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 facialis
Melichar, 1898
(
Figs. 1-13
)
Euricania facialis
Melichar, 1898: 259
;
Distant, 1906: 385
;
Chou et al., 1985: 74
.
Material examined. –
China
:
1 male
,
FUJIAN
:
Jianyang
,
Huangkeng
,
Guilin
,
290-310m
, coll.
F. J. Pu
,
4 Aug.1960
;
3 males
,
Jianyang
,
Huangkeng
,
Changxian
,
340-400m
, coll.
C. L. Ma
23 Jul.1960
;
1 male
,
Jianyang
,
Guilin
, coll.
Y. G. Li
,
14 Jul.1979
;
3 males
,
1 female
,
Wuyi
, coll.
Z. X. Cui
,
14 Jul.1984
;
2 males
,
2 females
,
San’gang
, coll.
S. Z. Wang
,
15 Jul.1984
;
1 male
,
Fuzhou
,
Kuiqi
,
100-200m
, coll. unknown,
2 Aug.1955
;
1 female
,
Jianyang
,
Huangkeng
,
Guilin
,
300m
, coll.
S. Q. Jiang
,
4 Aug.1955
;
1 female
,
Shaowu
,
Chengguan
,
150m
, coll.
F. J. Pu
,
28 Jun.1955
;
2 males
,
1 female
,
ZHEJIANG
:
Hangzhou
,
Lingyin
, coll.
Y. Chou
,
19 Jul.1963
;
2 males
,
Wuyanling
, coll.
B. Zhen
,
20 Jul.1983
;
6 males
,
4 females
,
JIANGXI
:
Poyang
, coll. unknown,
15 Jun.1930
;
2 males
,
Nanchang
,
Meiling
, coll.
P. Y. Zhu
,
4 Jun.1987
;
1 male
,
1 female
,
HENAN
:
Jigongshan
,
500m
,
H. X. Wu
,
14 Jul.2001
;
7 males
,
2 females
,
Jigongshan
, coll.
Y. L. Wang
&
M. N. Wang
,
17 Aug.1990
;
1 male
,
SHANXI
:
Wugong
, coll.
Y. J. Liu
,
17 Jul.1954
(all in
IZCAS
except
2 males
,
1 female
in
RMBR
)
.
Japan
:
1 male
,
1 female
,
Kyoto
, coll.
K. Eki
,
22 Aug.1931
;
1 male
,
Tokyo
:
Aoyama
, coll.
M. Higashino
,
9 Aug. 1938
;
1 female
,
Kyoto
, coll.
Y. Yie
,
20 Sep.1935
(
IZCAS
)
.
Length (incl. teg.). –
Male
9.5-10.5 mm
, female 10.5-11.0 mm.
Description. –
General colour brown. Head (
Fig. 1
) (including eyes) narrower than pronotum. Frons (
Fig. 2
) brown; central carina longer than half length of frons; sublateral carinae shorter than central carina at about 1:1.4; lateral carinae light brown; carina between eyes light brown. Clypeus yellow, ecarinate. Vertex yellow, wider at anterior margin than long in middle line at about 1:16, without central carina, posterior corner with light brown macula, occipital margin carinate, brown. Pronotum brown, narrow, wider at widest part than long in middle line about 1:6.5, punctated beside central carina; anterior margin carinate. Mesonotum and mesopleura brown.
Figs. 1-13.
Euricania facialis
Melichar
: 1, vertex, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; 2, frons and clypeus; 3, tegmina; 4, wing; 5, male genitalia, left side; 6, male anal segment, dorsal view; 7, aedeagus, dorsal view; 8, aedeagus, ventral view; 9, aedeagus, left side; 10, female genitalia, left side; 11, female anal segment, dorsal view; 12, gonophysis VIII, right side; 13, pregenital sternite. Scale bars: Figs. 1, 2, 10 = 1.25mm; Figs. 3, 4 = 3.2mm; Fig. 5 = 0.635mm; Figs. 6, 7-9, 11 = 0.4mm; Figs. 12, 13 = 0.5mm.
Tegmina (
Fig. 3
) with costal marginal fascia brown, with a yellow spot near middle; apical and inner margins with brown fasciae; disc with a transverse, brown fascia; common stalk of R1 and R2 longer than base cell. Wings (
Fig. 4
) small, costal margin and inner margin with narrow, brown fasciae; apical margin with a broad, brown fascia.
Legs yellowish, fore femora with 3-4 lateral spines; middle coxa with one basal spine; middle femora with 3-5 lateral spines. Abdomen brown or dark brown. Tegula dark brown. Eyes grey. Ocelli golden.
Male genitalia. –
Anal segment (
Figs. 5, 6
) large, oblong in dorsal view (
Fig. 6
), longer than wide at middle at about 1.5:1, lateral margins almost straight, apical margin slightly concave, basal margin strongly convex, ventral margin in profile (
Fig. 5
) strongly convex; anal style set in middle but close to apex. Aedeagus with connective symmetrical. Phallobase (
Fig. 7
) with dorsal process short, shorter than half length of phallobase in middle line about 1:3, directed cephalad and laterad; lateral process shorter than dorsal process at about 1:2. In ventral view, phallobase (
Fig. 8
) constricted medially, apex concave medially. In profile view (
Fig. 9
), phallobase not dilated near base. Genital styles (
Fig. 5
) longer than wide at middle about 3.6:1.
Female genitalia. –
Anal segment (
Fig. 10
) rather small, ventral margin in profile slightly convex; anal style set beyond middle, in dorsal view (
Fig. 11
), apical margin concave, ventral margin strongly concave, lateral margins convex. Gonophysis VIII (
Fig. 12
) shoe-shaped, basal part and anterior part in a right angle, anterior part dilated apically. Pregenital sternite (
Fig. 13
) with anterior and ventral margins nearly straight medially. Bursa copulatrix as in fig. 10.
Distribution. –
China
(
Fujian
,
Zhejiang
,
Jiangxi
,
Henan
,
Shanxi
,
Taiwan)
;
Japan
.
Remarks. –
This species is similar to
E. longa
,
new species
, but can be separated from the latter by its short spinose process of the male phallobase (
Fig. 7
) and its long sublateral carinae of the frons (
Fig. 2
).
Host plants. –
Silver chain, orange, tea plant, mulberry.