Baibarana longispina, Liang & Jiang & Webb, 2006

Liang, Ai-Ping, Jiang, Guo-Mei & Webb, M. D., 2006, Revision of the Oriental spittlebug genera Baibarana Matsumura and Telogmometopius Jacobi (Hemiptera: Cercopidae: Rhinaulacini), Journal of Natural History 40 (35 - 37), pp. 2071-2099 : 2081-2083

Baibarana longispina sp. nov.

( Figures 26 , 56–62 )

Description

Small species, length: „ 3.8–4.0 mm, ♀ 4.0 mm.

Vertex and pronotum pale ochraceous; ocelli reddish; callous areas near posterior margins of vertex and on anterior area of pronotum suffused with brown, sometimes posterior half of pronotum suffused with brown; scutellum and fore wings dark brown or pale fuscous; head and thorax ventrally, basal segment of rostrum, fore and middle femora basally and abdomen, brown; apical segment of rostrum, apex of fore and middle femora, fore and middle tibiae and tarsi, hind legs, metapleura, metasterna, and veins on apical area of fore wings ochraceous.

Fore wings with distinct apical cells.

Male genitalia with subgenital plates ( Figures 56–58 ) with expanded basal region short and narrow, apical spine-like process very elongate, greater than 2.5 times length of expanded basal region, directed posterodorsally in lateral view. Lateral plates ( Figures 58, 61 ) large, broadly rounded apically. Styles ( Figures 59, 60 ) terminating in a small, dorsally directed bifurcate process. Aedeagus as in Figure 62 .

Material examined

Holotype: „, Laos: Vientiane Province, Ban Van Eue, 15 December 1965 (Rondon, native collector, Bishop Museum collection) ( BPBM). Paratypes: Laos: 1 „, same data as holotype except Malaise trap ( IZCAS); 1♀, same data as holotype, except 31 December 1965, Malaise trap ( BPBM). [ Thailand]: 2 „„, Peninsular Siam, Nakon Sri Tamarat, Khao

Luang, 2000 ft, at light, 21 March 1922 (H. M. Pendlebury) (BMNH, Lallemand Coll. B. M. 1955–832) (BMNH).

Distribution

Laos (Vientiane Province), Thailand.

Remarks

This species can be distinguished by its elongate apical process of the subgenital plate and bifurcate apical process of the style.

Figures

Figures 25–39. Baibarana and Telogmometopius species, dorsal habitus. (25) B. bicolor, holotype „. (26) B. longispina sp. nov., paratype „, Laos. (27) B. rufofasciata, paratype ♀, Vietnam: Fyan. (28) B. sinuata sp. nov., holotype „. (29) B. uchidai, ♀, Taiwan: Taichung. (30) T. angulatus, paratype ♀, northern Borneo: Mt Kinabalu. (31) T. bicarinatus, paratype ♀. (32) T. bifaciatus, holotype „. (33) T. rangoonensis sp. nov., holotype „. (34) T. carinilabratus, ♀, China: Tibet. (35) T. himalayensis, holotype „. (36) T. obsoletus, „, China: Hubei. (37) T. sabahensis, paratype ♀. (38, 39) T. sarawakensis sp. nov., holotype „ and paratype ♀, respectively.

Figures 56–68. Baibarana species, male genitalia, left lateral view except where indicated. (56–62) B. longispina: (56) apex of male genital capsule, ventral view, showing subgenital plates; (57) subgenital plate, ventral view; (58) genital capsule; (59, 60) genital style; (61) lateral plate; (62) aedeagus. (63–68). B. rufofasciata: (63) male genital capsule, ventral view; (64) subgenital plate, ventrolateral view; (65) male genital capsule; (66) lateral plate; (67) genital style; (68) aedeagus.