Chinaria pueblaensis, Sanborn, 2007

Sanborn, Allen F., 2007, New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae), Zootaxa 1651, pp. 1-42 : 5-9

Chinaria pueblaensis sp.n.

( figs. 7 –12)

Type material. — Holotype male: “ MEXICO: Puebla, Rio Patla , near Patla, 19–VIII–1994, Baumann & Kondratieff ” ( BYUC).

Etymology. The species is named for the state in which the type specimen was collected.

Description

Coloration.—Ground color green marked with tawny and fuscus ( fig. 7 ).

Head ( fig. 8 ).—Not as wide as mesonotum. Epicranial suture posterior to median ocellus and between lateral ocelli tawny. Testaceous line between lateral and median ocelli. Crescent-shaped fuscus mark extending from posteriolateral border of lateral ocellus to anterior arm of epicranial suture. Four fuscus spots on posterior head between lateral ocelli and eye, lateral pair elongated medial to eye. Margin of vertex along eye tawny. Tawny mark medial to anterior angle of eye on lateral vertex. Silver pile on posterior head, longer posterior to eye. Gold pile on vertex between lateral ocelli and antennae and on each side of frontoclypeal suture. White pubescence on lateral portions of frontoclypeal suture. Anterior margin of supra-antennal plate tawny. Postclypeus tawny laterally, darker along lateral frontoclypeal suture, and along ventral midline. White pubescence laterally and within transverse grooves. Anteclypeus fuscus except for green anterior three quarters of midline, lateral surfaces covered with white pubescence. Rostrum green, fuscus tip. Lorum tawny with transverse fuscus stripe about one third distance posterior and fuscus spot at junction with anteclypeus and postclypeus covered with white pubescence. Gena with fuscus spot between antenna and eye. White pubescence medially and under supra-antennal plate.

Thorax ( fig. 8 ).—Lateral margin of pronotal collar expanded, anterior margin tawny, posterior margin fuscus . Fuscus mark in anterior half of paramedian fissure extending posteriorly on pronotum towards but not reaching pronotal collar. Lateral fissure fuscus , extending anteriorly onto lateral margin of pronotal collar producing a fuscus spot and posteriorly to pronotal collar. Lateral ambient fissure incompletely marked with fuscus . Fuscus spot on midline anterior to pronotal collar, a fine tawny line extending posteriorly across pronotal collar. Pronotum covered with fine silver pile except along midline. Gold pile on anterior midline and posterior ends of paramedian fissures. Mesonotum with anterior three quarters of submedian sigilla tawny with anterior median fuscus spot and fuscus line along parapsidal suture which expands medially at terminus at posterior border of tawny mark. Area between paraspidal suture and lateral sigilla tawny with silver pile medially and gold pile along sutures on anterior half. Lateral sigilla marked with tawny, a fuscus mark anteriorly on medial border and small fuscus line just lateral to this mark. A fuscus spot on posterior lateral sigilla. Lateral mesonotum fuscus , covered with gold pile, a white pubescent spot on anterior border. Tawny triangle with base lateral to midline between posterior submedian sigilla and depression anterior to cruciform elevation. Scutal depression fuscus . Anterior half of anterior arm of cruciform elevation tawny with central fuscus stripe. Cruciform elevation green marked posteriorly and medially with tawny. Gold pile medially and posteriorly. Silver pile laterally on cruciform elevation, on posterior mesonotum and in depression between anterior arms of cruciform elevation. Wing groove and metanotum edged with gold pile. Ventral surface green, tawny marks on posterior katepisternum 2, anterior katepimeron 2, basisternum 2 and 3, and trochantin 2 and 3.

Legs.—Green marked with tawny and fuscus . Coxae and trochanters with tawny stripe centrally with proximal and distal with fuscus marks. Fore femora with tawny stripe, anterior edge, a lateral spot distally and lateral margin with spines fuscus . Middle and hind legs marked with proximally and distally and striped with tawny. Tibiae striped with anterior and distal fuscus marks, darker in anterior legs. Tibial spurs fuscus . Tarsals and claws fuscus except green anterior half of pretarsus of middle and hind legs.

