<p class = " HeadingRunIn "> <strong> The Oriental lanternfly genus <em> Scamandra </ em>: new species and taxonomical notes (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) </ strong> </ p> Author Constant, Jerome text Zootaxa 2013 2013-09-04 3709 2 134 148 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3709.2.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.2.2 1175-5326 6507525 5FEF432E-5363-46C4-885F-3E402123A9A6 Scamandra huangi sp. n. Figs 2A–D ; 7A–E ; 16 . Etymology. The species is dedicated to Mr. Fang-Ying Huang (Chia-yi city, Taiwan) who provided the first specimens of this new species. Type material . Holotype , ♂ (dissected, genitalia in glycerine on the same pin): [ Coll. I.R.Sc.N.B. , Indonesia , Taliabu Island , i.2008 , I.G.: 31.318] ( RBINS ). Paratypes (25): 5 ♀ : same data as holotype ( RBINS ) ; 1 ♂ : [ Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., Indonesia , Taliabu Isl. , v.2006 , purchased from A. Chaminade , I.G.: 31.400] ( RBINS ) ; 1 ♀ : [ Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., Indonesia , Taliabu Isl. , iv.2008 , purchased from A. van Vyve , I.G.: 31.502] ( RBINS ) ; 1 ♀ : idem, x.2005 ( RBINS ) ; 1 ♂ : idem, ii.2007 ( RBINS ) ; 1 ♂ : idem, xii.2006 ( RBINS ) ; 1 ♂ : idem, vii.2006 ( RBINS ) ; 1 ♂ : idem, v.2006 ( RBINS ) ; 3 ♂ , 7 ♀ : [ Taliabu Isl. , Indonésie , 1.05, Coll. Thierry Porion ] ( MHNL ) ; 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ : [ Taliabu , Jan. 05] ( MHNL ) ; 1 ♀ : idem, xii.2006 ( MHNL ) . Coordinates of Taliabu Island : 1°48’S 124°48’E Additional material examined . 1 ♂ : Indonesia , Taliabu Isl. , ii.2006 ( CAVV ) ; 1 ♀ : idem, iv.2008 ( CAVV ) ; 1 ♀ : idem, x.2005 ( CAVV ) . Diagnostic characters . (1) disc of frons and mesonotum dark black-brown ( Fig. 7 C–D ); (2) nodal line of tegmina C-shaped in middle ( Fig. 7 A, E ); (3) hind wings with anal and sutural zones red ( Fig. 7 A ); (4) femora black-brown ( Fig. 7 B ). FIGURES 2A–D. Scamandra huangi , male genitalia. A. pygofer, anal tube and gonostylus, left lateral view; B. gonostyli and pygofer, postero-ventral view; C. anal tube, dorsal view; D anal tube, posterior view. Description . LT: ♂ (n = 7): 29.0 mm (28.5–29.6); ♀ : (n = 9): 35.9 mm (34.0–38.8). HEAD. Yellow-brown to red-brown, with frons black-brown except sides, clypeus dark brown and labium brown. Cephalic process not reaching posterior margin of vertex; vertex short, with disc wrinkled, and lateral and posterior margins carinate; frons coriaceous with short hairs and 3 longitudinal carinae distinct only on dorsal half ( Figs 7 C–D ); labium surpassing hind trochanters ( Fig. 7 B ); pedicel of antennae kidney-shaped with flagellum inserted dorso-laterally; ratio BV/LV: 3.7; BF/LF: 1.04. THORAX. pronotum yellow-brown to red-brown as head, with short hairs, 2 impressed points on disc and numerous minute black points; median carina obsolete, barely distinct ( Fig. 7 C ); lateral pleura of pronotum largely blackbrown ( Fig. 7 D ); mesonotum red-brown with disc black-brown, without carina ( Fig. 7 C ); ratio BT/LP + LM: 1.16; LM/LP: 1.72. Tegmina olivaceous to olivaceous-brown with membrane yellow-brown; dorsally base red-brown, costal margin green in middle, narrow, yellow curved transverse band at half length, yellow spot at base of vein M and sometimes small yellow spots along sutural margin of clavus; limit between corium and clavus strongly bisinuate with large brown to black C-shaped marking in middle ( Fig. 7 A ); ventrally, corium dark red-brown with base red and membrane red-brown, one spot and one transverse band of white wax at level of dorsal yellow markings ( Fig. 7 B ); ratio LTg/BTg: 2.32. Hind wings: ventrally and dorsally disc dark red-brown with turquoise veinlets, base and anal margin broadly bright red, membrane brown ( Figs. 7 A–B ). Legs: dark red-brown with femora darker, black-brown; anterior femora inflated apically; hind tibiae with 4–5 lateral spines, basal one well developed, and 7 apical spines ( Figs. 7 A–B ). Abdomen: red ( Figs. 7 A–B ). MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer 2.9 times higher than long in middle in lateral view, with posterior margin slightly sinuate on dorsal ¼ ( Fig. 2 A ); anal tube short, transverse, about 1.5 times broader than long in dorsal view, and slightly more than twice broader at apex than at base; sides sligtly rounded, apical margin pointed in middle dorsally, projecting downwards ventrally, strongly roundly emarginate in lateral view ( Figs. 2 C, D ); gonostyli longer than high in lateral view, subtriangular with apical margin rounded ( Fig. 2 A ); latero-dorsal tooth of gonostyli projecting latero-ventrally ( Figs. 2 A, B ).