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Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana Metcalf: Fulgoroidea of Kartabo, British Guiana 125 • 14. Fulgoroidea ( Homoptera) of Kanabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. 1 Z. P. METCALF College of Agriculture and Engineering, Univ ersity of North Carolirna . • (Plates I-III). [This contribution is a result of various ex­ Ormenis Stal . ... .. .... ·-· .. .. .. 13 4 Ormenis retusa Fabr. ....... 1 •••••••••• ••• •• • 134 peditions of the Department of Tropical Re­ A normenis Melichar . .. .. .. ... .. .. ..•.. ... .. 134 search of the New York Zoological Society to Anormenis m edia Melichar ... ... r •••• • • •• •• •• • • 134 British Guiana during the years 1917, 1919, An ormenis nigrolimbata Fowler .... .. .... .. .. :134 M elormenis Metcalf . ...... ........ ... .. 13 4 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1924, under the direction Melormenis regularis F owle r ....... .. ..... 134 of Dr. William Beebe. For maps and ecological Eurocerus, n . g en . ..... .. .................. 135 E urocerus sinuata, n. s p. ... ... .. ......... 135 data refer to Zoologica, Vol. VI, 1925, pp. Carthaeomorpha Melicha r· ... ... ... ... ... 135 1-193.] Car thaeomorpha rufipes Mel. .. ...... .. .. 135 Flatoidinus Melichar .... ... .. ..... ......... : . 135 CONTENTS. Flatoidinus kar taboenis, n . sp. ..... .. ... 135 PAGE Family Acanaloniidae ......... .. .. ... .. .. 136 Introduction. .. .... ... .. .. ... ..... ... ....- .. .... 125 Acanalonia Spinola . ... ... ... ........... 136 Family Cixii,dae ... .. .. ... .. .......... .. ... .. 126 Acanalonia um bracula ta F a br. .. .. .. .. 136 Bothriocera Burmeister . : . .. .... .... .. ...... 126 Family Issidae . .. .. ...... .... .. .. ....... 136 Bothriocera bicornis Fabricius .. ....... ... ~ . 126 Thi<1'nia Stal . ...... .... .. ... .. ... .. 136 Oliarus Still ... ... ..... .. ......... .. .. ... .. 126 Thionia coriacea Fabr. ......... .. ........... .. 136 Oliarus beebei, n . sp . .. .· . .. .. : . ..... 126 Colpoptera Burmeister ..... ...... .. ......1. 36 Pintalia Stal . ...... .. .. .. ... ...... ... .. ... 126 Colpoptera marginalis Burm. .. .. .. ..... .. 136 Pintalia castanea,- n. sp . .. ... .. .... .. .. .. .. 127 Family Nogodinidae . , . ...... .. ........ ... .. .... 136 Family Araeopidae .... .. .. .. ... ... .. ... .. .. 127 Nogodina St8.l .. ... .. .. .... ..... .. .. .... 136 Eucanyra Crawford .. .. .......... .... ·. .. ... 127 !Vogodina reticulata F a br. ..... .. .... .... 137 Eucanyra bifurcata, n. sp . ...... ....... ... 127 Family Lophopidae . ..... ... .. ... ..... .. ... .. 137 Family Derbidae ..... ...... ...... ... ....... 127 Hesticus Walk. ..... .. .. .. ..... .... .. .. .. 137 M ysidia Westwood . .... .. .. .. ........ .. ...... 128 H esticus pictus Walk. ....... .. .. .. .. .. 137 Mysidia squamigera Fabr . ... .... .. ... 128 Appendix: Study Material .... .. .. ... ... .. ... 137 Mysidia costata Fabr. ..... ..... .. .......... 128 Bibliography .. ....... .. ... ... .. .. .. 138 Mysidia rubra, n. sp. .... .... ... .. .... .. 128 N eocenclirea Metcalf . ...... .. ... ... .. .... .... 128 !Veocenchrea ochracea, n. sp .......... 7 ..... • 128 INTRODUCTION. Syntames Fowler ..... .. .. ... ...... ... 128 Syntames serratus, n . sp . .. ... .... .... .. 129 Dr. William Beebe has asked me to i~ eport A notia Kirby ... , . ....... -. .. ... ... .... .. 129 Anotia rubescens Fowler ... ... ... .. ..... 129 on the Homoptera" taken at the New York Family Fulgoridae .. .. ... ....... ... ... ... .. ..... .. 129 Zoological Society's Tropical Research Lab­ Cathedra Kirkaldy . ... .. ... ......... .... 129 Cathedra serrata Fabr. .. .. ........ ... ... 129 oratory at Kartabo, Br itish Guiana. The Fulgora Linnaeus ...... .. .. .. .. .. , .. .. .. 129 present collection, while not extensive, does Fitlgor-a laternaria Linnaeus . .... .. ... ... .. .. 129 A racynthus Stal . ... ~ ... .. ... .... .. .. .... .. 129 contain many interesting for-ms and r eveals Aracynthus sanguineus Oliv. ... ..... ......... 130 something of the weal th o,f the tropical Ly[Jtra Fabr. .. ~ . _... .. ...... ... ... ... .. ... 130 L11stra lan ata Linnaeus . .. .. ... ... .. .......... 130 jungles which yet await discovery. Calyptoproctus Spinola . .. .. .. .. .. .... ...... .. 130 In the present report, I have simply givien Calyptoproctus elegans Oliv. .. ........ .. .. 130 Calyptoproctus marmoratus Spin. ... ... ... 131 brief notes o·n the known genera and spe­ Enchophora Spinola . .. .. .......... .. .. 131 cies. Keys to the families and most of the Enchophora tuba Germar .. ..... -..... .. ... .- .. 131 Family Dictyopharidae . ·..... .... .. .. .. 131 genera known from the western hemisphere Dictyophara Germar . .. • .. .. ... ... 131 were published recently (Metcalf, 1938a) Dictyophara brachyrhina Walker . .. ....... ... 