Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) bipartita McAtee and Malloch, 1925

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Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) bipartita McAtee and Malloch, 1925

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Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) bipartita McAtee and Malloch, 1925: 67 , 15 (orig. descr.).

Diagnosis. Distinguished among species of Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) by the ovoid body shape, the lack of a fuscous patch, and the leaf-like lateral process of the subgenital plate.

Holotype: GUATEMALA: Izabal: Livingston , 15.8333 ° N 88.75 ° W, 12 May 1906, Barber and Schwarz, 1Ƌ (00028601) ( USNM) .

Description. Male: length: 1.25 mm; body ovoid. COLORATION: general coloration light brown; fuscous patch absent; Sc+C concolorous with remainder of hemelytra ( Fig. 2 ). SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in subgeneric description. STRUCTURE: HEAD: slightly rounded in dorsal view ( Fig. 2 ); eyes about 1/2 as wide as synthlipsis. THORAX: as in subgeneric description; hemelytron as in subgeneric description; M2 vein slightly curving anteriorly toward wing margin, anterior membranal cell wedge-shaped. ABDOMEN: as in subgeneric description; stVI with a rounded process on posterior margin; subgenital plate distinctly asymmetrical; process of subgenital plate robust and leaf-like.

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 7).

Discussion. No additional specimens examined matched the description of this species or the holotype, and ventral images of the holotype are unavailable because of the way the specimen is mounted; therefore our redescription is solely somatic. For an illustration of the subgenital plate of this species see McAtee and Malloch (1925) Figure 59.

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FIGURE 2. Habitus images of S. (Odontorhagus) species.