First fossil records of Tingidae from Madagascan Copal with description of two new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
Author
Guilbert, Eric
Author
Heiss, Ernst
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2016
2016-12-19
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5183220
0253-116X
5183220
Hovatlas invaginatus
DUARTE
RODRIGUES, 1992 (
Figs 9-11
)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Two females, antennae and legs complete, specimen
Fig. 10
with damaged, dorsally depressed pronotal hood.
The
holotype
of
invaginatus
is deposited in the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences,
St. Petersburg
,
Russia
: HT, male,
Madagascar
Est, Périnet,
13.III.1935
(Olsoufieff).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Endemic to
Madagascar
, only known from Ranomafana National Park, Anabohazo forest and Bemahara Tsingy National Park.
Host plant: unrecorded.
D i s c u s s i o n: Several specimens belonging to the species
Hovatlas invaginatus
have an almost entirely biseriate costal area, while the
holotype
of the species has been described as having the costal area anteriorly uniseriate. Specimen
Figs 10, 11
exhibits a costal area not entirely biseriate but uniseriate at the base. In addition, the rostrum of this specimen is shorter than in that of
Fig. 9
and the rostral sulcus is wider. As the pronotal hood is damaged in specimen
Figs 10, 11
, it is not obvious that it really belongs to
H. invaginatus
.