Bolbonaso tapirifacies ( Parshad, 1981 )

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2015, Review of the genus Bolbonaso Emeljanov with checklist and key to Indian Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 847-863 : 849-851

Bolbonaso tapirifacies ( Parshad, 1981)

( Figure 1A – D )

Afronaso tapirifacies Parshad, 1981: 9 .

Bolbonaso tapirifacies Emeljanov, 2007: 236 .

Material examined

India: 1♀, [IN-02] Punjab, Patiala City, University campus, 30°21'N, 76°27'E, 3 – 8 . V.1999, Yu . M . Marusik leg . ( ZIN); Karnataka: 1♀, Dharwad, 700 m, 18 .XII .2008, sweepnet, T. Nagaraj leg . ( UASB); 1♀, Gulbarga , 17°21.613'N, 76°48.907'E, 474 m, 6 .I .2011, H .M . Yeshwanth leg . ( UASB); 2♀, Chikkaballapura, Skandagiri hills, 13°25.273'N, 77°4.218'E, 1288 m, 27 .VIII .2011, A .N . Reddy and H .M. Yeshwanth leg . ( UASB); 1♀, Doddaballapura, Hosahalli , 13°23.80'N, 77°28.62'E, 854 m, 7 . VI.2011, P . Nirmala leg . ( UASB); 2♀, Belgaum, Arabhavi , 16°13.605'N, 74°50.016'E, 595 m, H .M . Yeshwanth leg. ( UASB).

Description

Metope wide, slightly narrowing from its upper margin to the clypeus, with convex lateral margins. Coryphe 1.5 times as wide as long at median line, with weak median carina; anterior margin widely convex. Clypeal bulb vertically oval, distinctly

separated from the rest of clypeus in lateral view ( Figure 1B,D ). Anal tube widely rounded apically in dorsal view ( Figure 6K ).

Coloration

General coloration light brown yellowish (in light specimens) or brown to dark brown and black (in dark specimens). Coryphe and metope orange or brown orange, with white median line or metope with dark brown to black lateral parts. Clypeal bulb black. Postclypeus light yellow or light brown. Pronotum and mesonotum orange yellowish, with white median line (wide on mesonotum) or with dark brown to black lateral parts. Each paranotal lobe of pronotum with transverse wide white stripe under the scapus and pedicel. Forewings dark brown to black, with whitish costal and claval margins. Abdominal tergites brown or dark brown to black with yellowish median part bearing white median stripe. Abdominal sternites III – VI dark brown to black, with light yellow spots laterally. Abdominal sternite VII dark brown to black excluding hind margin medially in light specimens. Fore and middle tibiae light yellowish or brown to dark brown and black with longitudinal dark brown stripes in light specimens. Hind femora and tibiae light yellowish or dark brown to black. Fore tarsi dark brown to black. Spines of legs with black apices.

Total length

Females 2.3 – 2.8 mm.

Figures

Figure 1. Bolbonaso tapirifacies (Parshad), female: (A,B) Punjab; (C,D) Karnataka, Dharwad. (A,C) dorsal view; (B,D) lateral view.

Figure 6. Caliscelidae. (A) Rhinogaster albivenosa Fennah, male, in lateral view (after Fennah 1949); (B) Symplana viridinervis Kirby, forewing; (C) same, head in lateral view (both after Fennah, 1963, modified); (D) Symplanodes conjunctor Fennah, head in lateral view (after Fennah 1987, modified); (E) same, forewing (after Fennah 1987); (F) Formiscurra indicus Gnezdilov et Viraktamath, antenna; (G) Coinquenda nigroclavata Distant, male genitalia, lateral view (after Gnezdilov and Wilson 2006, modified); (H) Formiscurra indicus Gnezdilov et Viraktamath, male genitalia, lateral view (after Gnezdilov and Viraktamath 2011, modified); (I) first metatarsomere with latero-apical and intermediate spines, scheme; (J) first metatarsomere with only latero-apical spines, scheme; (K) Bolbonaso tapirifacies Parshad, female anal tube, in dorsal view. Abbreviations: aed, aedeagus; ap, abdominal process; at, anal tube; cm, costal margin; cn, connective; cp, cephalic process; phlb, phallobase.