Bananellodes Strand, 1928

Constant, Jérôme, 2015, A new species of Bananellodes Strand, 1928 from Namibia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 32, pp. 1-13 : 1-13

Genus Bananellodes Strand, 1928

Bananellodes STRAND, 1928: 73 [nom. nov. for Bananella Schmidt, 1924 nec Bananella Labbé, 1895 (Protozoa)].

Type species: Bananella rubrinervis Schmidt, 1924 .

Bananella SCHMIDT, 1924: 105 [described, close to Euhiracia Melichar, 1908 (erroneous)]. Bananellodes Strand, 1928 – METCALF, 1946: 183 [catalogued in the Dictyopharidae : Orgeriinae: Lyncidini] – SYNAVE, 1957: 37 [transferred to the Issidae and redescribed] – FENNAH 1958: 141 [transferred to the Tropiduchidae ] – FENNAH, 1967: 685 [mentioned as previously transferred in the Tropiduchidae ] – FENNAH, 1982: 640 [placed in the Eutropistini , Duriina]. – FLOW, BOURGOIN, 2015: http://hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer& db=flow&lang= fr&card=name&id=27685.

The definition of the genus given by SYNAVE (1957) and the suprageneric placement in the Eutropistini Duriina proposed by FENNAH (1982) are here followed.

Identification key to the species of Bananellodes

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― Frons concave on dorsal half in lateral view, slightly projecting anteriorly ( Figs 1A , 2C ); tegmina with anteapical row of cross-veinlets but no cells along apical margin ( Figs 1 A-B, 2A-C)........................................................................................................... B. davidi sp. nov. Frons straight in lateral view, not projecting ( Fig. 3A ); tegmina with a row of open cells after anteapical line of cross-veinlets ( Fig. 3A, C )................ B. rubrinervis ( Schmidt, 1924)

Figures

Fig. 1 A–E. Bananellodes davidi sp. nov. A-D, holotype ♂, total length: 3.6 mm. A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, lateral view. C, abdomen, ventral view. D, right posterior wing. E-F, Nymph. E habitus, dorsal view. F, habitus, lateral view.

Fig. 2 A–E. Bananellodes davidi sp. nov., paratype ♀, total length: 5.3 mm. A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, ventral view. C, habitus, lateral view. D, head and thorax, normal view of frons. E, habitus, frontal view.

Fig. 3 A–E. Bananellodes rubrinervis (Schmidt, 1924), female holotype, total length: 5.0 mm. A, habitus, lateral view. B, labels. C, habitus, dorsal view. D, head, frontal view (photographs S. Hanot).