Haphsa karenensis ( Ollenbach, 1928 )

Wang, Xu, Yang, Mingsheng & Wei, Cong, 2015, A review of the cicada genus Haphsa Distant from China (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), Zootaxa 3957 (4), pp. 408-424 : 419-422

Haphsa karenensis ( Ollenbach, 1928) , new record to China

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Haphsa karenensis Ollenbach, 1928: 273 . Meimuna nauhkae, Boulard, 2005b: 40 .

Material examined. 1♀ ( NWAFU), China: Mangshi, Yunnan Province, 900 m, 16.v.1955, coll. Xue Yufeng; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Xishuangbannan, Yunnan Province, 650 m, 1.v.1964, coll. Zhang Baolin; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Zhenyuan County, Yunnan Province, 1020 m, 4.vi.1971, coll. Zhou Yao & Yuan Feng; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Menglun County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, 640 m, 21.iv.1974, coll. Zhou Yao & Yuan Feng; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Menglun County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Provinc, 570 m, 1.v.1974, coll. Zhou Yao & Yuan Feng; 2♂♂ ( NWAFU), China: Mengla County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, 11.iv.1994, coll. Wang Dun & Du Yuzhou; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Daluo County, Yunnan Province, 679 m, 22.v.2011 coll. Chen Xiao; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Jingdong County, Yunnan Province, 2459 m, 10.vi.2011, coll. Lv Lin; 1♀ ( NWAFU), China: Jingdong County, Yunnan Province, 2.vi.2013, coll. Yang Mingsheng.

Measurements (in mm). (8♂♂, 2♀♀): Body length: male 28.8–30.1, female 30.1–30.3; fore wing length: male 39.7–41.6, female 41.0–41.6; fore wing width: male 11.8–13.1, female 12.1–12.4; width of head including eyes: male 9.3–10.2, female 10.0–10.2; pronotum width (including pronotal collar): male 10.0–11.0, female 10.3– 10.8; mesonotum width: male 8.3–9.3, female 8.6–8.7.

Description of male. Head ( Figs. 9 A, B, 10A). Wider the mesonotum, olivaceous-tawny with the following black markings: a median hourglass shaped marking enclosing ocelli; pair of broad rectangle markings extending from medial supra-antennal plate to lateral side of lateral ocellus; pair of thin fasciae connected to posterior ends of rectangle markings, extending to eyes. Eyes green, ocelli red. Postclypeus fairly prominent, ochre with black rhombic marking near frontoclypeal suture; transverse grooves black, and coloration more developed in apical grooves. Anteclypeus ochre along midline, black laterally. Rostrum light ochre, with fuscous apex reaching base of abdominal sternite I.

Thorax ( Figs. 9 A, 10A). Pronotum slightly wider than head, generally ochre. Pronotum disk with following black markings: pair of central longitudinal fasciae, extending from anterior margin of pronotum to pronotal collar, curved outward and dilated both anteriorly and posteriorly; pair of small spots lied on anterior margin of pronotum disk; rather indistinct light brown fasciae between paramedian and lateral fissures. Pronotal collar generally ochre, with two pairs of light brown fasciae laterally; margins of pronotal collar black and lateral margins bearing a small tooth in their middle, ochre. Mesonotum olivaceous-tawny, with following black markings: a medial black sagittal feature becoming a rhombus towards the cruciform elevation; a broad, interrupted fasciae along each lateral sigilla; pair of small black fasciae between parapsidal sutures and lateral sigilla; pair of small spots on scutal depressions. Cruciform elevation olivaceous-tawny with black anterior apical parts and median posterior margin.

Legs ( Fig. 9 B). Mostly tawny. Fore femora with black markings near posterior margin in lateral view. Tibiae fuscous basally and distally. Tarsi testaceous distally. Pretarsal claws fuscous. Fore femora with three spines tawny.

Wings ( Fig. 9 A, B). Hyaline, fore wing with fuscous spots at bases of second and third apical cells. Costal vein green ochre. Basal membrane of fore wing tinged with light yellow. Hind wing jugum not tinged with light yellow.

Abdomen ( Figs. 9 A, B, 10B). Fairly dark brown, shorter than distance from head to cruciform elevation. Tergites 2–8 with black markings on anterior margins. Timbal covers semicircular and tawny. Opercula long, wide and ochre, their medial edges diverging at the level of the posterior margin of sternite II; rounded apices extending to middle of sternite VI. Sternites mostly ochre, with testaceous on sternite VIII. Epipleurites ochre, with fuscous to black patches.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 10 C, D). Pygofer elliptical in ventral view, with long, golden pile. Basal lobes of pygofer narrow and adjacent to lateral side of pygofer. Anal styles fuscous. Uncus fuscous to black. Median uncal lobe short, membranous and fused. Lateral uncal lobe broad and developed, parallel to each other, and slightly curved inward distally.

Description of female ( Fig. 11 ). Opercula smaller than those of male, broadly separated from each other, posterior margin just extending to abdominal sternite II.; Abdominal segment 9 mostly tawny, with black patches circled; ovipositor sheath relatively long, extending beyond segment 9, posterior margin of segment VII incised at middle. Other characteristics similar to male.

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Thailand.

Remarks. This species is similar to H. karenensis in the male genitalia and the shape of uncal lobe, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by the combination of the following characters: hyaline apical portion of fore wing, smaller body size and wider base of male operculum. This species is also similar to H. conformis , but can be easily distinguished from the latter by the lesser wingspan and the shorter male opercula.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Haphsa karenensis (Ollenbach, 1928) (male). A. habitus, dorsal view; B. habitus, ventral view.

FIGURE 10. Haphsa karenensis (Ollenbach, 1928) (male). A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. abdomen, ventral view; C. male pygofer, ventral view; D. male pygofer, lateral view.

FIGURE 11. Haphsa karenensis (Ollenbach, 1928) (female). A. habitus, dorsal view; B. habitus, ventral view; C. female terminalia, lateral view; D. female terminalia, ventral view.