Achantomedes flavocephala Fonseca and Diringshofen

Evangelista, Olivia, Santos, Guilherme Ide Marques Dos & Lamas, Carlos Einicker, 2014, An annotated catalogue of the Membracidae types in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadomorpha), Zootaxa 3895 (1), pp. 1-30 : 4

Achantomedes flavocephala Fonseca and Diringshofen

Achantomedes flavocephala Fonseca and Diringshofen, 1974a: 151 , Fig. 1 [line drawings: lateral and dorsal view]; McKamey, 1998a: 231.

Original repository: CRVD.

Male syntype from BOLIVIA: Cochabamba: Incachaca: " BOLIVIA \ Yungas \ Incachaca \ (2100 Mtr.) \ Dirings[hofen collection] \ [reverse] 15. [?]", " Achantomedes \ flavocephala \ n.sp. Fonseca \ [reverse] det. J.P. Fonseca", "[J. P. Fonseca’s handwriting] Achantomedes \ flavocephala \ n.sp. \ [reverse] det. J.P. Fonseca", "[red label] Cotype". Double-mounted on minuten, left prothoracic leg lacking tarsomeres, right metathoracic leg broken distal to femur.

2 male syntypes, same locality as previous: " BOLIVIA \ Yungas \ Incachaca \ (2100 Mtr.) \ Dirings[hofen collection] \ [reverse] 15.X. [19] 57 ", "[red label] Cotype", " Achantomedes \ flavocephala \ n.sp. Fonseca \ [reverse] det. J.P. Fonseca", "[J. P. Fonseca’s handwriting] Achantomedes \ flavocephala \ n.sp. \ [reverse] det. J. P. Fonseca". First male: double-mounted on minuten, head missing, posterior process of pronotum broken, lacking the distal tip. Second male: posterior process broken at the tip, left forewing missing, left mesothoracic leg lacking tarsomeres, right metathoracic leg broken distal to trochanter.

Remarks. Fonseca and Diringshofen (1974a) originally designated three male syntypes. However, three males and one female were labeled as types. The female specimen is therefore not considered part of the type-series.