Dendrophora ramosa, MELICHAR, 1903

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DENDROPHORA RAMOSA MELICHAR, 1903 STAT. REV.

( FIGS 1G , 9A–J )

Dendrophora ramosa Melichar, 1903: 22 , pl. I, fig. 5.

Aluntia ramosa (Melichar) : Distant 1906: 241, fig. 105;

Melichar 1912: 63; Metcalf 1946: 46.

Redescription

BL, ♂ 14.8–16.6 mm; HL , ♂ 4.5–4.9 mm; HW , ♂ 1.1– 1.2 mm; TL, ♂ 9.4–10.5 mm.

Head ( Fig. 9A–C ) elongate, 1.2–1.3 times as long as pronotum and mesonotum combined. Tegmina nearly 2.4 times as long as broad; basal four-fifths with dendroid veins dense.

Male genitalia with pygofer with ratio of ventral to dorsal width ∼2.0: 1.0 in lateral view, posterior margin distinctly projecting near upper middle ( Fig. 9E ). Gonostyles with apex bluntly rounded and strongly projecting backward; in lateral view upper margin with a large, broad, and blunt process near middle, direct- ed anteriorly ( Fig. 9F ). Aedeagus with endosomal processes abruptly curved dorsolaterally in middle; phallobase with apex produced in two lamellar processes dorsally and ventrally, respectively: dorsal pair elongate and large ( Fig. 9H–J ). Segment X in dorsal view oval, large, and broad, with ratio of length to width in middle ∼1.3: 1.0 ( Fig. 9G ).

Type material examined

Syntype ♂, [ Sri Lanka]: 2–86; 239; romosa [Melichar’s handwriting], det. Melichar; Aselgeia = Dendrophora [Melichar’s handwriting]; Aluntia romosa [Melichar’s handwriting]; Collection Dr. Melichar; Dendrophora ramosa sp.n. L. Melichar, 1903 [Lauterer’s handwriting], P. Lauterer det. 1991 (MMBC).

Other material examined

[ Sri Lanka]: 1♂, Ceylon , E. Prov., Kuchchavell, 20 miles NW Trincomalee, 9–10.II.1962, Loc. 60., Semi desert ; 1♂, Ceylon , E. Prov., Madura Oya, 15 miles NNW Bibile, 13.III.1962, Loc. 138., Swept on veg, by stream (both in MZLU, Lund University Ceylon Expedition 1962, Brinck-Andersson-Cederholm) .

Distribution

Sri Lanka.

Remarks

Distant (1906) listed that D. ramosa was recorded from the Malay Peninsula, but his description probably represented a D. borneensis . Nast (1949) suggested that the record from the Malay Peninsula was wrong.

Figures

Figure 1. A, Aluntia longicephalica sp. nov., male; B, Aluntia schimperii, male; C, Aluntia schimperii, female; D, Aluntia sp. indet., fifth-instar nymph; E, Dendrophora borneensis, male; F, Dendrophora borneensis, female; G, Dendrophora ramosa, male; H, Dictyomorpha hectica, male; I, same, female; J, Indodictyophara lobosa, female; K, Madagascaritia angusta sp. nov., male; L, Madagascaritia hova, female.

Figure 9. Dendrophora ramosa. A, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsal view; B, head, lateral view; C, head, ventral view; D, pygofer and gonostyles, ventral view; E, male genitalia, lateral view; F, gonostyles, lateral view; G, pygofer and segment X, dorsal view; H, aedeagus, ventral view; I, aedeagus, lateral view; J, aedeagus, dorsal view.