Empoasca barringtoniae, 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 : 141

3. Empoasca barringtoniae , new species ( fig. 25 , a-e).

A bright golden-yellow species with crown, pronotum, and mesonotum subequal in length. Crown strongly projecting, subacute with the sides forming almost a right angle. Head and thorax light ochraceous buff, compound eyes tawny; tegmina golden yellow, transparent on the apical third.

External male genitalia: plates long, triangular, flat, contiguous on the basal half, diverging to rather acute apices on the apical half, almost reaching the apex of the anal style, fringed with elongate, slender setae on the lateral borders. Internal male genita}ia: aedeagus simple, tubular, about as long as the lateral processes; genital styles broad, flat, their acute apices curved inward; lateral processes broad, flat, converging to slender acute apices on the median line. Female genitalia: last ventral segment elongate, posterior lateral angles projecting; the median area slightly produced.

Length: to apex of abdomen, 2 mm.; to apex of tegmina, 2.5 mm.

Holotype male, allotype female, Fadian, Aug. 19, on Barringtonia speciosa, Swezey. Paratypes: one male, five females, Fadian , Aug. 19, on Barringtonia sp. , Swezey ; five males, eight females, Tumon, May 30, on Barringtonia speciosa, Swezey.

Figures

FIGURE25.-Empoasca barrin.gtoniae: a, tegmen; b,dorsal view of head andthorax; c, wing; d, ventral view of female genitalia; e,ventral view of male genitalia.