Saccharodite

drawing of forewing of Saccharodite chrysonoe, female lectotype (click on image to enlarge it)

Saccharodite aurora from Singapore (click on image to enlarge it)

Family: Derbidae
Tribe: Rhotanini
Genus: Saccharodite Kirkaldy, 1907
Type species: Saccharodite sanguinea Kirkaldy, 1907, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Muiralyricen Metcalf, 1946
  

Type species: Muiralyricen ruber Metcalf, 1946, by original designation.

• Malpa Metcalf, 1954
  

Type species: Malpa appressa Metcalf, 1954, by original designation.

• Saccharodite (Genestiella) Fennah, 1969
  

Type species: Saccharodite (Genestiella) thia Fennah, 1969, by original designation.

Diagnosis

• In the forewings Ms1b usually merges with Cu1, then separating and later merging again, forming a characteristic triangular cell.
• Forewings with a small triangular cell at the base of Ms1 (a large trapezoid cell in species of Muiralevu).
• Forewings with the Sc+R fork located in the middle between the first and 2nd subcostal sector (very close to the first subcostal sector in Muiralevu).
• Forewings usually about 2 times longer than wide or broader (in Muiralevu forewings usually more elongated).
• Body often with bright red or orange marks or colouration.

For a list of all species see Wikispecies

• Other images of Saccharodite (provided by Cheong Loong Fah - click to enlarge)
• 

  a member of the Saccharodite plurima species group

• 

  a member of the Saccharodite guamana species group

• 

  a member of the Saccharodite foliata species group

References

• Fennah, R.G. 1969: Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. Pacific Insects Monographs, 21: 1-116. PDF
• Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907: Homoptères de la famille des Fulgoroideae vivant sur la canne a sucre. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg., 51: 34-51.
• Metcalf, Z.P. 1946: Homoptera - Fulgoroidea and Jassoidea of Guam. In: Insects of Guam II. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bull., 189: 105-133.
• Metcalf, Z.P. 1954: Some Homoptera from the Caroline Islands. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 70(1): 1-19.
• Zelazny, B. 1981: The Philippines species of Rhotanini (Homoptera: Derbidae) and their distribution outside the Philippines. Pacific Insects, 23(3-4): 213-285. PDF
• Zelazny, B. and Webb, M.D. 2011: Revision of the planthopper tribe Rhotanini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae). Zootaxa, 3071: 1–307. Preview