Penthicodes (Penthicodes) nicobarica (Stål, 1869)

Constant, Jérôme & Mohan, Ashwini Venkatanarayana, 1801, The lanternflies from Andaman and Nicobar: one new Pyrops species, new records and illustrated key to the species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 49, pp. 1-24 : 1-24

Penthicodes (Penthicodes) nicobarica (Stål, 1869)

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Aphana nicobarica STÅL, 1869: 241 [described]. Type in NHRS.

Aphana nicobarica – ATKINSON, 1885: 147 [described]. — DISTANT, 1906: 202 [described].

Aphaenina nicobarica – METCALF, 1947: 152 [transferred to Aphaenina Metcalf, 1947 ; catalogued].

Penthicodes nicobarica – LALLEMAND, 1963: 21 [transferred to Penthicodes Blanchard, 1845 , P. farinosa group; keyed; described].

Penthicodes (Penthicodes) nicobarica – NAGAI & PORION, 1996: 20 [catalogued]. — CONSTANT, 2010: 4 [keyed], fig. 13 E [head and thorax, dorsal aspect].

MATERIAL EXAMINED.

TYPE MATERIAL. INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands: holotype ♀ ( Fig. 5 ): [Ins. Nicobar] [M. Haon] [Typus] [398 61] [ Aphana nicobaria Stål] [NHRS-HEMI 000000077] ( NHRS) .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 1 ex. (examined from photograph): Great Nicobar, Govind Nagar forest , 11.V.1987, V.V. Belawadi ( UASB); 1 ex. (examined from photograph): Great Nicobar, Govind Nagar, 28.II.2016, S.K. Rajeshwari ( UASB) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS IN NATURE. INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 1 ex. ( Fig. 13 D ): Great Nicobar, VIII.2016 (© S. Jha) .

DISTRIBUTION. The species is currently known only from Nicobar.

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Figures

Fig. 5. Penthicodes (Penthicodes) nicobarica (Stål, 1869), female holotype. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, ventral view. C, head and thorax, dorsal view. D, labels. E, frons, normal view.

Fig. 13. Pyrops rogersi (Distant, 1906) and Penthicodes (Penthicodes) nicobarica (Stål, 1869) in nature. A, P. rogersi, North Andaman, 2 Apr. 2004 (© K. Wothe). B, P. rogersi, Andaman Islands, Long Island, Lalaji Bay, 27 May 2014 (© A.V. Mohan). C, P. rogersi, Little Andaman, White Surf Waterfall, Dec. 2007 (© S. Dhanuka). D, P. nicobarica, Great Nicobar, Aug. 2016 (© S. Jha).