Tremapterus (Patriziana) peregrinus (Hesse) Hesse, 2015

Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2015, A new tribe and species of Clastopterinae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Clastopteridae) from Africa, Asia and North America, Zootaxa 3946 (2), pp. 151-189 : 181-182

Tremapterus (Patriziana) peregrinus (Hesse) , comb. nov.

Sepullia peregrina Hesse, 1925: 173

“ Sepullia ståli Hesse 1925a: 174 " (incorrect listing in Metcalf and Wade 1962 a: 17), nom. nud.

Remarks. There is no reference to stali in Hesse (1925), either in the description (pp. 173–174) or in the figure caption (p. 179) or anywhere else in this text. The error must be attributed to the Metcalf card file from which Virginia Wade extracted the bibliographic information after the scientist’s death.

Tremapterus (Patriziana) splendens sp. nov.

Etymology. splendens (adjective), shining, splendid.

Diagnosis. Orange-brown, with face, hind margin of pronotum and apical third of tegmina tawny, scutellum bright rufous; boldly patterned with black around antennal ledges, sides of tylus, disc of pronotum and patches behind eyes and on humeral angles, scutellum at base and just before tip, and tegmina on basal quarter, bulla and apical veins ( Fig. 8 G). Punctations, bulla and venation as in T. peregrinus . Female unknown. Length: 4.2 mm.

Type. Holotype ♂, [ NAMIBIA] S.W. AFRICA: Kombat, 1–6 April 1972, Southern African Exp. B.M. 1972- 1; in BMNH.

Remarks. Resembling T. brunneus , but with bolder markings, and central anteapical cell extending well past bulla.

Tremapterus (Patriziana) turneri sp. nov.

Etymology. patronym, named for R.E. Turner.

Diagnosis. Tawny, head thickly overlaid with brown spots and 3 stripes, 1 on midline of tylus, 2 on edges of tylus, extending to ocelli; pronotum with wavy but well-defined transverse brown bands crossing midline; scutellum ferruginous, spotted with brown; tegmina brown with paler spot on each costa just before midlength; bulla small, dark brown; claval and apical veins outlined with dark brown spots. Pronotal and tegminal punctations forming irregular striae, nearly lineate on clavi and costa; bulla on central anteapical cell well before apex ( Fig. 8 J).

Ovipositor with 2nd valvulae less than 3 × as long as wide at midlength, strongly tapered on apical half to upturned tip ( Fig. 10 M). Length: ♂ 3.7–4.1 mm; ♀ 4.0– 4.5 mm.

Types. Holotype ♀, S. AFRICA: Port St. John, Pondoland, 15–31 Aug. 1923 (R.E. Turner) Brit. Mus. 1923- 463. Paratypes: 2♂♂, same data as holotype; 2♀♀, same data, 12–30 June, Brit. Mus. 1923-363; 1♀, same data, 5– 30 April, Brit. Mus. 1923-286; 1♂, Malvern, Natal, Oct. 1897 (G.A.K. Marshall) [B.M.] 1908-212. All types in BMNH.

Remarks. Superficially resembling T. (s.s.) rufus , but with crown and pronotum striped with brown. The ovipositor is intermediate in form between those of the nominate subgenus of Tremapterus (e.g. T. rufus ) and subgenus Patriziana . It probably represents the most primitive member of the subgenus.

Tremapterus (Patriziana) wardi sp. nov.

Etymology. patronym, named for P.H. Ward.

Diagnosis. Tawny, face medially banded with dark brown (fusing laterally with brown muscle arcs), tylus edged with black and with fine, ferruginous median stripe; pronotum flecked with brown spots and with black patches behind eyes and on humeral angles; tegmina with basal half finely spotted with black, anteapical cells bearing incomplete transverse brown band, thereafter veins and bulla black. Punctations on pronotum hardly forming striae; no striae on tegmina; bulla at outer edge of central anteapical cell well before its apex ( Fig. 8 C). Female unknown. Length: 4.4 mm.

Type. Holotype ♂, NIGERIA: N.W. State, Kontagora R. 3 mi from Niger, 13 Aug. 1970 (P.H. Ward) shrub savanna plus elements of rainforest, B.M. 1970-604; in BMNH.

Remarks. Superficially resembling T. (Nyanja) muiri , but with facial and pronotal patterns found in various species of Patriziana .

Figures

FIGURE 8. Dorsal aspects of Tremapterus subgenera Patriziana (A – K) and Tremiziana (L – Q). A, Tremapterus janus; B, T. expurgatus sp. nov., holotype; C, T. wardi sp. nov., holotype; D, T. peregrinus; E, T. atalanta, holotype; F, T. brunneus; G, T. splendens sp. nov., holotype; H, T. izzardi sp. nov., holotype; J, T. turneri sp. nov., holotype; K, T. combae sp. nov., holotype; L, T. arenosus sp. nov., male holotype; M, T. caccabatus sp. nov., male holotype; N, T. oxythymus sp. nov., male holotype; O, same, female paratype; P, T. scapulata sp. nov., male holotype; Q, same, female paratype. Scale line: 1 mm.

FIGURE 10. Second valvulae of Clastopterinae: Iba (A – C), Clastoptera (D – E), Tremapterus nominate subgenus (F – K) and subgenus Patriziana (L – P). A, Iba cuneata (holotype of C. bakeri); B, I. venosa sp. nov., holotype; C, I. (Parahindoloides) lumuana, lectotype; D, Clastoptera laevigata sp. nov., holotype; E, C. laenata Fowler, syntype; F, Tremapterus rufus; G, T. pluto, holotype; H, T. nigropunctatus; J, T. centonis; K, T. palimpsestus; L, T. combae, holotype; M, T. turneri, holotype; N, T. brunneus; O, T. janus; P, T. fuscus. Scale line: 1 mm.