Pisacha Distant 1906
Creators: name: Meng, Rui
name: Wang, Menglin
name: Wang, Yinglun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Nogodinidae
Pisacha

description: Pisacha Distant, 1906
Pisacha Distant, 1906: 391. Type speices: Pisacha naga Distant, 1906, by original designation. Soaemis Jacobi, 1915. Nomen nudum.
Soaemis Jacobi, 1916: 311. Type species: Soaemis encaustica Jacobi, 1916, by original designation. Synonymized by Ishihara, 1965: 207.
Supplementary description. Head with eyes slightly narrower than pronotum (Figs 34, 35, 40, 72, 81, 85). Vertex with median carina, disc depressed, lateral margins clearly elevated (Figs 34, 35, 40, 72, 81, 85). Frons long, lateral margins nearly parallel, slightly expanded below the level of antennae, then tapered to frontoclypeal suture; median carina disappeared near apical one-fourth to half of frons (Figs 31, 37, 41, 73, 82, 86). Clypeus narrow, triangular, with distinct yellow median carina, and with fuscous fascia on each side of mendian carina (Figs 31, 37, 41, 73, 82, 86). Frontoclypeal suture nearly straight. Rostrum elongate surpassing post trochanters, subapical segment slightly longer than apical segment. Pronotum with median carina, depressed at center and elevated laterally; anterior margin obtusely convex, almost reaching or surpassing the level of tops of eyes, posterior margin concave, both distinctly carinate, lateral lobe distinctly broadened (Figs 34, 35, 40, 72, 81, 85). Mesonotum large, almost as wide in widest part medianly as long in middle line, lateral carinae reaching or not to posterior margins (Figs 34, 35, 40, 72, 81, 85). Tegmina transparent, costal membrane narrow, Sc+R veins forked near basal cell, M vein bifurcate at basal third, Cu vein simple, between the veins with many distinct transverse veinlets at apical half, and the apical transverse veinlets forming distinct nodal line; clavus with 7–10 transverse veinlets between CuP and Pcu veins, 0–3 transverse vein between two claval veins. Legs yellow with black fascia and spots along margins, hind tibia widened at apical half and with two lateral spines.
Male terminalia. Anal tube elongate, expended near middle in dorsal view (Figs 43, 58, 77, 88, 101), bent down near apical fourth, ventral margin sinuate in lateral view. Anal column short, located at point of flexure (Figs 42, 56, 74, 87, 100). Genital styles subtriangular in lateral view, expanding distally, posterior margin concave at middle, caudo-ventral angle strongly convex, ventral margin almost straight and dorsal margin slightly convex at basal third (Figs 42, 57, 74, 89, 100). Capitulum long, without teeth. Aedeagus U-shaped in lateral view, with large phallobase (Figs 46, 60, 78, 91, 104). Phallobase with dorso-basal portion prolonged into a pair of large processes. Dorso-lateral phallobase lobes spilt near apex, dorsum curved upward and bifurcate apically, with numbers of small spikes on each side surface or not; lateral forming into a pair of processes, bifurcate or not (Figs 46, 60, 78, 91, 104). Ventral phallobase lobe more or less round at median part, and nearly rectangular at apical part (Figs 45, 59, 76, 90, 103). Phallus with a pair of short or long ventral processes arising from apical part (Figs 46, 60, 78, 91, 104). Pygofer short and wide, anterior margin concave medianly, clearly longer than posterior margin, ventral margin oblique (Figs 42, 56, 74, 87, 100).
Female terminalia. Anal tube nearly oval in dorsal view (Figs 48, 61, 92, 106), bent down at midlength in lateral view (Figs 47, 64, 105). Anal column relatively long, situated at point of flexure. Gonoplac with apical half wider than basal half, apical margin obtusely convex with dorsal two-third minutely denticulate, ventral one-third membranous; basal part bearing a black sclerous structure, lying on the top of proximal part of gonapophyses IX (Figs 50, 62, 96, 110); in posterior view, apical part bearing several rows of denticles, inner margin of membranous part bearing minutely spinules (Figs 51, 66, 94, 107); the third gonoplac lobes slightly sclerotized and nearly fused at central axis (Figs 49, 63, 93, 108). Posterior connective lamina of gonapophyses IX elongated, triangularshaped; median field sclerous, with fused lobe nearly quadrate (Figs 52, 54, 65, 68, 95, 98, 111, 112). Gonospiculum bridge large, spade-shaped (Figs 52, 65, 98, 111). Gonocoxa VIII approximately square with hind margin slightly protruding. Endogonocoxal process narrowing apically, not furcated. Anterior connective lamina of gonapophyses VIII narrow, tapering apically, with a row of teeth along outer margin (Figs 55, 69, 97, 113). Sternum VII with posterior margin sinuate, middle part quite lower than two sides (Figs 33, 53, 67, 99, 109).
Distribution. Indian, China (Taiwan, Guangxi, Hainan, Zhejiang, Chongqing, Sichuan), Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Meng, Rui, Wang, Menglin & Wang, Yinglun, 2014, On the taxonomy of the tribe Pisachini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Nogodinidae) with the description of new taxa from China and Vietnam, pp. 79-104 in Zootaxa 3866 (1) on pages 87-88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/250347