Haphsa shirakii ( Matsumura, 1927 ) Wang & Peng & Wei, 2021

Wang, Siyue, Peng, Xiaodong & Wei, Cong, 2021, A review of the cicada genus Haphsa Distant, 1905 with the description of one new species from China (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and a phylogenetic analysis of Haphsa and its allies, Zootaxa 4991 (3), pp. 523-538 : 528-529

3. Haphsa shirakii ( Matsumura, 1927) comb. n. ( Fig. 3 )

Sinosemia shirakii Matsumura, 1927: 55 .

Material examined. 3♂♂ ( NWAFU), China: Mt. Qixianling , Hainan Province, 150 m, 15.v.2011, coll. Yang Ming- sheng; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Mt. Jianfengling , Hainan Province, 170 m, 31.v.2011, coll. Yang Mingsheng.

Measurements (in mm; n= 4♂♂). Body length: ♂ 25.8–30.0; fore wing length: ♂ 32.4–37.9; fore wing width: ♂ 10.3–12.3; width of head including eyes: ♂ 8.7–10.2; pronotum width (including pronotal collar): ♂ 8.9–10.8; mesonotum width: ♂ 7.0–8.8.

Description of male.

Head ( Fig. 3A, B ). Head slightly wider than base of mesonotum, olivaceous with the following black markings: a median triangular marking enclosing ocelli and reaching frontoclypeal suture and pair of rectangle markings extending from medial supra-antennal plate to lateral side of lateral ocellus. Compound eyes dark brown, ocelli dark red. Postclypeus green with black arrowhead shaped marking in dorsal view. Anteclypeus green along midline, black laterally and covered with white pile. Lorum black, yellow laterally. Rostrum reaching to posterior coxae, olivaceous-tawny, with apex black.

Thorax ( Fig. 3A, B ). Pronotum slightly longer than head, generally green, with the following black markings: pair of central longitudinal fasciae, extending from anterior margin of pronotum to pronotal collar, curved laterad and dilated both anteriorly and posteriorly, forming exclamation-like fasciae; pair of oblique fasciae along lateral fissures and lateral margins. Pronotal collar generally green, with two pairs of fuscous fasciae laterally, lateral margins with black fasciae and small teeth. Mesonotum primarily green, with the following black markings: a medial longitudinal sagittal fascia, slightly enlarged one third distance from the posterior end; pair of straight fasciae along each parapsidal suture and the inner edge slightly wavy; pair of inverted triangular short spots on scutal depressions and pair of wavy, curved markings on lateral sigilla. Cruciform elevation olivaceous-tawny. Opercula triangular and green, not adjoining and extending to middle of abdominal sternites II.

Legs ( Fig. 3A ). Legs mostly olivaceous-tawny with brown markings, fore femora with spindly primary spine, thick secondary spine and small subapical spine.

Wings ( Fig. 3A ). Hyaline, fore wing with fuscous spots at bases of second and third apical cells. The top of the wing has smoky brown halos.

Abdomen ( Fig. 3A, B ). Marked extensively with black, longer than distance from head to cruciform elevation. Posterior margins of tergites 2–4 green, round reddish-brown spots in the center of tergite 3. Sternite olivaceoustawny to brown, translucent and with white wax powder. Timbal covers grey-green and partially exposed.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 3C, D ). Pygofer elliptical in ventral view. Basal lobes of pygofer broad. Anal styles slightly brown and uncus fuscous. Median uncal lobes slightly brown and fused distally. Lateral uncal lobes fuscous, curved anteriorly, with acute apex distally.

Distribution. China (Hainan).

Remarks. Beuk (2002) indicated that there were still a few species which are currently placed outside Haphsa but are thought to belong to Haphsa , such as Sinosemia shirakii . Here, we confirm that Sinosemia shirakii belongs to Haphsa based on morphology and molecular phylogenetic analysis ( Fig. 4 ). This species is similar to H. bindusara in the shape of uncus, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the shape of the operculum and the smoky brown halos on wings. Only one species was formerly included in Sinosemia , therefore, we synonymize Sinosemia Matsumura, 1927 syn. n. with Haphsa .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Haphsa shirakii (Matsumura 1927) comb. n. (male). A. habitus, dorsal view; B. head, thorax and abdomen, ventral view; C. male pygofer, ventral view; D. male pygofer, lateral view.

FIGURE 4. Molecular phylogeny of Haphsa and its allies obtained from Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood based on mitochondrial COI. Bayesian posterior probabilities (PP) and bootstrap values (BS) are given at internal nodes.