Signoretia aureola Distant

Viraktamath, C. A. & Webb, M. D., 2016, Review of the genus Signoretia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Signoretiinae) of the Oriental region with description of nine new species, Zootaxa 4193 (3), pp. 486-516 : 488-489

Signoretia aureola Distant

Figs 1–4 , 49 , 66 , 98–104 .

Signoretia aureola Distant 1908: 232 –233, fig. 148; Anufriev 1971: 725: figs 12–19; Takiya et al. 2013: 315 , figs 19–20.

Material examined. MYANMAR: Lectotype ♀ (here designated) , Burma, Ruby Mines, Doherty ( BMNH) . INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh: 2 Ƌ, 10 Km S. of Hunli , 28o, 19’ 05.1” N, 95o 56’ 015.2” E, 1597 m, 12.ix.2014, Sweep net, Yeshwanth, H.M., 1 Ƌ, same data except collected by C.A.Viraktamath ( UASB) .

Remarks. Distant (1908) described this species based on unspecified number of specimens collected from “ Burma, Ruby Mines" (presently Mogok). This species appears to vary in coloration with respect to the dark markings on the crown and the pronotum as already noted by Distant (1908). The male specimens from India identified here have a fuscous stripe along the claval suture, costal margin and claval commissure, and the apical veins are fuscous and the forewings lack the golden yellow coloration of the female type ( Figs 1–2 ). However, the male genitalia are similar to those illustrated by Anufriev (1971). This species can readily be recognised by the greatly elongated ventral process of the pygofer similar to that of S. maculata (Baker) . However, both species differ in the shape of the atrium of the aedeagus which is much narrower in S. aureola compared to S. maculata in caudal view.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 15. Habitus of species of Signoretia. 1 – 4. S. aureola Distant: 1 – 2. Type, female; 3 – 4, Male from Hunli; 5. S. benguetensis Baker, syntype; 6. S. bilineata Baker, syntype; 7. S. carinata Baker, syntype; 8 – 11. S. dulitensis sp. nov., holotype and paratype; 12 – 13. S. greeni Distant, holotype; 14 – 15. S. lunglei sp. nov., holotype. Figs 1, 3, 6 – 8, 10, 12, 14. Dorsal aspect; Figs 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, lateral aspect.

FIGURES 47 – 65. Habitus and faces of species of Signoretia. 47 – 48. S. takiyae sp. nov. holotype male; 49. S. aureola Distant; 50 – 51. S. dulitensis sp. nov., male and female; 52 – 53. S. lunglei sp. nov., male and female; 54. S. maculata, female; 55. S. mismiensis sp. nov.; 56 – 57. S. quoinensis, male and female; 58. S. rubra sp. nov.; 59 – 60. S. sahyadrica sp. nov. male and female; 61. S. similaris sp. nov. male; 62 – 63. S. sinuata, male and female; 64. S. sumatrana Schmidt; 65. S. takiyae sp. nov., male. Fig. 47. Dorsal aspect. Fig. 48. Lateral aspect. Figs 49 – 65. Ventral aspect.

FIGURES 66 – 79. Profile of head and thorax of species of Signoretia. 66. S. aureola Distant; 67. S. dulitensis sp. nov.; 68. S. greeni Distant; 69. S. lunglei sp. nov.; 70 – 71. S. maculata Baker; 72. S. mishmiensis sp. nov.; 73. S. quoinensis sp. nov.; 74. S. rubra sp. nov.; 75 – 76. S. sahyadrica sp. nov.; 77. S. similaris sp. nov. 78. S. sinuata sp. nov.; 79. S. takiyae sp. nov.

FIGURES 98 – 104. Signoretia aureola Distant. 98. Male genital capsule except subgenital plates, lateral view; 99. Process of segment X; 100. Connective, dorsal view; 101. Style, dorsal view; 102. Aedeagus, lateral view; 103. Ventral process of aedeagus, posterior view; 104. Adeagus, posterior view.