Telogmometopius carinilabratus (Chou and Wu) Liang & Jiang & Webb, 2006

Liang, Ai-Ping, Jiang, Guo-Mei & Webb, M. D., 2006, Revision of the Oriental spittlebug genera Baibarana Matsumura and Telogmometopius Jacobi (Hemiptera: Cercopidae: Rhinaulacini), Journal of Natural History 40 (35 - 37), pp. 2071-2099 : 2092-2093

Telogmometopius carinilabratus (Chou and Wu) , comb. nov.

( Figures 2, 4, 7, 8 , 17–21 , 34 , 74–79 )

Baibarana carinilabrata Chou and Wu , in Chou et al. 1988, p 137, 139, Figure 5 . Holotype „, China (Yunnan) (IZCAS) [examined].

Description

Length: „ 7.5–8.4 mm, ♀ 7.5–8.5 mm.

Vertex and pronotum ochraceous; callous areas on posterior area of vertex and anterior area of pronotum brown, posterior area (excluding posterior margin) of pronotum brown; scutellum brown with apex and basal lateral angles ochraceous; face brown with median keel of frons and rostrum ochraceous, sometimes rostrum with apical segment suffused with brown; thorax ventrally brown with mesosterna, metapleura, and metasterna ochraceous; legs brown with apex of fore and middle femora and base of fore and middle tibiae, and hind tibiae and tarsi ochraceous; fore wings brown, apical part and costal margin in middle much darker; abdomen brown with segmental posterior margins ochraceous. Sometimes body beneath almost uniformly brown, except metapleura and metasterna of thorax and hind tibiae and tarsi, ochraceous.

Postclypeus with median keel moderately sharp.

Male genitalia with subgenital plates ( Figures 74–76 ) with expanded basal region very elongate, evenly tapered from base to apex, joined basally; apical spine-like process short and fine, half length of expanded basal region. Style as in Figure 78 . Aedeagal shaft ( Figure 79 ) extremely elongate, apical part distinctly filamentous and coiled.

Material examined

China, Yunnan: 1 „ (holotype), Weixi, Baijixun, 1780 m, 11 July 1981 (S.-B. Liao) ( IZCAS) ; 1♀ (allotype), same locality as holotype, but 2250 m, 13 July 1981 (S.-Y. Wang) ( IZCAS) ; 2 „„, Gongshan County, Qiqi Reserve (27 ° 43 9 N, 98 ° 34 9 E), 1950 m, Sino- America Exped. , 9 July 2000 (H.-B. Liang) ; 1 „, Gongshan County, No. 12 Bridge (27 ° 12 9 N, 98 ° 60 9 E), 2750 m, Sino-America Exped., 15 July 2000 (H.-B. Liang) (all in IZCAS); 1 „, Gaoligong Shan, Nujiang Prefecture, Nujiang State Nature Reserve, No. 12, Bridge Camp area , 16.3 air km W of Gongshan (27 ° 71503 9 N, 98 ° 50244 9 E), 2775 m, CEG-CH-2000-20A, malaise trap, 15–19 September 2000 (H.-M. Yan, D. Kavanaugh, C. Griswold, H.-B. Liang, D. Ubick, and D.-Z. Dong, CASENT 6000034) ( CAS) . China, Tibet: 1 „ (paratype), Bomi, Yigong, 2300 m, 15 August 1983 (Y.-H. Han) ( NWAU) ; 1♀, same data ( IZCAS) ; 4 „„, 6♀♀, same locality, but 15 June and 30, 31 July 1978 (F.-S. Li) ( CAUIC) .

Distribution

Southwestern China (Yunnan, Tibet) .

Remarks

This species is the largest of the genus. Its male genitalia are similar to T. himalayensis but the aedeagal shaft is slightly narrower in lateral view.

Figures

Figures 1–8. Baibarana and Telogmometopius species. (1) Baibarana rufofasciata, dorsal habitus. (2) Telogmometopius carinilabratus, dorsal habitus. (3) B. uchidai, head, ventral view. (4) T. carinilabratus (China: Yunnan), head, ventral view. (5) B. uchidai, head and pronotum, lateral view. (6) T. obsoletus, head and pronotum, lateral view. (7, 8) T. carinilabratus (China: Yunnan): (7) fore wing; (8) hind wing.

Figures 17–24. Telogmometopius and Baibarana species, scanning electron micrographs. (17–21) T. carinilabratus: (17) rostral tip, showing peg-like (basiconic) sensilla; (18) lateral peg-like (basiconic) sensilla on rostral tip; (19) male genital capsule, ventral view, showing male genitalia with elongate, posteriorly directed, basal aedeagal shaft; (20) apical part of abdomen, lateral view, showing male genitalia with elongate, posteriorly directed, basal aedeagal shaft; (21) genital style, lateral view. (22–24) B. rufofasciata: (22) male genital capsule, ventral view, showing male genitalia with strongly arched aedeagal shaft; (23) male genital capsule, left lateral view, showing large lateral plate and strongly arched aedeagal shaft; (24) male genital capsule, lateral view, showing male genitalia with strongly arched aedeagal shaft.

Figures 25–39. Baibarana and Telogmometopius species, dorsal habitus. (25) B. bicolor, holotype „. (26) B. longispina sp. nov., paratype „, Laos. (27) B. rufofasciata, paratype ♀, Vietnam: Fyan. (28) B. sinuata sp. nov., holotype „. (29) B. uchidai, ♀, Taiwan: Taichung. (30) T. angulatus, paratype ♀, northern Borneo: Mt Kinabalu. (31) T. bicarinatus, paratype ♀. (32) T. bifaciatus, holotype „. (33) T. rangoonensis sp. nov., holotype „. (34) T. carinilabratus, ♀, China: Tibet. (35) T. himalayensis, holotype „. (36) T. obsoletus, „, China: Hubei. (37) T. sabahensis, paratype ♀. (38, 39) T. sarawakensis sp. nov., holotype „ and paratype ♀, respectively.

Figures 69–82. Telogmometopius species, male genitalia, left lateral view except where indicated. (69–73) T. bicarinatus: (69) male genital capsule, ventral view; (70) male genital capsule; (71) subgenital plate, ventrolateral view; (72) left genital style; (73) left genital style, inner side view. (74–79) T. carinilabratus: (74) male genital capsule, ventral view; (75) male genital capsule; (76) subgenital plate, ventral view; (77) lateral plate; (78) genital style; (79) aedeagus. (80–82) T. himalayensis: (80) male genital capsule, ventral view; (81) male genital capsule; (82) subgenital plate, ventral view.