Euscelis transversus, Metcalf, Z. P., 1946

Metcalf, Z. P., 1946, Homoptera, Fulgoroidea and Jassoidea of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189, pp. 105-148 : 122-123

2. Euscelis transversus , new species ( fig. 11 , a-e).

Head broad; crown obtusely angulate; last ventral segment of the female triangularly emarginate, notched; general colors ochraceous buff with a blackish submarginal trans­ TODO TODO TODO TODO TODO

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Crown obtusely angulate, about three times as broad as long with obscure longitudinal rugae; ocelli visible in dorsal view. Postclypeus about as broad as its median length; lateral margins nearly parallel to the level of the antennae, then broadly curved to the upper margin of the juga and then suddenly constricted to the clypeal suture, slightly inflated; finely punctulate; anteclypeus broad and short, about 1.5 times as long as its basal width; juga broad and short, the outer margin broadly curved; preocular region about twice as long as its greatest width. Antennae inserted about the level of the middle of the eyes; genae broad; outer margin obtusely angulate. Pronotum nearly three times as broad as long, the anterior margin broadly curved; the posterior margin nearly straight. Mesonotum nearly twice as broad as long, triangular. Tegmina translucent, venation distinct.

Last ventral segment of the female nearly three times as long as the penultimate segment; the posterior margin broadly, triangularly notched on the median line; the posterior lateral borders shallowly excavated with the posterior lateral angles somewhat produced.

Male genitalia with the last segmentvery short on the median line; anterior margin broadly curved posteriorly and the posterior margin broadly curved anteriorly; valve elongate, produced, triangular; genital plates elongate, nearly as long as the pygofer, triangular, diverging, with a row of elongate submarginal spines along the posterior lateral border.

General color light ochraceous buff, usually ochraceous orange on the crown, the face, venter, and legs. Crown och'raceous buff or ochraceous orange with a broad blackish submarginal fascia between the eyes; face ochraceous orange with a series of about seven blackish fuscous arcs gradually decreasing in length toward the clypeal suture. Pronotum ochraceous buff with a series of three or four short dashes behind each eye. Mesonotum ochraceous orange in front of the transverse impressed line; ochraceous buff behind the line. Tegmina light ochraceous buff with the veins usually tawny.

Length: to apex of tegmina, average 4.5 mm.

Holotype female, Piti, April 30, Usinger ; allotype male, Upi Trail , May 5, Swezey ; paratypes, 10 females and 12 males from various localities in Guam .

Figures

FIGURE 11.-Euscelis transversus: a, dorsal view of head and thorax; b, frontal view; c, ventral view of female genitalia; d, lateral view of male genitalia; e, ventral view of male genitalia