Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Namibia, with records from neighbouring countries
Author
Huang, Min
Author
Holzinger, Werner E.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2717
34
52
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.199755
94e7e9f8-80da-4f23-9a01-facf6a145f45
1175-5326
199755
Eumecurus kibuyanus
(
Fennah, 1955
)
Figs 6
,
52–58
Oliarus kibuyanus
Fennah, 1955
: 427
(
Ruanda
: Rubengera,
1900 m
, terr. Kibuye)
Eumecurus kibuyanus
(Fennah)
,
Emeljanov 1992
Material examined.
Namibia
:
1 male
, Mahango Game Reserve, (
18°16’S
,
21°42’E
),
2.iii.1992
, E. Marais and M. Pusch;
1 male
, Nkasa Island, E. Caprivi, S.W.A. (
18°27’S
,
23°36’E
),
3.x.1987
, E. Marais (all
NMNW
).
FIGURES 43–51.
Eumecurus incompletus
. 43. aedeagus, dorsal view; 44. same, ventral view; 45. male anal tube from the right; 46. same, from the left; 47. same, ventral view; 48. same, dorsal view; 49. male genital styles; 50. male genital segment from the right; 51. same, from the left [specimen from Okavango, 80km W Rundu].
FIGURES 52–58.
Eumecurus kibuyanus
. 52. aedeagus, dorsal view; 53. same, ventral view; 54. male genital segment from the right; 55. same, from the left; 56. male genital styles; 57. male anal tube, from the right; 58. same, from the left [specimen from Nkasa Island, E. Caprivi].
Description.
See
Van
Stalle (1987
: 27 (as
Oliarus kibuyanus
).
Distribution.
Eastern central Africa:
Ruanda
,
Zaire
,
Uganda
,
Kenya
,
Tanzania
. We present the first records from
Namibia
; here it is obviously restricted to the Caprivi area.
Eumecurus kibuyanus
belongs to a group of three closely related but geographically separated taxa:
E. kibuyanus
is known from the East African Highlands, from
Ruanda
in the north to Lake Mweru in the south,
E. chiluvoensis
(
Van Stalle, 1987
)
is recorded from
Zimbabwe
and
Mozambique
, and
E. pondolandensis
(
Van Stalle, 1987
)
from eastern
South Africa
. Our specimens, originating from Caprivi, increase the known area of
E. kibuyanus
considerably towards the south and west. Thus, it is very likely that the transition zone between
E. kibuyanus
and
E. chiluvoensis
is the region of the Zambesi river.