Penthicodes atomaria (Weber, 1801), 2010

Constant, Jérôme & Bartlett, Charles R., 2019, New records and species in five planthopper families from Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia with checklist of Cambodian planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha), Belgian Journal of Entomology 83, pp. 1-27 : 1-27

Penthicodes atomaria (Weber, 1801)

Fig. 6 C–D

MATERIAL EXAMINED

CAMBODIA: 3♂♂, 4♀♀ ( Fig. 6 C ): Mondulkiri Province, Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, near O Pam station, 12°11’39”N 107°01’01”E, 14–24.XI.2018, leg. J. Constant, I.G.: 33.919 ( RBINS) .

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13 NOTE. The specimens were all found in an area of reasonably well preserved forest, most of them at night time. An egg mass with 72 eggs was discovered near an adult female on a small tree trunk ( Fig. 6 D ). Trophobiosis with ants of the genus Crematogaster Lund, 1831 was observed and documented for one specimen ( Fig. 6 C ). The ants were sitting still behind the lanternfly, presumably waiting for the honeydew it regularly projects while feeding.

Figures

Fig. 6. Fulgoridae spp., in nature in Keo Seima W.S. A, Aphaena sp., ♀. B, Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758), ♂ showing trophobiotic interaction with ants. C–D, Penthicodes atomaria (Weber, 1801). C, ♀ showing trophobiotic interaction with ant. D, egg mass.