Cavariella (Cavariellinepicauda) cicutisucta Qiao, 2005

Figs 27, 28, 37A

Cavariella (Cavariellinepicauda) cicutisucta Qiao in Qiao et al. 2005: 331.

Types examined.

Holotype: one ap. viv. fem., China: Shanxi, 18.VII.2000, No. Y8507-1-1-1, on Cicuta virosa, coll. L.J. Zhang.

Other specimens examined.

three ap. viv. fems. and one ala. viv. fem. (slides), one ap. viv. fem. (COI: OP956123), Guizhou, 27.VII.2014, No. 33648, on Apiaceae, coll. F.F. Niu and Y.Q. Li.

Diagnosis.

Body white, covered with wax in life (Fig. 37A); thoracic nota and abdominal tergites I-IV each with one pair of circular marginal tubercles (Fig. 27E, G, H); thoracic nota and abdominal tergites I-IV each with one or two pairs of pale brown marginal sclerites, tergites V and VI often with small brown spino-pleural sclerites, tergites VII and VIII each with a brown sclerotic band (Fig. 27I); dorsal setae short and blunt; rostrum reaching abdominal tergite III, URS elongate wedge-shaped, with five or six secondary setae (Fig. 27D); cauda tongue-shaped (Fig. 27K), with 8-13 setae (Qiao et al. 2005).

Comment.

The species resembles Cavariella sapporoensis, but the main differences between the two species are as follows: abdominal tergites I-IV sclerotized, tergites VII and VIII each with a brown sclerotic band ( C. sapporoensis: only abdominal tergites VII and VIII sometimes with a brown sclerotic band); dorsal setae short and blunt ( C. sapporoensis: dorsal setae very long and pointed, curved distally).

Biology.

The species feeds on undersides of leaves near the roots of Apiaceae ( Cicuta virosa) and is with ant attendance (Fig. 37A) (Qiao et al. 2005).

Distribution.

China (Guizhou, Shanxi).