Mata kama ( Distant, 1881 )

Wang, Siyue, Jiang, Jinyuan & Wei, Cong, 2024, A review of the cicada genus Mata Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with description of one new species from China, Zootaxa 5541 (1), pp. 73-83 : 79-80

2. Mata kama ( Distant, 1881) , new record to China

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Pomponia kama Distant, 1881: 643 .

Mata kama, Distant, 1906: 120 .

Materials examined. 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Gaoligong Mountain, Baoshan City , Yunnan Province, light trap, 25.viii.2014, YNBS0825-01 , coll. Zizhong Yang ; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Gaoligong Mountain, Baoshan City , Yunnan Province, light trap, 25.viii.2014, YNBS0825-02 , coll. Zizhong Yang ; 1♀ ( NWAFU), China: Gaoligong Mountain, Baoshan City , Yunnan Province, light trap, 25.viii.2014, YNBS0825-03 , coll. Zhuangzhi Chen ; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Gaoligong Mountain, Baoshan City , Yunnan Province, light trap, 13.ix.2014, YNBS0913 , coll. Zhuangzhi Chen ; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Huanglian Mountain , Luchun County, Yunnan Province, light trap, 18.viii.2015, YNLC0818 , coll. Zhenxi Cao ; 1♀ ( NWAFU), China: Longling County, Yunnan Province, light trap, 14.viii.2014, YNLL0814 , coll. Zizhong Yang.

Measurements (in mm; 4♂♂ 2♀♀). Body length: ♂ 21.7–22.4, ♀ 22.3–22.9; fore wing length: ♂ 28.8–31.3, ♀ 33.6–36.9; fore wing width: ♂ 8.0–9.5, ♀ 10.0–10.5; width of head including eyes: ♂ 6.2–6.6, ♀ 7.1–7.5; pronotum width (including pronotal collar): ♂ 7.3–8.2, ♀ 8.8–8.9; mesonotum width: ♂ 6.1–6.7, ♀ 7.2–7.4.

Distribution. China (Yunnan), India.

Sequences of COI gene. Partial mitochondrial COI sequence with GenBank accession number: PP913766.

Material: 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Gaoligong Mountain, Baoshan City , Yunnan Province, light trap, 13.ix.2014, YNBS0913 , coll. Zhuangzhi Chen.

Diagnosis. Postclypeus prominent with blackish fasciae along submedian parts of transverse grooves laterally. Forewing with prominent infuscations on radial, radiomedial, medial and mediocubital crossveins; marginal series of minute fuscous spots present on apex of longitudinal veins of apical cells. Male opercula short, green with thin black margin. Timbal covers green with black triangular spot anteriorly and white spot covered with white wax powder laterally.

Remarks. Distant (1881) described Pomponia kama but later erected the genus Mata Distant, 1906 and transferred this species to Mata as the type species. The type locality of this species is “Darjeeling of Indian state of West Bengal”. In the present study, M. kama is reported in China for the first time.

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FIGURE 3. Mata kama (Distant, 1881). A. habitus of male (YNBS0825-01), dorsal view; B. habitus of male (YNBS0825-01), ventral view; C. habitus of female (YNBS0825-03), dorsal view; D. habitus of female (YNBS0825-03), ventral view.