Scamandra jakli, Rolčík, 2008

Rolčík, Jakub, 2008, Scamandra jakli sp. n. from Indonesia (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulguromorpha), Zootaxa 1730, pp. 56-58 : 56-58

Scamandra jakli sp. n.

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Type specimens. Holotype (male, JRCP): INDONESIA, Mentawai Isls., Siberut Isl. , x. 2004, Stanislav Jákl leg. Paratypes: (1 male, 7 females, AKCB, JRCP, SJCP): INDONESIA, S Siberut, Salappa env., 50m a. s. l., vi. 2005, Stanislav Jákl leg.

Description of holotype. Span of hemielytra 60.0 mm; hemielytra cinnamon-brown, basal two-thirds with red tinge, distinctly white dotted; distal third of hemielytra separated by S-shaped, white stripe, without white dots; basal twothirds of hind wings red, distal third cinnamon-brown, finely margined with white; entire body brown, dorsum of abdomen red; medial portion of dorsum covered by white scales; legs brown.

Variation. The red colouration of the basal parts of the hemielytra varies in intensity. The span of the hemielytra in the female paratypes is 59.0–66.0 mm.; of the male paratype, 44.0 mm.

Differential diagnosis. Scamandra jakli sp. n. is rather similar to S. hecuba Stal, 1863 ( Fig. 2) from Western Sumatra and to S. semele Stal, 1863 ( Fig. 3) from the southern part of the Malaysian Peninsula. Both species differ from S. jakli sp. n. in the following characters:

S. hecuba —basal two-thirds of hemielytra intensive red without white dots; distal third of hemielytra separated by C-shaped white stripe; dorsum of abdomen not red.

S. semele —hemielytra without white stripe separating distal third from the basal two-thirds; hind wings without white margination, their red portion with dark dots.

Etymology. The species is named after the collector of all the type specimens, Stanislav Jákl, Prague.

Acknowledgements. I would like to thank Stanislav Jákl (Prague, Czech Republic), who kindly provided me with the material; Svatopluk Bílý (National Museum, Prague), for his help with the manuscript; and two anonymous reviewers who reviewed the manuscript