract of John B. Simeone’s thesis for the Ph.D. degree (1961, volume 21,
number 7) and in the Canadian Entomologist (1961, volume 93, number 6, p.
428). In the first reference above the name is given as having been proposed in
the thesis for a species described as new; in the second reference the name is
cited as a synonym of P. pectinicornis (L.). Neither of these literature citations
serve to validate the name. Ptilinus friendi has thus never been validly proposed
and is not to be accepted into our nomenclature.—RicHARD E. Wuirer, Entomology
Research Division, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
368 PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967
THE BLOW FLIES OF DOMINICA?*
(DiereRA: CALLIPHORIDAE )
The blow flies of the Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian survey of the island of
Dominica consisted of only two species, both common and of wide distribution
in tropical America. Though some variation was noticeable within the series,
it was no more than could be noted in the same species in many areas on the
American mainland.
Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius), the secondary screw-worm, was represented
by 45 specimens from the following localities: Clarke Hall, 12 Oct. to 17 Nov.,
1964, P. J. Spangler, 12 April, 1964, O. J. Flint, Jr., 8-13 Jan., 1965, malaise
trap, W. W. Wirth, and 12 May and 6 June, 1966, human feces, G. Steyskal;
Cabrit Swamp, 3 Nov., 1964, Spangler, and 23 Feb., 1965, Wirth; Fond Colet,
5-9 Oct., 1964, Spangler; S. Chiltern, 8-10 Nov., 1964, Spangler; Grand Bay,
13 April, 1964, Flint; and near Layou, 22 Jan., 1964, H. Robinson. The primary
screw-worm, C. hominivorax (Coquerel), was not represented in the material;
this species, however, is very rare in collections obtained other than through
rearing.
Phaenicia eximia (Wiedemann), the common greenbottle fly of tropical
America, was represented by 16 females and 2 males, the latter not in good
condition. The parafacials vary in color, as they do in some series from the
mainland, some being not as pale as the descriptions of this species would indicate.
Localities represented were: Clarke Hall, 12 Oct. to 22 Nov., 1964, Spangler,
12 April, 1964, Flint, and 27 April, 1966, R. J. Gagné; Pont Casse, 12 & 23 Nov.,
1964, Spangler; Cabrit Swamp, 3 Nov., 1964, Spangler; and Trafalgar Falls, 1200
ft., 5-6 April, 1966, Gagné—Mavurice T. JAMEs, Department of Entomology,
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163.
1 Scientific Paper 3031, College of Agriculture, Washington State University.
Work conducted under Project 9043.
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SOCIETY MEETINGS
743rd Regular Meeting—May 5, 1966
The 743rd meeting of the Society was called to order by the President, Miss
Louise M. Russell, on May 5, 1966, at 8:00 p.m. in Room 43, U.S. National
Museum. Twenty-eight members and sixteen guests were in attendance. Minutes
of the previous meeting were approved as read.
Four new members were received into the society: Jeffrey N. L. Stibick, Carl
J. Mitchell, Botha DeMeillon, and John D. Lattin. There was one candidate for
membership, Dale L. Jackson.
Mr. Lou Davis reminded the Society of the annual dinner meeting held jointly
with the Insecticide Society of Washington at the University of Maryland. Helen
Sollers-Riedel announced that she had tickets for the dinner available for anyone
interested.
M. D. Leonard presented an interesting resume of the various speculations and
investigations concerning the biblical food “manna.”
T. L. Bissell exhibited leaves from American Holly badly injured by a dipterous
leaf miner. He also exhibited vol. 1, no. 1 of the recently established Journal of
the Georgia Entomological Society.
Vic Adler announced the establishment of the Bussart Award sponsored by
Velsicol Chemical Corporation in honor of the late J. Everett Bussart, distinguished
entomologist and past president of the Entomological Society of America.
A recently collected Periodical Cicada was exhibited by David Gilsey.
Mr. Robert Kemp exhibited his entry in the Science Fair competition entitled
“Ant reaction to light intensity.” Following his demonstration, President Russell
presented him with a book on insects as a small token of the Society’s appreciation.
The speaker for the evening, Dr. Reinhold A. Rasmussen, Walter Reed Army
Medical Center, gave an interesting illustrated talk on the relationships between
bees, scent and orchid pollination.
