Sarima Melichar, 1903

Meng, Rui & Wang, Yinglun, 2016, Descriptions of new species of the genera Sarima Melichar and Sarimodes Matsumura from southern China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Issidae), ZooKeys 557, pp. 93-109 : 95-96

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Issidae

Sarima Melichar, 1903

Sarima Melichar, 1903: 78. Type species: Sarima illibata Melichar, 1903, by original designation.

Diagnostic characters.

The genus Sarima was originally described by Melichar (1903), subsequently designated by Distant (1906) and recently redescribed by Gnezdilov (2013a). It can be distinguished from other genera in the tribe Issini by frons enlarged above clypeus, sublateral carinae distinct only in upper half of frons; ocelli present; tegmen elongate, with hypocostal plate, veins ScP + R dividing near to the basal cell, ScP short and fusing with R and forming a loop (Fig. 3, see the arrow), MP with three branches (MP dividing beyond middle of tegmen, and MP1 dividing in distal half of wing), CuA bifurcate (dividing near wing mid-point); clavus as long as nearly 4/5 of wing length; Pcu and A1 joint at mid-point of clavus. Hind wing three-lobed. Hind tibia with two lateral spines in its distal half and with 6-7 apical spines.

Checklist of Sarima species

Sarima amagisana Melichar, 1906 - Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Japan

Sarima bifurcus sp. n. - China (Yunnan)

Sarima bimaculata Melichar, 1906 - New Guinea

Sarima carinata Schmidt, 1910 - Indonesia (Sumatra)

Sarima castanea Melichar, 1906 - Philippines (Luzon)

Sarima clathrata Melichar, 1906 - Malaysia

Sarima cretata Distant, 1906 - Sri Lanka

Sarima elongata Melichar, 1903 - Sri Lanka ( Gnezdilov 2013a: figs 6, 10, 11)

Sarima erythrocyclos Fennah, 1950 - Fiji

Sarima illibata Melichar, 1903 (type species) - Sri Lanka ( Melichar 1906: fig. 73, Distant 1906: fig. 174, Gnezdilov 2013a: figs 1, 3, 5, 8, 9)

Sarima miyatakei Hori, 1971 - Philippines ( Hori 1971: figs 10-15)

Sarima nigrifacies Jacobi, 1944 - China (Fujian)

Sarima nigriventris Schmidt, 1928 - Indonesia (Java)

Sarima nigroclypeata Melichar, 1906 - India

Sarima notata Melichar, 1906 - New Guinea

Sarima novaehollandiae Jacobi, 1928 - Australia (Queensland) ( Gnezdilov and Fletcher 2010: fig. 13)

Sarima palawana Hori, 1971 - Philippines ( Hori 1971: figs 1-9)

Sarima ryukyuana Hori, 1970 - Japan (Ryukyus) ( Hori 1970: figs 11-17)

Sarima separata Melichar, 1906 - Indonesia (Mentawai, Sipora)

Sarima sinensis (Walker, 1851) - China (Hong Kong)

Sarima solita Melichar, 1906 - Malaysia

Sarima subfasciata (Melichar, 1903) - Sri Lanka

Sarima tappana Matsumura, 1916 - China (Taiwan), Japan