Paraphenice bimaculata ( Distant, 1917 )

Löcker, Holger, Löcker, Birgit & Holzinger, Werner E., 2009, Revision of the Derbidae of Seychelles Islands (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha), Zootaxa 2221, pp. 1-26 : 13-15

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.190082

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6214982

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scientific name

Paraphenice bimaculata ( Distant, 1917 )
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Paraphenice bimaculata ( Distant, 1917) View in CoL

( Figs 7 View FIGURE 7 , 15 View FIGURE 15 )

Fescennia bimaculata Distant, 1917: 288 View in CoL , Plate 51, Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 . Paraphenice bimaculata (Distant) View in CoL , Muir 1924: 472.

Type. Holotype, 3 (examined), SEYCHELLES, Mahé: pinned, labelled (round label with red border) Type, H. T., (handwritten) Fescennia bimaculata Type Dist.,(handwritten) 84, (handwritten) Spec. figd., Mahe ‘08- 09’, Seychelles Exp., Seychelle Islands, Percy Sladen Trust Expedition, 1913-170 ( BMNH).

Other material examined. SEYCHELLES, Curieuse: 1 3, Southern part, lowland glacis, 4°17’10”S, 55°43’35”E, 5–50m, 29.xi.2006, [23-1, S1-950] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) ( OEKO). Mahé-N: 1 Ƥ, Mare aux Cochons, near swamp, 4°38'S, 55°25'E, ~ 350m, 12.xii.2006, [34-1] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) ( OEKO). Praslin: 1 3, Vallée de Mai, end of path “Palm + Pandanus grove”, 4°19’45”S, 55°44’15”E, 250m, on Verschaffeltia splendida , 30.xi.2006, [24-3] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) ( OEKO); 1 3, Vallée de Mai, palm forest 4°19'45''S, 55°44'15''E, 130–250m, 28.xi.2006, [22-1] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) ( OEKO). Silhouette: 2 Ƥ, Glacis above Anse Lascars, 4°29’26”S, 55°15’5”E, 60m, on Pandanus hornei Balf. f., 24.xi.2006, [19-1] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) ( OEKO); 1 Ƥ, SW La Passe, above Anse Lascars, lowland glacis, 4°29’26”S, 55°15’5”E, 50–100m, on Pandanus hornei , 24.xi.2006, [19-1] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) ( OEKO); 1 3, Glacis above Anse Lascars, 4°29'26,6''S, 55°15'5,71''E, ~ 60m, 24.xi.2006, [19-1] (W. Holzinger & B. Komposch) ( OEKO).

Colour. Body yellow, sometimes head, pronotum and legs paler. Apex of rostrum, lateral carinae of vertex and apical parts of lateral carinae of frons blackish. Forewing yellow with two black spots (one at the apex of clavus and one near the apex of the forewing), subapical cell between subcosta and radius whitish, veins concolorous with cells.

Morphology. Body length: male 6.9 mm, female 7.2–7.7 mm.

Head: Vertex 0.8–0.9 times as long as wide. Frons 3.7 times longer than wide.

Thorax: Forewing 4.2–5.1 times longer than wide (at level of apex of clavus). Hind leg: 1st tarsomere with 7 apical teeth.

Male genitalia: Anal tube very long, apex bifurcate, tips of lobes directed ventrad as in Figs 15 View FIGURE 15 C–E; pygofer finishing dorso-laterally with a pointed process ( Fig. 15 View FIGURE 15 C), ventromedian process of pygofer long, sshaped with a short spine at midlength pointing right laterad as in Fig. 15 View FIGURE 15 F; genital styles dorsally with a small spine as in Fig. 15 View FIGURE 15 G. Aedeagus as in Figs 15 View FIGURE 15 A–B; with five spines inserting near apex of aedeagus; spine (a) very short; spine (b) reaching just below midlength of aedeagus; spines (c) and (d) very long; spine (e) rounded at base with a paddle shaped tip.

Distribution. Curieuse, Mahé, Praslin, Silhouette.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Derbidae

Genus

Paraphenice

Loc

Paraphenice bimaculata ( Distant, 1917 )

Löcker, Holger, Löcker, Birgit & Holzinger, Werner E. 2009
2009
Loc

Fescennia bimaculata

Distant 1917: 288
1917
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