Centromeria surgens, (WALKER, 1870), 2016

Song, Zhi-Shun, Webb, Michael D. & Liang, Ai-Ping, 2016, Phylogenetic analysis of the Oriental genera of Orthopagini Emeljanov, 1983 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae: Dictyopharinae), with a systematic revision of the genus Centromeria Stål, 1870, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178 (1), pp. 33-87 : 73-74

CENTROMERIA SURGENS ( WALKER, 1870) STAT. REV., COMB. NOV. FIGS 2L , 25A – I

Dictyophora [sic] surgens Walker, 1870: 101 . Holotype ♀, Indonesia (Amboina) (BMNH) (examined). Synonymized under Centromeria longipennis (Walker) by Melichar, 1912: 43, and here resurrected.

Fulgora nereides Kirkaldy, 1913: 14 . Holotype ♂, Indonesia (Ceram) (BPBM) (not examined). New synonymy.

Dictyophara nereides (Kirkaldy) : Muir, 1923: 239, pl. V, fig. 18.

Redescription. BL, ♂ 16.1 – 16.5 mm, ♀ 16.3 mm; HL, ♂ 2.0 – 2.2 mm, ♀ 1.9 mm; HW, ♂ 1.7 mm, ♀ 1.6 mm; TL, ♂ 12.8 – 13.0 mm, ♀ 13.1 mm.

Male genitalia with pygofer in lateral view large and broad, distinctly wider ventrally than dorsally (about 2.2: 1); posterior margin with a large hornlike process near subapex, acute apically ( Fig. 25E ). Gonostyles ( Fig. 25E ) with upper process relatively short, truncate apically. Aedeagus ( Fig. 25G – I ) large and robust, endosomal processes long and stout, directeded dorsally; phallobase membranous and strongly inflated, with one pair of lateral lobes short, directed dorsally and with pair of ventral lobes distinctly large and elongate, tapered towards apex ( Fig. 25H, I ). Segment X large and broad, in lateral view ventral margins projecting ventrally in base and distinctly concave near middle ( Fig. 25E ); in dorsal view ratio of length to width near middle about 1.7: 1 ( Fig. 25D ).

Type material examined. Holotype ♀ of Dictyophora [sic] surgens Walker, 1870 . [ Indonesia], Amboina, 67.66., Wallace, type, surgens (BMNH) . Paratype ♂ of Fulgora nereides Kirkaldy, 1913 . [ Indonesia], Piroe, Ceram, i.1909, F. Muir; ♂, Paratype, Fulgora nereides Kirkaldy, 1913 (BPBM).

Other material examined. Indonesia: 1♂ , Ambon I., Waai , 23.i.1965, A.M. R. Wegner; 1♂ , Ambon I., Waai , v.1967, A.M. R. Wegner (both in BPBM); 1♂ , Sunda , Lombok, 26.iii.1927 (Sunda Exp. Rensch); Centromeria cephalica Dist. [Synave’s handwriting], H. Synave det., 1972; 1♀ , O. Lombok, Selong, 21.v.1927 (Sunda Exp. Rensch); Centromeria speilinea Walk. [Synave’s handwriting], H. Synave det., 1972 (both in MFNB); 1♂ , O. Soembawa, 24- 25.v.1927 (Dompoe); 1940 – 2; Centromeria cephalica Dist. [Handwriting] ( SNSD) .

Distribution. Indonesia (Lombok, Flores, Amboina, Ceram, Sula Islands).

Remarks. This species was described from Amboina, Indonesia ( Walker, 1870), and synonymized wrongly under C. longipennis by Melichar (1912). We here resurrect Dictyophora [sic] surgens as a valid species and move it to Centromeria . Fulgora nereides Kirkaldy, 1913 was described from Amboina and Borneo. A male specimen from Ceram, near Amboina, is labelled as ‘paratype’ of F. nereides , which was examined in the present study, suggesting that F. nereides is a junior synonym of C. surgens . The species is similar to C. speilinea , but can be distinguished from the latter by the phallobase with pair of ventral lobes distinctly large and elongate.

Figures

Figure 2. Centromeria species: A, Centromeria curva sp. nov., holotype, male; B, Centromeria cuspidata sp. nov., holotype, male; C, Centromeria deckerti sp. nov., holotype, male; D, Centromeria inflata sp. nov., holotype, male; E, Centromeria inspinata, female; F, Centromeria longipennis, male; G, Centromeria maculata sp. nov., holotype, male; H, Centromeria melichari sp. nov., holotype, male; I, Centromeria nigroapicata, male; J, Centromeria speilinea, male; K, Centromeria spinosa sp. nov., holotype, male; L, Centromeria surgens, male; M, Centromeria triangulata sp. nov., holotype, male.

Figure 25. Centromeria surgens: A, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view; B, head and pronotum, lateral view; C, head, ventral view; D, male pygofer and segment X, dorsal view; E, male genitalia, lateral view; F, male pygofer and gonostyles, ventral view; G, aedeagus, dorsal view; H, aedeagus, lateral view; I, aedeagus, ventral view.