Review of the Maluku Islands species of the lanternfly genus Birdantis Stål, 1863, with a new species and identification key (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) Author Constant, Jérôme text European Journal of Taxonomy 2018 2018-09-18 461 1 20 journal article 28898 10.5852/ejt.2018.461 f93577a4-5107-47fa-b8e6-48faca25769c 2118-9773 1468384 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AF67BDF5-9623-47AB-B3D3-1EA095F2F51D Birdantis collaris ( Walker, 1870 ) stat. rev. Figs 3–4 Polydictya collaris Walker, 1870 : 98 (described). Polydictya collaris – Gerstaecker 1895 : 27 (doubt on generic placement in Polydictya ). Birdantis collaris – Breddin 1900 : 193 (transferred to Birdantis ; recorded from Halmahera Island: Soah Konorah). — Distant 1906 : 26 (listed; = vittiventris Walker in litt . (error!)). — Metcalf 1947 : 91 (catalogued). non Birdantis delibuta f. collaris – Lallemand 1959 : 196 (keyed; treated as a local form of B. delibuta (error!)); 1963: 12 (same as preceding reference). non Birdantis delibuta collaris – Fennah 1977 : 376 (keyed), 377 (recorded from Ambon Island (error!); treated as a subspecies of B. delibuta (error!); male genitalia illustrated (error!)). — Nagai & Porion 1996: 14 (listed; = vittiventris Walker in litt . (error!)). Note The specimens examined by Lallemand (1959 , 1963 ) and Fennah (1977) , erroneously identified as B. collaris , were actually specimens of B. trilineata ( Schmidt, 1926 ) . Fig. 4. Birdantis collaris (Walker, 1870) , holotype, ♀. A . Habitus, dorsal view. B . Habitus, ventral view. C . Head and thorax, dorsal view. D . Labels. E . Head, normal view of frons. C–E not to scale. Diagnosis This species can be separated from all other species of Birdantis by the following combination of characters: (1) frons entirely yellow-brown, without lines or spots ( Fig. 4E ) (2) bulge between frons and vertex black ( Fig. 4C ) (3) abdomen mostly black dorsally ( Fig. 4A ) and brown ventrally ( Fig. 4B ) (4) tegmina opaque on basal half and infuscate on distal half ( Fig. 4A ) (5) hind wings largely hyaline, with basal angle yellowish ( Fig. 4A ) Material examined Holotype INDONESIA : ♀ ( Fig. 4 ), Morotai Island , 2°20′52″ N , 128°27′52″ E [Morty, Wallace / glued on the reverse: 67 66] [M] [ Type ] [ collaris ] [ BMNH ( E ), # 651887 ] (BMNH). Distribution Morotai Island ( holotype ) and Halmahera Island ( Breddin 1900 ) ( Fig. 3 ).