Hylica Stål, 1863
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.4.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8203173 |
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Genus Hylica Stål View in CoL View at ENA
Type species: Hylica paradoxa Stål , by monotypy.
Diagnosis. Head, pronotum and mesonotum strongly tuberculate, pronotum medially carinate, posterior half with raised pair of oblique sublateral carinae on either side of median line. Hind wing costal margin with 3–4 stout setae in proximal half ( Fig. 13K, L View FIGURES 13 , 14B, C View FIGURES 14 ). Mesoscutum raised with lateral carinate margins in basal half, then flattish and apex much less raised. Abdomen obovate oval, pregenital segments VII and VIII in male and VI and VII in female with lateral lamellate lobes ( Fig. 12C–E View FIGURES 12 ). Meta femur distal macrosetae 2+0, metabasitarsomere plantar surface with uniform sized setae with normal alveoli, without stout macrosetae and with a few thin setae laterally, distal transverse row with 5 platellae flanked by one seta on either side ( Fig. 15D View FIGURES 15 ). Male pygofer without ventral process.Aedeagus with short atrium, well-developed elongate dorsal apodeme. Female valvula II with dorsal margin expanded about midlength and narrowed distally, with marginal fine teeth ( Figs 16C, D, G, H View FIGURES 16 ).
Description. Tang & Zhang (2018) have adequately redescribed the genus and hence only additional characters are mentioned here.
Forewing with claval veins fused for the most part in middle, with three subapical closed cells and 4 apical cells, median subapical cell longest. Hind wing costal margin with 3–4 stout setae in proximal half of costa. Metabasitarsomere plantar surface with uniform sized setae with normal alveoli, without stout setae and with a few thin setae laterally, distal transverse row with 5 platellae flanked by one seta on either side ( Fig. 15D View FIGURES 15 ).
Remarks. Tang & Zhang (2018) revised the genus and redescribed the type species and also one new species from south India. This genus along with Assiringia , Traiguma and Wolfella is included in the tribe Hylicini . Hylica and Traiguma have tuberculate head, but in Hylica tubercles on head are very extensive and in addition, pronotum and mesonotum are also tuberculate which are absent in Traiguma . The metabasitarsomere plantar surface in Traiguma has one stout seta with prominent alveolus, in Hylica setae are of uniform size with normal alveoli in addition to lateral hair-like setae are present. Both the genera lack a male pygofer ventral process and the forewing claval veins are fused in mid region in Hylica but in Traiguma they are separate all through their length.
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