131 Dictyophara platyrhina Walker .. ..... .. .. .. 131 and need not be repeated here. Known spe­ Dictyophara beebei, n. sp . ........ 1 •••••• • • • • • 132 cies which have not been illustrated her. e- Taosa Distant . ........... .. .. .. .. .. .. 132 Taosa muiri, n . sp . ..- . .. .... ..... .. ... .. .. 132 tofore are illustrated in the present report, Taosa ( Cuernevaca) paraherbida Muir . .. 1 • • • • 132 and brief diagnosti.c no·tes are given on these H ydriena Melichar . ... .. ..... ... ..... ... ... 132 Hydriena distanti Mel. ... ... .. .. .. .. ... 133 forms. Lappida Amyot and Serville ....... ... .... 133 This superfamily includes Homoptera Lappida fuse a Mete. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. 133 Family Tropiduchidae . ............ ... ... .... .. 133 w·hich have the head so modified that the Alcestis Stal . ... .. ... : ... ... ..... ... 133 antennae are situated belo·w the ventral Alcestis surinamensis Schmidt ....... .. ..... .. 133 Family Flatidae ... .. .. ... ...... .... ...... 133 sinus of the compound eyes. The chief char­ Poekillopt~ra Latreille .... .. ....... .. ...... 133 a:cter~ for separating the various families Poekilloptera phq,laenoides Linnaeu s .... ....... 134 Leptormenis Melichar . .. .... ... ...... ... ... 134 are to be found in the modification of t he. Leptormenis co.nfusa Melichar .. ... ...... .. 134 tarsi of the hind legs and in wing venation. lContribution No. 715, Department of Tropical Re­ Generic characters are found in the modi­ search, New York Zoolo~ical Society. fications of the head, details of wing vena- - 126 Zoologica: New York Zoological Society [30: 14 ti on and the general characters of. the male ficially resembling· Oliarus vicarius Walker, genitalia which are the chief characters for with a much narrower and more pt"oduced specific dete1"minatio·ns. crown and distinct male genitalia. The present paper is concerned with 103 Gene1"al color of the venter exclt1ding the specimens of f ulgorids, which r·esol-ye into abdomen but including the legs, the head 39 species. On·e· genus and 10 species are and the pronotum ochraceot1s tawny, venter described as new. All were ·collected at Kar­ of abdomen and mesonotum dorsally cinna­ tabo, the field station of the Department of mon brown, tegmina translucent, ochrace­ Tropical Research of the New York Zoo­ ous tawny with the veins brown and irreg­ logical Society, in a quarte1" square mile of ular markings of brownish' and rows of jungle, at the junction of the Mazart1ni and brownish setige1·ous punctt1res in the cells. Cuyuni Rivers. Crown narrow, elongate, abot1t 3 times The field numbers and other data are as long as b1"oad; the lateral carinae strongly presented in an Appendix at the end of the elevated conve1"ging anteriorly and u.nit­ present paper. All typ·es of new species are ing on the face to form the in2dian carina; deposited in the colle.ctions ·of the Depart... lateral a1"eolets indisti11ct; posterior ma1·gin ment of Tropical Research, New York Zoo­ broadly rounded, not angularly emarginate. logical Society. Frons broad, its greatest width about the level of the antennae, much · :narrower be.­ FAMILY CIXIIDAE. tween the eyes ; median carina very distinct; median ocellus indistinct. Clypeus deeply This is a family of usually small or me­ inserted in the frons. Pronotum short and dium-sized species, mostly dt1ll or incon­ bro·ad; posterior ma1"gin broadly angled. spicuously .colored forms. The family is a Mesonotum large; intermediate carinae ve1"y larg.e one and is usually well represented in indistinct giving the appearance of a tri­ tropical collections; however, the present carinate mesonotum. Tegmin.a elongate, nar­ collection contains only 3 species. row-; apical and st1bapical cells elongate a Bothrlocera Burmeister, 1835a: 156. and narrow, each cell with single row of ·setigerous punctures. Male genitalia with Haplotype Bothriocera ti1'vealis Burm. the pygofer elongate, deeply inse1"ted in the This is one of the most singular of the abdomen; ventral incision nea1·ly a right genera O·f the family Cixiidae. Th·e head is angle; plates of the pygofer well developed, twisted so that the ventral sinus is directed biramose 011 the apical third, each proces.s cephalad and the antennae are in front capitate; genital plate rather small, some­ of the eyes instead of ventral to the eyes what hatchet shaped, with the basal portion as is normal in most fulgorids. The p1.. esent rather broad and with the apical portion collection contains specimens of the widely with .?, finger-like p1"ocess directed mesially; distributed species,. bicor1iis. This sp·ecies genital styles with the basal third slend.er, has been recorded hereto·f 01"e in the United diverging, the apical two-thirds broad and States from New Jersey southwestward to -flat, nearly quadrate· with_the
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