SUBFAMILY APHINAE 81 
really ending in upturned point; anal plate bilobed. Hairs flabellate to heavy-blunt and curved, 
on small tubercles on body excepting on vertex, cauda, anal plate, and ventral sides of tibiae 
where they are pointed. Fore wing with media twice-forked; hind wing with cubital vein 
absent. 
Ovipara. Apterous. Color same as vivipara or slightly deeper sulfur-yellow and lighter 
dusky markings. Body length 1.3-2; antenna 1.2-1.4. Flabellate hairs on body replaced by 
blunt stout hairs posterior to cornicles; cornicle base surrounded by dusky area. Hind tibia 
swollen and bearing scattered large sensoria on nearly entire length. 
Male. Apterous. Color similar to ovipara. Hairs as in apterous vivipara except posterior 
to cornicles flabella replaced by capitate hairs. Body length 1.22; antenna .80-1.20, hind tibia 
.35-.48. 
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Collections. On leaves of Carex sp. (small species in low meadows); with 
jumping habits. Colorado: Fort Collins. Utah: Richfield, Logan, Syracuse, 
Laketown, Ideal Beach and Glenwood. Wyoming: Lingle and Centennial. Idaho: 
Fish Haven. Apterous summer viviparae April 28 to Sept. 28, alate viviparae 
April 28 to June 11, also Sept. 4, oviparae Oct. 27, males Oct. 7 to 29; common. 
Cotypes: Oklahoma Agr. Exp. Sta. Collection. 
Genus Saltusaphis Theobald 
Theobald, 1915:138; Baker, 1920a:31. 
Characters. Body narrow; head long and broad. Frontal and ocular tuber- 
cle lacking. Antenna six-segmented. Legs short; lst and 2d femora thickened. 
Hairs on .body flabellate except on tergite VIII where they are cylindrical. 
Cornicle truncate on a flat circular base. Fore wing with media twice-forked; 
hind wing with cubitus obsolete. Imbrications denticulate on antenna, cornicle 
and cauda. Living on leaves of Cyperaceae. 
Genotype (monotypical), Saltusaphis scirpa Theobald. 
Key to Species of Saltusaphis 
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Fig. 85. Saltusaphis elongata 
Saltusaphis elongata Baker, 1917b:4; Hottes and Frison, 1931a:265; Palmer, 1936b: 
dase 
Apterous Vivipara. Body length 2; hind tibia .80; antenna 2.55; cauda .10 on median line. 
Vertex much produced and acute. Anal plate deeply bilobed. Hairs on body flabellate, minute. 
