﻿GENERIC 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  OPHIONINI 
  — 
  CUSHMAN 
  449 
  

  

  TKOPHOPHION 
  TKNUICEPS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Ltnif^th 
  12 
  mm., 
  antonna 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head: 
  Moro 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  thick; 
  temple 
  extendinj^ 
  slightly 
  

   beyond 
  outside 
  tangent 
  of 
  eye 
  ; 
  diameter 
  of 
  ocellus 
  shorter 
  than 
  ocelloc- 
  

   ular 
  line 
  and 
  hardly 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  postocellar 
  line; 
  eye 
  more 
  than 
  

   twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  shallowly 
  emarginate 
  within; 
  malar 
  space 
  

   distinctl}' 
  longer 
  than 
  basal 
  width 
  of 
  mandible; 
  galea 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  broaii 
  ; 
  antenna 
  30-jointed, 
  subapical 
  joints 
  of 
  llagellum 
  thicker 
  

   than 
  long 
  and 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  basal 
  joint. 
  

  

  Thorax: 
  Evenly 
  and 
  rather 
  densely 
  punctate 
  laterally 
  (including 
  

   speculum) 
  and 
  ventrally, 
  more 
  sparsely 
  and 
  finely 
  so 
  and 
  more 
  polished 
  

   dorsally; 
  propodeum 
  with 
  basal 
  carina 
  rather 
  distant 
  from 
  base, 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  middle 
  but 
  fading 
  out 
  medially 
  and 
  laterally, 
  

   posterior 
  face 
  precipitate 
  from 
  basal 
  carina, 
  surface 
  before 
  carina 
  

   polished 
  and 
  punctate, 
  apical 
  slope 
  indistinctly 
  transversely 
  rugulose 
  

   with 
  traces 
  of 
  apical 
  carina 
  laterally. 
  Wings 
  with 
  basal 
  abscissa 
  

   of 
  radius 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  apical 
  abscissa; 
  veins 
  of 
  transvei*se 
  brace 
  in 
  

   about 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  2:5:6; 
  second 
  discoidal 
  cell 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   brachial 
  cell, 
  second 
  recurrent 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  basal 
  

   abscissa 
  of 
  subdiscoidcus; 
  basal 
  vein 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  discocubitus 
  sub- 
  

   parallel; 
  ncrvulus 
  interstitial 
  and 
  inclivous; 
  postnervuhis 
  broken 
  

   shghtly 
  above 
  middle; 
  nervellus 
  broken 
  at 
  about 
  upper 
  third. 
  Legs 
  

   stout 
  and 
  short, 
  hind 
  femur 
  barely 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  tergite 
  2 
  and 
  less 
  

   than 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  deep; 
  apical 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  slender, 
  decurved, 
  

   each 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  corresponding 
  second 
  joint, 
  claw 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  apical 
  joint, 
  pecten 
  with 
  five 
  long, 
  strong 
  teeth. 
  

  

  Abdomen: 
  Polished 
  and 
  virtually 
  impunctate. 
  

  

  Bright 
  ferruginous; 
  wings 
  hyaline 
  with 
  a 
  brownish 
  longitudinal 
  

   stain 
  along 
  apical 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  each 
  and 
  one 
  along 
  basal 
  vein; 
  

   venation 
  black, 
  costa 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  stigma 
  yellowish; 
  tarsal 
  claws 
  and 
  

   ovipositor 
  sheath 
  black. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Essentially 
  like 
  the 
  female, 
  except 
  that 
  tergites 
  are 
  not 
  

   emarginate. 
  

  

  Type 
  local 
  ily. 
  — 
  Phoenix, 
  Ariz, 
  

  

  Holotype 
  and 
  allotype. 
  ~\]. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  57(5013. 
  

  

  Paratyj)es. 
  — 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences; 
  Citrus 
  Experiment 
  

   Station, 
  Riverside, 
  Calif.; 
  collection 
  of 
  Henry 
  K. 
  and 
  Marjorie 
  C. 
  

   Townes. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  four 
  females 
  and 
  two 
  males, 
  (he 
  holotype 
  and 
  nude 
  

   and 
  female 
  paratypes 
  collected 
  at 
  Phoenix, 
  Ariz., 
  April 
  12, 
  \\y.i[), 
  

   by 
  K. 
  H. 
  Crandall; 
  the 
  allotype 
  and 
  a 
  female 
  j)aratyi)e 
  at 
  Palm 
  

   Springs, 
  Calif., 
  March 
  22, 
  19 
  Hi, 
  by 
  C. 
  L. 
  Fox; 
  and 
  a 
  female 
  in 
  Palm 
  

   Canyon, 
  Calif.. 
  March 
  25, 
  IWA'A, 
  by 
  P. 
  H. 
  Timberlake, 
  

  

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