Birdantis goemansi Constant 2011, n. sp.
Creators: name: Constant, Jerome
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Fulgoridae
Birdantis
Birdantis goemansi

description: <i>Birdantis goemansi</i> n. sp. Figs. 1 A–F; 3 A–C; 7 A. <b>Etymology.</b> The species is dedicated to my friend Geert Goemans who works on Neotropical lanternflies. <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype &amp;male;: [12.44S 143.17E QLD, 8 km E by N Mt. Tozer, 7.vii.1986, J.C. Cardale, at MV light] (ANIC). Paratypes: QUEENSLAND, 1 &amp;male;: 1 mile NE Mt. Lamond, Iron Range,, 26.xii.1971, D.K. McAlpine, G.A. Holloway, D.P. Sands. coordinates: 12°44’S 143°13’E (AM); 1 &amp;male;: West Claudie Riv., Iron Range,, 16.ix.1974, G. Daniels, MV lamp, coordinates: 12’ 44°S 143°17’E (QM). <b>Description.</b> LT: &amp;male; (n = 3): 18.3 mm (18.0–18.7). <i>Head</i>: eyes included, slightly less broad than thorax; green; vertex concave, with all margins carinate, and anterior margin straight; frons visible from above, separated from vertex by narrow, black groove (fig. 1 B); frons smooth, convex, with slight, longitudinal, carina on each side and 3 longitudinal brown stripes on basal half (fig. 1 C); clypeus narrower and about as long as frons, with 2 longitudinal brown stripes (fig. 1 C); labium green elongate, surpassing hind coxae, with last segment brown and much shorter than penultimate (fig. 1 D); ocelli present; pedicel of antennae bulbous (fig. 1 F); ratio BV/LV = 3.0; BF/LF = 1.2. <i>Thorax</i>: pronotum green, smooth, with brown marking on each side of disc; mesonotum brown slightly variegated with green, and with 3 green markings near base, along carinae; 3 slight carinae on disc (figs. 1 B); ratio BT/ LP+LM = 0.95. <i>Tegmina</i>: infuscate with center of cells paler and some irregular brown markings on apical third; clavus, base and band along costal margin, green with irregular slightly marked brown markings; costal margin brown; veins green-brown, brown on apical third; costal and sutural margins subparallel, tegmina slightly broader near apex and with apical margin rounded (figs. 1 A, D, E); ratio LTg/BTg = 3.5. <i>Hind wings</i>: infuscate with center of cells paler and baso-costal area blue; veins black; maximal breadth near base (figs. 1 A, D). <i>Legs</i>: green with apex of tibiae and tarsi brown; tibiae III with 6–7 lateral and 6 apical spines (figs. 1 A, D). <i>Abdomen</i>: green ventrally, dorsally red with base black (figs. 1 A, D). <i>Genitalia</i> &amp;male;: pygofer higher than long in lateral view; (fig. 3 A); anal tube elongate, with lateral margins bisinuate and subparallel (figs. 3 A, C); gonostyli slightly longer than high, with apical margin rounded (fig. 3 A); basodorsal process projecting latero-ventrally (fig. 3 B). <b>Biology.</b> Nothing is known except that the species seems to be restricted to Cape York Peninsula, and that it is attracted to light traps.
description: Published as part of <i>Constant, Jerome, 2011, The genus Birdantis Stål in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), pp. 44-54 in Zootaxa 2885 (1)</i> on pages 48-49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2885.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/5285748