Scamandra basigera ( Walker, 1870 ) Walker, 1870

Constant, Jerome, 2010, The lanternfly genus Penthicodes: key to the species and review of the “ Ereosoma group ” with two new species and one new subspecies (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Zootaxa 2523, pp. 1-26 : 21

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.196336

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6207603

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B67C87A6-0D30-C22E-FF1B-93DFFE78F876

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scientific name

Scamandra basigera ( Walker, 1870 )
status

comb. nov.

Scamandra basigera ( Walker, 1870) View in CoL n. comb.

Fig. 13 C View FIGURES 13 A – E. A .

Aphaena basigera Walker, 1870: 97 View in CoL .

Aphaenina basigera ( Walker, 1870) View in CoL : Metcalf, 1947: 150.

Penthicodes basigera ( Walker, 1870) View in CoL : Lallemand, 1963: 24, Nagai & Porion, 1996: 20, 30.

After examination of photographs of the type specimen of Penthicodes basigera ( Walker, 1870) View in CoL , the species is transferred to the genus Scamandra Stål, 1863 View in CoL and the new combination Scamandra basigera ( Walker, 1870) View in CoL is proposed. The precise status of S. basigera View in CoL within the genus Scamandra View in CoL is not discussed here as the genus requires revision but it seems very close to Scamandra rosea (Guérin-Méneville, 1834) View in CoL described from Java and Sumatra.

Material examined (on photo): holotype ɞ labeled [Type] [ basigera ] [Sumat Wallace] ( BMNH).

The species is transferred to Scamandra after the following characters ( Fig. 13C View FIGURES 13 A – E. A ): (1) pronotum smooth, without strong median carina; (2) number of longitudinal veins in middle of tegmina exceeding 12 while it is less than 10 (usually 6–8) in Penthicodes ; (3) absence of an elongate cephalic process; (4) presence of a basal tubercle on hind tibiae ( Lallemand, 1963).

Distribution: Sumatra.

Note: Nagai & Porion (1996) erroneously stated that the type specimen of P. basigera was missing in the collections of the BMNH.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Fulgoridae

Genus

Scamandra

Loc

Scamandra basigera ( Walker, 1870 )

Constant, Jerome 2010
2010
Loc

Penthicodes basigera (

Nagai 1996: 20
Lallemand 1963: 24
1963
Loc

Aphaenina basigera (

Metcalf 1947: 150
1947
Loc

Aphaena basigera

Walker 1870: 97
1870
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