Tegmina and wings ( fig. 7 ).—Hyaline, heavily infuscated. Tegmina with eight apical cells. Basal venation of tegmina green, turning tawny distally. Costal margin tawny at base. Basal cell green. Basal membrane tawny. Infuscation along arculus, proximal cubitus anterior, proximal cubitus posterior + anal vein 1, proximal third of anal vein 2 + 3, split of marginal vein with marginal vein 3 + 4 to nodal line, marginal vein between split of marginal vein 1 + 2 and node, distal cubitus posterior + anal vein 1 along cubitus anterior 2 to proximal portion of distal cubitus anterior after split of cubitus anterior 2, continuous mark beginning at split of cubitus anterior and cubitus anterior 2 following crossveins to subcostal vein, small spot in middle of ulnar cell 1 anterior to radius posterior vein, continuous spot on distal third of radius anterior 1, radius anterior 2, radius posterior and marginal vein 1 extending to ambient vein and onto margin leaving hyaline area distally in apical cells 1–3, a spot on marginal vein 1 between other infuscations, a more distal spot on marginal vein 2, and spots on distal ambient vein prior to junctions with marginal cells 2–4 and cubitus anterior 1 which extend onto margin. Wings with six apical cells. Venation of wings green becoming tawny distally. Infuscation in proximal costal and radial cells, marginal cell except posterior border connecting to line extending anteriorly along crossveins from mediocubital crossvein radius anterior and proximal ambient vein, proximal cubital cell, anterior cubital cell 2, anal cell 1, anal cell 2 along anal veins 2 and 3 and posterior margin, anal cell 3, and ambient vein from distal third of apical cell 1 to middle of apical cell 6 which extends into apical cells 1–6 and onto margin. Proximal anal cell 3 and anal cell 2 along anal vein 3 greenish.

Operculum (fig. 10).—Male operculum green with tawny anterior spot lateral to meracanthus, not reaching the anterior border of sternite II. Lateral border edged with tawny. Rounded posteriolaterally and medially. Opercula well separated along midline reaching the middle of hind leg coxa. Operculum covered with white pubescence, long gold pile radiating from posterior and posterior half of lateral borders. Meracanthus green with a tawny central spot, covered with white pubescence.

Abdomen ( figs. 7 ).—Dorsal abdomen green except tawny tergite 1 centrally and laterally, tergite 2, dorsolateral portions of tergites 3–8. Anterior border of tergite 2 fuscus to timbal cover. Lateral posterior tergite 1 marked with fuscus continuing to form fuscus spot on anterior tergite 2. Lateral tawny spot on tergites 3–7. Tergite 8 with lateral white pubescence. Dorsal abdomen covered with gold pile except for silver pile on posterior tergite 1, medial tergite 2, and posterior lateral surface of tergites 2–6. Timbal cover small, covering a portion of the posterior lateral timbal, lateral apex edged in tawny. Ventral abdomen green, lateral sternite VII and all of sternite VIII tawny. Transverse fuscus mark across midline of posterior sternite II and anterior sternite III. Sternites I and II and anteriolateral portions of sternites III–VII covered with white pubescence. Sternite VIII tawny with fuscus base, dusted with white pubescence. Sternites III–VI partially transparent. Fine gold pile on ventral abdominal segments.

Male genitalia (figs. 11, 12).—Pygofer tawny, dorsal and posterior surfaces fuscus . Pygofer curved, dorsal beak absent. Median uncus lobes arching, Terminus rounded producing a medial indented arch. Each terminal lobe with central circular depression..

Measurements (in mm).— Male (n=1). Length of body: 36.38; length of fore wing: 47.90; width of fore wing: 14.90; length of head: 3.44; width of head including eyes: 10.40; width of pronotum including suprahumeral plates: 19.12; width of mesonotum: 10.74.

Notes.— Chinaria mexicana Davis , and C. similis Davis are the other species of Chinaria Davis reported from Mexico ( Metcalf 1963a). All are similarly colored and have heavily infuscated wings. Chinaria pueblaensis can be separated from these species by the structure of the male genitalia (genitalia of both C. mexicana and C. similis are illustrated in Davis [1942]). The genitalia of C. mexicana is most similar to C. pueblaensis but the terminal portions of the uncus bend laterally in C. mexicana while the uncus has parallel sides in C. pueblaensis . Chinaria mexicana appears to have the largest range along the west coast of Mexico while C. similaris is known from Guerrero ( Davis 1942). Chinaria pueblaensis was collected east of the known distributions of the other species. The holotype of C. pueblaensis was collected along a river at medium elevation in a transitional habitat (R. Baumann personal communication).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Chinaria pueblaensis n.sp. holotype male. Bar = 2 cm. FIGURE 8. Chinaria pueblaensis n.sp. holotype dorsal head and prothorax. FIGURE 9. Chinaria pueblaensis n.sp. holotype male timbal cover.