Following the introduction of visitors, the meeting was adjourned at 9:35 p.m.
—W. DonaLp Duckworth, Recording Secretary.
745th Regular Meeting—October 6, 1966
The 745th regular meeting of the Society was called to order by the president,
Miss Louise M. Russell, on October 6, 1966, at 8:00 p.m. in room 43, U.S.
National Museum. Thirty-seven members and twenty-five guests were in attend-
ance. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read.
One new member was received into the Society—Dale L. Jackson. There were
eight candidates for membership—J. C. Lien, Thomas G. Floore, Joseph T. Koski,
Clyde F. Smith, Linda Butler, D. F. Martin, D. G. Denning, and Robert W. Poole.
President Russell announced the appointments to the following committees:
Auditing Committee—J. E. Gilmore, J. A. Fluno, chairman, R. I. Sailer; Nominat-
ing Committee—P. A. Woke, chairman, B. A. App, J. M. Kingsolver.
T. J. Spilman spoke on the life of Frank A. McDermott, a specialist on the
Lampyridae, who died on July 3, 1966. In addition, the second edition of the
Lampyridae part of the Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, written by Mr.
McDermott, was reviewed.
Paul A. Woke noted the Anniversary meetings of the School of Public and
Environmental Health.
370 PROC, ENT. SOC, WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967
Lou Davis presented greetings from Miriam A. “Ma” Palmer.
The program for the evening was an interesting illustrated symposium entitled
“A Review of Egypt and its Entomology.” Participants included R. H. Foote,
moderator, R. W. Hodges, P. M. Marsh, G. C. Steyskal, and E. W. Baker.
After the Introduction of visitors, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m.—
Paut M. Marsu, Acting Recording Secretary.
746th Regular Meeting—November 3, 1966
The 746th regular meeting of the Society was called to order by the president,
Miss Louise M. Russell, on November 3, 1966, at 8:00 p.m. in room 43, U.S.
National Museum. Twenty-one members and ten guests were in attendance.
Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as corrected.
Eight new members were received into the Society—J. C. Lien, T. G. Floore,
J. T. Koski, C. F. Smith, L. Butler, D. F. Martin, D. G. Denning, and R. W. Poole.
There were two candidates for membership—Robert F. Whitcomb and Dan M.
Harmon.
Paul A. Woke, chairman of the nominating committee, presented the following
proposed slate of officers for 1967: President, Louis G. Davis; President-elect,
Richard H. Foote; Recording secretary, Ralph A. Bram; Corresponding secretary,
David R. Smith; Treasurer, Arthur K. Burditt, Jr.; Editor, Jon L. Herring;
Custodian, Robert Smiley; Program Committee Chairman, Victor E. Adler;
Membership Committee Chairman, William B. Hull.
President Russell announced that the December meeting will be held on
December 8th.
Mr. Bissell noted that Thyridopterix ephemeroformis was causing damage to
junipers at the cornerstone of the Mason Dixon marker in the southwest corner
of Delaware.
Dr. Hodges noted that volume one of Microlepidoptera Palaearctica was recently
issued. It concerns the Crambinae and was written by S. Bleszynski.
The program for the evening was an interesting talk entitled Insects Versus
Computers, presented by Dr. Judson U. McGuire, Biometrical Services Staff,
USDA. A lively period of discussion followed Dr. McGuire's talk.
After the introduction of visitors, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.—
Pau M. Marsu, Acting Recording Secretary.
748th Regular Meeting—January 5, 1967
The 748th regular meeting of the Society was called to order by the president,
Mr. Louis G. Davis, on January 5, 1967, at 8:00 p.m. in room 43, U.S. National
Museum. Thirty-two members and twelve guests were in attendance. Minutes
of the previous meeting were approved as read. Mr. C. John Lane was received
into the Society. President Davis announced committee appointments for 1967
as follows:
Membership Committee—William B. Hull (Elected Chairman), H. Ivan
Rainwater, Ronald W. Hodges, D. H. Messersmith, A. S. Michel; Program Com-
mittee—Victor E. Adler (Elected Chairman); Publications Committee—Jon L.
Herring (Elected Chairman), James P. Kramer, Paul M. Marsh, W. Donald
Duckworth; Advertising Committee—James R. Foster, John M. Kingsolver;
Finance Committee (established by the bylaws)—Arthur K. Burditt, Treasurer
PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967 371
(Chairman), Jon L. Herring, Editor, Robert Smiley, Custodian, Victor E. Adler,
Program Chairman; Representative to the Washington Academy of Sciences—
Harold H. Shepard.
