Revision of the Derbidae of Seychelles Islands (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)
Author
Löcker, Holger
Author
Löcker, Birgit
Author
Holzinger, Werner E.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2221
1
26
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190082
d1fe9bf7-b084-4fc7-b58f-409f58c04c37
1175-5326
190082
Paraphenice bimaculata
(
Distant, 1917
)
(
Figs 7
,
15
)
Fescennia bimaculata
Distant, 1917
: 288
, Plate 51,
Fig. 11
.
Paraphenice bimaculata
(Distant)
, Muir 1924: 472.
Type
.
Holotype
, 3 (examined),
SEYCHELLES
,
Mahé
:
pinned, labelled (round label with red border)
Type
, H. T., (handwritten)
Fescennia bimaculata
Type
Dist.,(handwritten) 84, (handwritten) Spec. figd.,
Mahe
‘08- 09’,
Seychelles
Exp.,
Seychelle
Islands, Percy Sladen Trust Expedition, 1913-170 (
BMNH
).
FIGURE 7.
Paraphenice bimaculata
: A habitus lateral; B habitus dorsal; C, D, E head. Scalebar 1 mm applies to figures A–C and E.
Other material examined.
SEYCHELLES
, Curieuse
: 1 3, Southern part, lowland glacis,
4°17’10”S
,
55°43’35”E
,
5–50m
,
29.xi.2006
, [23-1, S1-950] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) (
OEKO
).
Mahé-N
: 1 Ƥ, Mare aux Cochons, near swamp,
4°38'S
,
55°25'E
, ~
350m
,
12.xii.2006
, [34-1] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) (
OEKO
).
Praslin
: 1 3, Vallée de Mai, end of path “Palm +
Pandanus
grove”,
4°19’45”S
,
55°44’15”E
,
250m
, on
Verschaffeltia splendida
,
30.xi.2006
, [24-3] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) (
OEKO
); 1 3, Vallée de Mai, palm forest
4°19'45''S
,
55°44'15''E
,
130–250m
,
28.xi.2006
, [22-1] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) (
OEKO
).
Silhouette
: 2 Ƥ, Glacis above Anse Lascars,
4°29’26”S
,
55°15’5”E
,
60m
, on
Pandanus hornei
Balf.
f.,
24.xi.2006
, [19-1] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) (
OEKO
); 1 Ƥ, SW La Passe, above Anse Lascars, lowland glacis,
4°29’26”S
,
55°15’5”E
,
50–100m
, on
Pandanus hornei
,
24.xi.2006
, [19-1] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) (
OEKO
); 1 3, Glacis above Anse Lascars,
4°29'26,6''S
,
55°15'5,71''E
, ~
60m
,
24.xi.2006
, [19-1] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) (
OEKO
).
Colour.
Body yellow, sometimes head, pronotum and legs paler. Apex of rostrum, lateral carinae of vertex and apical parts of lateral carinae of frons blackish. Forewing yellow with two black spots (one at the apex of clavus and one near the apex of the forewing), subapical cell between subcosta and radius whitish, veins concolorous with cells.
Morphology.
Body length: male
6.9 mm
, female
7.2–7.7 mm
.
Head: Vertex 0.8–0.9 times as long as wide. Frons 3.7 times longer than wide.
Thorax: Forewing 4.2–5.1 times longer than wide (at level of apex of clavus).
Hind
leg: 1st tarsomere with 7 apical teeth.
Male genitalia: Anal tube very long, apex bifurcate, tips of lobes directed ventrad as in
Figs 15
C–E; pygofer finishing dorso-laterally with a pointed process (
Fig. 15
C), ventromedian process of pygofer long, sshaped with a short spine at midlength pointing right laterad as in
Fig. 15
F; genital styles dorsally with a small spine as in
Fig. 15
G. Aedeagus as in
Figs 15
A–B; with five spines inserting near apex of aedeagus; spine (a) very short; spine (b) reaching just below midlength of aedeagus; spines (c) and (d) very long; spine (e) rounded at base with a paddle shaped tip.
Distribution.
Curieuse,
Mahé
, Praslin, Silhouette.