The lanternfly genus Penthicodes: key to the species and review of the “ Ereosoma group ” with two new species and one new subspecies (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)
Author
Constant, Jerome
text
Zootaxa
2010
2523
1
26
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196336
cb567f94-9c12-419b-8b16-f0d84c0caf17
1175-5326
196336
Scamandra basigera
(
Walker, 1870
)
n. comb.
Fig. 13 C
.
Aphaena basigera
Walker, 1870
: 97
.
Aphaenina basigera
(
Walker, 1870
)
:
Metcalf, 1947
: 150
.
Penthicodes basigera
(
Walker, 1870
)
:
Lallemand, 1963
: 24
,
Nagai & Porion, 1996
: 20
, 30.
After examination of photographs of the
type
specimen of
Penthicodes basigera
(
Walker, 1870
)
, the species is transferred to the genus
Scamandra
Stål, 1863
and the new combination
Scamandra basigera
(
Walker, 1870
)
is proposed. The precise status of
S. basigera
within the genus
Scamandra
is not discussed here as the genus requires revision but it seems very close to
Scamandra rosea
(Guérin-Méneville, 1834)
described from Java and Sumatra.
Material examined (on photo):
holotype
ɞ labeled [
Type
] [
basigera
] [Sumat Wallace] (
BMNH
).
The species is transferred to
Scamandra
after the following characters (
Fig. 13C
): (
1
) pronotum smooth, without strong median carina; (
2
) number of longitudinal veins in middle of tegmina exceeding 12 while it is less than 10 (usually 6–8) in
Penthicodes
; (
3
) absence of an elongate cephalic process; (
4
) presence of a basal tubercle on hind tibiae (
Lallemand, 1963
).
Distribution:
Sumatra.
Note:
Nagai & Porion (1996)
erroneously stated that the
type
specimen of
P. basigera
was missing in the collections of the BMNH.