President Davis announced the deaths of the following members during 1966:
Dr. H. Ruckes, Dr. R. L. Webster, and Dr. G. Wolcott. Dr. Gurney added the
name of Miss S. I. Parfin.
Mr. T. L. Bissell noted that in 1966 Dr. E. F. Knipling, a member of the
Society, had received the Rockefeller Public Service Award and the National
Medal of Science for his outstanding contributions to science.
Dr. B. D. Burks commented on investigations being carried out in Bolivia under
British auspices on Triatoma vectors of Chagas disease.
Dr. A. B. Gurney exhibited the striking horned male of Dynastes hercules (L. )
and a red-spotted evaniid, Hyptia johnsoni Ashmead, which were collected in
the West Indies.
Dr. W. H. Anderson reported briefly on the successful introduction of a flea
beetle, Agasicles sp., from Argentina to control alligator weed in the southeastern
United States.
Miss Louise M. Russell presented the retiring president’s address, a most
interesting illustrated review of the present state of Aphidology. This was
followed by a stimulating illustrated discussion of the tropical horse tick as a
vector of equine piroplasmosis by Dr. D. W. Anthony.
Following the introduction of visitors, the meeting was adjourned by President
Davis at 9:45 p.m.—Raupu A. Bram, Recording Secretary.
749th Regular Meeting—February 2, 1967
In the absence of the President, the 749th regular meeting of the Society was
called to order by the President-elect, Dr. Richard H. Foote, on February 2,
1967 at 8:00 p.m. in room 43, U.S. National Museum. Forty-six members and
twenty-two guests were in attendance. Minutes of the previous meeting were
approved as read. The names of ENS J. Phillip Keathley, MSC, USNR and Mr.
Gerald G. Elgert were read for the first time as candidates for membership in the
Society. Dr. Foote regretfully announced the death on February 1, 1967 of
Mrs. T. E. Snyder, wife of our Honorary President.
C. W. Sabrosky exhibited an insect box which he had received from northern
Nigeria and which was infested with the hyde beetle, Dermestes maculatus deGeer.
G. G. Elgert exhibited a scarab beetle, Polyphyla variolosa Hertz, which he col-
lected in a light trap on Assateague Island, Maryland as a new state record. V. E.
Adler presented several current newspaper and magazine articles of entomological
interest. A. B. Gumey exhibited a pair of Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier ),
a very large and unusual walkingstick from Lord Howe Island, east of Australia.
It had been thought to be extinct, due to depredations of introduced rats; how-
ever, a recent note by McAlpine (Aust. Ent. Soc. News Bull. 2: 71-72, 1966)
records its presence on Ball’s Pyramid, a rocky island about 14 miles from Lord
Howe. G. C. Steyskal reviewed and exhibited the book, “The Amazing World
of Insects” by A. T. Bandsma and R. T. Brandt, published by the Macmillan
Company in 1963. F. Smith exhibited a new book, “Insect Colonization and Mass
Production,” edited by C. N. Smith and published by the Academic Press.
The first speaker for the evening, Dr. W. Donald Duckworth, presented a most
interesting illustrated discussion of “Entomology in the Tropicc-—New Emphasis
372 PROC, ENT, SOC. WASH., VOL. 69, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1967
on an Old Subject.” Dr. Duckworth’s remarks concentrated on his experiences
and knowledge of entomological programs in the New World tropics. The next
speaker, Dr. Reece I. Sailer, reviewed the past and present research programs of
the U.S.D.A. European Parasite Laboratory located outside of Paris, France.
Dr. Sailer’s informative, illustrated discussion included vignettes drawn from his
five years experience as director of the laboratory.
Following the introduction of visitors, the meeting was adjourned by President-
elect Foote at 10:10 p.m.—RAtpu A. Bram, Recording Secretary.
