Chirodisca eximia ( Stål, 1859 )

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2015, Review of the genus Bolbonaso Emeljanov with checklist and key to Indian Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 847-863 : 853

Chirodisca eximia ( Stål, 1859)

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Type material examined ( MNB)

[ Sri Lanka]: 1 ♂ (lectotype, here designated), ‘ 4956 ’ (printed), ‘ Type ’ (red, printed), ‘ Ceylon . Nietn. ’ (handwritten in ink), ‘ Caliscelis eximia . Stål. ’ (handwritten in ink), ‘ Mus. Berol. ’ (printed); 1 ♂ (paralectotype), ‘ Type ’ (red, printed), ‘ Cat. No. 4956 ’ (handwritten in ink), ‘ Ceylon Nietner ’ (handwritten in ink), ‘ Caliscelis eximia Stål ’ (handwritten in ink), ‘ Mus. Berol. ’ (printed); 1 ♀ (paralectotype), ‘ Type ’ (red, printed), ‘ Cat. No. 4956 ’ (handwritten in ink), ‘ Ceylon Nietner ’ (handwritten in ink), ‘ Caliscelis eximia Stål ’ (handwritten in ink), ‘ Mus. Berol. ’ (printed).

Other material studied

Pakistan: 1♀, Punjab, Taxila, Badal Pur Stupa , 530 m, 33°78.74'N, 72°86.39'E, 28 . V.2007, K . Schönitzer leg . ( ZSM).

Note. The species was described after the specimens (male and female) deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin) ( Stål 1859). One male from these syntypes is designated here as lectotype.

Figures

Figure 4. Caliscelidae, general view. (A) Coinquenda nigroclavata Distant, dorsal view (after Gnezdilov and Wilson 2006); (B) Chirodisca eximia (Stål), male, lateral view (after Gnezdilov and Bourgoin 2009); (C) Distantina fimlivata (Walker), female holotype, dorsal view (after Gnezdilov and Wilson 2006); (D) Asarcopus palmarum Horváth, male, lateral view (after Gnezdilov and Bourgoin 2009); (E) Formiscurra indicus Gnezdilov et Viraktamath, male paratype, lateral view (after Gnezdilov and Viraktamath 2011); (F) Formiscurra indicus Gnezdilov et Viraktamath, female paratype, lateral view (after Gnezdilov and Viraktamath 2011).