Kuvera ussuriensis (Vilbaste, 1968)

Zhi, Yan, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2023, Taxonomic study of the genus Kuvera Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae) with descriptions of two new species from China, ZooKeys 1141, pp. 41-63 : 41

Kuvera ussuriensis (Vilbaste, 1968)

Figs 8 , 9 , 10

Betacixius ussuriensis Vilbaste, 1968: 9.

Kuvera ussuriensis (Vilbaste, 1968): combination by Anufriev 1987: 17.

Material examined.

China: 4♂♂ 7♀♀, Hebei Province, Xinglong County, Wulingshan National Nature Reserve (40°36'N, 117°29'E), 14 August 2010, leg. Li-Xia Xie, Da-Xing Yang, Rong Huang ; 50♂♂ 38♀♀, Shanxi Province, Yicheng County, Lishan National Nature Reserve, Dahe Forest Farm (35°27'N, 111°56'E), 23-25 July 2012, leg. Pei Zhang ; 28♂♂ 23♀♀, Shanxi Province, Qinshui County, Zhongcun Town, Zhangma Village (35°35'N, 111°57'E), 22 July 2012, leg. Pei Zhang ; 26♂♂ 28♀♀, Shanxi Province, Lishan National Nature Reserve (35°23'N, 111°59'E) (1300-2200 m), 31 July 2012, leg. Pei Zhang ; 31♂♂ 23♀♀, Shanxi Province, Lishan National Nature Reserve (1300-2200 m), 12-18 July 2012, leg. Xiao-Hui Hou ; 1♂ 4♀♀, Sichuan Province, Nanchong City, Dayou Township (30°48'N, 106°41'E), 10 May 2008, leg. Zai-Hua Yang ; 5♂♂ 3♀♀, Sichuan Province, Luding County, Yanzigou Town (29°42'N, 102°1'E), 11 August 2015, leg. Hong-Ping Zhan, Wen-Song Li ; 2♂♂ 2♀♀, Sichuan Province, Qingchuan County, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve (32°35'N, 104°46'E), 24 August 2007, leg. Ze-Hong Meng ; 6♂♂ 10♀♀, Mianyang City, Pingwu County, Baima Tibetan Township , Wanglang Nature Reserve (32°54'N, 104°9'E); leg. Zai-Hua Yang, Wen Zhang ; 2♂♂ 4♀♀, Yunnan Province, Yingjiang County, Xima Town (24°45'N, 97°42'E), 29-30 May 2011, leg. Zai-Hua Yang, Jian-Kun Long ; 4♂♂, Yunnan Province, Pingbian County, Daweishan National Nature Reserve (22°56'N, 103°42'E), 20 August 2017, leg. Nian Gong ; 10♂♂ 13♀♀, Yunnan Province, Xichou County, Fadou (23°23'N, 104°47'E), 28 June 2013, leg. Yan Zhi, Qiang Luo, Yong-Jin Sui ; 2♂♂ 2♀♀, Yunnan Province, Maguan County, Dulong Town, Jinzhuping Village (22°56'N, 104°30'E), 13-14 August 2017, leg. Yan Zhi, Qiang Luo, Nian Gong ; 8♂♂ 8♀♀, Guangxi Province, Longsheng County, Huaping National Nature Reserve (25°36'N, 109°56'E), 26 April 2012, leg. Jian-Kun Long, Zai-Hua Yang ; 7♂♂ 3♀♀, Guangxi Province, Longsheng County, Huaping National Nature Reserve , 18-19 May 2012, leg. Jian-Kun Long, Zhi-Hua Fan ; 9♂♂ 10♀♀, Shaanxi Province, Zhouzhi County, Houzhenzi Town (33°51'N, 107°50'E), 4-7 August 2010, leg. Pei Zhang, Zhi-Min Chang , Yan-Li Zheng , Ke-Bin Li ; 5♂♂ 5♀♀, Shaanxi Province Xi’an City, Cuihuashan (33°58'N, 109°1'E), 27-28 August 2008, leg. Yu-Jian Li ; 2♂♂ 2♀♀, Shaanxi Province, Taibai County (34°4'N, 107°19'E), 22 August 2016, leg. Nian Gong ; 2♂♂ 5♀♀, Hunan Province, Wugang City, Yunshan National Forest Park (26°40'N, 110°37'E), May 2016, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen ; 2♂♂, Hunan Province, Yongshun County, Xiaoxi Town (28°44'N, 110°15'E), 20-21 August 2016, leg. Yong-Shun Ding, Ying-Jian Wang ; 6♂♂ 2♀♀, Anhui Province, Huangshan city, Tangkou town (30°4'N, 118°11'E) (500m), 20 May 2008, leg. Zheng-Guang Zhang ; 22♂♂ 33♀♀, Guizhou Province, Weining County, Caohai National Nature Reserve (26°52'N, 104°14'E) (2171 m), 1-5 August 2017, leg. Caohai Collection Team ; 1♂ 5♀♀, Guizhou Province, Weining County, Xueshan Town, Zhuopu Village (27°11'N, 104°6'E), 21 August 1986, leg. Zi-Zhong Li ; 6♂♂ 17♀♀, Guizhou Province, Daozhen County, Xiannvdong (29°3'N, 107°25'E), 29-31 May 2004, leg. Bin Zhang, Pian Xu ; 25♂♂ 44♀♀, Guizhou Province, Daozhen County, Sanqiao Town (29°3'N, 107°30'E), 22-24 May 2004, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen, Bin Zhang, Pian Xu ; 4♂♂ 17♀♀, Guizhou Province, Daozhen County, Dashahe Nature Reserve (29°9'N, 107°36'E), 29-31 May 2004, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen ; 2♂♂ 3♀♀, Guizhou Province, Daozhen County, Dashahe Nature Reserve , 20 August 2004, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen ; 3♂♂, Guizhou Province, Luodian County, Luosha Township, Zheren Village (25°41'N, 106°36'E), 9 May 2013, leg. Jian-Kun Long ; 6♂♂ 14♀♀, Guizhou Province, Anlong County (25°5'N, 105°29'E), 27 August 2012, leg. Jian-Kun Long, Wei-Bin Zheng, Shi-Yan Xu ; 8♂♂ 8♀♀, Guizhou Province, Suiyang County, Kuankuoshui National Nature Reserve (28°14'N, 107°12'E), 2-4 June 2010, leg. Yan-Li Zheng ; 10♂♂ 6♀♀, Guizhou Province, Tongren City, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve (27°55'N, 108°42'E), 20-24 September 2011, leg. Wei-Bin Zheng, Zhi-Min Chang, Xiao-Fei Yu, Zhi-Hua Fan ; 17♂♂ 4♀♀, Guizhou Province, Tongren City, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve , Yinjiang County, Yongyi Township , Dayuanzhi Village , (27°54'N, 108°38'E), 29 May 2002, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen ; 1♂, Guizhou Province, Tongren City, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Heihewan (27°50'N, 108°46'E), 30 July 2014, leg. Meng-Shu Dong ; 1♀, Guizhou Province, Tongren City, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Jinding (27°54'N, 108°42'E), 1 September 1996, leg. Mao-Fa Yang ; 3♀♀, Guizhou Province, Tongren City, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Jinding , 30 July 2001, leg. Mao-Fa Yang, Guo-Dong Ren ; 4♂♂ 6♀♀, Guizhou Province, Leishan County, Leigongshan National Forest Park (26°21'N, 108°9'E), 4-6 July 2011, leg. Wei-Bin Zheng, Jian-Kun Long ; 3♂♂ 2♀♀, Guizhou Province, Leishan County, Leigongshan National Forest Park, Lianhuaping , 31 May-3 June 2005, leg. Zi-Zhong Li, Qiong-Zhang Song, Bin Zhang ; 5♂♂ 4♀♀, Guizhou Province, Duyun City, Chachang (26°24'N, 107°36'E), 12 May 2014, leg. Ming Ning, Gai-Ping Yang, Ding-Guo Li ; 2♂♂ 1♀, Guizhou Province, Duyun City, Chachang , 16 August 2014, leg. Gai-Ping Yang, Ding-Guo Li ; 1♂ 4♀♀, Guizhou Province, Wangmo County, Dayi Town (25°10'N, 106°06'E), 22 August 2012, leg. Shi-Yan Xu, Wei-Bin Zheng ; 1♂ 1♀, Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, Guizhou Botanical Garden (26°37'N, 106°44'E), 18 June 2008, leg. Jun-Qiang Ni ; 3♂♂ 3♀♀, Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, Wudang District (26°38'N, 106°45'E), 5 June 2009, leg. Qiong-Zhang Song ; 1♂ 2♀♀, Guizhou Province, Zunyi City, Loushanguan (28°1'N, 106°51'E), 21 September 2017, leg. Bin Yan ; 15♂♂ 3♀♀, Guizhou Province, Xishui County, Linjiang (28°19'N, 106°12'E), 1 June 2006, leg. Xiang-Sheng Chen.

