Neopurana Lee and Marshall, 2023

Lee, Young June, Marshall, David C., Mohagan, Alma B., Hill, Kathy B. R. & Mohagan, Dave P., 2023, Revised checklist of Cicadidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Mindanao, Philippines, with descriptions of a new genus and nine new species, Journal of Natural History 57 (1 - 4), pp. 193-242 : 217-218

Genus Neopurana Lee and Marshall gen. nov.

Type species

Neopurana bouptera Lee and Marshall sp. nov., monotypic.

Etymology

The generic name is feminine, a combination of the Greek prefix neo- meaning ̍new̾ and the name of an allied genus, Purana .

Description

Body small-sized (24.4 mm long in holotype of the type species). Head including compound eyes (6.8 mm wide in holotype) about as wide as mesonotum (6.7 mm wide in holotype). Postclypeus moderately swollen. Rostrum slightly passing beyond hind coxae. Anterolateral pronotal collar not dentate. Wings hyaline. Fore wing with infuscations on crossveins and along its hind submargin. Fore wing with very long apical cells, with ulnar cell 2 about as long as apical cell 4. Male operculum small, about as long as wide, extending to anterior margin of abdominal sternite III. Opercula widely separated from each other. Male abdomen long obconical, distinctly longer than head and thorax together. Male abdominal tergite 3 wider than mesonotum. Timbal cover about as long as wide, concealing timbal in dorsal view. Male abdominal sternite III with tubercle-like projection on each posterolateral surface, long protruding posteriorly. Male pygofer oval in ventral view. Uncus simple, short, not bifurcate. Distal shoulder not pointed. Basal lobe of pygofer absent.

Remarks

Neopurana Lee and Marshall gen. nov. resembles various species and species groups of the genus Purana Distant, 1905 in the following characters, and especially in the similarlooking marks and patterns on the mesonotum: body small-sized; wings hyaline; male operculum small; and male abdominal sternite III with tubercle-like projection on each lateral surface. However, this genus can be distinguished from Purana by the following characteristics: anterolateral pronotal collar not dentate; fore wing with very long apical cells; male abdominal sternite IV without tubercle-like projections; and aedeagus thick apically. This genus can be distinguished from all other genera of Puranina Lee, 2013 by the fore wing with very long apical cells and the aedeagus very thick apically (as illustrated in Figure 11 (C)).

Figures

Figure 11. Neopurana bouptera Lee and Marshall gen. and sp. nov., holotype, male, Mindanao, Philippines. (A) Dorsal habitus; (B) ventral habitus; (C) pygofer, slightly oblique ventral view.