Monteira upembensis Synave, 1957

Constant, Jérôme, 2015, Review of the genus Monteira Melichar, 1906 with a new species from Namibia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Nogodinidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 31, pp. 1-14 : 1-14

Monteira upembensis Synave, 1957

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Monteira upembensis SYNAVE 1957: 68 [described].

MATERIAL EXAMINED. No material of the species was examined. The holotype was not found in the collections of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, where it is deposited according to SYNAVE (1957) (Stéphane Hanot pers. com. May 2015) .

DIAGNOSIS. According to SYNAVE (1957), the species should be easily separated from M. ameliae by its larger size (more than 6 mm). It can be separated from M. upembensis and M. cornicula by the absence of dark markings inside the cells of the tegmina.

The male genitalia of the species are still undescribed.

DISTRIBUTION. See map Fig. 6 .

Discussion

The specimens Monteira were collected in grassy areas of the southern part of Afrotropical region. All species have strongly reduced posterior wings and are flightless.

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Two of the four species are currently known from single specimens and it is likely that more species are awaiting discovery.

The natural history of three species is totally unknown, while M. ameliae sp. nov. was collected at the base of grass tuft. The species was however not collected by sweeping or pitfall traps.

More fieldwork is necessary to improve our knowledge of those species which seem to be at least locally not uncommon in South Africa

Figures

Fig. 6. Distribution map of the species of Monteira.