Ariptyelus auropilosus ( Matsumura, 1907 )

Shih, Hsien-Tzung & Yang, Jeng-Tze, 2007, Revision of the genus Ariptyelus Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae), Zootaxa 1592, pp. 57-68 : 63-65

Ariptyelus auropilosus ( Matsumura, 1907)

( Figs. 1 C, 1D, 2C, 2D, 4)

Aphrophora auropilosa Matsumura, 1907 , Annot. Zool. Jpn. 6: 113.

Cercopis auropilosus ( Matsumura, 1907) [transferred by Lallemand, 1912: 60].

Peuceptyelus auropilosus ( Matsumura, 1907) [transferred by Schumacher, 1915: 88]. Ariptyelus auropilosus ( Matsumura, 1907) [transferred by Matsumura, 1940: 50].

Ariptyelus kikuchii Matsumura, 1942 , Ins. Matsum. 16: 47 [synonymised by Liang, 1998: 252]. Ariptyelus shokanus Matsumura, 1942 , Ins. Matsum. 16: 47–48 [synonymised by Liang, 1998: 252]. Type depository: EIHU ( Komatsu and Hayashi, 1998).

Type locality: TAIWAN: Koshun [Henchun], Pingtung Co. ( Matsumura, 1907; Komatsu and Hayashi, 1998).

Coloration: Eyes yellowish brown; antenna brown, third segment dark brown; vertex brown, dark brown centrally, median carina brown to dark brown, except light brown at base. Frons in dorsal view dark brown, median carina yellow to light brown; frons in ventral view with basal part brown, central area light brown, transverse band dark brown, apical part yellow; genae and base of mouth parts brown to dark brown. Pronotum with anterior two thirds yellowish brown, posterior part brown to dark brown. Mesoscutellum brown to dark brown, yellow at tip. Tegmen ( Fig. 1 C) dark brown, apical half brown without mark; transverse band incomplete at middle, costal margin darker than that on cubital area. Hind leg dark brown.

Structure: Head width: body width: body length= 1:1.3:2.9. Head in ventral view rhomboid, about 1.2 times wider at base than middle long; about 3.3 times wider than long from dorsal aspect. Pronotum wider than median length at widest part about 1.7:1. Tegmen ( Fig. 1 C) subquadrate, anal margin: posterior margin: length of tegmen = 1:2.1:3.1; LBW: LMW: LT= 1:1.5:3.2. Wings ( Fig. 1 D) with 4 apical cells, apical cells with first longer than third 1.7:1. Wing coupling apparatus with 4 hooks ( Fig. 1 D) on basal part of costal margin. Hind tibia with apical spines arranged in 2 rows, upper row with 7 spines, lower one with 8 spines.

Male Genitalia: Pygofer in lateral view ( Fig. 4 A), wider than long about 1.3:1; basal margin of pygofer reclined apically, curved basally at ventral third, then protruding basally and curved ventrally; dorsal process of pygofer conelike, directed posteriorly; ventral process of pygofer developed, length 0.5 times that of ventral margin of pygofer, ventral process at widest part narrower than basal width of pygofer about 1:5.5. Pygofer subquadrate in ventral view ( Fig. 4 B), cleft at middle of apical margin, ventral process produced, bilobed, about 0.2 times median length of pygofer; each lobe about 0.2 times as wide as pygofer. Aedeagus, trapezoidal in lateral view ( Fig. 4 E). Genital styles ( Figs. 4 C, 4D) with width of apical part about 0.8 times length (WAGS: LAGS= 1:1.2) on outer side, margins prominent on inner side, complete.

Measurements: See Table 2 .

Type specimen examined: Lectotype of Aphrophora auropilosa Matsumura, 1907 : male, Koshun [= Henchun], 3/VII 1906, Formosa, Matsumura.

