Haphsa Distant, 1905

Wang, Xu, Yang, Mingsheng & Wei, Cong, 2015, A review of the cicada genus Haphsa Distant from China (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), Zootaxa 3957 (4), pp. 408-424 : 409

Genus Haphsa Distant, 1905

Haphsa Distant, 1905: 64 . Type species: Dundubia nicomache Walker, 1850 . Aola Distant, 1905: 69 . Type species: Pomponia bindusara Distant, 1881 . Aola Distant ; Lee, 2008: 1 . (in synonymy of Haphsa )

Body medium-sized, head including eyes as wide as or slightly wider than mesonotum. Rostrum reaching or passing posterior coxae. Pronotum a little longer than head but shorter than mesonotum with pronotal collar dentate. Fore femur with primary and secondary spines large and subapical spine small. Wings hyaline, with 8 and 6 apical cells on fore wing and hind wing, respectively; fore wing with fuscous spots at bases of second and third apical cells (except H. bicolora ). Male abdomen not swollen, slightly longer, shorter or equal to distance from head to cruciform elevation; timbal covers mostly concealing timbals dorsally; opercula with rounded angles. Uncal lobes short, bifurcated and fused at the base (except H. scitula ). Upper lobes of pygofer absent.

Remarks. Haphsa is similar to Meimuna Distant, 1905 , but it differs from the latter in the following characteristics: uncal lobes short, bifurcated, fused at the base (except H. scitula ) (uncal lobes long, bifurcated, but not fused in Meimuna ); male abdomen slightly longer, shorter or equal to distance from head to cruciform elevation (male abdomen distinctly longer than distance from head to cruciform elevation in Meimuna ).

This genus is closely allied to Kaphsa Lee, 2012 , but it can be distinguished from the latter mainly by the following characteristics: male operculum distinctly longer than broad (slightly longer than broad in Kaphsa ); uncal lobes fused at the base (except H. scitula ) (separated from base in Kaphsa ); uncal lobe less than twice the basal width (uncal lobe more than three times the basal width in Kaphsa ) ( Lee, 2012).

Haphsa is also similar to the genus Platylomia Stål, 1870 , but it can be distinguished from the latter by the following characteristics: body middle-sized, usually shorter than 33.0 mm (body large-sized, usually longer than 40.0 mm in Platylomia ); head including eyes about as wide as or slightly wider than mesonotum (head including eyes wider than mesonotum in Platylomia ); male abdomen slightly longer, shorter or equal to distance from head to cruciform elevation (male abdomen distinctly longer than distance from head to cruciform elevation in Platylomia ); fore wing with fuscous spot at bases of second and third apical cells (expect H. bicolora ) (fore wing with fuscous spots at bases of second and third apical cells and/or at bases of second, third, fifth and seventh apical cells, or without spots on fore wing in Platylomia ) ( Wang & Wei, 2014).