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88. Scenopinus electus Adams 



Figure 87 



Scenopinus electus Adams, 1904, p. 445. 



This species is noted by its elongate straight antennae and by the 

 fold in the ventral posterior margin of the ninth tergum. The type 

 and allotype have not been examined and no females fitting the species 

 have been seen. 



Length: Male body 2.8-3.3 mm., wing 2-2.3 mm.; female body 

 2.5 mm. 



Type-locality: Bill Williams Fork, Arizona (F. H. Snow). 



Types: (UKan). 



The following specimens have been seen: Id^, Gilliland Ranch, 

 Phoenix, Arizona, 17 May 1940, citrus sweeps (Lot No. 40-12517) 

 (USNM); Icf, Isla Partida, Gulf of California, Mexico, 23 March 

 1953 (P. H. Arnaud); Id^, Los Frailes, Baja California, Mexico, 18 

 March 1953 (P. H. Arnaud) (CAS); Icf, Cedros (island), Baja Cali- 

 fornia, Mexico, 3 June 1925 (H. H. Keifer) (UCalB); Id^, Blythe, 

 California, 24 April 1955 (D. F. Hardwick) (CNC). 



Figure 87. — Scenopinus electus Adams, male: a, wing; b, c, lateral and frontal aspects of 

 head; d, enlarged detail of antenna; e-g, ventral, lateral and posterior aspects of ter- 

 minalia. 