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373
INDEX TO VOLUME 69
Abagrotis alampeta, 97
Amblyceran bird lice, synonymy, 248
Amoebaleria defessa and sackeni, dif-
ferences, 296
Anicla cemolia, 101
Anopheles ( Anopheles ) tigertti, 19
Anthomyia procellaris, in North Amer-
ica, 240
Apenesia chilena, 271
Aphid, extra cornicle, 366
Aphids, of Cyprus, 259
Ardeacarus americanus, 77
Aspidepyris austrinus, 270
Ataleute carolina, 181
Atopsyche socialis, 165
Atteva zebra, 71
Aulonium, key to U. S. species, 150
Berosus (E.) latipalpus, 64; spectatus,
female, 65
Bethylidae, new generic records, 269
Bidigitus, 280; platani, 281
Biza ava, 45
Blow flies, of Dominica, 368
Boydaia turdi, 294
Cerceris simplex graphica, bionomics,
312
Ceropales maculata, in Wisconsin, 92
Chamaemyiidae, key to genera, 275
Cheumatopsyche analis, in Hawaii, 56
Chimarra bicoloroides, 166
Chinaia caprella, 46; permista, 46
Chinchinota, 41; styx, 41
Chirothrips, new locality records, 47;
kurdistanus, 49
Chrysotimus arizonicus, 125; obscurus,
126; schildi, 126
Chrysotus clypeatus, 121; mexicanus,
120; neopicticornis, 119
Cimex hemipterus, from bats, 179
Coelidiana, 31; key, 31; ancora, 35;
colens, 36; durator, 35; patrator, 33
Coelindroma, 43; fungoma, 44; fungosa,
43
Colaspis barberi, 232; cubensis, 226;
darlingtoni, 234; farri, 235; luciae,
236; orientalis, 227
Coleoptera, new records from North
Carolina, 81
Conservana, 266; angustata, 268; con-
versa, 266; reversa, 267
Copidosoma capsicum, 54
Corythaica darwiniana, 89; wolfiana, 87
Culex, lectotype assignments, southeast
Asia spp., 327
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) mammilifer
group, 1; eukrines, 11; fuscosiphonis,
14; inconcomptus, 16; peytoni, 7;
pholeter, 13; speculosus, 3
Cylindromyia, in North America, 60;
dosiades lobata, 62
Dactynotus, chromosomes, 303
Dendrosoter, notes, 246; chansleri, 246
Diaphorus bakeri, 117
Dicosmoecus frontalis, 55; aureoventris,
Bo
Dolichomotes, 334; navei, 337
Dolichopodidae, replacement
224
Dolichopus crassitibia, 114
Drabeha, 237
Drosophila leticiae, 111
Canadian
names,
Ectoparasites, birds and
mammals, 349
Fenusa, key, 282
Fruit flies, new host records, 146
Gabucinia alcyon, 75
Haemagogus aeritinctus, 103; lucifer,
103
Haplochthonius simplex, in N. Amer.,
365
Hecabolini, status, 359
Helina veniseta, 242; violescens, 241
Hemitarsonemus, key to males, 134;
deleoni, 133; leonardi, 133
Heterarthrinae, host list, 277; key to
Nearctic genera, 278
Hoplomyophilus, 287; nativus, 289
Ichneumonidae, notes on Motschoulsky
types, 93
Indioleucopis, 275
Insects, protection of, in liquid, 286
Kentrotryphon, notes, 58
Ktenostilpnus, notes, 58
374
Lace bugs, of the Galapagos, 82
Lamprochromus occidentalis, 123
Leluthia, key to spp., 360; floridensis,
362
Lepidostoma lacinatum,
gulare, 176
Leucopis luteicornis, new subgenus for,
275
Limnephilus ctenifer, 170; mexicanus,
171; pollux, 169
Listrophorus leuckarti, 340
Lygaeidae, synonymy, 244
Lystridea, key, 292; wilkeyi, 292
Macrosiphon rosae, on holly, 59
Macrosiphoniella, list of North Amer-
ican species, 184
Marilia species, 173; (A), 173; (B),
173
Medetera marylandica, 124
Melisandra, new to North America, 95;
morio, 95
Metallus, key, 280
Micromorphus, key to American spp.,
329; asymmetricus, 332; knowltoni,
331; Jeucostoma, 330;
333
Mite deutonymphs, as endoparasites of
birds, 73
Mosquito catalog, supplement III, 197;
index, 223
Nelidina, key, 40; sportula, 41
Neocoelidia onca, 45
