Homa haematoptilus
Creators: name: Xu, Ye
name: Wang, Yi-Mei
name: Dmitriev, Dmitry A.
name: Dietrich, Christopher H.
name: Qin, Dao-Zheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Homa
Homa haematoptilus

description: Homa haematoptilus (Kirkaldy, 1906)
(Figs 1–4, 23–25, 38–45)
Eupteryx haematoptilus Kirkaldy, 1906: 362.
Homa insignis Distant, 1908: 400, synonymized by Dworakowska, 1969.
Cicadella haematoptila, Metcalf, 1968: 685.
Homa haematoptilus, Dworakowska, 1969: 48.
Material examined.
Type material: state details of holotype. unavailable now (mentioned below).
Other materials: 10♂♂, Thailand Nakhon Nayok Khao Yai NP Behind Football field, 14 o 24.619'N 101 o 22.778'E, 770 m, Malaise trap, July 5–12, 2006, Pong Sandao, leg. T 142 (INHS, QSBG); 1♂, China, Yunnan, Jinghong City, Wild Elephant Valley, April 29–May 4, 2017, Ye Xu (NWAFU).
Description.
Measurements. Body length: male 3.9–4.1 mm.
Ground color red. Forewing with red transverse brand broad, apical 1/3 transparent.
1T apodemes forming almost right triangle, not extended to segment II (Fig. 23). Male pygofer in profile with apex slightly protruded, bearing 8–10 rigid microsetae along posterior margin, dorsal bridge well developed, occupying 4/5 length of pygofer in dorsal aspect (Figs 24, 25, 38–40). Subgenital plate in lateral view gradually curved dorsad apically; basal setae (7–8) situated on broadest section of plate, one or two setae separated from bristle clusters; marginal setae (10–11) arranged in a single row; macrosetae (5) discrete, not extended to tip of plate; feeble microsetae (11–12) inconspicuous, slightly longer than marginal setae (Figs 24, 38, 41). Aedeagus shaft in lateral view tapered distally, with stiff, peg-like process directed basad, gonopore subapical on ventral side (Figs 42, 43). Style broad at base, dentifer distinctly narrower than basal section, with 6–7 tiny teeth and 3–4 short setae (Fig. 44). Anal tube process short, tapered (Fig. 45).
Remarks. Homa haematoptilus was described based on a specimen collected from Queensland by Kirkaldy (1906), and it was originally placed in Eupteryx Curtis, 1829. However, Dworakowska (1969) transferred Eupteryx haematoptilus Kirkaldy, 1906 to Homa and synonymized H. insignis Distant, 1908 after studying the Homa specimens deposited in the British Museum, creating a new combination: H. haematoptilus (Kirkaldy, 1906). Unfortunately, the genitalia of H. insignis Distant is missing now. Mahmood (1967) redescribed Homa insignis Distant, 1908 based on specimens of the male type deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, and illustrated the male genitalia for the first time. The specimens illustrated here were identified based on drawings (Plate 10: 2c, 2e) provided by Mahmood.
Distribution. Ceylon, Australia (Queensland), Philippines, Thailand and China (Yunnan).
description: Published as part of Xu, Ye, Wang, Yi-Mei, Dmitriev, Dmitry A., Dietrich, Christopher H. & Qin, Dao-Zheng, 2022, Revision of the genus Homa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), pp. 179-190 in Zootaxa 5087 (1) on pages 181-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/5819981