Monteira distanti 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 distanti Synave, 1957

Figs 3 , 5 C–D , 6

Monteira distanti SYNAVE, 1957: 68 , figs 31, 32 [described, aedeagus illustrated].

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

MATERIAL EXAMINED.

TYPE MATERIAL. Paratypes: 6♂, 6♀: Swaziland, Eranchi , 15-31.XII.1954, A.L. Capener ( RBINS); 1♂, 1♀: Swaziland, Eranchi, 1-10.I.1955, A.L. Capener ( RBINS) .

Swaziland: 1♂, 1♀: Eranchi, A.L. Capener ( RBINS) . South Africa: 1♀: Shiluwane, XI.1899, Rev. Junod ( RBINS) ; 1♂: Barberton, XII.1952, E. Beverley ( RBINS) .

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. cornicula by the regularly rounded costal margin of the tegmina and the broader vertex (5 times broader than long; 4 times in M. cornicula ).

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

DISTRIBUTION. See map Fig. 6 .

Figures

Fig. 3 A-F. Monteira distanti Synave, 1957, paratype ♂. 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.