Mioscarta Breddin, 1901

Crispolon, Elorde Jr. S., Guilbert, Eric, Yap, Sheryl A. & Soulier-Perkins, Adeline, 2021, New genus and new species of spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from the Philippines, European Journal of Taxonomy 778, pp. 90-135 : 98-99

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Genus Mioscarta Breddin, 1901 View in CoL View at ENA

Mioscarta Breddin, 1901: 123 View in CoL (new genus), 183 (Zoogeography).

Type species

Mioscarta forcipata Breddin, 1901 View in CoL .

Diagnosis

The genus can be identified by the following combination of characters:

Habitus general shape dorso-ventrally flattened, in lateral view total length nearly 4 times height ( Figs 2 View Fig , 4–11A View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Pronotum angle not more than 25° ( Figs 2 View Fig , 4–11A View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Distance between ocellus and compound eye 2 times ocellus diameter ( Fig. 1A View Fig ). Ocelli large, distance between eyes less than 8 times ocellus diameter ( Fig. 1A View Fig ). Apical reticulation of the tegmen generally developed and reduced in few cases ( Figs 4–11A–C View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Widest part of postclypeus in frontal view is at midheight ( Fig. 1A View Fig ). Apical curve of tegmen visible in dorsal view ( Figs 4–11C View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Widest part of habitus in dorsal view at midlength of tegmen ( Figs 4–11C View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ). Male subgenital plates is at least 1.5 times longer than pygofer height. Male subgenital plates appendage always present, longer than main plate ( Figs 5 View Fig , 7–8 View Fig View Fig , 10–11F View Fig View Fig ).

Among the Rhinaulacini , Mioscarta closely resembles Trigonoschema Crispolon & Soulier-Perkins gen. nov. with respect to the distance between ocelli, postclypeus shape in frontal view, postclypeus longitudinal groove, apical cells of the tegmen, Rp posterior wing, absence of r-m crossvein, and presence of sterno-lateral plate between subgenital plate and pygofer while Peociloterpa with respect to postclypeus longitudinal groove, absence of r-m crossvein, presence of sterno-lateral plate between subgenital plate and pygofer and paramere general shape, but they differ by the following characters presented in Table 2 View Table 2 below.

Distribution

India, Indonesia (Borneo, Flores and Sulawesi), Malaysia (Borneo), and Philippines.

Key to the species of Philippine Mioscarta Breddin, 1901

1. Tegmen containing red coloration ( Figs 4–6 View Fig View Fig View Fig , 10 View Fig ) ............................................................................. 2

– Tegmen without red coloration ( Figs 7–9 View Fig View Fig View Fig , 11 View Fig ) ................................................................................. 5

2. Basal third of tegmen yellowish ( Figs 4 View Fig , 10 View Fig ) .................................................................................... 3

– Basal third of tegmen brown or reddish ( Figs 5–6 View Fig View Fig ) .......................................................................... 4

3. Narrow brown transverse band following basal third then tegmen getting darker and redder toward apex ( Fig. 10 View Fig ) ............................................................................................... M. semperi Jacobi, 1905 View in CoL

– No narrow transverse band but a brown patch within basal area, a large reddish band underlines costal and apical margins ( Fig. 4 View Fig ) ............................................................... M. basilana Jacobi, 1927 View in CoL

4. Basal third of tegmen reddish, rest of the tegmen darker brown with red underlining veins ( Fig. 5 View Fig ) ................................................................................................ M. ferruginea ( Walker, 1851) View in CoL

– Tegmen with basal third brown getting lighter in second third and slightly darker in last apical third with red underlying veins ( Fig. 6 View Fig ) ................................................................ M. lutea Schmidt, 1925 View in CoL

5. Tegmen coloration containing some black ( Figs 8–9 View Fig View Fig ) ...................................................................... 6

– Tegmen coloration from yellowish to brown only ( Figs 7 View Fig , 11 View Fig ) ........................................................ 7

6. Tegmen entirely black except for the very orange base ( Figs 8–9 View Fig View Fig ) M. obscuripennis Schmidt, 1920 View in CoL

– Tegmen basally yellowish brown and apically black ........................... M. flavobasalis Jacobi, 1927 View in CoL

7. Tegmen brownish and opaque, darker toward apex, pronotum brownish ( Fig. 7 View Fig ) ............................. ................................................................................ M. nubisa Crispolon & Soulier-Perkins sp. nov.

– Tegmen yellow with some brown and translucent parts, pronotum yellowish with darker irregular patch in middle ( Fig. 11 View Fig ) .................................................... M. translucida Crispolon & Yap sp. nov.