The Genus Euricania Melichar (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) From China
Author
Xu, Chang-Qing
Author
Liang, Ai-Ping
Author
Jiang, Guo-Mei
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2006
2006-02-28
54
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4507945
2345-7600
4507945
Euricania xizangensis
Chou & Lu
(
Figs. 66-78
)
Euricania xizangensis
Chou & Lu, 1981: 225
;
Chou et al., 1985: 70
.
Material examined. –
China
:
4 males
,
2 females
,
XIZANG
:
Motuo
,
800-1100m
, coll.
G. D. Ren
,
17 Aug.2003
(HU)
;
1 female
,
Muotuo
,
Maniwong
,
930m
, coll.
F. S. Huang
,
25 Aug.1974
(
IZCAS
)
;
2 males
,
2 females
,
Muotuo
, coll. G.
T
.
Jin
,
13 Jul.1980
(
SIE
)
.
Length (incl. teg.). –
Male 10.5-11.0 mm, female 11.0-
11.5 mm
.
Description. –
Head (incl. eyes) (
Fig. 66
) wider than pronotum. Frons (
Fig. 67
) piceous, sublateral carinae longer than half length of central carina at about 1:2; lateral carinae with basal part black and apical part light brown. Carina between eyes brown with median part black. Clypeus brown, central carina light brown. Vertex (
Fig. 66
) piceous, wider at anterior margin than long in middle line about 12.8:1, posterior corner without macula or with indistinct macula; carinate laterally, without central carina; occipital margin carinate, piceous. Pronotum piceous, narrow, wider at widest part than long in middle line about 6:1; punctated beside central carina; anterior margin carinate. Mesonotum and mesopleura piceous.
Tegmina (
Fig. 68
) with costal marginal fascia piceous, with a yellow or yellowish spot near middle, posterior corner of the spot with one very small white spot; apical area piceous; apical margin and inner margin with piceous fasciae; disc with one transverse piceous fascia which is interrupted or disappeared near claval suture; common stem of R1 and R2 longer than basal cell, common stem closed to claval suture. Wings (
Fig. 69
) with apical margin with a piceous fascia, costal margin and inner margin without fasciae.
Legs brown; fore femora with 2-4 lateral spines; middle femora with 2-5 lateral spines. Abdomen piceous. Tegula dark brown or piceous. Eyes piceous, ocelli rufous.
Male genitalia. –
Anal segment (
Figs. 70, 71
) in dorsal view longer than wide at middle about 1.5:1, lateral margin convex, apical margin truncate, basal margin almost straight; ventral margin in profile (
Fig. 70
) strongly convex; anal style set about in middle, close to apex. Aedeagus with connective symmetrical. Phallobase (
Fig. 73
) with dorsal process short, directed laterad, shorter than half length of phallobase in middle line about 1:3.3; lateral process shorter than dorsal process at about 1:1.3. In ventral view (
Fig. 74
), phallobase constricted medially, apex concave medially; lateral process shorter than phallobase in middle line about 1:2.6. In profile view (
Fig. 75
), phallobase dilated near base. Genital styles (
Fig. 70
) longer than wide at middle about 3:1.
Female genitalia. –
Anal segment (
Fig. 75
) rather small, ventral margin in profile slightly convex; anal style set beyond middle; in dorsal view (
Fig. 76
), apical margin straight, ventral margin nearly straight, lateral margins convex. Gonophysis VIII (
Fig. 77
) shoe-shaped, basal part and anterior part in a right angle, teeth of anterior part dilated apically. Pregenital sternite (
Fig. 78
) with anterior margin produced forward medially. Bursa copulatrix with second pouch smaller than first pouch.
Distribution. –
China
(
Xizang
).
Remarks. –
This species is similar to
E. longa
and
E. facialis
, but can be separated from
E. longa
by its shorter dorsal spinose process of male phallobase (
Fig. 72
) and longer sublateral carinae of frons (
Fig. 67
) and from
E. facialis
by its dilated basal part of male aedeagus (
Fig. 74
), distinct carina of clypeus (
Fig. 67
) and the whole black body.