Kuvera Distant, 1906

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

Genus Kuvera Distant, 1906

Kuvera Distant, 1906: 261; Tsaur et al. 1991: 50; Anufriev and Emeljanov 1988: 443; Emeljanov 1998: 133; Luo et al. 2019: 46.

Latoliarus Dlabola, 1957: 271: synonymized by Emeljanov 1998: 133.

Type species.

Kuvera semihyalina Distant, 1906, original designation.

Diagnosis.

For the diagnosis of Kuvera see Luo et al. (2019: 137).

Remarks.

This genus is easily separated from other members in Semonini by the following character combinations: head including eyes narrower than pronotum; vertex short, wider than long, anterior margin of vertex obscure, with only residual traces; vertex narrowest at subapical carina, widening towards anterior and posterior margins; anterior and posterior margins wide and parabolic, almost parallel; frons prominent, median carina only distinct on basal portion, not reaching the anterior margin of vertex; clypeus swollen, postclypeus with prominent median carina, anteclypeus carina sharp or arcuate; rostrum just reaching hind coxae; forewings with ScP+R usually forked distad of CuA, RP 3-branched, MP with 4 or 5 terminals, CuA 2 or 3-branched, and with 10-11 apical cells; metatibiotarsal formula: 6/7/(7-8); pygofer with a triangular medioventral process; aedeagus with 2 spinose processes arising near base of endosoma, and endosoma with 1-2 spinose processes; periandrium almost flat and widened at base; ovipositor elongate, orthopteroid and apically curved upwards; abdominal 9th tergite with a distinct and elliptic wax plate.

Distribution.

China, Korea, Japan, (Eastern) Russia, India, Myanmar, Afghanistan.