Scamandra basigera ( Walker, 1870 ) Walker, 1870

Constant, Jerome, 2010, The lanternfly genus Penthicodes: key to the species and review of the “ Ereosoma group ” with two new species and one new subspecies (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Zootaxa 2523, pp. 1-26 : 21

Scamandra basigera ( Walker, 1870) n. comb.

Fig. 13 C .

Aphaena basigera Walker, 1870: 97 .

Aphaenina basigera ( Walker, 1870) : Metcalf, 1947: 150.

Penthicodes basigera ( Walker, 1870) : Lallemand, 1963: 24, Nagai & Porion, 1996: 20, 30.

After examination of photographs of the type specimen of Penthicodes basigera ( Walker, 1870) , the species is transferred to the genus Scamandra Stål, 1863 and the new combination Scamandra basigera ( Walker, 1870) is proposed. The precise status of S. basigera within the genus Scamandra is not discussed here as the genus requires revision but it seems very close to Scamandra rosea (Guérin-Méneville, 1834) described from Java and Sumatra.

Material examined (on photo): holotype ɞ labeled [Type] [ basigera ] [Sumat Wallace] ( BMNH).

The species is transferred to Scamandra after the following characters ( Fig. 13C ): (1) pronotum smooth, without strong median carina; (2) number of longitudinal veins in middle of tegmina exceeding 12 while it is less than 10 (usually 6–8) in Penthicodes ; (3) absence of an elongate cephalic process; (4) presence of a basal tubercle on hind tibiae ( Lallemand, 1963).

Distribution: Sumatra.

Note: Nagai & Porion (1996) erroneously stated that the type specimen of P. basigera was missing in the collections of the BMNH.

Figures

FIGURES 13 A – E. A, Penthicodes variegata, Cattien N. P., Vietnam (photo by Phung My Trung). B, P. a s t r a e a, Luzon, Mt Palakong, 8. vii. 2009, Philippines (photo by Joachim Bresseel). C, Scamandra basigera, Holotype, dorsal view an labels. D, Penthicodes farinosa, vertex, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view. E, Penthicodes nicobarica, vertex, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view.