Penthicodes pulchella ( Guérin-Méneville, 1838 ), Guerin-Meneville, 1838

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 : 14-15

Penthicodes pulchella ( Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Figs. 8 A–E, 19 A–D, 26.

Aphaena pulchella Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 186 .

Aphaena confuscius White, 1846: 24 ; synonymised by Stål, 1862: 485. Aphaena io Walker, 1851: 279; synonymised by Stål, 1862: 485.

Aphaena nigroirrorata Stål, 1854: 244 ; synonymised by Stål, 1862: 485. Penthicodes pulchella ( Guérin-Méneville, 1838) : Distant, 1918: 198. Penthicodes wachsi Schmidt, 1930: 115 ; synonymised by Nagai & Porion, 1996: 21.

Diagnostic characters: (1) tegmina with white patch along sutural margin on nodal line of cross-veins (Fig. 8A); (2) legs I and II dark brown with pale yellow rings (Fig. 8E); (3) tegmina marked with numerous small black-brown spots, some of them v-shaped on veins (Fig. 8A); (4) disc of hind wings orange with base red, rarely completely orange-red, with 6–15 black spots in 3 rows and 4 (3–5) small white spots (Fig. 8A); (5) abdominal tergites red (Fig. 8A).

LT ɞ (n = 8): 20.2 mm (19.4 – 20.8); Ψ (n = 3): 21.4 mm (20.3 – 22.3). Wingspan Ψ (n = 4): 44.1 mm (42.1 – 46.3).

Male genitalia: anal tube elongate, about 1.5 time longer than borad, broader basally in dorsal view ( Figs. 19 A ), and slightly sinuate in dorsal and lateral views ( Figs. 19 A, C ); pygofer not showing hump, with hind margin subregularly rounded in lateral view ( Fig. 1 A); gonostyli rounded posteriorly in lateral view ( Fig. 1 A); contiguous in postero-ventral view, spliting near apex and with teeth projecting latero-ventrad in posteroventral view ( Fig. 1 D).

Distribution ( Fig. 26 ): Andaman Islands**, Cambodia *, China, India, Indonesia: Java, Sumatra*, Myanmar *, Taiwan *, Thailand, Vietnam (* = new data; ** = no specimen examined in this study).

Typical material examined: Holotype of Aphaena nigroirrorata labeled: [ China] [ nigroirrorata Stål ] [Typus] [Io Walk. = confucius White (B.M.)] [1 58] [NHRS-HEMI 000000049].

Type Ψ of Penthicodes wachsi (examined on photo) labeled: [Fr. A. Th. H. Verbeek, Aglebock, No.] [Java, 24.3.1927, Res. Rembang, 40M] [* wachsi Schmidt, 1930 ] [ Penthicodes wachsi Schmidt Ψ, Edm. Schmidt determ. 1930] [Typus] [Mus. Zool. Polonicum Warszawa, 12/45] [Mus. Zool. Polonicum Warszawa Typus n. 1218, Penthicodes wachsi Schmidt, 1930 , Syntypus] ( ZMPA) coordinates of Rembang: 6°42'S 111°20'E.

