Two synonyms for Hadrophallus bubalus (Fabricius) (Hemiptera, Membracidae)

Dois sinônimos para Hadrophallus bubalus (Fabricius) (Hemiptera, Membracidae)

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Two synonyms for Hadrophallus bubalus (Fabricius) (Hemiptera, Membracidae)

Dois sinônimos para Hadrophallus bubalus (Fabricius) (Hemiptera, Membracidae)

Gabriel S. de Andrade

Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. Rua Universitária 2069, Caixa Postal 711, 85819-110 Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil. E-mail: [e-mail]

ABSTRACT

Two synonyms are considered: Hadrophallus bubalus (Fabricius, 1794) = Ceresa integra Walker, 1858 syn. nov. = Ceresa borealis Fairmaire, 1846 syn. restaur. The species Spissistilus constans (Walker, 1851) sensu Caldwell, 1949 is considered a misidentification of H. bubalus.

Key words: Ceresini, Membracoidea, Smiliinae, systematics, taxonomy.

RESUMO

Dois sinônimos são considerados: Hadrophallus bubalus (Fabricius, 1794) = Ceresa integra Walker, 1858 syn. nov. = Ceresa borealis Fairmaire, 1846 syn. restaur. A espécie Spissistilus constans (Walker, 1851) sensu Caldwell, 1949 é considerada interpretação errônea de H. bubalus.

Palavras chave: Ceresini, Membracoidea, sistemática, Smiliinae, taxonomia.

Hadrophallus bubalus (Fabricius, 1794)

Membracis Bubalus (sic) Fabricius, 1794: 14.

Membracis (Bubalus) Bubalis (sic); Zimsen, 1964: 286 (rep. typ.).

Ceresa bubalus; McKamey, 1998: 244 (cat.).

Hadrophallus bubalus; Andrade, 1997: 290 (syn.).

Ceresa borealis Fairmaire, 1846: 284. Syn. restaur.

Hadrophallus borealis; McKamey, 1998: 250 (cat.).

Ceresa integra Walker, 1858: 67; Broomfield, 1971: 356 (tip.); McKamey, 1998: 245 (cat.). Syn. nov.

Spissistilus constans; Caldwell, 1949: 514, pl. 22, non Thelia constans Walker, 1851. (misidentification).

The comparative study of the female lectotype of Membracis bubalus Fabricius, deposited in the "Zoologisk Museum" (København), and of material identified as Hadrophallus borealis (Fairmaire), according to DENNIS (1952) and KOPP & YONKE (1979) interpretations, showed that they are the same species, corroborating the synonymy proposed by STÅL (1869).

Equally, the study of the male lectotype of Ceresa integra Walker, deposited in "The Natural History Museum" (London), showed that it is also the same species.

GODING (1929) placed C. integra Walker in the synonymy of C. malina (Germar, 1835). The comparative study of the original description and of the lectotype of C. integra Walker with material considered as C. malina, following the interpretation of REMES-LENICOV (1973) and ANDRADE (2004), showed that they are different species.

The species interpreted by REMES-LENICOV (1973) as C. integra Walker was described as a different species in ANDRADE (2002).

And, finally, the exam of the illustrations presented by CALDWELL (1949) for Spissistilus constans (Walker), showed to be identical to Hadrophallus bubalus (Fabricius), probably due to erroneus identification.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am indebted to Mick D. Webb (The Natural History Museum, London, UK), for the courtesy during my visit to the Institution and opportunities for the studies in the Membracidae collections, and to Dr Nills Møller Andersen (Zoologisk Museum, København, Denmark), for the loan of Fabricius' type material.

Received in 22.III.2005; accepted in 28.VIII.2005.

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  31 Oct 2005
• Date of issue
  Sept 2005

History

• Received
  22 Mar 2005
• Accepted
  28 Aug 2005