Neoparentia, 252; key, 253; bisetosa,
253; deformis, 256; obscura, 257;
schildi, 258; tarsalis, 257
Neotarsonemus, 137; type-species, beeri,
137
Nicuesa, replacement name for, 237
175;
rectan-
lithophilus,
Oecanthus, male metanotal glands, 157;
key to U.S. species based on glands,
160
Omania, key to spp., 354; nauruensis,
356
Orgilus lepidus, 177
Paduniella nearctica, 310
Paduniellini, first new world record,
310
Palaeacarus, in eastern U. S., 301
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Palaeosepsis, Melander and_ Spuler
species, 180
Parascleroderma pucallpa, 271
Parentypoma, notes, 58
Parfin, S. I., obituary, 190
Pectinibruchus, 324; longiscutus, 324
Phatnoma eremaea, 83
Phthorimaea operculella, 52;
52
Platypus, sex ratios, 297
Pleroneura, new synonymy, 182
Polycentropus palmitus, 167
Pristiphora abbreviata, extended dis-
tribution, 92
Prolatus, 282; artus, 283
Psocoptera, from bird plumage, 307
Ptilinus friendi, nomen nudum, 367
terrella,
Radfordia subuliger, lectotype designa-
tion, 183
Ratitiphagus batocina, status, 367
Rhaphium steyskali, 116
Rhipibruchus, 318; prosopis, 322
Salda coloradensis, 27; alta, 29
Saldidae, North American, 24
Saldula usingeri, 346
Steneotarsonemus
spinki, 129
Strongylogaster macula, new to North
America, 95
friedmani, 131;
Tarsonemella beameri, 135
Tarsonemus bucheleri, 137; hunti, 139;
moseri, 141; newkirki, 145; steg-
maieri, 143; stricketti, 141
Telmaturgus costaricensis, 122
Thecodiplosis, 338
Thyce osburni, 238
Tinconaria, 155; albescentis, 155
Tozzita, 39; petulans, 39
Trachymyrmex bugnioni synonymy, 273;
diversus synonymy, 274
Tritoxa, key to species, 94
Trombidiid mites, parasitic on Dasy-
helea mutabilis, 284
Xenocoelidia, key, 37; charisma, 38;
litura, 38
Xiqilliba, 39, 46; bellator, 46; coelid-
oides, 46
Xylocelia franclemonti, linear copula-
tion, 343
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CONTENTS
(Continued from front cover)
McDANIEL, B., J. P. SHOEMAKER and S. J. JOY—The discovery of
Listrophorus leuckarti Pagenstecher on Microtus pennsylvanicus from North
America .( Acafina: Listrophoridae) se 340
MEDLER, J. T. and A. K. GHOSH—An alate Sern with an extra cornicle
(Homoptera: Amhigidae ye qo 2 i ole
MOCKFORD, E. L.—Some Psocoptera from plumage of birds —..-- 307
OLIVE, A. T.—Chromosomes of the aphid genus Dactynotus (Homoptera) — 303
PRICE, R. D.—The status of Ratitiphagus batocina Eichler (Mallophaga:
Menoponidae) LORRI IRe 367
POLHEMUS, J. T.—A new saldid from California (Hemiptera: Saldidae) _.. 346
ROBINSON, H.—New species of Micromorphus from the United States and
Mexico, (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) —~ ——.._..__..__.._ ee 329
SMILEY, R. L.—Dolichomotes navei, a new genus and new species of
pyemotid mite (Acarina: Pyemotidae) _....._..._ 334
WHITE, R. E.—Ptilinus friendi, a nomen nudum (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) —. 367
WILSON, N.—Ectoparasites of Canadian birds and mammals 349
SOGIETY MEETINGS 2.0 eee eee 369 "7
INDEX, VOLUME 69 0.5.00... ee 373
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TABLE OF CONTENTS, VOLUME 70
BALDUF, W. V.—On the life of Vespula vulgaris (L.) and V. maculifrons
(Buysson) “(Hymenoptera: Vespidae) —...... eee
BICK, G. H. and J. C. BICK—Demography of the damselfly, Argia plana
Calvert (Odonata: Coenagriidae) _.._........
BICK, J. C.: See BICK, G. H.
BLAKE, D. H.—Ten new chrysomelid beetles from Dominica and Jamaica __
BLANTON, F. S.: See WIRTH, M. O.
