Some Micronesian Psyllidae — Tuthill 
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spicuous round galls, about the size of a pea, 
on the leaves of Eugenia malaccensis L. It was 
probably introduced with its host tree. 
Trioza suavis n. sp. 
Fig. 2 
Length to tip of folded wings, 3.5-4 mm. 
Color: General color green. Antennae, legs, 
and margins of thoracic tergites tan. Wings 
hyaline. 
Structure: Head slightly wider than thorax. 
Vertex short, rounded down both cephalad 
and caudad, medial suture prominent, pos- 
terior ocelli on lateral surface of large pro- 
tuberances. Eyes large, hemispherical. Genae 
produced as short, blunt processes, 0.5 as 
long as width across vertex between eyes. 
Antennae long and slender, 3.7 times as long 
as width of head, segment III as long as 
width of head. Thorax strongly arched. Pro- 
notum vertical. Forewings large, acute apical- 
ly, 2.6 times as long as wide; Rs short, arched 
to costa; marginal cells large, medial larger 
than cubital. Hind wings relatively small but 
extending well beyond tip of abdomen. Legs 
stout. Metatibiae with small basal spur, 1 
outer and 3 inner large apical spines. Meso- 
pleura and sternum strongly produced. Meta- 
coxae normal. 
Male genital segment large. Proctiger 
strongly produced caudad as figured. Forceps 
a little shorter than proctiger; in lateral view 
straight to blunt apex; in caudal view arched 
to acute black apices; seen dorsally apices 
notched forming 2 black teeth. Female genital 
segment small, structure as figured. 
Holotype male, allotype female, Palau Is- 
lands: Ngardok-Ngarmisukan, Babeldaob, 
February 11, 1938. Paratypes, 1 male same 
data as holotype; 2 females, Eimilik-Ngar- 
misukan, Babeldaob, August 18, 1939; 1 
female, Ngarmisukan-Kaishar, Babeldaob, 
August 14, 1939- Type in author’s collection. 
Esaki reports this species as forming galls 
on the leaves of Ficus sp. It resembles some 
of the species assigned to Megatrioza by 
Crawford, especially in the conformation of 
Fig. 2. Trioza suavis n. sp. a, forewing; b, dorsal 
aspect of male cauda; c, lateral aspect of male cauda; 
d, lateral aspect of female cauda. 
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