Euricania, Melichar, 1898

Xu, Chang-Qing, Liang, Ai-Ping & Jiang, Guo-Mei, 2006, The Genus Euricania Melichar (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) From China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1), pp. 1-10 : 1-2

Key to species of Euricania from China

1. Tegmina without transverse fasciae ( Fig. 29 ) .. E. clara Kato

– Tegmina with transverse fasciae ( Figs. 3 , 16 , 42 , 55 , 68 ) ..... 2

2. Tegmina with ring-shaped fasciae ( Figs. 16 , 55 ) ................... 3

– Tegmina without ring-shaped fasciae ( Figs. 3 , 42 , 68 ) ....... 4

3. Male aedeagus with dorsal spinose process longer than half length of phallobase ( Fig. 59 ) .................... E. ocellus Walker

– Male aedeagus with dorsal spinose process shorter than half length of phallobase ( Fig. 20 ) ........ E. brevicula , new species

4. Male aedeagus with dorsal spinose process longer than half length of phallobase ( Fig. 46 ) .............. E. longa , new species

– Male aedeagus with dorsal spinose process shorter than half length of phallobase ( Fig. 7 , 72 ) .......................................... 5

5. In profile view, male aedeagus dilated near base ( Fig. 74 ) ..... ...................................................... E. xizangensis Chou & Lu

– In profile view, male aedeagus not dilated near base ( Fig. 9 ). ................................................................. E. facialis Melichar

Figures

Figs. 27-39. Euricania clara Kato: 27, vertex, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; 28, frons and clypeus; 29, tegmina; 30, wing; 31, male anal segment, dorsal view; 32, male genitalia, left side; 33, aedeagus, dorsal view; 34, aedeagus, ventral view; 35, aedeagus, left side; 36, female genitalia, left side; 37, female anal segment, dorsal view; 38, gonophysis VIII, right side; 39, pregenital sternite. Scale bars: Figs. 27, 28, 36 = 1.25mm; Figs. 29, 30 = 3.2mm; Figs. 31, 33-35, 37 = 0.4mm; Fig. 32 = 0.635mm; Figs. 38, 39 = 0.5mm.

Figs. 1-13. Euricania facialis Melichar: 1, vertex, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; 2, frons and clypeus; 3, tegmina; 4, wing; 5, male genitalia, left side; 6, male anal segment, dorsal view; 7, aedeagus, dorsal view; 8, aedeagus, ventral view; 9, aedeagus, left side; 10, female genitalia, left side; 11, female anal segment, dorsal view; 12, gonophysis VIII, right side; 13, pregenital sternite. Scale bars: Figs. 1, 2, 10 = 1.25mm; Figs. 3, 4 = 3.2mm; Fig. 5 = 0.635mm; Figs. 6, 7-9, 11 = 0.4mm; Figs. 12, 13 = 0.5mm.

Figs. 14-26. Euricania brevicula, new species: 14, vertex, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; 15, frons and clypeus; 16. tegmina; 17, wing; 18, male anal segment, dorsal view; 19, male genitalia, left side; 20, aedeagus, dorsal view; 21, aedeagus, ventral view; 22, aedeagus, left side; 23, female genitalia, left side; 24, female anal segment, dorsal view; 25, gonophysis VIII, right side; 26, pregenital sternite. Scale bars: Figs. 14, 15, 23 = 1.25mm; Figs. 16, 17 = 3.2mm; Figs. 18, 20-22, 24 = 0.4mm; Fig. 19 = 0.635mm; Figs. 25, 26 = 0.5mm.

Figs. 40-52. Euricania longa, new species: 40, vertex, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; 41, frons and clypeus; 42, tegmina; 43, wing; 44, male genitalia, left side; 45, male anal segment, dorsal view; 46, aedeagus, dorsal view; 47, aedeagus, ventral view; 48, aedeagus, left side; 49, female genitalia, left side; 50, female anal segment, dorsal view; 51, gonophysis VIII, right side; 52, pregenital sternite. Scale bars: Figs. 40, 41, 49 = 1.25mm; Figs. 42, 43 = 3.2mm; Fig. 44 = 0.635mm; Figs. 45, 46-48, 50 = 0.4mm; Figs. 51, 52 = 0.5mm.

Figs. 53-65. Euricania ocellus (Walker): 53, vertex, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; 54, frons and clypeus; 55, tegmina; 56, wing; 57, male genitalia, left side; 58, male anal segment, dorsal view; 59, aedeagus, dorsal view; 60, aedeagus, ventral view; 61, aedeagus, left side; 62, female genitalia, left side; 63, female anal segment, dorsal view; 64, gonophysis VIII, right side; 65, pregenital sternite. Scale bars: Figs. 53, 54, 62 = 1.25mm; Figs. 55, 56 = 3.2mm; Fig. 57 = 0.635mm; Figs. 58, 59-61, 63 = 0.4mm; Figs. 64, 65 = 0.5mm.

Figs. 66-78. Euricania xizangensis Chou & Lu: 66, vertex, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; 67, frons and clypeus; 68, tegmina; 69, wing; 70, male genitalia, left side; 71, male anal segment, dorsal view; 72, aedeagus, dorsal view; 73, aedeagus, ventral view; 74, aedeagus, left side; 75, female genitalia, left side; 76, female anal segment, dorsal view; 77, gonophysis VIII, right side; 78, pregenital sternite. Scale bars: Figs. 66, 67, 75 = 1.25mm; Figs. 68, 69 = 3.2mm; Fig. 70 = 0.635mm; Figs. 71-74, 76 = 0.4mm; Figs. 77, 78 = 0.5mm.