Centromeria nigroapicata, (LETHIERRY, 1888), 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 : 72-73

CENTROMERIA NIGROAPICATA ( LETHIERRY, 1888) STAT. REV., COMB. NOV.

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Dictyophara nigroapicata Lethierry, 1888: 467 . Holotype: ♂, Indonesia (Nias) (MNHN) (examined). Synonymized under Centromeria longipennis (Walker) by Melichar, 1912: 43, and here resurrected.

Redescription. BL, ♂ 15.6 – 15.7 mm, ♀ 17.1 – 17.4 mm; HL, ♂ 2.0 – 2.1 mm, ♀ 2.2 – 2.3 mm; HW, ♂ 1.4 – 1.5 mm, ♀ 1.1.7 – 1.8 mm; TL, ♂ 11.8 – 12.1 mm, ♀ 13.2 – 13.3 mm.

Male genitalia with pygofer large and broad, ventrally distinctly wider than dorsally (about 5.3: 1); posterior process near dorsal margin elongate, robust and curved, apex acute in lateral view ( Fig. 22E ). Gonostyles relatively large, more or less expanded toward apex, broadest subapically in lateral view ( Fig. 22E ), apex rounded; upper process elongate, acute apically. Aedeagus ( Fig. 22G – I ) small, with a pair of long endosomal processes extended posteriorly and curved dorsoanteriorly ( Fig. 22H ); phal- lobase sclerotized and pigmented at lateral sides, membranous and moderately inflated dorsally and ventrally, with a pair of ventral lobes short and small, and a pair of additional smaller lobes on ventral base, without spines ( Fig. 22H, I ). Segment X large and elongate, with ratio of length to width near middle about 1.7: 1 in dorsal view ( Fig. 22D ).

Type material examined. Holotype ♂ of Dictyophara nigroapicata Lethierry, 1888 (Museun Paris MNHN (EH) 22987), [ Indonesia], Is. Nias, Hili Zabobo, Agosto, 1886, Modigliani; Type, [Lethierry’s handwriting] Dictyophara nigroapicata Leth. ; Centromeria [handwriting] (MNHN).

Other material examined. [ Indonesia], 1♂ 1♀ (MIZ 313224, 313225), Soekaranda , i.1894, Dohrn; Centromeria longipennis Walk. [handwriting]; Mus. Zool. Polonicum, Warszawa, 12/45 ; 1♂ ( MIZ 313228 ) , 2♀♀ ( MIZ 313226 , 313227 ) , Sumatra, Soekaranda , Dohrn; Centromeria longipennis Walk. [Schmidt’s handwriting] , ♀ (♂), Edm. Schmidt, determ. 1915; Mus. Zool. Polonicum, Warszawa, 12/45 (all in MIZPAS) ; 1♀, Sumatra, Excell. V. Studt G.; Centromeria longipennis Walk. (MFNB) ; 1♀, West Sumatra prov., Kerinci Seblat N.P., 24 km NE Tapan, 2°05 ′ S 101°15 ′ E, 400 – 550 m a.s.l., Muara Sako to E env, 4 – 18.iii.2003, L. Dembicky ( MMBC) ; 1♀, Sumatra, Bandar Baroe, Mjoberg ( NHRS) .

Distribution. Indonesia (Nias, northern Sumatra).

Remarks. Centromeria nigroapicata comb. nov. was described from Nias, Indonesia ( Lethierry, 1888). The redescription of C. longipennis by Melichar (1912) was based on non-type specimens from Indonesia, including Nias, originally deposited in the Stettin Museum. After examining the types of C. longipennis and C. nigroapicata , we propose that C. longipennis redescribed in 1912 is a misidentification for C. nigroapicata , and that the latter should be resurrected as a valid species. The species can be easily distinguished from C. longipennis by the large fuscous spot on the apical region of the tegmina.

CENTROMERIA SPEILINEA ( WALKER, 1857)

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Dictyophora [sic] speilinea Walker, 1857: 84 . Holotype: ♀, Malaysia (Borneo) (BMNH) (examined).

Centromeria speilinea (Walker) : Stål, 1870: 745; Distant, 1906: 250; Fig. 110; Melichar, 1912: 42; Metcalf, 1946: 37.

Dictyophara psittacina Gerstaecker, 1895: 28 . Synonymized by Melichar, 1912: 214.

Centromeria bicolorata Bierman, 1910: 14 ;. Holotype ♂, Indonesia (Java) (NCB Naturalis) (examined). Synonymized with Centromeria longipennis ( Walker, 1851) by Melichar, 1912: 43 (error). New synonymy.

Redescription. BL, ♂ 16.1 mm, ♀ 15.0 mm; HL, ♂ 1.6 – 1.7 mm, ♀ 1.5 mm; HW, ♂ 1.5 – 1.6 mm, ♀ 1.5 mm; TL, ♂ 13.3 mm, ♀ 12.4 mm.

Male genitalia with pygofer in lateral view large and broad, with ratio of ventral to dorsal width about 3: 1; posterior margin with a large horn-like process near subapex, acute apically ( Fig. 23E ). Gonostyles ( Fig. 23E ) with upper process large and elongate, obtuse apically. Aedeagus ( Fig. 23G – I ) relatively small, endosomal processes long and stout, diecteded dorsally ( Fig. 23H ); phallobase sclerotized and pigmented at base, membranous and inflated apically, with one pair of dorsolateral lobes large and rounded, and with one pair of ventral lobes short and small, tapered towards apex, directed posteriorly. Segment X large and broad, in lateral view basal and apical ventral margins projecting ventrally ( Fig. 23E ), in dorsal view with ratio of length to width near middle, about 1.6: 1 ( Fig. 23D ).

Type material examined. Holotype ♀ of Dictyophora [sic] speilinea Walker, 1857 ; [ Malaysia], Sar., Borneo, Type, Dictyophora speilinea (BMNH) . Holotype ♂ of Centromeria bicolorata Bierman, 1910 (RMNH.INS.721708), [ Indonesia], Java, Batavia, 1885, ♂, Type, [Bierman’s handwriting] Centromeria bicolorata Bierm. 1908 , Det. Bierman (Museum Leiden) (NCB Naturalis).

Other material examined. Malaysia, 1♂, Borneo, Sarawak, Gunong Matang, Second forest , 120 m a.s.l., Sweeping , 14.ix.1958, T . C. Maa ( BPBM) ; 1♀, Borneo, Lelang , xii.[18]81, Grabowsky, [handwriting] Centromeria speilinea Walk. (MFNB) ; 5♀♀, Malacca, Perak ( NHRS) . Thailand, 1♂, S. Banna, Nakhon , 108 m a.s.l., 5 – 10.v.1958, T . C. Maa ( BPBM) . [ Indonesia], 1♀, Java, Wijnkoopsbay , ii.1989, M.E. Walsh ( MZLU) ; 2♂♂, 9♀♀, Sumatra, Soekaranda, H. Dohrn; [Nast’s handwriting] Centromeria speilinea (Walk.) , J. Nast det. 1957; Mus. Zool. Polonicum, Warszawa, 12/45 ( MIZPAS) .

Distribution. Malaysia (the Malay Peninsula, Borneo), Burma (Tenasserim, Myitta), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Singapore, Thailand.

Remarks. This species was originally described from Singapore ( Walker, 1857), and the locality was later changed to ‘Borneo’ (Walker, 1588). It can be separated from C. surgens by the shorter head process and the phallobase with pair of dorsolateral lobes large and rounded and pair of ventral lobes short and small.

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 22. Centromeria nigroapicata: 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.

Figure 23. Centromeria speilinea: 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.