Specimens examined: CHINA, 1 female, Hainan Is. (New Record), Ledong, Jianfengling, 22-VII- 1997, P. Tsai ( TARI); 1 male, Sichuan, Suanliou, Gitien, 16-VIII-1998, P. Tsai ( TARI); INDONESIA (New Record), 1 male, 1 female, Sunda - Exp. Rensch, Lombok, Plawangan, 3-IV-1927 ( ZMHB); 1 male, Sunda - Exp. Rensch, W. Flores, Rana Ms, 20–30, VI-1927 ( ZMHB); PHILIPPINES (New Record), 1 female, Luzon, V–VII, 1935, Hoju Miyoshi ( TARI); TAIWAN, 1 male, 1 female, Keelung, 1957–1958, K. S. Lin ( TARI); 1 male, 2 females, Taipei, Hsianshan, IV–XII, 1993 (NTU); 1 male, 1 female, Taipei, Mucha, 15, XII, 1991 ( NMNS); 8 males, 4 females, Taihoku [= Taipei], II–V, 1914, M. Maki ( TARI); 1 male, 1 female, Taipei, Wulai, 17-IV-2000, C. F. Hsiao and S. Y. Yang, reared from nymph in Lab. ( TARI); 1 male, Taoyuan, Tachi, 28-II-1992, C. Y. Lee ( NMNS); 1 female, Taoyuan, Palin, 7-IV-1994, L. Y. Chiang (NTU); 2 males, 11 females, Taoyuan, Fuhsing, 1983–1986 ( TARI); 1 male, Hsinchu, Peipu, 27- XI-1987, S. C. Tsaur ( ENCHU); 3 males, 3 females, Hsinchu: Wufeng, Kuanhsi., 1987–1989 ( NMNS); 14 males, 32 females, Hsinchu, Wufeng, 400m, VII-1982, K. C. Chou & C. C. Pan ( TARI); 1 male, Miaoli, Shengshing, X-1985, M. L. Chan ( ENCHU); 1 male, Miaoli, Kuantaoshan, 30-IV-1989, S. H. Liou ( ENCHU); 19 males, 41 females, Taichung, Wufeng, 1978–2004 ( TARI); 26 males, 87 females, Nantou: Meifeng (2150m), Tsuifeng (2300m), Tungpu (1200m), Wushe (1150m), Lushan (1000m), Hoshe (1000m), and Lienhuachih (650m)., 1980–1985 ( TARI); 3 males, 2 females, Nantou: Chichi, Puli., IX.1986 - XI.1987, I. C. Hsu ( NMNS); 2 males, Nantou, Nanshanchi, 1987–1989, M. L. Chan and S. H. Liou ( ENCHU); 2 males, 3 females, Sun-Moon-Lake, VII-1947; III-1961 ( TARI); Formosa, Taihorin, IX-[19]10, H. Sauter ( ZMHB); 2 males, 1 female, Chiai, Alishan, 2400m, 1986– 1989 ( TARI); 1 male, Tainan, Kuantzuling, 31-VII- 1998, H. T. Shih ( TARI); 1 female, Tainan, Yuching, 14- VII-1987, M. L. Chan ( ENCHU); 2 males, 3 females, Kaohsiung, Taoyuan, 1984–2005 ( ENCHU); 1 male, Pingtung, Laiye, 15-VII-2002, S. J. Jiang ( TARI); 1 female, Pingtung, Mutan, 9-XI-1999, C. S. Lin and W. T. Yang ( NMNS); 1 male, Koshun, 5-IV-1940, R. Matsuda ( TARI); 2 females, Pingtung, Kenting, 1982 ( TARI); 5 males, 3 females, Pingtung, Nanjenshan, 1985 ( ENCHU); 1 female, Pingtung, Nanjenshan, 18-VI-1996, H. T. Shih ( TARI); 1 female, Pingtung, Shihzi, H. T. Shih, 6-V-2000 ( TARI); 1 female, Taitung, Peinan, 8-IX- 1999, M. L. Chan ( NMNS); 1 female, Taitung, Taimali, 7-IV-1994, W. T. Tsai (NTU); 1 male, Taitung, Lutao Is. (New Record), 4-V-1997, M. M. Yang & H. T. Chan ( NMNS); 1 male, Taitung, Lutao Is. (New Record), 28-VIII-2001, M. Y. Tsai ( ENCHU); 2 males, Taitung, Lutao Is. (New Record), 6-IV-2006, H. T. Shih ( TARI); 1 male, 1 female, Taitung, Orchid Is. (New Record), 25-V-1999, C. H. Chang ( TARI); 1 male, Taitung, Luyei, 20-24, VII- 2000, S. Y. Yang, reared from nymph in Lab. ( TARI); 3 females, Hualien, Liyutan, 1982–2002 ( TARI); 1 female, Hualien, Antung, II-1984, K. C. Chou & C. C. Pan ( TARI); 1 male, 1 female, Ilan, Nanao, 16-II-1990, C. C. Chiang ( NMNS); 1 female, Formosa, Buta, 19-IX-1937, R. Takahashi ( TARI); 2 males, 2 females,Ilan, 1990–1995 ( NMNS); 2 females, Ilan, Fushan, 1994–1995, A. Warneke & W. T. Jou ( TFRI); 1 female, Ilan, Fushan, 4-V-1995, C. H. Chen ( TARI); 1 male, Baibara, 15-IV-1924, T. Shiraki ( TARI).

Distribution: China (Xizang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Fujian, and Hainan), Taiwan (included Lutao Is. and Orchid Is.), Philippines (Luzon), Indonesia ( Flores Is. and Lombok Is.).

Host plants: The species is widespread in Taiwan. Most of our examined specimens were collected either in Malaise traps or sweeping nets. We have found the nymphs on Elatostema lineolatum Forst. var. major Thwait. (Urticaceae) and Rhus semialata Murr. var. roxburghiana DC. ( Anacardiaceae ) in the field.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Tegmen and wing: A, Ariptyelus arisanus, tegmen; B, A. arisanus, wing; C, A. auropilosus, tegmen; D, A. auropilosus, wing; ap, apical cell; AM, anal margin; BW, basal widest point; LBW, length from base to basal widest point; LMW, length from basal point to middle widest point; LT, length of tegmen; MW, middle widest point; PM, posterior margin; WCA, wing coupling apparatus.

FIGURE 4. Ariptyelus auropilosus (Matsumura, 1907): A, Male genitalia, lateral view; B, pygofer, ventral view; C, left genital style, outer lateral side; D, the same, inner lateral side; E, aedeagus, phallobase, and connective, lateral view.