Polydictya bantimurung, Constant, 2015

Constant, Jérôme, 2015, The Lanternfly genus Polydictya (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) from Sulawesi and neighbouring islands, with the description of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 110, pp. 1-19 : 7-9

Polydictya bantimurung sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

(1) Tegmina brown, with whitish spots: large one at apex of clavus, 2 small ones along claval suture and 3–4 on disc of membrane; external margin of clavus and 3–4 patches along costal margin, pale greenish yellow ( Fig. 1A ); (2) hind wings without basal red patch ( Fig. 1A ); (3) frons regularly rounded in dorsal view, not projecting anteriorly ( Fig. 1C ), dark brown with ventro-lateral angles yellow-brown ( Fig. 1D ); (4) anterior tibiae not laminate ( Fig. 1 A–B); (5) abdomen red dorsally ( Fig. 1A ); (6) genital segments dark brown.

Etymology

The species epithet refers to the type location, Bantimurung, and is treated as a noun in apposition.

Type material

Holotype

♂: [Coll. I.R.Sc.N.B., Sulawesi, Bantimurung, 4°54’S 119°45’E, Gift J. Constant, I.G.: 32.561] ( RBINS).

Paratypes

2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: [Bantimurung, Sulawesi, 6.02, Coll. thierry PORION] ( MHNL). Note: “6.02” on the labels of the paratypes stands for June 2002.

Description

MEASUREMENTS AND RATIOS. LT: ♂ (n = 3): 24.7 mm (23.9–25.1); ♀ (n = 4): 29.0 mm (28.0–29.5); LTg/ BTg = 3.24; BV/LV = 5.4; LF/BF = 0.70.

HEAD. Black-brown with ventro-lateral angles of frons yellow-brown ( Fig. 1D, F ); vertex curved and deeply grooved transversely with lowest point in middle, with all 4 margins carinate ( Fig. 1C ); frons slightly visible from above ( Fig. 1C ), convex, smooth, subquadrate with impressed, S-shaped longitudinal groove along lateral margin, starting in front of eye ( Fig. 1D ); clypeus narrower and shorter than frons, brown apically ( Fig. 1D ); labium elongate, surpassing coxae ( Fig. 1B ); antennae yellowbrown with scape cylindrical, elongate; pedicel bulbous ( Fig. 1F ).

THORAX. Black-brown with lateral pleura of pronotum yellow-brown along ventral margin; mesonotum darker than pronotum ( Fig. 1C, F ); pro-, meso- and metasternites brown ( Fig. 1B ); pronotum with transverse wrinkles, longitudinal carina and pair of impressed points on disc; mesonotum smooth with disc wrinkled; scutellum impressed on disc and with apex elevated ( Fig. 1C ); tegulae dark brown with posterior half yellow-brown ( Fig. 1C, F ).

TEGMINA. ( Figs 1 A–C). Dark brown with whitish spots on disc: one large, subquadrate at apex of clavus, 2 small ones along claval suture and 3–4 in a longitudinal row near nodal line; external margin of clavus and 3–4 large patches along costal margin, pale greenish yellow; costal and sutural margins subparallel, apex obliquely rounded.

HIND WINGS. ( Fig. 1 A–B). Entirely dark brown, broader than tegmina.

LEGS. ( Fig. 1 A–B). All legs dark reddish brown with tarsi I and II darker; tibiae I and II slender; tibiae III with 4–5 lateral and 7 apical spines.

ABDOMEN. ( Fig. 1 A–B). Bright red dorsally with 2 basal tergites black; black-brown ventrally; genital segments dark brown.

MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer, anal tube and gonostyli dark brown; pygofer higher than long, with posterior margin sinuate in lateral view and showing apically rounded conical process in middle ( Fig. 8 A–B); anal tube elongate, 2.36 times longer than broad, broader at 2/3 of total length, strongly curved ventrally near base ( Fig. 8 A–B); lateral margins sinuate ( Fig. 8B ) and apical margin strongly notched in dorsal view ( Fig. 8C ); gonostyli ( Fig. 8A ) elongate with posterior half much broader and strong subbasal constriction in lateral view; strong tooth directed antero-ventrally at half length; apical margin subquadrate; phallic complex ( Fig. 8 D–E) with endosomal process of aedeagus laminate, slightly concave externally, showing irregular dorsal teeth along body, and apex strongly curved dorsally, hook-shaped.

Distribution

Known from South Sulawesi ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

Figs 1–2. 1. Polydictya bantimurung sp. nov. 2. Polydictya basirubra sp. nov. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Vertex, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view. D. Frons, normal view. E. Habitus, lateral view. F. Head and prothorax, lateral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.

Fig. 7. Distribution map of the species of Polydictya Guérin-Méneville, 1844 of Sulawesi and neighbouring islands.

Fig. 8. Polydictya bantimurung sp. nov., ♂ genitalia. A. Pygofer, anal tube and gonostylus, left lateral view. B. Anal tube and pygofer, dorsal view. C. Apex of anal tube, postero-dorsal view. D. Phallic complex, lateral view. E. Phallic complex, dorsal view. An = anal tube; Py = pygofer; G = gonostylus. Scale bars = 1 mm.