Paharia putoni (Distant, 1892)

Wang, Xu, Duffels, Joannes P. & Wei, Cong, 2017, Review of the cicada genus Paharia Distant (Hemiptera, Cicadidae), with the description of a new species and its allied species, European Journal of Taxonomy 349, pp. 1-14 : 6-8

Paharia putoni (Distant, 1892)

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Tibicina lacteipennis Puton, 1883: 45 .

Tibicen putoni Distant, 1892a: 67 (nom. nov. pro Tibicina lacteipennis Puton, 1883 [nec Tibicen lacteipennis Walker, 1850 ]).

Sena lacteipennis – Distant 1906: 82.

Psalmocharias lacteipennis – Distant 1914: 10.

Paharia putoni – China 1926: 376.

Paharia putoni putoni – Sanborn 2013: 699.

Tibicina (Paharia) putoni – Boulard 1977: 564.

Material examined

TURKEY: 12 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀, Van, Kurubas Geçidi, 2100 m, st. 261, 18 Jul. 1985, H. v. Oorschot and H. v. d. Brink leg. ( ZMAN); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, same collection data as precedent ( NWAFU); 11 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Van, Kurubas Geçidi, 2200 m, st. 606, 3 Jul. 1990, H. v.d. Brink, D. v.d. Poorten and W. de Prins leg. ( ZMAN); 9 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, Mus, Seferek Geçidi, 6 km ENE of Varto, 1900–2000 m, st. 2612, 25 Jun. 2000, H. v. Oorschot, H. v. d. Brink and P. Oosterbroek leg. ( ZMAN); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, same collection data as precedent ( NWAFU); 2 ♂♂, Van, N of Catak, 1900 m, st. 604, 2–5 Jun. 1990, H. v.d. Brink, D. v.d. Poorten and W. de Prins leg. ( ZMAN).

IRAN: 10 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Mãzandarãn, Khoshye’alaq, Khosh Yeilãq, 2000–2500 m, 4–6 Jul. 1972, W.L. Blom leg. ( ZMAN); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Ostan Mãzandarãn, Kūh-e-Sovar, Khosh Yeilãq, 1900– 2100 m, 22–24 Jun. 1978, W.L. Blom leg. ( ZMAN).

Description

MEASUREMENTS (in mm; n = 10 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀). Body length: ♂ 24.5–27.9, ♀ 21.6–26.1; fore wing length: ♂ 29.9–36.0, ♀ 29.2–33.3; width of head including eyes: ♂ 6.2–6.9, ♀ 5.8–7.0; pronotum width (including pronotal collar): ♂ 9.2–10.0, ♀ 9.0–10.5; mesonotum width: ♂ 7.4–8.7, ♀ 7.2–8.9.

HEAD ( Fig. 3 A–B). Head including eyes much narrower than base of mesonotum; mostly black with a thin yellow spot extending from median ocellus to posterior margin of head. Distance between lateral ocellus and corresponding compound eye about equal to distance between lateral ocelli. Eyes green, ocelli red. Lorum black, covered with golden hairs. Postclypeus black, with yellow lateral and posterior margins in ventral view, and covered with long golden hairs. Anteclypeus black. Rostrum yellow basally and black apically, reaching mid coxae.

THORAX ( Fig. 3A , C–D). Inner area of pronotum black and distinctly longer than head, covered with dense golden hairs; a faint central longitudinal fascia yellow. Pronotal collar black without markings, covered with golden hairs. Mesonotum black with somewhat quadrangled marking around corresponding scutal depression; pair of yellow fasciae along lateral margins of mesonotum. Cruciform elevation yellow. Thoracic sternites black, covered with dense golden hairs.

LEGS ( Fig. 3B, H ). Mostly yellow. Fore femur with black marking near posterior margin in lateral view; primary spine pointed apically and slightly oblique to femur; secondary spine large, curved downward; subapical spine undeveloped. Trochanter with black marking. Tibiae fuscous to black basally.

WINGS ( Fig. 3 A–B). Hyaline; fore wing pale yellow without markings; veins thick and brown; costal vein yellow. Hind wing not tinged.

Male

ABDOMEN ( Fig. 3 A–B, E). About as long as head and thorax together; black with white pruinosity on lateral areas and golden hairs on median areas of each tergite. Timbal covers yellow with black markings, undeveloped dorsally and leaving dorso-lateral timbal cavity wide open. Opercula black with yellow posterior margin, not overlapping each other centrally, not reaching posterior margin of abdominal sternite II. Abdominal sternites black and covered with golden hairs; deeply depressed, with epipleurites strongly developed and very prominent; epipleurites black with lateral margins yellow. Sternite VIII longer than length of two preceding sternites together.

GENITALIA ( Fig. 3 F–G). Pygofer elliptical in ventral view, with long, silvery hairs. Basal lobes of pygofer curved inward distally. Anal styles yellow to fuscous. Uncus black; medial uncal lobe black and tapering to apex, with apex blunt and lower margin nearly straight in lateral view. Aedeagal shaft elongated, curved anteriorly and then posteriorly, apex sickle-shaped.

Female

ABDOMEN. About as long as head and thorax together, dorsally black with white hairs on lateral and median areas of tergites but without distinct marking. Opercula black with narrow yellow posterior margin, not overlapping and not reaching posterior margin of abdominal sternite II. Abdominal sternites black and covered with silvery hairs; epipleurites prominent, black with yellow lateral margins. Sternite VIII with deep median incision, black with distal lobes orange-yellow. Lower part of segment IX orangeyellow to yellowish brown.

Distribution

Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

Remarks

This species is morphologically very close to Pa. oorschoti sp. nov. (for detail, see Remarks for Pa. oorschoti sp. nov.).

Figures

Fig. 3. Paharia putoni (Distant, 1892) (♂, adult), Turkey, Van, Kurubas Geçidi. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Head and thorax, dorsal view. D. Head and thorax, ventral view. E. Abdomen, ventral view. F. Pygofer, ventral view. G. Pygofer, lateral view. H. Left fore leg, showing the spines on fore femur.