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*Arushia horvathi Drake 



Arushia horvathi Drake 1951, p. 170 [Tanganyika]; 1954g, p. 663 

 [Ethiopia; Congo]; 1956a, p. 5. 

 Type: Holotype 9; Arusha-Ju, Africa orientalis; Hungarian Mus. 

 Distribution: Tanganyika; Congo; Ethiopia; Guinea. 

 Host Plant: Gramineae. 



Genus ATHEAS Champion 



Atheas Champion 1898a, p. 44.— Heidemann 1909, p. 231 (key). — 

 Banks 1910, p. 55.— Van Duzee 1916, p. 26; 1917b, p. 222.— Blatch- 

 ley 1926, p. 494 (key).— Monte 1939b, p. 65; 1941e, p. 80.— Hurd 

 1946, p. 460.— Drake and Ruhoff 1960a, p. 38. 

 Type Species: Atheas nigricornis Champion. 

 *Atheas austroriparius Heidemann 



Atheas austroriparius Heidemann 1909, p. 235, fig. [Tex.; Fla.]. — Barber 

 1914, p. 507.— Drake 1925c, p. 39 [Miss.; Desmodium].— Blatchley 

 1926, p. 496, fig. 119c— Froeschner 1944, p. 670 [Mo.]. 

 Type: Holotype 9, brachypterous; Duval, Florida, U.S.; USNM. 

 Distribution: U.S. (Fla.; Miss.; Tex.; Mo.; S.C.); Mexico. 

 Host Plants: Desmodium sp.; Schrankia sp. 

 Atheas cearanus Monte 



Atheas cearana Monte 1947b, p. 430 [Brazil; Manihot]. 

 Type: Holotype d"; Baturite, Ceara, Brazil; Monte Coll. (Mus. 

 Nacional). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Manihot sp. 

 *Atheas exiguus Heidemann 



Atheas exiguus Heidemann 1909, p. 233, fig. [Fla.]. — Barber 1914, p. 

 507.— Blatchley 1926, p. 496, fig. 119b; 1928, p. 5. 

 Type: Holotype cf, macropterous; Sevenoaks, Florida, U.S.; USNM. 

 Distribution: U.S. (Fla.; Miss.; Tex.). 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 

 *Atheas flavipes Champion 



Atheas flavipes Champion 1898a, p. 45, pi. 3, figs. 19, 19a [Panama]. — 

 Drake and Hambleton 1938a, p. 46, fig. 7 [Brazil; Machaerium 

 angustifolium]. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Bugaba, Panama; British Mus. 

 Distribution: Panama; Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Machaerium angustifolium. 

 *Atheas fuscipes Champion 



Atheas Juscipes Champion 1898a, p. 45, pi. 3, fig. 20 [Mexico; Guate- 

 mala]. — Drake and Hambleton 1934, p. 438 [Brazil; Legumino- 

 sae].— Costa Lima 1936, p. 125.— Drake 1942a, p. 15 [Bolivia; 

 Paraguay]. 