Supplementary description.

Female genitalia. Tergite IX (Fig. 8A, B, D ) moderately sclerotized, with a large wax plate, nearly oval, dorsal and ventral margins concave. Anal segment (Fig. 8C ) rectangular, 1.8 times wider than long in dorsal view, anal style strap-like. Gonapophysis VIII (Fig. 8E ) elongate, and slightly curved upwards. Gonapophysis IX (Fig. 8F ) with two middle teeth, distance ratio between distal middle tooth to apex and length of denticulate portion is 2.9. Gonoplac (Fig. 8G ) rod-like, 4.0 times longer than wide in lateral view. Posterior vagina pattern as shown in Figure 8H, I .

Host plant.

Artemisia mongolica (Fisch. ex Bess.) Nakai ( Asteraceae ) (Fig. 10 ).

Distribution.

China (Anhui, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Japan, Russia.

Remarks.

This species can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following characters: anal segment symmetrical; aedeagus with three processes: left spinose process of periandrium long, gently curved and apex directed left-ventrocephalad; ventral surface of periandrium with a spinose process, slightly curved and apex directed right-cephalad; spinose process of endosoma stout and long, nearly reaching apex of endosoma.

Note.

The female genitalia of this species are described and illustrated for the first time.

Figures

Figure 8. Kuvera ussuriensis (Vilbaste, 1968), female A genitalia, lateral view B genitalia, ventral view C anal segment, dorsal view D tergite IX, caudal view E gonapophysis VIII and gonocoxa VIII, ventral view F gonapophysis IX, lateral view G gonoplac, inner lateral view H posterior vagina, ventral view I posterior vagina, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 9. Adult of Kuvera ussuriensis (Vilbaste, 1968), dorsal view, female (Caohai National Natural Reserve, Weining County, Guizhou Province, 2 August 2017, photograph by Xiang-Sheng Chen).

Figure 10. The habitat of Kuvera ussuriensis (Vilbaste, 1968) (3 August 2017, Caohai National Natural Reserve, Weining County, Guizhou Province, photograph by Yan Zhi).