Spartolus pugionatus Stål, 1877

Mohagan, Alma B., Leańo, Emmanuel P., Melencion, Merced G., Patano, Romeo R., Hongco, Aldrin L. & Amoroso, Victor B., 2020, Yellow Striped Giraffehopper Spartolus pugionatus Stål, 1877 comb. resurr. (Tetrigidae: Ophiotettegini) inhabits Mindanao Island of the Philippines’ archipelago, Zootaxa 4722 (6), pp. 591-600 : 593-594

Spartolus pugionatus Stål, 1877 , resurrected original combination

Spartolus pugionatus: Stål 1877: 56 (original description), Casto de Elera 1895: 207 (listed in catalogue).

Threciscus pugionatus: Bolívar 1887: 232 (description of the genus Threciscus ), Hancock 1907: 33 (listed in catalogue, brief description), Kirby 1910: 19 (listed in catalogue), Bruner 1915: 244 (50) (listed in catalogue), Yin et al. 1996 (listed in catalogue), Otte 1997 (listed in catalogue), Tumbrinck & Skejo 2017 (assigned to Ophiotettigini ), Günther 1939: 38 (listed in catalogue, brief description, Blackith 1992: 191 (listed in catalogue).

Material examined in this study. Altogether 11 specimens— 10 males, 1 female PHILIPPINES: (2/11) 2♀ Lawilawi forest reserve, Sitio Maharlika and Sitio Calinan, Barangay Baganihan, (4/11) 4♀ Mt. Malambo, Barangay Datu Salumay, (3/11) 3♀ Lola Mommys Rainforest, Sitio Epol, Barangay Baganihan, (2/11) 1♀ and 1♂ Mt. Ulah- ingan, Sitio Tagumpay, Barangay Datu Salumay, Mindanao, Davao City, Marilog District, Marilog Forest Reserve (1,151 to 1,345masl), February, 2018 to July, 2019, A.B. Mohagan, E.P. Leaňo, M.G. Melencion, R. R. Patano Jr., A.L, Hongco & V.B. Amoroso (deposited in Central Mindanao University collection).

Type locality: the Philippines, no specified locality of holotype label.

Type series: a single female holotype, labeled Ins. Philipp., originates from Semper’s collection, and is deposited in the entomological collections of the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet in Stockholm, Sweden.

Distribution: Inhabiting tropical mountainous rainforest of Mindanao (the Philippines) between above 1100 m above sea level: known from Davao Region (Marilog District).

Diagnosis. The species can easily be distinguished from other species of the genus Spartolus by its unique coloration: pronotum is mostly yellow, except for the black median part of dorsum, black infrascapular area, and black stripe on paranota. Median part of the external area of the hind femora is black, while rest of the femora are yellow. Internal part of hind femora is black. Fore and mid femora, tibiae and tarsi are predominantly yellow. Head is yellow, with black face. Specimens described as S. minax (Walker, 1871) has whole dorsum yellow, while S. tricostatus Bolívar, 1887 , has black dorsum, with the middle part being yellow. There is a chance that all three species S. minax , S. tricostatus , and S. pugionatus represent synonyms of each other. This case could be true if all of the color varieties do not represent specific differences. In that case, Spartolus minax is the oldest name and has nomenclatural priority.