Material examined: 1 Ψ: Himalaya ( ZMUC). Cambodia: 1 Ψ: Angkor Thom, Siem Reap prov., 25– 27.ii.2005, D. Jump ( RBINS) coordinates: 13°27'N 103°52'E; 1 ɞ: Phnom Kulen N.P., Kbal Spean, 24.vii.2004, P. Grootaert ( RBINS) coordinates: 13°41'N 104°00'E. India: 2 Ψ: Assam ( ZMUC) coordinates: 25°34'N 91°53'E. Indonesia: Java: 1 ɞ: Semarang, Teak forest, 1.iii.1931, L.G.E. Kalshoven ( RMNH) coordinates: 6°58'S 110°25'E; 1 Ψ: idem, 27.ii.1931 ( RMNH); 1 ɞ: W Java, Toegoe (= Tugu), ex coll. Oberthur, 1902 ( RBINS) 6°07'S 106°55'E; 1 ɞ, 2 Ψ ( FSAG); 1 ɞ, 1 Ψ: xii.1935, Preariger, Regenschofren ( FSAG); 1 ɞ: Soekaboemi (= Sukabumi) ( FSAG) coordinates: 6°55'S 106°56'E; 1 Ψ: Java, West, Palaboehan Ratoe (= Pelabuhanratu), vi.1908, E. Cordier, coll. C, Tessé de Béarn Croisière du "Nirvana" ( MNHN) coordinates: 6°59'S 106°33'E. Sumatra: 4 ɞ: W Sumatra, Moeara Tenam Benkoelen (= Bengkulu), 1200m, Le Moult ( FSAG) coordinates: 3°48'S 102°16'E. Myanmar: 1 ɞ: Rangoon, Churchill Road, F.J. Meggitt ( RBINS) coordinates: 16°47'N 96°10'E. Thailand: 1 Ψ: 14 mi S of Ban Muang Pon, 23.xi.1978, E.S. Ross ( CAS) coordinates: 18°47'N 97°54'E; 2 ɞ, 1 Ψ: 7km NW of Fang, Horticultural Experimental Station, 30.x– 2.xi.1979, Zool mus Copenhagen Exp ( ZMUC) coordinates: 19°55'N 99°13'E; 2 ɞ: Doi Suthep-Pui NP, Konthathan waterfall area, 600m, 20–27.x.1979, Zool mus Copenhagen Exp ( ZMUC) coordinates: 18°48'N 98°55'E. Vietnam: 1 Ψ: Cochinchina, Tayninh, 1923 ( FSAG) coordinates: 11°18'N 106°06'E; 1 Ψ: Tonkin: Bavi, 16.iv.1936, Le Moult ( FSAG) coordinates: 21°05'N 105°23'E; 1 ɞ: Tonkin, region Hoa Binh, 1934, A. De Cooman ( MNHN) coordinates: 20°50'N 105°20'E.

Additional data: MHNL [specimens examined on photographs transmitted by H. Labrique, data compiled by C. Audibert]: India: 1 ex: Kotarigi, TN, 27–29.x.1997, leg. Werner, coll. T. Porion coordinates: 11°26’N 76°53’E. Thailand: 3 ex.: Chiang Mai, v.1990, coll. T. Porion coordinates: 18°47'N 98°59'E; 1 ex: Wang Chin Pae, x.1991, coll T. Porion coordinates: 17°53’N 99°37’E.

IEBR [data sent by H.T. Pham]: Vietnam: Thái Nguyên (Đồng Hỉ) coordinates: 21°40’N 105°55’E.

Data compliled by A. Wessel and S. Seidel: Taiwan: 1 ex: Formosa, Alikang, 1909, H.Sauter (SMTD) coordinates not found. Indonesia: Java: 1 ɞ: Java, det.V. Lallemand (DEI). Vietnam: 1 ex.: Tonkin, Lang Nac, viii.1917, Jeanvoine (SMTD) coordinates: 21°13'N 106°50'E; 1 ex.: Tonkin, Tien Yen, ix.1917, Jeanvoine (SMTD) coordinates: 21°19'N 106°55'E.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Distribution of Penthicodes pulchella and P. w a r l e t i in SE Asia. (no precise data for P. pulchella in Taiwan).

FIGURES 19 A – D. Penthicodes pulchella, genitalia 3. A, pygofer, anal tube and gonostyli, left lateral view. B, anal tube, posterior view. C, anal tube, dorsal view. D, pygofer and gonostyli, postero-ventral view. An: anal tube; G: gonostyli; Py: pygofer. Scale 2 mm.

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1, Penthicodes astraea. 2, P. atomaria, form with red hind wings. 3, P. atomaria, form with orange hind wings. 4, P. bimaculata. 5, P. caja caja. 6, P. caja malayana. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: vertex, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view; C: frons, normal view; D: habitus, lateral view; E: habitus, ventral view.