Mogannia hebes ( Walker, 1858 )

Chen, Xiao, Yang, Mingsheng & Wei, Cong, 2012, Review of the cicada genus Mogannia Amyot & Serville from China, with descriptions of three new species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), Zootaxa 3568, pp. 1-35 : 11-14

Mogannia hebes ( Walker, 1858)

Figures 7–8

Cephaloxys hebes Walker, 1858: 38

Mogannia hebes Stål, 1862: 483 ; Atkinson, 1886, 192; Distant, 1892: 121; Distant, 1906: 107; Matsumura, 1907: 102; Matsumura,1917: 205; Kato, 1925: 33; Kato, 1927: 34; Schmidt, 1932: 131; Ouchi, 1938: 97; Liu, 1940: 103; Kato, 1956: 139; Metcalf, 1963: 873; Duffels & van der Laan, 1985: 181; Chou et al., 1997: 112.

Mogannia spurcata Walker, 1858: 27 .

Mogannia flavescens Kato, 1925: 34 ; Kato, 1927: 34; Kato, 1938: 313; Metcalf, 1963: 877.

Mogannia delta Kato, 1925: 37 ; Kato, 1927: 36; Kato, 1932: 367; Kato, 1956: 138; Metcalf, 1963: 867.

Mogannia ritozana Matsumura, 1927: 53 ; Kato, 1930: 67; Kato, 1932: 360; Metcalf, 1963: 878.

Mogannia katonis Matsumura, 1927: 54 ; Kato, 1932: 362; Schmidt, 1932: 130; Metcalf, 1963: 877.

Mogannia subfusca Kato, 1928: 32 ; Kato, 1930: 53; Kato, 1932: 364; Kato, 1956: 139; Metcalf, 1963: 886.

Description. Head ( Fig. 7 A–D) yellowish brown, with fuscous fascia between compound eyes; postclypeus shorter than vertex in dorsal view; apex of vertex with tuft of hairs; compound eye yellowish brown; ocellus ochraceous. Distance between lateral ocellus and corresponding eye longer than distance between lateral ocelli. Rostrum brown and fuscous apically, extending to apex of mid coxae.

Pronotum ( Fig. 7 C) yellowish brown, with pair of black falcate fasciae submedially and pair of light brown oblique fasciae laterally; posterior margin of pronotal collar green. Mesonotum ( Fig. 7 C) yellowish brown, with submedian sigilla and lateral sigilla black; cruciform elevation yellowish brown.

Legs ( Fig. 7 G) green; fore femur with primary spine appressed, rounded apically; secondary and subapical spines erect, sharp and short.

Wings ( Fig. 7 A–B) hyaline; basal half of fore wing light yellow, veins green, basal membrane and posterior margin of clavus brown; base of hind wing yellowish green.

Abdomen ( Fig. 7 A–B) mostly green and yellowish brown medially; a little longer than distance from head to cruciform elevation; terga II and III with pair of black large submedian patches in dorsal view, respectively; ventral surface of abdomen green. Timbal cover ( Fig. 7 F) yellowish brown, small and very short; timbal with eight ribs and seven intercalary ribs, caudal five ribs fused at base. Male operculum ( Fig. 7 E) green, a bit long, falcate, extending to anterior margin of sternite II; opercula widely separated from each other.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 8 A–D). Pygofer barrel-shaped in ventral view; dorsal beak in lateral view a little short, protruding slightly upwards; basal lobe of pygofer short and rounded apically; upper lobe of pygofer slender, nearly straight in lateral view; distal shoulder broadly rounded and convex submarginally, forming a distinct submargin in lateral view. Clasper in ventral view with median clasper process long, narrowed apically and slightly curved laterally; lateral clasper lobe short, broadened and rounded. Prominent lobe-like process at both sides of base of aedeagus short. Aedeagus with apex somewhat truncate in lateral view; five spine-like processes apically and subapically, all ventrally curved inwards in lateral view. Posterior margin of sternite VII rounded.

Female with ovipositor sheath extended to apex of abdomen; posterior margin of sternite VII with deep, ‘V’- shaped incision medially.

Measurements (103, 10Ƥ) (in mm). Body length: 3 13.5–18.5, Ƥ 12.0–15.0; fore wing length: 3 14.5–17.0, Ƥ 13.5–16.5; fore wing width: 3 4.5–6.0, Ƥ 4.5–6.0; width of head including eyes: 3 4.0–4.5, Ƥ 3.5–4.0; pronotum width (including pronotal collar): 3 4.5–6.0, Ƥ 5.0–7.0; mesonotum width: 3 4.0–5.0, Ƥ 4.0–5.5.

