New genus and new species of spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from the Philippines
Author
Crispolon, Elorde Jr. S.
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Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS; CP 50, Entomologie, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan Cotabato, Philippines. Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, 4031, Philippines and Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, 4031, Philippines.
elorde.crispolon@edu.mnhn.fr
Author
Guilbert, Eric
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Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS; CP 50, Entomologie, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan Cotabato, Philippines. Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, 4031, Philippines and Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, 4031, Philippines.
eric.guilbert@mnhn.fr
Author
Yap, Sheryl A.
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Author
Soulier-Perkins, Adeline
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Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS; CP 50, Entomologie, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan Cotabato, Philippines. Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, 4031, Philippines and Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, 4031, Philippines.
adeline.soulier@mnhn.fr
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-11-16
778
90
135
journal article
3502
10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1571
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2118-9773
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Genus
Mioscarta
Breddin, 1901
Mioscarta
Breddin, 1901: 123
(new genus), 183 (Zoogeography).
Type
species
Mioscarta forcipata
Breddin, 1901
.
Diagnosis
The genus can be identified by the following combination of characters:
Habitus general shape dorso-ventrally flattened, in lateral view total length nearly 4 times height (
Figs 2
,
4–11A
). Pronotum angle not more than 25° (
Figs 2
,
4–11A
). Distance between ocellus and compound eye 2 times ocellus diameter (
Fig. 1A
). Ocelli large, distance between eyes less than 8 times ocellus diameter (
Fig. 1A
). Apical reticulation of the tegmen generally developed and reduced in few cases (
Figs 4–11A–C
). Widest part of postclypeus in frontal view is at midheight (
Fig. 1A
). Apical curve of tegmen visible in dorsal view (
Figs 4–11C
). Widest part of habitus in dorsal view at midlength of tegmen (
Figs 4–11C
). Male subgenital plates is at least 1.5 times longer than pygofer height. Male subgenital plates appendage always present, longer than main plate (
Figs 5
,
7–8
,
10–11F
).
Among the
Rhinaulacini
,
Mioscarta
closely resembles
Trigonoschema
Crispolon & Soulier-Perkins
gen. nov.
with respect to the distance between ocelli, postclypeus shape in frontal view, postclypeus longitudinal groove, apical cells of the tegmen, Rp posterior wing, absence of r-m crossvein, and presence of sterno-lateral plate between subgenital plate and pygofer while
Peociloterpa
with respect to postclypeus longitudinal groove, absence of r-m crossvein, presence of sterno-lateral plate between subgenital plate and pygofer and paramere general shape, but they differ by the following characters presented in
Table 2
below.
Fig. 3.
Posterior wings.
A
.
Mioscarta
sp.
B
.
Poeciloterpa
sp.
Distribution
India
,
Indonesia
(Borneo,
Flores
and
Sulawesi
),
Malaysia
(Borneo), and
Philippines
.
Key to the species of Philippine
Mioscarta
Breddin, 1901
1. Tegmen containing red coloration (
Figs 4–6
,
10
) ............................................................................. 2
– Tegmen without red coloration (
Figs 7–9
,
11
) ................................................................................. 5
2. Basal third of tegmen yellowish (
Figs 4
,
10
) .................................................................................... 3
– Basal third of tegmen brown or reddish (
Figs 5–6
) .......................................................................... 4
3. Narrow brown transverse band following basal third then tegmen getting darker and redder toward apex (
Fig. 10
) ...............................................................................................
M. semperi
Jacobi, 1905
– No narrow transverse band but a brown patch within basal area, a large reddish band underlines costal and apical margins (
Fig. 4
) ...............................................................
M. basilana
Jacobi, 1927
4. Basal third of tegmen reddish, rest of the tegmen darker brown with red underlining veins (
Fig. 5
) ................................................................................................
M. ferruginea
(
Walker, 1851
)
– Tegmen with basal third brown getting lighter in second third and slightly darker in last apical third with red underlying veins (
Fig. 6
) ................................................................
M. lutea
Schmidt, 1925
5. Tegmen coloration containing some black (
Figs 8–9
) ...................................................................... 6
– Tegmen coloration from yellowish to brown only (
Figs 7
,
11
) ........................................................ 7
6. Tegmen entirely black except for the very orange base (
Figs 8–9
)
M. obscuripennis
Schmidt, 1920
– Tegmen basally yellowish brown and apically black ...........................
M. flavobasalis
Jacobi, 1927
7. Tegmen brownish and opaque, darker toward apex, pronotum brownish (
Fig. 7
) ............................. ................................................................................
M. nubisa
Crispolon & Soulier-Perkins
sp. nov.
– Tegmen yellow with some brown and translucent parts, pronotum yellowish with darker irregular patch in middle (
Fig. 11
) ....................................................
M. translucida
Crispolon & Yap
sp. nov.