Tartessus ochraceus, Metcalf, 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 : 129

7. Tartessus ochraceus , new species ( fig. 15 ).

Crown very short, about half as long on the median line as next the eyes; nearly six times as wide as its greatest length; anterior margin triangularly produced, nearly a right angle, posterior margins slightly rounded; postclypeus nearly 1.5 times as long as median length; greatest width at the level of the ocelli, then the lateral margin concavely emarginate to the middle of the eye, then expanded to the base of the antennae, and then narrowed to the anteclypeus; a distinct transverse ruga extending across the postclypeus at the level of the compound eyes; above this ruga the surface of the postclypeus is finely rugose; below the ruga, the surface is smooth. Antenna! flagellum with two basilar segments, the first with elongate lateral seta about half as long as the antenna and flagellum, the second with a lateral seta about half as long as the seta on the first segment. Pronotum about twice as broad as its median length, the anterior margin acutely projecting in front of the eyes, posterior margin broadly incised; lateral margins short; the whole surface of the pronotum finely, transversely rugulose. Mesonotum nearly 1.5 times as long as its greatest width.

Last ventral segment of the female strongly compresso-elevate; the posterior margin deeply incised; the incision nearly four times as deep as its greatest width; ovipositor and ovipositor sheath about one third longer than the pygofers.

General color ochraceous buff; compound eyes brown; some of the veins of the tegmina infuscate; face with a broad transverse fascia of rosy red just below dorsal margin; another narrow and distinct transverse fascia at the level of the antennae, ochraceous orange.

Length: to apex of tegmina, 9 mm.

Holotype female, Piti, Sept. 21, on Glochidion sp. , Swezey .

This species may be readily recognized by its pale ochraceous-buff color and distinct female genitalia. The last ventral segment is compresso-elevate and deeply notched posteriorly.

Figures

FIGURE 15.-Tartessus ochraceus: ventral view of male genitalia.