Pomponia piceata Distant 1905
Creators: name: Pham, Hong-Thai
name: Lee, Young June
name: Constant, Jerome
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Pomponia
Pomponia piceata

description: Pomponia piceata Distant, 1905
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Pomponia piceata Distant, 1905: 558 [TL: Cho-Moï, Tonkin]; Distant, 1906: 67; Distant, 1912b: 53; Metcalf, 1963: 851; Chou et al., 1997: 190; Pham, 2004: 62; Lee, 2008: 10; Pham & Yang, 2009: 14.
Pomponia hieroglyphica Kato, 1938: 8 (hierogryphica [sic]) [TL: Yaosan, Kwangsi, China; Hoa-Binh, Tonkin]; Kato, 1940: 13; Metcalf, 1963: 842 (synonymized by Chou et al. (1997)).
Material examined. VIETNAM: Vinh Phuc: 1♂, 1♀, Me Linh, 100–200 m, ML0791, ML0792, light trap, 21.v.2010; 11♂♂, 7♀♀, same locality, 100–200 m, ML2226-ML2229, ML2240, ML2241, ML2247, ML2248, ML2255–ML2258, ML2275–ML2280, 4–6.vi.2010; Quang Tri: 5♂♂, 1♀, Huc Nghi, Dakrong, 265 m, Ho.1327, Ho.1329, Ho.1352, Ho.1376, Ho.1423, Ho.1424, light trap, 6.v.2005, coll. Pham Hong Thai (VNMN); 1♂, Cua Tung, Annam (= central Vietnam) (IRSNB); Quang Nam: 1♂, 3♀♀, TaUl, Chaval, Song Thanh NR, Nam Giang, 350–400 m, Ho.0784, Ho.0798, Ho.0822, Ho.0910, light trap, 27,29. iv.2005; 4♂♂, 6♀♀, same locality, 350–400 m, Ho.1031-Ho.1037, Ho.1042, Ho.1043, Ho.1047, 29.iv.2007, coll. Pham Hong Thai and Hoang Vu Tru; 1♂, 1♀, LaBo B, ChaVal, 500–600 m, Ho.1028, Ho.1029, 28.iv.2005, coll. Pham Hong Thai; 1♂, Lo Xo pass, Phuoc My, Phuoc Son, 720 m, Ho.0997, 25.iv.2005; Gia Lai: 13♂♂, 3♀♀, Kon Ka Kinh NP, 880 m, Ho.2.0069–Ho.2.0079, Ho.2.0083, Ho.2.0084, Ho.2.0086–Ho.2.0088, light trap, 31.v.2011, coll. Ta Huy Thinh and Hoang Vu Tru; 3♂♂, 4♀♀, samle locality, Ho.2.0029–Ho.2.0035, light trap, 1.vi.2011, Hoang Vu Tru and Tran Thieu Du; 1♂, 1♀, AYun, Mang Yang, 900–1000 m, Ho.2.0123, Ho.2.0124, 1.vi.2011, coll. Ta Huy Thinh; 3♀♀, samle locality, Ho.2.0008–Ho.2.0010, light trap, 2.vi.2011, coll. Hoang Vu Tru; 1♂, 2♀♀, headsquarters of Kon Ka Kinh NP, 820 m, Ho.2.0111, Ho.2.0112, Ho.2.0122, light trap, 3.vi.2011, Hoang Vu Tru; 1♂, 1♀, AYun, Mang Yang, Ho.2.0137, Ho.2.0138, 3– 4.vi.201, Ta Huy Thinh; 1♀, samle locality, Ho.2.0093, light trap, 5.vi.2011; 1♂, Kon Loc 1, Dak Roong, Kbang, 900–1000 m, Ho.2.0004, light trap, 6.vi.2011; 2♀♀, Dak Roong, Kbang, Ho.2.0098, Ho.2.0099, light trap, 7.vi.2011, Hoang Vu Tru; 2♂♂, Dak Jo Ta, Mang Yang, Ho.2.0020, Ho.2.0021, 7–8.vi.2011, coll. Hoang Vu Tru and Tran Thieu Du; 1♂, 1♀, Dak Roong, Kbang, Ho.2.0064, Ho.2.0065, light trap, 8.vi.2011, coll. Hoang Vu Tru; 2♀♀, Dak Jo Ta, Mang Yang, Ho.2.0015, Ho.2.0016, 9.vi.2011, coll. Ta Huy Thinh and Cao Quynh Nga; 1♂, 3♀♀, headsquarters of Kon Ka Kinh NP, 820 m, Ho.2.0024–Ho.2.0027, light trap, 10.vi.2011, coll. Hoang Vu Tru; Lam Dong: 2♂♂, 2♀♀, Dambri, 800 m, v.2003 (VNMN).
Distribution. Vietnam (Vinh Phuc, Hoa Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Gia Lai, and Lam Dong) and China (Guangxi).
Remarks. This species is distinguished from Pomponia subtilita by the following characterestics: male operculum semicircular; spines of clasper very long, making inner arc longer than wide.
description: Published as part of Pham, Hong-Thai, Lee, Young June & Constant, Jerome, 2015, Cicada genus Pomponia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam and Cambodia, with a new species, a new record, and a key to the species, pp. 562-572 in Zootaxa 3925 (4) on page 569, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/236510