Monteira cornicula Melichar, 1906

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 cornicula Melichar, 1906

Figs 2 , 5 A–B , 6

Monteira cornicula MELICHAR, 1906: 158 , fig. 24 [described, vertex and thorax, frons and tegmen illustrated].

Telmessus testudinarius Distant, 1907: 199 , pl. XIX figs 15, 15a [described, habitus and head illustrated (misidentification of M. cornicula ) – synonymized by SYNAVE, 1957].

Monteirina horni Lallemand, 1931: 255 [synonymized by SYNAVE, 1957].

Monteira cornicula – SCHUMACHER, 1913: 88 [listed from South Africa] – HESSE, 1925: 159 [listed; distribution in Namibia] – LALLEMAND, 1931: 255 [compared with Monteirina horni ] – SYNAVE, 1957: 65 [redescribed, senior synonym of Monteirina horni and Telmessus testudinarius , key, distribution, genitalia figured] – METCALF, 1958: 296 [catalogued].

Telmessus testudinarius – HESSE, 1925: 159 [listed, distribution in Namibia] – SYNAVE, 1957: 66 [junior synonym of Monteira cornicula ] – METCALF, 1958: 296 [catalogued].

Monteirina horni – SYNAVE, 1957: 66 [junior synonym of Monteira cornicula ] – METCALF, 1958: 299 [catalogued].

non Monteira cornicula – DISTANT, 1907: 199, pl. XX figs 7, 7a [listed, habitus and head illustrated (misidentification of M. distanti )].

MATERIAL EXAMINED.

TYPE MATERIAL. Syntype ♂ of Monteirina horni : South Africa: Waterpoort, N. Transvaal, W.A. Lingnan ( RBINS) .

South Africa (all RBINS): 11♂, 6♀, 3 nymphs: Rustenburg , 10.X.1948 , A.L. Capener; 1♂: idem, 9.XI.1952 ; 1♂: idem, XII.1952 ; 1♂, 1♀: idem, 1.I.1944 ; 1♂, 2♀: idem, no date; 1♂, 1♀: Pretoria , Wonderboom, 27.XII.1945 , A.L. Capener; 1♀: Waterberg, 1898-1899, V. Jutrzencka ; 1♂: Middlefontein, 15-20.XII.1953 , N. Nylstroom; 1♂, 1♀: Natal , Malvern, 15.XI.1953 .

One female specimen labelled “Transvaal, Tsumeb, 5.II.1930, Gustav Meyer” ( RBINS) was also examined. There is a discrepancy in the information on the label as Tsumeb is actually situated in Namibia .

DIAGNOSIS. The species is easily separated from M. ameliae by its larger size (more than 6 mm). It can be separated from M. upembensis by the presence of dark markings inside the cells of the tegmina, and from M. distanti by the sinuate costal margin of the tegmina and the narrower vertex (4 times broader than long; 5 times in M. distanti ).

However, the examination of the male genitalia should be used to recognize the species of the genus (see Fig. 5 A-B).

DISTRIBUTION. See map Fig. 6.

NOTE. HESSE (1925) mentioned the species (under Telmessus testudinarius ) from Namibia: Andoni and Otjimbumbe on Kunene River , both locations in the Ovamboland .

Figures

Fig. 2 A-F. Monteira cornicula Melichar, 1906 ♂. A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, ventral view. C, habitus, lateral view. D, head and thorax, normal view of frons. E, labels. F, habitus, frontal view.

Fig. 5 A-D. Male genitalia. A-B, Monteira cornicula. A, aedeagus, left lateral view. B, left gonostylus, lateral view. C-D, Monteira distanti. C, aedeagus, left lateral view. D, left gonostylus, lateral view. Modified from SYNAVE (1957).

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