First record of the cicada genus Karenia Distant, 1888 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species
Author
Thai, Pham Hong
Author
Yang, Jeng-Tze
text
Zootaxa
2012
3153
32
38
journal article
45705
10.5281/zenodo.279585
55608c6a-8e7c-48c8-b9b9-2626411672af
1175-5326
279585
Genus
Karenia
Distant
Karenia
Distant, 1888
: 457
;
Distant, 1890
: 91
;
Distant, 1892
: 126
;
Distant, 1906
: 160
;
Chen, 1933
: 36
;
Chou
et al
., 1997
: 37
;
Wei
et al
., 2009
: 338
.
Sinosena
Chen, 1943
: 45;
Boulard, 1975
: 2.
Type
species:
Karenia ravida
Distant, 1888
.
Diagnosis.
Head (including eyes) narrower than base of mesonotum, dorsally with median black mark enclosing ocelli; pronotum including pronotal collar distinctly wider than head, anterolateral margin of pronotal collar with small but distinct tooth, pronotum with pair of central fasciae, connected near pronotal collar; mesonotum slightly narrower than pronotal collar, with six black fasciae; pair of submedian sigilla, pair of lateral sigilla, and pair of spots in front of anterior angles of cruciform elevation; cruciform elevation elongate. Postclypeus fairly strongly produced; rostrum extending slightly beyond posterior trochanter. Forewing and hind wing hyaline; forewing with infuscations on r, r-m, m, m-cu, and CuA2, also distinctly or slightly spotted on apices of RA2,
RP
, M1, M2, M3, M4, and CuA1; timbal organs absent; male opercula widely separated, a bit elongated, reaching to half length or two thirds of abdominal sternite III. Anterior femora usually with two distinct spines and very small distal spine; lateral pygofer lobe broadly rounded apically; basal part of uncus large and distinctly expanded laterally; apical part of uncal lobe with lateral spine.
Distribution:
northern
Vietnam
; central and southern
China
;
Burma
.