Polydictya pantherina Gerstaecker, 1895

Constant, Jérôme & Pham, Hong Thai, 1843, Polydictya lanternflies of the Indochinese region: Six new species and identification key (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 86, pp. 1-42 : 1-42

Polydictya pantherina Gerstaecker, 1895

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Polydictya pantherina GERSTAECKER, 1895: 26 [described, compared with P. tricolor (Westwood, 1845) ].

Polydictya krisna KIRKALDY, 1902: 49 [described], pl. A fig. 4 [habitus] (synonymized by NAGAI & PORION, 1996: 13).

Thaumastodictya krisna – KIRKALDY, 1902: 307 [transferred to Thaumastodictya as type species]. — MELICHAR, 1903: 72 [returned to Polydictya ].

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. SRI LANKA: holotype ♀ ( Fig. 19 A–C – examined from photographs): [ Polydictya pantherina ♀ Ceylon merid. Fruhst.] [Zool. Mus. Greifswald II 27378] ( ZMIG) .

SRI LANKA: holotype ♂ of P. krisna Kirkaldy, 1902 ( Fig. 19 D–G ): [Kandy, Ceylon XII 97] [Thaumasto dictya Krisna (Kirk.) Type.] [Type H. T.] [Kirkaldy Coll. 1912–513] ( BMNH).

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Figures

Fig. 19. Polydictya pantherina Gerstaecker, 1895. A–C, holotype ♀ (ZIMG – photographs © P. Michalik). A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, ventral view. C, labels. D–G, holotype ♂ of synonym Polydictya krisna Kirkaldy, 1902 (BMNH). D, habitus, dorsal view. E, frons, normal view. F, labels. G, head, lateral view.