Pentastiridius sudanicus ( Lallemand, 1925 )

Huang, Min & Holzinger, Werner E., 2010, Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Namibia, with records from neighbouring countries, Zootaxa 2717, pp. 34-52 : 45

Pentastiridius sudanicus ( Lallemand, 1925)

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Oliarus sudanicus Lallemand, 1925: 4 ( Sudan, “ Sudan Nilen”) Pentastiridius sudanicus (Lallemand) , Van Stalle 1986a: 86

Material examined. Namibia, 4 males, Uniab Delta Area, Skeleton Coast Park, 20°11’S, 13°13’E, 9–12.iv.1987, J. Irish and E. Marais; 1 male, Nakatwa, Mudumu Game Reserve, 18°11’S, 23°25’E, 6–13.iii.1992, E. Marais and M. Pusch (all NMNW); 12 males, 4 females, Swakop river in Swakopmund, 24.ii.2000, W. & I. Holzinger ( OEKO).

Description. See Van Stalle (1986a: 86)

Distribution. “The commonest afrotropical species” ( Van Stalle 1986a: 87), distributed from the Nile river towards the borders of Kalahari and Namib desert.

Ecology. The specimens collected along Swakop river were beaten from Phragmites australis .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 13. Habitus photographs, dorsolateral view. 1. Duilius tenuis, female; 2. Pentastiridius moestus, male; 3. P. sudanicus, male; 4. P. limbifer, male; 5. Eumecurus incompletus, male; 6 E. kibuyanus, male; 7. E. decempunctatus, male; 8. E. mashonanus, male; 9. E. brachycephalus, male; 10. Atonurus meridianus, male; 11. E. hottentottus, female; 12. A. namibianus, male; 13. E. eryx, female. Scale bar A = 1 mm for figs 1 – 6, scale bar B = 1 mm for figs 7 – 13.

FIGURES 22 – 28. Head in dorsal view. 22. Eumecurus zairensis [specimen from Malawi]; 23. Pentastiridius sudanicus [specimen from Uniab Delta Area, Skeleton Coast Park]; 24. Eumecurus hottentottus [specimen from Starkberg, Etosha Nat. Park]; 25. Pentastiridius moestus [specimen from Popa Falls, Kavango]; 26. P. limbifer [specimen from 80 km W Rundu, Okavango]; 27. Eumecurus incompletus [specimen from 80 km W Rundu, Okavango]; 28. Eumecurus skofitschii [holotype]; Scale bar = 1 mm.