Trigonoschema pallida ( Lallemand, 1927 ), 2021

Crispolon, Elorde Jr. S., Guilbert, Eric, Yap, Sheryl A. & Soulier-Perkins, Adeline, 2021, New genus and new species of spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from the Philippines, European Journal of Taxonomy 778, pp. 90-135 : 123

Trigonoschema pallida ( Lallemand, 1927) comb. nov.

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Mioscarta pallida Lallemand, 1927: 113 .

Mioscarta pallida – Lallemand 1949: 84–85.

Distribution

Philippines: Philippine Islands.

Remarks

Lallemand in 1927 described this species based on the pattern of coloration and placed it in Mioscarta . He mentioned only a single male specimen (holotype), however, in the collection it is labelled as female ( Fig. 15D ). This species does not conform to Breddin’s definition of Mioscarta but possesses characters of Trigonoschema gen. nov. For this reason we transfer it to this new genus. We could not borrow the holotype, however some photographs of the habitus and labels were kindly provided by Mick Webb (NHM). They are integrated here ( Fig. 15 ) and are sufficient to see the most obvious characters of Trigonoschema gen. nov.

Figures

Fig. 15. Trigonoschema pallida (Lallemand, 1927) comb. nov., holotype (NHMUK 013588933), habitus. A. Lateral view. B. Frontal view. C. Dorsal view. D. Labels.