Haphsa lueta Wang, Yang & Wei, 2015, sp. n.
Creators: name: Wang, Xu
name: Yang, Mingsheng
name: Wei, Cong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Haphsa
Haphsa lueta

description: Haphsa lueta sp. n.
(Figs. 1–3)
Type material. Holotype: ♂ (NWAFU), China: Mt. Jianfengling, Hainan Province, 7.iv.1983. Paratypes: China, Hainan Province: 1 ♂ (NWAFU), Mt. Wuzhishan, 670 m, light trap, 7.iv.2008, coll. Yang Zhaofu & Men Qiulei; 1♀ (NWAFU), Mt. Wuzhishan, 700 m, light trap, 7.iv.2008, coll. Yang Zhaofu & Fu Qiang; 1♂ (NWAFU), Mt. Limuling, 680 m, light trap, 18.iv.2008, coll. Zheng Jianwu & Men Qiulei; 1♀ (NWAFU), Mt. Jianfengling, 980 m, light trap, 5.v.2008, coll. Fu Qiang; 1♀ (NWAFU), Mt. Jianfengling, 980 m, light trap, 6.v.2008, coll. Fu Qiang; 1 ♂ 1♀ (NWAFU), Mt. Jianfengling, 980 m, light trap, 8.v.2008, coll. Fu Qiang; 1♀ (NWAFU), Mt. Jianfengling, 980 m, light trap, 9.v.2008, coll. Fu Qiang; 1♂ (NWAFU), Mt. Bawangling, 176 m, light trap, 15.v.2008, coll. Men Qiulei & Fu Qiang; 2♀♀ (NWAFU), Mt. Bawangling, 176 m, light trap, 17.v.2008, coll. Men Qiulei & Fu Qiang; 1♀ (NWAFU): Mt. Bawangling, 176 m, light trap, 18.v.2008, coll. Men Qiulei & Fu Qiang; 1♀ (NWAFU): Mt. Jianfengling, 960 m, light trap, 29.v.2011, coll. Yang Mingsheng.
Measurements (in mm). (5♂♂, 9♀♀): Body length: male 30.0–33.0, female 32.7–33.9; fore wing length: male 41.7–42.8, female 41.7–44.1; fore wing width: male 12.8–13.9, female 12.1–13.5; width of head including eyes: male 10.7–11.8, female 10.8–11.6; pronotum width (including pronotal collar): male 11.0–12.8, female 10.9– 11.9; mesonotum width: male 8.9–9.8, female 9.0–9.7.
Etymology. The species name is an arbitrary combination of letters, and is regarded as feminine.
Description of male. Head (Figs. 1 A, B, 2A). Slightly wider than mesonotum. Olivaceous with the following black markings: a median upside-down triangle marking enclosing ocelli and reaching frontoclypeal suture; a Vshaped folding line extending from medial supra-antennal plate to posterior ends of each eye. Eyes brown and ocelli red. Postclypeus greenish-tawny with black arrowhead shaped marking in dorsal view and a rounded spot in the middle part; black transverse grooves on each side, with pair of big black patches apically. Anteclypeus olivaceous-tawny along midline, black laterally and on posterior margin, sparsely covered with white pruinosity. Rostrum light olivaceous-tawny, with black apex, extending to posterior coxae.
Thorax (Figs. 1 A, 2A). Generally olivaceous-tawny. 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; pair of longitudinal fasciae between median parts of paramedian oblique fissures and posterior ends of lateral oblique fissures; pair of oblique fasciae along lateral fissures; lateral margins of pronotum disk black. Pronotal collar generally olivaceous-tawny, with two pairs of fuscous fasciae laterally; lateral margins with black fasciae and small teeth. Mesonotum olivaceous-tawny with following black markings: a medial black longitudinal fascia slightly dilated posteriorly; pair of longitudinal fasciae along medial parapsidal suture; pair of small upside-down triangular markings anteriorly between parapsidal sutures and lateral sigillae; a broad, interrupted fasciae along each lateral sigilla; pair of small spots on scutal depressions. Cruciform elevation olivaceous-tawny with black markings on anterior angles. Golden pile in depressions and along lateral mesonotum.
Legs (Fig. 1 B). Mostly olivaceous-tawny. Fore femora sparsely covered with white pruinosity, with black marking near posterior margin in lateral view; fore femora with three spines, primary spine and secondary spine pointed oblique to femur, and parallel to each other, subapical spine shortest, angled slightly. Tibiae fuscous basally and distally. Tarsi testaceous. Pretarsal claws testaceous basally and fuscous distally.
Wings (Fig. 1 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 and hind wing jugum tinged greyish-green.
Abdomen (Figs. 1 A, B, 2B). Equal to distance from head to cruciform elevation. Conical and mostly dark brown, covered with short silvery pile and white pruinosity. Tergites 2–8 with black markings on anterior margins. Timbal covers olivaceous-tawny, large and concealing timbals completely in dorsal view. Opercula olivaceoustawny, spoon-shaped, and diverging from posterior margin of sternite II, rounded apices extending to middle of abdominal sternites IV. Abdominal sternites mostly olivaceous-tawny, coloration more developed on sternites VI and VII. Epipleurites mostly black, with white pruinosity.
Male genitalia (Fig. 2 C, D). Pygofer elliptical in ventral view, with long, golden pile. Basal lobe of pygofer thin and long, curved outward, and covered with long golden pile. Anal styles light brown. Uncus fuscous to black. Median uncal lobes membranous with a pair of processes medially and separated from each other. Lateral uncal lobes long, gradually narrowed and curved anteriorly, with apex pointed; inner margins distinctly convex subbasally.
Description of female (Fig. 3). Opercula broadly separated from each other, posterior margin just extending to abdominal sternite II. Abdominal segment 9 fuscous, with a black median upside-down triangle marking in dorsal view and a big black irregular marking in ventral view; ovipositor sheath black, extending beyond segment 9, posterior margin of segment 7 incised at middle. Other characteristics similar to male.
Distribution. China (Hainan).
Remarks. This new species is similar to H. apicoinfuscata externally, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by its larger body size, markings on abdominal tergites, the absence of infuscation on the apical portion of the fore wings, and the shape of male uncal lobes.
description: Published as part of Wang, Xu, Yang, Mingsheng & Wei, Cong, 2015, A review of the cicada genus Haphsa Distant from China (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), pp. 408-424 in Zootaxa 3957 (4) on pages 410-413, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/253752