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Saiva virescens

  • 1. Rabbit in the Moon Foundation, 399, Village No. 3, Suan Phueng, Ratchaburi, 70180, Thailand.
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences (Insects), The Natural History Museum, London, SW 7 5 BD, UK.

Description

Saiva virescens (Westwood, 1842)

(Figs. 2–4, 6D, 7, 8G–H)

Fulgora (subg. Pyrops) virescens Westwood, 1842: 119 [described].

= Hotinus semiannulus — Walker, 1858: 42 [transferred to Hotinus Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843, described].

= Saiva phesamensis — Ollenbach, 1928: 280 [described], pl. 1 fig. 14 [illustrated]; Lallemand, 1963: 67 [keyed, described]; Nagai & Porion, 1996: 23 [catalogued] syn. nov.

= Saiva semiannula — Metcalf, 1947: 180 [catalogued].

= Saiva virescens — Lallemand, 1963: 69 [keyed, described].

= Fulgora (Hotina) virescens Westwood, 1848: 8 [described], pl. 3 fig. 5 [dorsal habitus].

= Pyrops virescens — Walker, 1851: 269 [transferred to Pyrops Spinola, 1839, catalogued].

= Saiva virescens — Distant, 1906: 196 [transferred to Saiva Distant, 1906, described]; Nagai & Porion, 1996: 24 [catalogued], pl. 10 fig. 144 [dorsal habitus].

Type material. Fulgora virescens Westwood, 1842. Syntype, ♀ (examined from photographs, Fig. 2) [TYPE HEM: 594 Fulgora (Pyrops) virescens Westwood, Hope Dept. Oxford] [Fulgora virescens Cab. Orient. Ent. P. 5 Pl.3 fig.5] [Type] [Silhet] (OUMHH).

Hotinus semiannulus Walker, 1858. Holotype, ♂ of (examined from photographs, Fig. 3) [Hotinus semiannulus] [54 16 (front), N Ind (back)] [virescens Walker] [Type] [♂] [BMNH (E) #943890] [NHMUK 013589047] (BMNH).

Saiva phesamensis Ollenbach, 1928. Holotype, ♀ (examined from photographs, Fig. 4) [Saiva phesamensis n. sp. O.C. Ollenbach det.] [Naga Hills Assam O.C. Ollenbach X.1927] [Type] (NFIC).

Additional material. INDIA: 1 ♀ [Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1.] [Cherrapunji Nov., 1893] [BMNH (E) #943898] (BMNH). 1 ♀ [Cherra Poonjee] [684] [NHMUK 015074754] (BMNH), 1 ♀ [Atkinson. Coll. 92-3] [2236/3] [NHMUK 015074751] (BMNH).

Material examined from photographs. 1ex (Fig.6D): India, Nagaland, Dimapur, 26°00’00.3”N, 95°00’00.0”E, 4.XI.2017, © R. Angami.

Distribution. Bangladesh and India.

Notes. Nagai & Porion (1996) mentioned Saiva phesamensis Ollenbach, 1928 in their catalogue without illustration of the specimen.After examination of the type of Fulgora (Pyrops) virescens and photographs of the type specimens of Hotinus semiannulus and S. phesamensis, there is no difference among these. Hence, the synonymy of H. semiannulus is confirmed and S. phesamensis is here proposed as new junior synonyms of S. virescens.

Notes

Published as part of Jiaranaisakul, Kawin, Webb, Mick & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2024, A new species of the Asian lanternfly genus Saiva Distant, 1906 from Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) with notes on S. virescens (Westwood, 1842) and Pyrops cultellatus (Walker, 1857), pp. 405-416 in Zootaxa 5463 (3) on pages 409-411, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/11611643

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , NFIC
Event date
2017-11-04
Verbatim event date
2017-11-04
Scientific name authorship
Westwood
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Fulgoridae
Genus
Saiva
Species
virescens
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Saiva virescens (Westwood, 1842) sec. Jiaranaisakul, Webb & Pinkaew, 2024

References

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  • Walker, F. (1858) List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Supplement. British Museum, London, 307 pp.
  • Ollenbach, O. C. (1928) Part 3. New species of Cicadidae and Fulgoridae from India and Burma (Hemip.). Indian Forest Records. Calcutta, 13 (6), 271 - 282.
  • Lallemand, V. (1963) Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxieme partie. Faunes asiatique et australienne. Memoires de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 2 e Serie, 75, 1 - 99.
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  • Metcalf, Z. P. (1947) General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 9. Fulgoridae. North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 280 pp.
  • Westwood, J. O. (1848) The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology. Vol. 4. W. Smith, London, 88 pp.
  • Walker, F. (1851) List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum, London, pp. 261 - 636.
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