Augilina Melichar 1914
Creators: name: Gong, Nian
name: Yang, Lin
name: Chen, Xiang-Sheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Caliscelidae
Augilina

description: Genus Augilina Melichar, 1914
Figs 1–34
Augilina Melichar, 1914: 276.
Augilina – Gnezdilov 2013b: 171.
Type species
Augilina longipes Melichar, 1914.
Diagnosis
Vertex long and narrow, strongly produced anteriorly, posterior margin angularly concave, disc depressed. Frons long and narrow, with median and sublateral carinae, widest at level of second segment of antennae. Ocelli present. Pronotum with anterior margin strongly convex, posterior margin broadly concave; lateral carinae converging apically. Mesonotum large, almost 3 times as long as pronotum, Disc flatteneD. Forewing long, narrow, transparent. HinDwing transparent, longer than half length of forewing. Legs relatively long, hind tibia with single lateral spine medially and with 6 apical spines. First and second metatarsomeres with no spines. Abdomen exceptionally elongate and narrow, sternites chevron-shaped. Male genitalia: anal tube short, enlarged apically. Pygofer in lateral view with dorsal half much narrower than ventral half, hinD margin of pygofer concaveD at upper ⅔, lower ⅓ almost straight; in posterior view, ventral margin with two rounded medioventral processes. Genital styles massive, each with 3–4 processes. Aedeagus of simple structure, with enlarged basement and narrow tubular-shaped apical part. Gonopore subapical.
Distribution
Philippines (Luzon), southern Vietnam, southern China.
Remark
Compared with Melichar’s (1914) description, we propose more concise generic characteristics based on the comparison of four species, and add the generic characteristics of the male genitalia.
Checklist of species of Augilina Melichar, 1914
A. longipes Melichar, 1914; Philippines (Luzon).
A. namboina Gnezdilov, 2013; Vietnam (Dong Nai Province).
A. tetraina Chen & Gong sp. nov.; China (Yunnan Province).
A. triaina Chen & Gong sp. nov.; China (Yunnan Province).
Key to species of genus Augilina
1. Forewing with wiDe Dark brown banD before the noDal line (Melichar 1914: fig. 8b) ....................... .................................................................................................................. A. longipes Melichar, 1914
– Forewing without band ..................................................................................................................... 2
2. Posterior margin of pygofer in lateral view without finger-like process near its Dorsal margin (GnezDilov 2013: fig. 15) .................................................................... A. namboina Gnezdilov, 2013
– Posterior margin of pygofer in lateral view with one finger-like process near its Dorsal margin ..... 3
3. Genital styles with 4 processes (Fig. 12) ...................................... A. tetraina Chen & Gong sp. nov.
– Genital styles with 3 processes (Fig. 26) ........................................ A. triaina Chen & Gong sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Gong, Nian, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2021, First record of the genus Augilina Melichar, 1914 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Caliscelidae) from China, with descriptions of two new bamboo-feeding species, pp. 38-48 in European Journal of Taxonomy 744 (1) on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.744.1297, http://zenodo.org/record/4663818