Penthicodes bimaculata ( Schmidt, 1905 )

Constant, Jerome, 2010, The lanternfly genus Penthicodes: key to the species and review of the “ Ereosoma group ” with two new species and one new subspecies (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Zootaxa 2523, pp. 1-26 : 9-10

Penthicodes bimaculata ( Schmidt, 1905)

Figs. 4 A–E, 16 A–D, 25.

Aphaena bimaculata Schmidt, 1905: 376 .

Aphaenina bimaculata ( Schmidt, 1905) : Metcalf, 1947: 150.

Penthicodes bimaculata ( Schmidt, 1905) : Lallemand, 1963: 26.

Penthicodes quadrimaculata Lallemand, 1963 : erroneously synonymised by Nagai & Porion, 1996: 20.

Diagnostic characters: (1) tegmina with white patch only along sutural margin on nodal line of cross-veins ( Fig. 4 A); (2) legs I and II dark brown with pale yellow rings ( Fig. 4 E); (3) black-brown markings of tegmina irregular, also on membrane ( Fig. 4 A); (4) disc of hind wings red, dark orange apically and with 4 black spots and 1–3 small white spots ( Fig. 4 A); (5) abdominal tergites red ( Fig. 4 A).

LT: ɞ (n = 1): 27.0 mm; Ψ (n = 2): 26.0 mm (25.7 – 26.3). Wingspan: Ψ (n = 3): 49.2 mm (47.0 – 50.6).

Note: the species is easy to separate from P. quadrimaculata , which has similar geographical distribution, by a white spot only on the sutural margin of the tegmina (one spot also along costal margin in P. quadrimaculata ).

Male genitalia: anal tube short with elongate, curved lateral expansion directed ventrad and small ventral process directed postero-ventrad ( Figs. 16A–C ); pygofer broader at dorsal third ( Fig. 16A ); ovoid in posteroventral view ( Fig. 16D ); gonostyli rounded at apex in lateral view ( Fig. 16A ), contiguous in postero-ventral view ( Fig. 16D ).

Distribution ( Fig. 25 ): Sumatra, Singapore *, Borneo* (* = new data).

Note: the mention from Java by Nagai & Porion (1996) was based on the erroneous synonymy with P. quadrimaculata Lallemand, 1963 .

Typical material examined: Indonesia: Sumatra: 1 ɞ lectotype (present designation) labeled: [Dohrn, Sumatra, Soekaranda] [* bimaculata Schmidt, 1905 ] [ Penthicodes bimaculata ɞ Edm. Schmidt determ. 1910] [Type] [Mus. Zoologicum Polonicum, Warszawa, typus n.1169, Aphaena bimaculata Schmidt, 1905 , Syntypus] [Mus. Zool. polonicum Warszawa, 12/45] [MIZ 187245] ( ZMPA) coordinates: 3°30’N 98°13’E; 3 Ψ paralectotype: Dohrn, Sumatra, Soekaranda (2: ZMPA, 1: MSNG).

Note: the paralectotype in MSNG was given by Dohrn in 1906 (F. Penati pers. comm. 2009).

Material examined: Borneo: 1 ɞ: Borneo ( NHRS). Indonesia, Sumatra: 1 ɞ: SE Sumatra, Laut Tador, 3.Viii.1955 ( FSAG) coordinates: 3°18'N 99°15'E; 1 Ψ: W Sumatra, Padang, vii.1994 ( MHNL) coordinates: 0°57'S 100°21'E; 1 Ψ: Padang Bedagai, A. v.d. Groot ( ZMAN) coordinates: 3°30'N 99°13'E; 1 Ψ: Dolok Merawan, A. v.d. Groot ( ZMAN) coordinates: 3°10'N 99°08'E. Singapore: 1 Ψ: Seletar Reservoir, 1°24’N 103°48’E, 7.xi.1991, O. Martin ( ZMUC).

Additional data: compiled by A. Wessel and S. Seidel: Indonesia: Sumatra: 1 Ψ: Sumatra (North East), Tebing Tinggi, Dr. Schultheiss, xii.1884, coll. Breddin, det. E. Schmidt ( DEI) coordinates: 3°20'N 99°09'E.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Distribution of Penthicodes bimaculata, P. caja caja, P. caja malayana and P. rugulosa in SE Asia (no precise data for P. b ima cul ata in Borneo).

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1, Penthicodes astraea. 2, P. atomaria, form with red hind wings. 3, P. atomaria, form with orange hind wings. 4, P. bimaculata. 5, P. caja caja. 6, P. caja malayana. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: vertex, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view; C: frons, normal view; D: habitus, lateral view; E: habitus, ventral view.

FIGURES 16 A – D. Penthicodes bimaculata, genitalia 3. A, pygofer, anal tube and gonostyli, left lateral view. B, anal tube, posterior view. C, anal tube, dorsal view. D, pygofer and gonostyli, postero-ventral view. An: anal tube; G: gonostyli; Py: pygofer. Scale 2 mm.