Revision of the Malagasy lanternfly genus Belbina Stål, 1863, with two new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)
Author
Constant, Jérôme
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2014
2014-11-14
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Belbina servillei
(
Spinola, 1839
)
Figs 12A–E
,
34–35
,
53
Enchophora servillei
Spinola, 1839: 227
, pl. 2, fig. 3a–c (
neotype
in HMNH).
Enchophora servillei
–
Amyot & Serville 1843: 496
(listed). —
White 1846: 331
(comparative note). —
Walker 1851: 271
(catalogued). —
Dohrn 1859: 57
(listed).
Phrictus servillei
–
Schaum 1850: 65
(listed).
Belbina servillei
–
Stål 1863a: 233
(description). —
Stål 1866: 144
(key, description). —
Jacobi 1917: 527
(listed). —
Metcalf 1947: 123
(catalogued). —
Constant 2004b: 31
(listed, comments on
type
).
non
Belbina servillei
–
Lallemand 1959: 88
, fig. 36a–c (key, description, lateral view of head, male genitalia) – [Misidentification of
Belbina laetitiae
sp. nov.
]
Diagnostic characters
(1) disc of hind wings turquoise (
Fig. 12A
); (2) head, pro- and mesonotum red (
Fig. 12C–E
); (3) ground colour of tegmina bluish-green (
Fig. 12A
); (4) cephalic process strongly curved, projecting dorsad (
Fig. 12D
).
LT:
♂
(n = 1)
20.4 mm
;
♀
(n = 13)
23.3 mm
(21.7–24.8).
Material examined
Neotype
MADAGASCAR
:
♂
,
neotype
of
Belbina servillei
(
Spinola, 1839
)
, here designated, [
Madagascar
,
Antongil B.
,
Mocquerys
],
15°45’ S
,
49°50’ E
(
HMNH
).
A
neotype
is designated here in order to ensure stability in the nomenclature of the group, following rule 75.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (
ICZN 1999
). The origin of the specimen described by
Spinola (1839)
is unknown and
Stål (1866)
was the first to give a location for the species (
Madagascar
).
Lallemand (1959)
designated a
lectotype
in his collection (
FSAG
) that is invalid according to nomenclatural rules. Furthermore, the only labelled specimen of this species, [
Belbina servillei
Sign., V. Lallemand
det., 1963], in Lallemand’s collection is in fact a specimen of
Belbina laetitiae
sp. nov.
, as demonstrated by the genitalia illustrated in
Lallemand (1959)
. In order to avoid further nomenclatural confusion, a
neotype
is designated which perfectly matches the illustrations given by
Spinola (1839)
and which is deposited in a public collection (
HMNH
). I chose a male with genitalia in good condition to facilitate further work on the species.
Additional material
MADAGASCAR
:
1 ♂
,
2 ♀♀
, no data (
MNHN
);
1 ♀
, near Tamatave, A. Raffray, 1884, Tamatave (
Toamasina
),
18°10’ S
,
49°23’ E
(
MNHN
);
1 ♂
,
3 ♀♀
, Madagascar, coll. De Bergevin (
MNHN
);
1 ♀
, Tampina, coll. De Bergevin,
18°30’ S
,
49°16’ E
(
MNHN
);
3 ♀♀
, E Madagascar, forest, coll. De Bergevin (
MNHN
);
1 ♀
, Diego-Suarez, Ch. Alluaud, 1893, Diego Suarez (Ampanolahamirafy),
12°16’ S
,
49°17’ E
(
MNHN
);
2 ♀♀
, Maroantsetra region, Rantabe,
Nov. 1935
, Vadon,
15°42’ S
,
49°39’ E
(
MNHN
,
RBINS
);
1 ♀
, Antanambé, Mocquerys,
16°26’ S
,
49°51’ E
(
MNHN
);
1 ♂
,
2 ♀♀
, Manjakandriana,
18°55’ S
,
47°48’ E
(
FSAG
);
2 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
, Madagascar (
NMW
;
NHRS
;
♀
:
NCSU
);
2 ♀♀
, Maroantsetra (
NCSU
).
1 ♂
mislabelled “S. America, Coll. Signoret” has also been examined (
NMW
).
Male genitalia
Brown (
Figs 34–35
); pygofer higher than long and with posterior margin concave in middle in lateral view (
Fig. 34
); anal tube as long as wide at apex and with lateral margins roundly produced in middle in dorsal view (
Fig. 35
); posterior margin of anal tube acutely rounded posteriorly in lateral view (
Fig. 34
) and hiding lateral margin apically in dorsal view (
Fig. 35
); gonostyli elongate, 1.33 times longer than high (including dorsal process, 1.88 times without process), strongly surpassing apex of anal tube and rounded at apex in lateral view (
Fig. 34
); ventral margin rounded on basal 1/5, then nearly straight (
Fig. 34
); dorsal margin with basal, strong, laminate process projecting dorsally, strong hook laterally at middle of process projecting ventrally; dorsal half of process slightly excavate and narrowly rounded dorsally, dorsal margin of gonostyli bisinuate after process (
Fig. 34
); gonostyli minutely rugulose on ventral half (
Fig. 34
).
Remarks
Belbina servillei
can be separated (1) from all species of the
B. falleni
+ group by the brown colour of the genitalia, the laminate basodorsal digitiform process on the gonostyli and having the gonostyli rounded at the apex, with the dorsal margin sinuate after the process; (2) from
B. bergrothi
,
B. foliacea
,
B
.
madagascariensis
and
B. nympha
by the basodorsal laminate process on the gonostyli; (3) from
B
.
bourgoini
sp. nov.
by the laminate basodorsal process of the gonostyli.
Figs 46–49.
Distribution maps. —
46
.
Belbina bergrothi
,
B. bloetei
and
B
.
madagascariensis
.
47
.
B
.
bourgoini
sp. nov.
,
B
.
falleni
and
B
.
foliacea
.
48
.
B
.
laetitiae
sp. nov.
49
.
B
.
lambertoni
.
Figs 50–53.
Distribution maps. —
50
.
Belbina nympha
.
51
.
B. pionneaui
.
52
.
B. recurva
.
53
.
B. servillei
.
Distribution
See
Fig. 53
.