Dendrophora, MELICHAR, 1903

Song, Zhi-Shun, Szwedo, Jacek, Wang, Rong-Rong & Liang, Ai-Ping, 2016, Systematic revision of Aluntiini Emeljanov, 1979 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae: Dictyopharinae): reclassification, phylogenetic analysis, and biogeography, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (2), pp. 349-398 : 359

DENDROPHORA MELICHAR, 1903 STAT. REV.

Dendrophora Melichar, 1903: 21 .

Synonymized under Aselgeia Walker, 1851 by Melichar 1905: 281.

Synonymized under Aluntia Stål, 1866 by Distant 1906: 237 and here resurrected.

Type species

Dendrophora ramosa Melichar, 1903 ; by original designation.

Diagnosis

The genus can be separated from other Aluntiini genera by the following combination of characters: frons with intermediate carinae weakly ridged, median carina incomplete, absent in middle; tegmina somewhat trun- cate apically, with numerous dendroid nodose veins; Sc+R and M branched before CuA at basal one-third; apical area densely covered with transverse veins; costal cell distinctly broad, with dendroid nodose veins in entire area; and aedeagus with a pair of slender, elongate, sclerotized endosomal processes.

Redescription

Body distinctly large and robust. General colour ochraceous in dead specimens (probably viridescent or stramineous green in life).

Head ( Figs 7A–C , 9A–C ) as long as or a little longer than pronotum and mesonotum combined. Cephalic process ( Figs 7B , 9B ) more or less compressed dorsoventrally. Vertex ( Figs 7A , 9A ) with median carina absent, only median furrowed suture visible between eyes; lateral carinae ridged, nearly parallel, relatively broad and flat towards apex; anterior margin angulately convex at ∼90°, posterior margin indistinct, sloped down into the pronotum. Frons ( Figs 7C , 9C ) with intermediate carinae converging posteriorly and extending before compound eyes; median carina incomplete, distinct at apex and base, absent in middle. Rostrum, eyes, ocelli, and antennae similar to Aluntia .

Pronotum and mesonotum ( Figs 7C , 9C ) similar to Aluntia , but mesonotum with lateral carinae more or less curved outwards. Tegmina ( Fig. 2C ) transparent, large, and broad, nearly 2.4–2.5 times as long as broad; apex somewhat truncate; anterior margin distinctly expanded into broad sclerotized costal area; basal twothirds to four-fifths with dendroid veins densely interspersed among longitudinal veins; Sc+R and M branched before CuA at basal one-third; M 3+4 bifurcating M 3 and M 4 not beyond the middle; Sc+R, M, and CuA branching into accessory veins successively four times; apical area densely covered with transverse veins, with 21–25 apical cells; costal cell distinctly broad, with numerous dendroid veins in entire area. Legs similar to Aluntia .

Male genitalia with pygofer similar to Aluntia , in lateral view posterior margin more or less projecting near upper middle ( Figs 7E , 9E ), in dorsal view

Figures

Figure 2. Tegmina (A–F, G, I) and hindwings (H, J) of Aluntiini and Arjunini trib. nov. A, Aluntia longicephalica sp. nov.; B, Aluntia schimperii; C, Dendrophora borneensis; D, Dictyomorpha moluccana; E, Indodictyophara lobosa; F, Madagascaritia hova; G, H, Arjuna scriba; I, J, Pippax opilionoides. Abbreviations: ac, apical cell; dsv, dendroid secondary veins.

Figure 7. Dendrophora borneensis. 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.

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.