Zanna westwoodi
Author 3
Metcalf, 1947
Synonomy 3
Fulgora marginata Westwood, 1839
Pyrops marginatus
Description (original) from Westwood 1839 3
F. capite rostrato corpore dimidio breviori, recto, apice truncato; grisca,
nigro-panetata; elytris griseo-hyalinis, nigro-punetatis; alis albis venis nigris; abdomine nigro: segmentorum marginibus luteis. Long, corp. cum rostro, lin. 9. Expans. alar. lin. 144. Habitat in Promontorio Bone Spei. In Mus. D. Hope. Syn. Fulgora punctata. G. R. Gray in Griff. An. K. Ins. pl. 90. f. 1. (nec
Oliv. Germ.) Burmeister, Handb. der Ent. ii. p. 398. Præcedentibus duabus multò minor, et pro magnitudine robustior. Caput, pro- et mesothorax, et hemelytra pallidè griseo-lutea, punctis minutis nigris adspersa, margineque antico bemelytrorum parùm fulvescente, his etiam punctis nonnullis majoribus nigris notatis. Rostrum dimidii cor- poris longitudine, rectum, sensim attenuatum, apice obliquè truncato, lateribus punctis minutis fulvis, apiceque ejus et mesothoracis fulvescenti. Hemelytra angusta. Ale albo-hyalina, venis nigris. Abdomen segmento basali fulvo, in medio nigro, reliquis nigris, margine postico tenui albido. Pedes luteo-grisei, fulvo nigroque penetati; tibie postice breviores.
Description (translated) 3
rostral head half shorter than body, straight, truncated apex; gray
black-breaded; elytra greyish-hyaline, blackish-purple; white wings with black veins; abdomen black: the edges of the segments yellow. Long, corp. with beak, lin. 9. Expanding wing lin. 144. He lives on the Cape of Good Hope. In Mus. D. Hope. Syn. Dotted lightning. G. R. Gray in Griff. An. K. Ins. pl. 90 f. 1. (nor
Olive Germ.) Burmeister, Handb. der Ent. ii. p. 398. It is much smaller than the two preceding ones, and stronger for its size. The head, pro- and mesothorax, and the hemelytra are pale greyish-yellow, sprinkled with small black dots, and the anterior margin of the bemelytra is slightly yellowish, these dots also being marked with some larger black dots. The snout is half the length of the body, straight, gradually tapering, the tip obliquely truncated, the sides with minute yellow dots, and its tip and mesothorax buff. Hemelytra narrow. Ale white-hyaline, with black veins. Abdomen with a yellow basal segment, black in the middle, the rest black, with a thin whitish posterior margin. Feet yellow-grey, yellow and black; behind you shorter ones.
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- (c) NHM London, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by NHM London
- Distant, 1907, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), uploaded by Distant, 1907
- (c) C. Mallory, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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