Belbina bergrothi ( Schmidt, 1911 ) Constant, 2014

Constant, Jérôme, 2014, Revision of the Malagasy lanternfly genus Belbina Stål, 1863, with two new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), European Journal of Taxonomy 102, pp. 1-37 : 11-16

Belbina bergrothi ( Schmidt, 1911) comb. nov.

Figs 1A–E , 13–14 , 36 , 46

Cornelia bergrothi Schmidt, 1911: 242 (type in SDEI).

Cornelia bergrothi – Jacobi 1917: 526 (listed). — Metcalf 1947: 122 (catalogued). — Lallemand 1959: 88, fig. 34 (key, description, lateral view of head). — Constant 2004b: 31 (listed).

Diagnostic characters

(1) disc of hind wings orange or red ( Fig. 1A ); (2) 2 black patches on mesonotum ( Fig. 1C ); (3) size less than 22 mm long; (4) cephalic process directed dorsad, narrow in anterior view ( Fig. 1D–E ).

LT: ♂ (n = 3) 17.8 mm (17.0–19.0); ♀ (n = 2) 20.5 mm (20.0–21.0).

Material examined

Holotype

MADAGASCAR: ♀ (on photographs), [Madagasc. Amber Geb.] [Holotypus] [ Cornelia Bergrothi Schmidt ♀ Edm. Schmidt determ. 1911] [Coll. Breddin] [Dtsch. Entomol. Institut Berlin], Montagne d’Ambre (Ambohitra), 12°30’ S, 49°10’ E ( SDEI).

Additional material

MADAGASCAR: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, E Madagascar, Massif du Marojejy (rés. nat. intégr. 12), 1300 m, 2–8 Dec. 1972, A. Peyrieras, 14°26’ S, 49°44’ E ( MNHN); 1 ♂, same data, 4 Dec. 1972 ( RBINS); 1 ♀, same data, 12 Dec. 1972 ( RBINS); 1 ♀, Fianarantsoa province, Parc National Ranomafana, Belle Vue et Talatakely, 21°15.99’ S 47°25.21’ E, 1020 m, 21–28 Jan. 2002, Malaise trap, secondary forest, R. Harin’Hala ( CAS); 1 ♂, Moramanga region, Andaside, PL hôtel, 18°56.820’ S, 48°25.155’ E, 22 Nov. 2005, 930 m, Bourgoin, Ouvrard, Attié, Soulier-Perkins ( MNHN); 1 ♀, no data ( FSAG); 1 ♀, Antananarivo province, 46 km NE of Ankazobe, Ambohitantely, 18°11.88’ S, 47°16.89’ E, Malaise trap in sclerophyl forest, 700 m, 16–27 Jan. 2005, Irvin & Harin’Hala ( CAS); 1 ♂, route d’Anosibe, 11 Nov. 1961 ( MHNL).

Examined on photograph

MADAGASCAR: 1 specimen, Vohimana, 4 Jan. 2006, 13:35, Nicolas Cliquennois ( Fig. 36 ), 18°55’ S, 48°30’ E.

Male genitalia

Black with gonostyli showing large, basoventral ochraceous patch ( Fig. 13 ); pygofer higher than long and with posterior margin sinuate in lateral view ( Fig. 13 ); anal tube elongate, 1.6 times longer than broad at apex and with lateral margins sinuate in dorsal view ( Fig. 14 ); gonostyli elongate, 2.4 times longer than high, not surpassing apex of anal tube and acutely rounded at apex in lateral view ( Fig. 13 ); dorsal margin of gonostyli projecting laterally from base to midlength and with strong tooth directed ventrally ( Figs 13–14 ); ventral margin and apical half of dorsal margin broadly rounded in lateral view ( Fig. 13 ).

Remarks

Male genitalia without basodorsal process on gonostyli.

Belbina bergrothi can be separated (1) from B. recurva by not having the margins of the anal tube produced into a semi-circular lateral plate; (2) from B. madagascariensis and B. nympha by having the gonostyli acutely rounded apically and more elongate; (3) from B. foliacea by not having the gonostyli angulose above mediodorsal tooth.

Distribution

See Fig. 46 .

Figures

Figs 1–3. — 1. Belbina bergrothi. 2. B. bloetei. 3. B. bourgoini sp. nov. — A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Vertex, pro- and mesonotum, dorsal view. D. Head and prothorax, lateral view. E. Frons, normal view. — Scale bar: 10 mm (C–E not to scale).

Figs 13–18. Male genitalia. — 13–14. Belbina bergrothi. 13. Lateral view. 14. Dorsal view. — 15–16. B. bloetei. 15. Lateral view. 16. Dorsal view. — 17–18. B. bourgoini sp. nov. 17. Lateral view. 18. Dorsal view. — An = anal tube, Py = pygofer, G = gonostylus. Photographs by Y. Laurent & I. Bachy.

Figs 36–42. Belbina in natura. — 36. B. bergrothi. Vohimana, 4 Jan 2006, photograph by N. Cliquennois. — 37–38. B. falleni. 37. Montagne d’Ambre, Joffreville, 2009, photograph by R.A. Butler. 38. Montagne d’Ambre, 27 Oct. 2009, photograph by N. Cliquennois. — 39. B. lambertoni, ♂, Berenty, 15 Nov. 2008, photograph by J. Cryan. — 40–42. B. recurva. 40. Marojejy, Cascade Humbert, 22 Nov. 2005, photograph by D. C. Lees. 41. Anajanaharibe Sud, 2 May 2010, photograph by B. Rowe. 42. Masoala Peninsula, 30 May 2009, photograph by D. Fenolio (© 2011 Danté Fenolio/www.anotheca.com, with permission).

Figs 46–49. Distribution maps. — 46. Belbina bergrothi, B. bloetei and B. madagascariensis. 47. B. bourgoini sp. nov., B. falleni and B. foliacea. 48. B. laetitiae sp. nov. 49. B. lambertoni.