Pomponia backanensis Pham & Yang, 2009

Pham, Hong-Thai, Lee, Young June & Constant, Jerome, 2015, Cicada genus Pomponia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam and Cambodia, with a new species, a new record, and a key to the species, Zootaxa 3925 (4), pp. 562-572 : 566-567

Pomponia backanensis Pham & Yang, 2009

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Pomponia backanensis: Pham & Yang, 2009: 9 [TL: Bac Kan, Vietnam].

Material examined. VIETNAM: Ha Giang: 1♂, Tonkin, Reg' Ha-Giang, 1916, Siebens-Olivier ( MNHN); Bac Kan: 2♂♂, Ba Be NP, 200–400 m, 6.vii.2002, coll. Hoang Vu Tru; 2♂♂, Ba Be NP, 16,17. vi.2007; Vinh Phuc: 2♂♂, Tam Dao NP, 900 m, 3.vii.2003, coll. Hoang Vu Tru; 2♂♂, same locality, 25–28.vii.2011, coll. Pham Hong Thai; 1000–1200 m; 1♂, Dai Dinh, 500 m, 8.v.2004; 1♂, Me Linh, ML2236, 4.vi.2010; Phu Tho: 2♂♂, Xuan Son NP, Cic0690, Cic0899, 16,17. x.2004, light trap; 7♂♂, 4♀♀, Xuan Son NP, 400–900 m, Cic0602, Cic0604- Cic0606, Cic0617-Cic0622, 12–15.vi.2004 ( VNMN); Lao Cai: 1♂, Tonkin, env immediats de LaoKay, 1908, CAPne SAUVEZ; Hoa Binh: 2♂♂, Tonkin, Hoabinh, 1919, R. Oberthur; Ninh Binh: 14♂♂, 6♀♀, Cuc Phuong NP, 200–250 m, 20–22.vii.2011, coll. Pham Hong Thai; Dak Nong: 1♂, Nam Njang, Dak Song, 800–850 m, Ho.2.0351, 24.iv.2011, coll. Hoang Vu Tru; Dak Lak: 1♂, Buon Ho town, Ho.2.0463, light trap, 28.iv.2011, coll. Ta Huy Thinh; 9♂♂, 2♀♀, Tan Lap, Krong Buk, Ho.2.0339–Ho.2.0343, Ho.2.0394–Ho.2.0399, light trap, 27.iv.2011, coll. Hoang Vu Tru and Tran Thieu Du; 1♀, Pong Drang, Krong Buk, 700–770 m, Ho.2.0449, light trap, 27.iv.2011, coll. Ta Huy Thinh; 3♂♂, 5♀♀, Pong Drang, Krong Buk, 700–770 m, Ho.2.0327- Ho.2.0331, Ho.2.0388–Ho.2.0390, 29.iv.2011, coll. Hoang Vu Tru and Ta Huy Thinh; 1♂, Dak Mar, 600–630 m, Ho.2.0350, 4.v.2011, coll. Ta Huy Thinh; Gia Lai: 1♂, Chu Se town, 550 m, Ho.2.0458, 2.v.2011, Ta Huy Thinh; Kon Tum: 4♂♂, 2♀♀, Dak Ha town, 634 m, Ho.2.0362, Ho.2.0363, Ho.2.0380–Ho.2.0383, light trap, 3.v.2011, coll. Ta Huy Thinh and Hoang Vu Tru; 1♂, same locality, Ho.2.0442, light trap, 5.v.2011, Hoang Vu Tru. CAMBODIA: 1♂, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap province, 16–23 VII 2005, Daniel Jump ( IRSNB).

Distribution. Vietnam (Bac Kan, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Dak Nong, Dak Lak, Gia Lai, and Kon Tum) and Cambodia (new record).

Remarks. The basal lobes of pygofer are large and paramedian like P. linearis , but the medial spine of clasper is about as long as the lateral spine in this species.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Pomponia backanensis Pham & Yang, 2009, male, Cambodia: A, dorsal habitus. B, ventral habitus. C, ventral view of pygofer. D, lateral view of pygofer.