Horváth Géza (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 12. (Budapest 1914)

Kertész, K.: Some remarks on Cadrema lonchopteroides Walk. with description of a new Musidora from the Oriental Region

XII. ANNALES MU SEI NATION ALIS H UNGAR ICI. 1914. SOME REMARKS ON CADREMA LONCHOPTEROIDES WALK. WITH DESCRIPTION OF A XEW MUSIDORA FROM THE ORIENTAL REGION. By Dr. K. KERTÉSZ. (With 1 figure.) In the year 1860 WALKER described in the Proc. Linn. Soc. London, Vol. IV. pag. 117 the new genus Cadrema with the species lonchopteroides from Celebes, putting it into the family Musidoridae (Loncli opteridae ). Having had the opportunity to see the type in the British Museum I can state the fact that it belongs to the family Chloropidae. The specimen is complete except for the head, one wing, one front leg and one middle leg. The wing with the bent up fourth longitudinal vein at once indicates that it belongs to the Chloropidae, and the costa reaching to the fourth longitudinal vein shows it to be a member of the Oscinellinae. As to the genus, the species belongs, without doubt, to Hippelates, since it has a large spine on the hind tibiae, and the thorax is covered with dense and tiny hairs, and bears one hind dorso-central bristle only. The facts being as above stated, there can be no doubt that the name Cadrema WALK. 1860 must be used for Hippelates Lw. 1868. The species is not included in the Monograph of the Chloropidae by BECKER, and can be easily distinguised from all mentioned there by the dark spot at the apex of the wings. The spine on the hind tibiae, placed a little before the tip, is not quite three-quarters as long as the metatarsus. The first species of Musidoridae, Musidora lutea PANZ., from the Orien­tal Begion, was recorded by Mr. BRUNETTI (Bee. Ind. Mus., VII. 1918. pag. 481.) from Darjiling. But, as the species of this genus are very nearly allied to each other, and Mr. BRUNETTI does not mention whether he ex­amined the hvpopygium of a male or not, it may be that the determination is not quite certain, and his species may be a new one. The Hungarian National Museum possesses some specimens from Formosa representing a new species, which I name

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