Caliscelis orientalis Ôuchi

Che, YL, Wang, YL & Zhang, YL, 2011, Two new species and one new record of the genus Caliscelis de Laporte (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) from China, Zootaxa 3067, pp. 35-48 : 44-46

Caliscelis orientalis Ôuchi

Figs 19–20, 57–63

Caliscelis orientalis Ôuchi, 1940: 303 .

Description. Length, female: 8.5 mm, length of tegmen: 2.7 mm

Body dark brown, with pale brown maculae ( Figs. 19–20). Vertex pale brown, suffused with red maculae near the depression. Eyes dark brown. Frons dark brown, with a pale brown stripe near the lateral margin; clypeus dark brown, with pale brown stripe near middle ( Fig. 19). Rostrum pale brown. Pronotum dark brown, disc pale brown. Mesoscutellum dark brown, disc pale brown. Tegmina brown. Legs brown, fore femora and tibiae dark brown, mid and hind legs suffused with dark brown spots ( Fig. 20). Abdomen dark brown, with pale brown stripe medially and dark brown spots ( Fig. 57).

Vertex subquadrilateral, with anterior margin convex and posterior margin nearly truncate, 3.1× wider at apex than length in middle line ( Figs. 19, 57). Frons not elevated, with median carina; disc finely granulose and anterior margin evidently concave, 1.3× wider at widest part than at base, midlength 1.5× longer than greatest width ( Fig. 19). Frontoclypeal suture more or less arched. Clypeus smooth, without carina, disc evidently elevated ( Fig. 19). Pronotum wide, medial carina absent. Mesoscutellum broad and short, disc evidently elevated, with median and lateral carinae; 2.3× wider at widest part than medial length ( Fig. 57). Tegmina short and subquadrilateral, 1.3× longer than widest part, with pits on disc ( Fig. 57). Fore femora and tibiae distinctly foliately dilated ( Fig. 58); Hind tibiae with lateral tooth near apex. Spinal formula of hind leg 7–2–2.

Female genitalia: Anal segment in dorsal view nearly elliptical, apical margin strongly convex with angles rounded, much wider at middle than widest part, anal foramen in basal half ( Fig. 59). In lateral view, anal segment relatively wide, latero-apical angles decurved and acute, ventral margin distinctly curved. Ovipositor with first valvulae narrow and curved dorsally, with three finger-like processes, first valvifer nearly quadrangular ( Fig. 60); second valvulae with two laminae in apical half united in basal half, proximally, valvulae with pair of short processes dorsally ( Figs 61–62); third valvulae flat and stout, nearly rectangular, dorsal part with narrow notch ( Fig. 63). Pregenital sternite with apical margin nearly straight.

Material examined. 1♀, China, Hunan, Nanyue, Zhufuling , 21 June 1963, coll. J. K. Yang ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Shulecaohu , 1100 m, 1 Sept. 1979, coll. F. S. Li. ( NWAFU) .

Distribution. China (Hunan, Zhejiang, Xinjiang).

Remarks. Caliscelis orientalis was erected based only on female specimens. The original type material was unable to be located in the type depositary; therefore we base the current species redescription of specimens available to us on the original description and distribution.