Biodiversity Literature Repository
Published February 24, 2021 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Ligymolpa madegassa Karsch 1890

Creators

Description

Ligymolpa madegassa Karsch, 1890

Ligymolpa madegassa Karsch 1890: 122. (Western Madagascar)

Remarks.—A small olivaceous-green species, the head, pronotum and mesonotum striped with piceous, abdomen with castaneous within timbal cavity and transverse piceous fascia on tergite 8, silvery pile covering body, pygofer distal shoulder extended on either side of uncus, uncus with sinuous lateral margin expanding laterally from base and narrowing to apex. Body length is 15–17 mm, wingspan 42–53 mm with females larger than males (Karsch 1890).

Distribution.—The species is known only from Madagascar (Metcalf 1963b). Jacobi (1917) reported the species from western Madagascar.

Material examined.—“CASENT3000349 / MADAGASCAR: Antsiranana / Forêt d’Anabohazo, 21.6 km / WSW Maromandia, 120 m // 14°18’32”S, 47°54’52”E / 11-16 March 2001, B. Fisher, / C. Griswold et al., BLF3337” one male (AFSC).

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2021, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species, pp. 1-79 in Zootaxa 4937 (1) on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4559438

Files

Files (1.3 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:2fa454dbd77385e9be43d2ac2163bf79
1.3 kB Download

System files (10.6 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:59b6cbed2b694486d1152e8273620e30
10.6 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E58783FFDFFF8E46BAF994FEAEFF46

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4559438 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFDCFFFBFF9EFFCC462DFFFBFFCAFFBF (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/A1DDB75B-27E5-463A-8FA6-975B89163A50 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03E58783FFDFFF8E46BAF994FEAEFF46 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/180885769 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/7435/taxon/03E58783FFDFFF8E46BAF994FEAEFF46.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
AFSC
Event date
2001-03-11
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Ligymolpa
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Karsch
Species
madegassa
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2001-03-11/16
Taxonomic concept label
Ligymolpa madegassa Karsch, 1890 sec. Sanborn, 2021

References

  • Karsch, F. A. F. (1890) Beitrage zur kenntniss der singcikaden Afrika's und Madagascar's. Berliner Entomologischer Zeitschrift, 35, 85 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18900350107
  • Metcalf, Z. P. (1963 b) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1564, i-vi + 1 - 492.
  • Jacobi, A. (1917) Die Zikadenfauna Madagascars und der Comoren. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903 - 1905 mit Mitteln der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung ausgef ʾ hrt von Professor Dr. Alfred Voeltzkow. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Systematische Arbeiten, 3, 519 - 552. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 64840