Metaphaena basiflava
Author 3
Karsch, 1890
Description (original) 3
Aphana basiflava nov. spec. (Taf. II, Fig 5). Capite, thorace, scutello viridibus, hoc in margine antico maculis duabus nigris late remotis signato; metanoto nigro; abdomine viridi, segmentis superne basi late flava, anticis transverse nigro-striatie; pedibus rubro-viridibus. tarsis anterioribus nigris. tarsorum posticorum articulo ultimo nigricante. Tegminibus parte dimidia basali viridi-lava, margine costali flavo, costa ipsa fusco-macu- lata, parte dimidia apicali lutea, venis viridibus; alis viridi- flavis, prope basin strigis duabus subconfluentibus maculisque quatuor, quadrangulum obliquum formantibus, externa posteriore maxima, nigris. Tibiis posticis quinquespinosis. 9.
Long. corp. 17,5 mill., exp. tegm. 49 mill. Ein einzelnes Exemplar dieser Fulgorinenart hat Herr Dr. Pogge am Congo erbeutet.
Die Art ist von der schöneren Aphana novemmaculata Dist., welche das Königliche Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin in mehreren Exemplaren von Pungo durch Herrn Major Alexander von Ho- meyer besitzt, durch bedeutendere Grösse, den Mangel der schwarzen Flecken des Thorax und die geringere Zahl und abweichende An- ordnung der schwarzen Flecken der Hinterflügel leicht zu unter- scheiden
Description (translated) 3
Head, thorax, and scutellum green, this marked in the ancient margin with two black spots widely spaced; black methane; the abdomen is green, the segments above the base are broadly yellow, the anterior transversely black-striped; with red-green feet. fore tarsi black. the last joint of the hind tarsals being blackened. In the coverts, the basal half is greenish-wash, the costal margin is yellow, the costa itself is brown-spotted, the apical half is yellow, with green veins; greenish-yellow wings, near the base of the wings with two subconfluent spots and four spots, forming an oblique quadrangle, the largest outer posterior, black. Posterior quinquespinous tubes. 9.
Long. corp. 17.5 million, exp. tagm. 49 mill. A single specimen of this fulgorine species was found by Dr. Pogge captured on the Congo.
The species is of the more beautiful Aphana novemmaculata Dist., which the Royal Museum of Natural History in Berlin possesses in several specimens from Pungo by Major Alexander von Homeyer, by greater size, the lack of black spots on the thorax and the smaller number and different arrangement of the black spots on the hind wings easy to distinguish.
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