C. J. Drake.
Two New Tingitids (Hemiptera) from Panama.
Psyche 46(2-3):68-69, 1939.

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Psyche
[June-Sept.
TWO NEW TINGITIDS (HEMIPTERA) FROM
PANAMA
Ames, Iowa
The present paper contains the description of two new species of lace-bugs collected in the Canal Zone, Panama, by the author. The types are in the Drake Collection. Gargaphia paula sp. nov.
Moderately short, broad, testaceous, the elytra with an oblique fuscous band near the apex. Head black, with five, pale, testaceous spines, the median and hind pair longer. Antennas slender, moderately long; segments I and I1 black, the former stouter and three times as long as the latter; I11 long, testaceous, two and one-half times as long as IV; IV long, the distal three-fourths black. Pronotum black, the triangular portion testaceous. Carinse foliaceous, tes- taceous, uniseriate; lateral carinse not quite extending as far forward as the base of the hood, slightly converging be- hind; median carina slightly more elevated. Hood moder- ately large, roof-shaped above, highest in front, projecting slightly forward in front. Paranota moderately broad, tes- taceous, biseriate, the outer margin rounded. Rostrum extending to the interrupted channel. Elytra
very similar in appearance and markings to L. lineata (Champ.) ; costal are mostly biseriate, triseriate in widest part, the areolas hyaline; subcostal area broad, triseriate in widest part. Body beneath black.
Length, 2.40 mm. ; width, 1.10 mm.
Holotype, male, Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, Panama, Feb. 8,1939, C. J. Drake.
The oblique fascia of the elytra and the small size separ- ate this species from other members of the genus. The
interrupted rostra1 channel separates it from Leptopharsa lineata Champion.




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19391 Two New Tingitids
Leptopharsa zeteki sp. nov.
Small, narrow.
Head black, the frontal spines short and black. Antennae moderately long, slender; segments I and I1 both short, black, the former about twice as long asthe latter ; I11 a little more than twice as long as IV, testaceous ; IV slightly enlarged, embrowned towards the tip. Rostrum brown, black at apex, extending beyond middle of meso- sternum. Rostral channel wide, wider and chordate on metasternum. Legs slender, testaceous, the tarsi brownish. Body beneath black.
Pronotum convex, finely pitted, black, testaceous behind ; carinse foliaceous, uniseriate, testaceous, some of the vein- lets dark, the areolse small; lateral carinse slightly concave within in front, not so widely separated and subparallel be- hind. Paranota rather narrow, biseriate, testaceous, slight- ly wider in front, moderately reflexed. Hood small, testa- ceous, faintly produced forward in front. Elytra moderate- ly constricted beyond the middle, strongly overlapping and jointly rounded behind ; costal area moderately wide, tes- taceous, biseriate, the inner row of areolse along the basal half of costal area smaller, the areolse hyaline; subcostal area broad, triseriate, the veinlets opposite discoidal area black ; sutural area elongate, impressed, the nervelets some- what embrowned, three areolse deep in widest part; sutural area becoming dark fuscous posteriorly, with three large, hyaline areolae near the apex.
Length, 2.00 mm. ; width, .80 mm.
Holotype (male), allotype (female) and one paratype, Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, Panama, Feb. 1939. Three paratypes, near Colon, Canal Zone. The short basal segment of antennae and color separate this insect from other small species of the genus. This species (also G. paula n. sp.) was collected near the Barro Colorado Island Biological Laboratory, Gatun Lake, Insti- tute for Research in Tropical America, Panama Canal, and is named in honor of the Director, Mr. James Zetek, who has taken a very active interest in the insect fauna of tropical America.




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