Material examined. 2Ƥ ( NWAFU), Fujian Prov., Jianyang, 19-V-1955, collector unknown; 23 ( NWAFU), Fujian Prov., Jianyang, 9-VI-1965, coll. Liu Shengli; 53, 1Ƥ ( NWAFU), Fujian Prov., Fuzhou, 6-VII-1965, coll. Liu Shengli; 13 (SWU), Chongqing, Beipei, 8-V-2007, coll. Wang Yanan; 13 (SWU), Chongqing, Beipei, 4-VI-2007, coll. Wang Yanan; 13 (SWU), Chongqing, Mt. Jinyunshan, 14-VI-2007, coll. Liu Xiaoming; 23 ( NWAFU), Zhejiang Prov., Mt. Tianmushan, 22-VI-1937, coll. K. F. Chen; 23 ( CAU), Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou, 25-VII-1957, coll. Li Fasheng; 73, 7Ƥ ( CAU), Sichuan Prov., Mt. Emeishan, 7-VII-1949, collector unknown; 13 ( CAU), Sichuan Prov., Mt. Emeishan, 18-VII-1957, coll. Wang Zongyuan; 13 ( NWAFU), Sichuan Prov., Jinchuan, 9-XI-1963, coll. Xiong Jiang; 13 ( NWAFU), Sichuan Prov., Mt. Emeishan, 25-VII-1986, coll. Gong Gengsi; 13 ( NWAFU), Jiangxi Prov., 24- VI-1941, collector unknown; 23 ( NWAFU), Shaanxi Prov., Ankang, 2-VII-1980, coll. Ma Ning; 23 ( NWAFU), Shaanxi Prov., Chenggu, 6-VII-1980, coll. Ma Ning; 23 ( NWAFU), Shaanxi Prov., Ningqiang, 18-VII-1984, coll. Tang Zhouhuai; 1Ƥ ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Guilin, 14-VII-1979, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 1Ƥ ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Longrui, 11-V-1984, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 153 ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Lingchuan, 14-V-1984, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 13 ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Guilin, 17-V-1984, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 13 ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Longrui, 27-V-1984, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 43, 1Ƥ ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Lingchuan, 6-VI-1984, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 43, Guangxi Prov., Lingchuan, 7-VI-1984, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 13, 1Ƥ, Guangxi Prov., Guilin, 9-VI-1984, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 23 ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Guilin, 11-VI-1984, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 23 ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Longrui, 13-V-1985, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 13 ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Longrui, 19-V-1985, coll. Lu Xiaolin; 63 ( NWAFU), Guangxi Prov., Bobai, 1-VI-1985, coll. Wang Jijian; 13 ( IZAS), Guangxi Prov., Longsheng, 7-VI-1963, coll. Shi Yongshan; 13 ( IZAS), Guangxi Prov., Longsheng, 18-VI-1963, coll. Wang Qiguang; 33 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Tongren, 20-VI-1988, coll. Shang Tao;13 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Tongren, 21-VI-1988, coll. Zhou Zhongxing; 13 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Tongren, 22-VI-1988, coll. Lin Yong; 13 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Tongren, 23-VI-1988, coll. Lu Chengyao; 23 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Tongren, 23-VI-1988, coll. Shi Zhi; 13 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Xingan, 3-VII –-1989, coll. Li Zhouquan; 13 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Tongren, 8-VII-2005, coll. Tan Danling; 13 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Huajiang, 2-VII-2006, coll. He Shijuan; 33 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Gaozhai, 2-VII-2006, coll. Li Zhouquan; 2Ƥ ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Gaozhai, 4-VII-2006, coll. Li Zhouquan; 1Ƥ ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Yong'an, 5-VII-2006, coll. Li Zhouquan; 13 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Yong'an, 11-VII-2006, coll. Su Yongqing; 13 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Yong'an, 12-VII-2006, coll. Lan Weihui; 13 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Yong'an, 13-VII-2006, coll. Wu Meimei; 43 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Gaozhai, 5-VII-2007, coll. Li Zhouquan; 33 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Gaozhai, 11- VII-2007, coll. Li Zhouquan; 13 ( GXNU), Guangxi Prov., Yongan, 13-VII-2007, coll. Li Zhouquan; 13 ( SYSU), Guangdong Prov., Mt. Nankunshan, 1-VII-1956, collector unknown; 13 ( SYSU), Guangdong Prov., Mt. Nankunshan, 17-VII-1959, collector unknown; 13 ( SYSU), Guangdong Prov., Fengkai, 8-VI-1983, coll. Weng Qiyong; 13 ( SYSU), Guangdong Prov., Fengkai, 2–VII–1987, coll. Wu Xinshe.

Biology. This species is widely distributed in low mountains of the Palaearctic Region and Oriental Region. Adults appear from April to August. They often perch on ventral surface of leaves. Singing usually occurs in the full sunshine in the morning, but sometimes occurs at night if sufficient electric light is provided ( Lee, 2004). According to Hayashi (1976), cicadas of this species suck juice from stems or mid-ribs of leaves and copulate in end-to-end style on the leaves, and females lay eggs into stems and mid-ribs of leaves, sitting mainly on the underside of leaves.

Variations. The coloration of body is variable, from yellowish brown to dark green, probably due to discoloration.

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Chongqing, Sichuan, Shaanxi), Japan, North Korea.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Mogannia hebes (Walker), male. A. habitus, dorsal view; B. habitus, ventral view; C. head and thorax, dorsal view; D. face; E. thorax and anterior part of abdomen, ventral view; F. timbal and timbal cover, dorsal view; G. left fore leg, showing the spines on fore femur.

FIGURE 8. Mogannia hebes (Walker), male. A, C. male genitalia, left lateral view; B, D. male genitalia, ventral view.