BOHART, R. M.—New Hoplisoides from the United States (Hymenoptera:
Sphecidae yas tert) eee
BRAM, R. A.—A ieileguaetim of Culex (Acalleomyia) obscurus (Leicester )
(Diptera Gulicidae)) = sess ee ee
BRENDLE, J. J.: See BROOKS, R. B., JR.
BROOKS, R. B., JR. and J. J. BRENDLE—Colonial behavior of Apis mel-
lifera mellifera L. after exposure to gamma radiation (Hymenoptera:
AIG ag ie fee 2 ee eee
BURGESS, L. P., JR. and C. W. WINGO—tThe host and present status of
Alysia Pathunda Say in Missouri (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) —
BURKS, B. D.—New North American species of Ceratosmicra Ashmead
(Hymenoptera: ‘Chaleididac) 2.2 T—E—eeeeeee
CAPRILES, J. M.—A new genus and species of Deltocephalinae from Puerto
Rico (Homoptera: ‘Cicadellidae) 2... Eee
CHRISTENSON, D. M.: See GJULLIN, C. M.
COOK, D. R.—New species of Neoacarus Halbert and Volsellacarus Cook
from North America (Acarina: Neoacaridae)
Water mites of the genus Stygomomonia in North America
(Acarina: Momoniidae)). 2 3 ee Eee
COONEY, J. C. and K. L. HAYES—A new locality record for Ixodes woodi
Bishopp, (Acarina: -Ixodidne) sof... ee eee
CRABILL, R. E., JR.—On the true identity of Chomatophilus with descrip-
tion of a new species, and with key and catalogue of all sogonid genera
(‘Chilopoda:Géophilomorpha: Sogonidae)) _...__. eee
On the true identities of Tuoba and Nesogeophilus (Chilopoda:
Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) 2.0... a eee
CUNLIFFE, F.—A new species of Pimeliaphilus from California (Acarina:
Ptery@osomidae) .. <.2..8 ee ee
DELFINADO, M. D. and E. R. HODGES—Three new species of the genus
Tripteroides, subgenus Tripteroides Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) —
EMERSON, K. C.—The host of Stachiella retusa martis Werneck (Mal-
lophaga: 'Trichodectidae) ...5 nee
and R. D. PRICE—A new species of Rhynonirmus from
Thailand (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) 20. Eee
FISK, F. W. and A. B. GURNEY—Neotropical cockroaches of the genus
Xestoblatta: a new species from Costa Rica and notes on other species
(Dietyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae) —...... Eee
FOX, J. W.—Strepsiptera from the Smithsonian Institution’s survey of
Dominica, with description of a new species of Elenchidae —
FROESCHNER, R. C.—Telamona archboldi, a new treehopper from Florida
ii
287
303
204
170
35
67
210
383
323
184
137
238
(Homoptera: Membracidae) — 154
Burrower bugs from the Galspacee rea: feollected ne hue 1964
expedition of the Galapagos Scientific Project (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) _ 192
Notes on the systematics and morphology of the lacebug subfamily
Wanatacadenmnacy (demipterac, (Ringidae)) 4.2 ee tk 245
GAGNE, R. J.—Chrybaneura harrisoni, a new genus and species from Central
America (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) — 33
Authorship of Pachydiplosis oryzae, a rice See ae Reta nl Osiios
Diptera. Cece Oni yild aes py 4 teas eee Be ie Brees 6 te 136
GENTRY, J. W. and E. J. GERBERG—Dipterous eggs as food for adult
Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) per ae eee ee 142
GERBERG, E. J.: See GENTRY, J. W.
GJULLIN, C. M., L. F. LEWIS, and D. M. CHRISTENSON—Notes on the
taxonomic characters and distribution of Aedes aloponotum Dyar and
Aedes communis (De Geer) (Diptera: Culicidae) Abie Batre 133
GLOVER, S.: See HUNTER, P. E.
GORSKI, L. J.—A new species of Lygaeus from Peru (Hemiptera: Lygae-
CIEE) Le er ra ee eee ee 74
GURNEY, A. B.: See FISK, F. W.
HAYES, K. L.: See COONEY, J. C.
HOCHMAN, R. H.: See PEYTON, E. L
HODGES, E. R.: See DELFINADO, M. D.
HUANG, Y.-M.—Neotype designation for Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus
ROkHSe) MuCMiptera