PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 
80(3), 1978, pp. 380-382 
THE ALLOTYPE OF ARENASELLA MALDONADOI AND CHANGE 
OF DEPOSITORY FOR TWO OF FENNAH'S HOLOTYPES 
(HOMOPTERA: TROPIDUCHIDAE AND ISSIDAE) 
J. Maldonado Capriles and Angel Berrios 
Abstract. — The male allotype of Arenasella maldonadoi Caldwell is de- 
scribed from specimens collected from the type-locality. The holotypes of 
Tangella pustulifrons Fennah and Colpoptera galatea Fennah are trans- 
ferred to the collection of the U.S. National Museum of National History 
(USNM), Washington, D.C. 
Caldwell (1951) described the second species of Arenasella from female 
specimens collected by the senior author near the Recreation Area at El 
Yunque National Forest, Luquillo, Puerto Rico. We now describe the male 
allotype from a series of specimens collected from almost the same place. 
The specimens were collected from a bromeliad {Guzmania sp.). This ful- 
goroid protects itself during the day by living under the sheaths of the 
leaves that form the base of the plant. 
Fennah (1965) described Tangella pustulifrons from specimens collected 
by the senior author at Christiana, Jamaica and Colpoptera galatea from 
St. John, Barbados, and he deposited the holotypes in Maldonado's (JMC) 
collection. These types now have been transferred to the collection of the 
USNM. 
Tropiduchidae 
Are^iasella maldonadoi Caldwell, 1951:224. 
The characters of the male agree closely with those of the female. Head 
as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Forewing 2.5x as long as broad, Fig. 
7. The apex of the clavus is as described by Caldwell for the female, but 
the correct venation of the apical half of the forewing is as in Fig. 7. Some 
of the longitudinal veins are missing in Caldwell's drawing. The meso- 
pleurite has a black spot. We think Caldwell meant the last thoracic 
sternite instead of "abdominal sternite" as there is a conspicuous black 
spot on the posterolateral corner of the metapleura almost hidden by the 
Figs. 1-7. Arenasella maldonadoi Caldwell, male. 1. Head, frontal; 2. Head and 
pronotum, dorsal; 3. Head and pronotum, lateral; 4. Genital capsule and aedeagus, 
lateral; 5. Aedeagus, dorsal; 6. Aedeagus, ventral; 7. Forewing. 
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abdomen. Ventrally near base of the anterior coxa there is a small 
black spot. This last spot is inconspicuous in the females at hand and 
not mentioned by Caldwell. Looking at the insect from the ventral side 
the spots on the procoxa, mesopleura, and prebasally on the costa of the 
forewing are distributed arc-like. These spots are also visible in lateral 
view. The last abdominal sternum has a conspicuous spot at the lateral 
extremity. Length 4.9-5.0 mm. 
Genital segments as in Figs. 4-6. 
Allotype, male, Puerto Rico, El Yunque National Forest, 20-22 March 
1954, J. Maldonado Capriles and S. Medina collectors, in the USNM. Three 
paratypes in the LTSNM, two in the collection of the Department of En- 
tomology of the Agriculture Experiment Station of the University of Puerto 
Rico, Rio Piedras, and one in JMC. 
Tangella pustulifrons Fennah 
Tangella pustulifrons Fennah, 1965:99. 
Male holotype fomierly in JMC, now in the collection of the USNM, Type 
No. 75328. 
Issidae 
Colpoptera galatea Fennah 
Colpoptera galatea Fennah, 1965:103. 
Male holotype formerly in JMC, now in the collection of the USNM, 
Type No. 75329. 
Literature Cited 
Caldwell, J. S., and L. F. Martorell. 1951. Review of the Auchenorhynchous Homop- 
tera of Puerto Rico. Part II. The Fulgoroidea except Kinnaridae. J. Agric. 
Univ. P.R. 34(2): 133-269. 
Fennah, R. G. 1965. New species of Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from the West 
Indies. Trans. R. Entoniol. Soc. London. 117(4):95-126. 
Department of Biology, Lhiiversity of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto 
Rico 00708 (JMC now at: Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, 
Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico 00731).