Ennya ecuadorensis ( Fowler, 1894 )

Montalvo-Salazar, Jorge L. & López-García, Margarita M., 2024, Contributions on the treehopper genus Ennya Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with two new species from Ecuador, Zootaxa 5428 (2), pp. 269-289 : 278-279

Ennya ecuadorensis ( Fowler, 1894) ( Figs. 6A–C )

Hille ecuadorensis

Gelastogonia ecuadorensis Fowler To Gelastogonia pacifica Fairmaire — Goding (1929: 283)

Hille ecuadorensis Fowler — Funkhouser (1951: 120)

Hille ecuadorensis Fowler To Hille pacifica Fairmaire — Metcalf & Wade (1965: 1027)

Ennya ecuadorensis Fowler — Sakakibara (1996a: 96)

Material examined: Lectotype ( NHMW) Hille ecuadorensis : “ Ecuador / Coll. Signoret. // ecuadorensis / det. Fowler. // Hille ecuadorensis / Fowler. Type. // SYNTYPE [print red label] / Hille ecuadorensis / Fowler, 1894 / O.Evangelista det. 2017” here designated. One paralectotype ( NHMW): “ Ecuador / Coll. Signoret. // ecuadorensis / det. Fowler. // SYNTYPE [print red label] / Hille ecuadorensis / Fowler, 1894 / O. Evangelista det. 2017”.

Comments: Ennya ecuadorensis was considered synonym of E. pacifica by Goding (1929) and Metcalf & Wade (1965). Sakakibara (1996a) revalidated the species, arguing that the type localities of both are too distant from each other for them to be considered the same species. The specimen that Sakakibara (1996a) illustrated and identified as E. ecuadorensis likely is misidentified due to the differences in the shape of the dorsal process, which is larger and inclined forwards in Sakakibara’s specimen.

Ennya ecuadorensis resembles E. conspersa but differs in the uniform fuscous coloration, thinner dorsal process, slightly more produced humeral angles and amber forewings.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Hille ecuadorensis Fowler lectotype: A. frontal view, B. lateral view, C. labels. Gelastogonia funkhouseri Goding syntype male: D. frontal view, E. lateral view, F. labels. Gelastogonia gibbera Goding syntype female: G. frontal view, H. lateral view, I. labels. Photographs by (A–C) © 2023 Natural History Museum Vienna, Hemiptera Image Collection / H. Bruckner, (D–F) © 2009 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution / Thomas J. Henry, EZID, (G–I) © 2023 American Museum of Natural History / Ruth Salas.