Pisacha encaustica ( Jacobi, 1916 ) Jacobi, 1916

Meng, Rui, Wang, Menglin & Wang, Yinglun, 2014, On the taxonomy of the tribe Pisachini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Nogodinidae) with the description of new taxa from China and Vietnam, Zootaxa 3866 (1), pp. 79-104 : 90

Pisacha encaustica ( Jacobi, 1916) comb. nov. & stat. rev.

Soaemis encaustica Jacobi, 1916: 311 ; Melichar, 1923: 168.

Pisacha naga Distant, 1906 : Ishihara, 1965: 207; Wu and Yang, 1989: 166, fig. 3.

Notes. The species Pisacha encaustica ( Jacobi, 1916) was firstly described according to one male specimen from Taiwan. Subsequently, it was mistakenly placed as synonym of P. naga by Ishihara (1965) and also misidentified as P. naga by Wu and Yang (1989). The species P. encaustica is clearly different from P. naga ( Figs 31–34 ) by the tegmina without any mark, mesonotum without wide black stripe along lateral carina and frons with median carina present at basal fourth, in P. naga , tegmina with two black stripes, mesonotum with wide black stripe along transverse carina and lateral carina, median carina present at basal half. Conversely, it is very similar to P. kwangsiensis ( Figs 35–37 ), but can be easily distinguished from the latter by 1) dorso-basal portion of phallobase with apico-ventral angle blunt in lateral view ( Wu and Yang, 1989, Fig. 3 F), in P. kwangsiensis , dorso-basal portion of phallobase with apico-ventral angle sharp ( Fig. 46 ); 2) dorso-lateral phallobase lobes with doral margin smooth, and lateral apex forming into a pair of bifurcate processes, the two branches have equal length, in P. kwangsiensis , dorsal margin of dorso-lateral phallobase lobes with a pair of small triangular processes at middle, the apical bifurcate processes with upper branch about half length of the under branch; 3) phallus with a pair of shallowly curved short processes, apex directed caudad ( Wu & Yang, 1989, Fig. 3 G), in P. kwangsiensis , phallus with a pair of deeply curved hooks backward, apex directed dorsally ( Fig. 46 ); 4) sternum VII with posterior margin slightly convex medianly ( Wu & Yang, 1989, Fig. 3 H), in P. kwangsiensis , sternum VII with posterior margin slightly concave in middle ( Fig. 53 ).

Figures

FIGURES 28 – 33. Goniopsara mystica (Melichar, 1899) 28. adult, lateral view; 29. frons and clypeus, ventral view; 30. adult, dorsal view. Pisacha naga Distant, 1906 31. frons and clypeus, ventral view; 32. female genitalia, left view; 33. female genitalia, ventral view.

FIGURES 34 – 41. Pisacha naga Distant, 1906, 34. adult, dorsal view. Pisacha kwangsiensis Chou et Lu 1977 35. head and thorax, dorsal view; 36. adult, dorsal view; 37. frons and clypeus, ventral view. Pisacha yinggensis sp. nov. 38. adult, dorsal view; 39. adult, lateral view; 40. head and thorax, dorsal view; 41. frons and clypeus, ventral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 1 – 8. Goniopsarites fronticonvexus sp. nov. 1. adult, dorsal view; 2. adult, lateral view; 3. frons and clypeus, ventral view; 4. head and thorax, dorsal view; 5. head and thorax, lateral view; 6. frons and clypeus, latero-ventral view; 7. tegmen; 8. wing. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 42 – 55. Pisacha kwangsiensis Chou et Lu 1977 42. male genitalia, left view; 43. male anal tube, dorsal view; 44. aedeagus, dorsal view; 45. aedeagus, ventral view; 46. aedeagus, lateral view; 47. female anal tube, lateral view; 48. female anal tube, dorsal view; 49. gonoplac, ventral view; 50. gonoplac, right view; 51. gonoplac, posterior view; 52. gonapophysis IX and gonaspiculum bridge, right view; 53. sternum VII, ventral view; 54. gonapophysis IX and gonaspiculum bridge, dorsal view; 55. gonapophyse VIII and gonocoxa VIII, left view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.