Perinetella flavomarginata Świerczewski & Stroiński 2015, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Świerczewski, Dariusz
name: Stroiński, Adam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Flatidae
Perinetella
Perinetella flavomarginata

description: Perinetella flavomarginata sp. nov.   
(Figs 58–67)  
 Type locality. Madagascar, former Mahajanga province, Melaky region, Antsalova district, Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve, Antsingy forest.   
 Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, “Andobo 190m forêt Antsingy det Antsalova –II- 57 P. Griv. // Flatopsis basipunctata (Schm.) Det. J.T.Medler 1991 // Flatopsis nivea (Signoret) det. J. T. Medler, 2000 // 233” (IRSNB). PARATYPES: 1 J, “Andobo 190m forêt Antsingy det Antsalova –II- 57 P. Griv. // H. Synave det., 1962 Flatopsis // Flatopsis basipunctata (Schm.) Det. J.T.Medler 1991 // Flatopsis nivea (Signoret) det. J. T. Medler, 2000”; 1 J, “Andobo 190m forêt Antsingy det Antsalova –II- 57 P. Griv. // Plesiotype Phyma basipunctata Schmidt Desig. J.T. Medler, 1991 // Flatopsis basipunctata (Schmidt) Det. J.T.Medler 1991 // Flatopsis nivea (Signoret) det. J. T. Medler, 2000 // 235” (both IRSNB). 1J, “ Museum Paris Madagascar 2005 Bourgoin, Ouvrard, Atté, Soulier-Perkins // 21/XI/2005 région lac Alaotra, RN 33 pk 40, 1083 m 17°41 559’S 47°55 521’E // entre Ambakireny et Morano-Chrome, ilots de forêt en bord riv. Mavolava ” (MNHN).   
 Diagnosis. Perinetella flavomarginata sp. nov. differs from P. nigroflava and P. fiedleri sp. nov. in the following characters: coloration, tegmen with its sutural angle acute and slightly produced, male terminalia with apical part of anal tube rounded and lower part of posterior margin of stylus widely rounded.   
  Description. Measurements.  Total length: 15.3–16.3 mm. Vertex: A/B 7.00–7.83. Frons: C/ E 0.66 –0.69; D/ E 0.86 –0.88. Pronotum: F/B 3.67–4.17. Mesonotum: G/F 5.08–5.95; G/ B+F 4.10–4.68; G/H 1.06–1.14. Tegmina: sutural angle acute and slightly produced, I/J 1.73–1.80.   
  Coloration.  General coloration milky white. Tegmen with costal, apical and postclaval margins yellow; black dot at the base (Figs 64–66).   
  Male terminalia.  Anal tube, in lateral view, with apical part tapering apicad (Fig. 58); in dorsal view, with apical part rounded (Fig. 59). Genital style with strongly convex dorsal margin, lower part of posterior margin widely rounded, ventral margin weakly arcuate; capitulum long and sharp (Fig. 58). Periandrium with ventral margin of dorsal part with weakly developed lobe; apical process of dorsal periandrium with two arms; anterior arm single and distinctly shorter than posterior one, oriented dorsad; posterior arm bifurcate, oriented ventro-basad, lower process shorter than upper one (Figs 60–61). The specimen from MNHN has partly damaged genital capsule with right apical process of dorsal periandrium missing; left apical process with posterior arm not bifurcated and slightly more widened than in specimens from Andobo.   
  Female.  Unknown.   
 Etymology. The specific epithet comes from a combination of the Latin adjectives: flavus – yellow and marginatus – bordered, referring to the coloration of the tegmen.   
 Distribution. Madagascar: former Toamasina and Mahajanga provinces (Fig. 67).   
 Remark. After the examination of the holotype (female) of Phyma basipunctata Schmidt, 1906 from the collection of the Musée royal de l’Afrique Centrale in Tervuren, we can confirm the statement of MEDLER (1993b) that Ph. basipunctata is a junior synonym of Flatopsis nivea (Signoret, 1860). However, the specimens from Andobo (collection of IRSNB) determined by Medler as Flatopsis nivea were wrongly assigned to this species and in fact represent Perinetella flavomarginata sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Świerczewski, Dariusz & Stroiński, Adam, 2015, Revision of the endemic genus Perinetella (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) from Madagascar, pp. 539-558 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2) on pages 553-556, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5372707