H. G. Barber.
Concerning Esuris Barber (not St&acir;l) and Neosuris Barber, with a New Subspecies from Idaho. (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Lygacidae).
Psyche 55:84-86, 1948.

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CONCERNING ESURIS BARBER (NOT STAL) AND
NEOSURIS BARBER, WITH A NEW SUBSPE-
CIES FROM IDAHO. (HEMIPTERA-
HETEROPTERA : LY G^EIDB)
For an understanding of the sequence of the descrip- tions it is necessary to cite the complete bibliography for my genus Esuris (not StAl), with some added comments : 1911 Esuris castanea Barber, Jl. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XIX, 27 (brachypterous form, Arizona).
1916 Bergroth, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. (N. S.), Pt. I, 15 (foot-note), remarks that Esuris castanea Barber does not belong to Stiil's genus Esuris. This reprint was not received until after the publication of the following 1918 articles.
1918 Esuris fulgidus Barber, Jl. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XXVI, 51 (brachypterous form, Arizona). Notes the clis- covery of the macropterous form of castanea and transfers it to the tribe Myodochini.
1918 Esuris Barber (not Sthl), Psyche, XXV, 78. Keyed to the tribe Myodochini.
1924 Neosuris new genus, Barber, Jl. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XXXII, 133. Erected for castanea, but leaving' fil- gidus in Sthl's Esuris.
1946 Bueno, Entom. Amer. XXVI (N. S.), 68. Cor-
rectly placed both castanea and fulgidus in the genus Neosuris.
Genus Neosuris Barber 1924
Head much wider than long, imbedded nearly to the eyes; eyes mediocre, not strongly protruding; preocular portion of head subequal to the length of an eye; anten- niferous tubercles very short; ocelli obsolete. Antennae lightly incrassate, basal segment short, barely surpassing apex of tylus, second but little longer than third. Ros- trum extended to the intermediate coxse; basal segment 8-1
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19481 Barbe?*-E~wmk and Neoswis 85
not quite reaching' base of head.
Pronotum somewhat
longer than wide ; lateral margins neither carinate nor impressed beneath; constriction between the two lobes shallow; anterior lobe but little wider than head across the eyes; posterior lobe not depressed, much shorter and subequally as wide as anterior lobe; anterior margin straight; posterior margin very slightly concavely arcu- ate. Scutelluni flat, but little wider than long. Corium and clavus connate, in the same plane, the latter with three rows of punctures; coriuni very finely pilose, pos- terior margin straight, devoid of a membrane. The two trichobothria of the third visible ventral segment widely separated. Anterior femora strongly incrassate, with very few small spines beneath. Anterior tibia curved, finely serrate within. Pterygo-dimorpliic. Type : Neosuris castanea Barber.
The genus Neosuris was never adequately described. The character of the genus was indicated in the descrip- tion of the brachypterous form of what at the time I mistakenly placed in Stkl's genus. Not until 1918 was the macropterous f orn1 from the same locality recognized. Macropterous form: Color fusco-castaneous, anterior and posterior margins of the pronotum and the clavus paler. Character of the head and antennae as in the brachypterous form. Ocelli present, situated close to the eyes. Pronotum over one third wider than long, the constriction between the two lobes shallow; anterior lobe just over twice as long and about one fourth narrower than the posterior lobe ; anterior margin straight ; pos- tenor margin very gently concavely arcuate; lateral margins neither carinate nor narrowly impressed be- neath ; anterior lobe finely closely punctate ; posterior lobe more sparsely and coarsely punctate; narrow posterior margin impunctate. Scutellum one fifth wider than long, rather closely punctate, faintly carinate towards apex. Commissure one fourth shorter than the scutellum. Clavus with three regular rows of punctures. Corium
sparsely, finely pilose, rather closely and coarsely punc- tate. Membrane hyaline, extended to apex of the ab- clomen. Venter finely pilose. Length 2.70 mm.



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Neosuris apparently is most closely related to Valonetus Barber. In which case both of these genera should be assigned to St&19s tribe Ehyparocliromini rather than to Myodochini where I placed them in my 1918 synoptic key. Neosuris castanea fraterna, new subspecies In both the brachypterous and rna~ropte~ous forms the head and pronotum are more sparsely punctate than in the typical form and the clavns and corium somewhat more coarsely punctate. Although the colors tend to vary in this subspecies several specimens in the series are considerably darker than normal. Described from 25 specimens.
Type male (brachypterous) ; Kendrick, Idaho, August 13,1938 (Professor H, M. Harris collection). Paratypes : 15 males and 9 females, all with the same data as the type. Two of the females are ma~~opterous. One pair retained by the author.
Neoswis fulgida (Barber)
Estiris fti1gidu.s Barber, Jl. N. Y. Ent. Soc., XXVI, 1918,15.
Quite distinct from castanea by reason of the striking difference in color and punetation.
Besides the differ-
ence in color and its polished aspect, the head pronotum and the scutellum are smooth and very nearly impunc- tate. Clavus and corium connate with no indication of a claval suture. Five rows of punctures parallel the lateral margin of the scutellum.
Only two specimens, both of the brachypterous form, have been seen. It is quite possible that with the dis- covery of the i~iacropte~ous form it will be found that a new genus ma? have to be established to contain it.



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