Polydictya tanjiewhoei Bosuang, Audibert & Porion, 2015

Constant, Jérôme, 2016, Two new species of Polydictya from Borneo and Siberut, and notes on P. chewi Nagai & Porion, 2004 and P. tanjiewhoei Bosuang, Audibert & Porion, 2015 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 43, pp. 1-17 : 1-17

Polydictya tanjiewhoei Bosuang, Audibert & Porion, 2015

Figs 7-8

Polydictya tanjiewhoei BOSUANG et al., 2015: 1 ; fig. 1 [described, illustrated].

MATERIAL EXAMINED: 1 ♀ ( Fig. 7 ): Malaysia, Borneo , Sarawak, Gunung Mulu National Park, 4.023°N 144.81°E, 30.VI-28.VII.2009, J. Urban & K. Kinser ( RBINS) .

NOTES. The species was described based on a single female from Kipandi in the Crocker Range. This new data from Gunung Mulu National Park extends southwards the distribution of the species (see Fig. 8 B ).

In order to complete the original description ( BOSUANG et al., 2015), it is necessary to mention that the frons of the examined specimen is black-brown with the ventral angles yellowish, and the clypeus is black-brown ( Fig. 7 D ). The apex of the scutellum is strongly protruding dorsally ( Fig. 7 E ).

DISTRIBUTION. The species is currently known from the states of Sabah and Sarawak ( Fig. 8 B ).

Figures

Fig. 7. Polydictya tanjiewhoei Bosuang, Audibert & Porion, 2015, female from Gunung Mulu National Park (RBINS). A, habitus, dorsal view; B, vertex, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view. C, habitus, ventral view. D, frons, normal view. E, head and prothorax, lateral view. F, habitus, lateral view. G, habitus, ventral view before 2 legs and the abdomen were extracted for study.

Fig. 8. Distribution maps. A, Polydictya jakli sp. nov. B, Polydictya barclayi sp. nov., P. chewi Nagai & Porion, 2004 and P. tanjiewhoei Bosuang, Audibert & Porion, 2015.