Bambusicaliscelis bibulbus Gong, Yang & Chen, 2023

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Gong, Nian, 2025, Taxonomic study of the Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea) from China, Zootaxa 5670 (1), pp. 1-129 : 18-19

Bambusicaliscelis bibulbus Gong, Yang & Chen, 2023

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Bambusicaliscelis bibulbus Gong, Yang & Chen, 2023a: 111 .

Material examined. 6♂♂ 7♀♀, China: Fujian Province, Jianan County, Nanping Park , 2019-VIII-10, Zhi-Cheng Zhou, Xiao-Ya Wang and Yong-Jin Sui .

Host plant. Bamboo.

Distribution. China (Fujian Province).

Remarks. B. bibulbus Gong, Yang & Chen, 2023 is closely related to B. fanjingensis Chen & Zhang, 2011 , but differs in the following: 1) forewing with one pale-yellow mark near base (without any mark in B. fanjingensis ); 2) posterior margin of pygofer with a strongly medioventral process which is double-droplet-shaped (with only a slightly medioventral process in B. fanjingensis ); 3) genital style in lateral view long and narrow, and ventral margin roundly concave in the middle (genital style with median portion broad and large, and ventral margin roundly convex in B. fanjingensis ).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Bambusicaliscelis bibulbus Gong, Yang & Chen, 2023 A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Male habitus, lateral view; C. Female habitus, dorsal view; D. Female habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–D).

FIGURE 12. Bambusicaliscelis bibulbus Gong, Yang & Chen, 2023 Male. A. Head and thorax, dorsal view; B. Face; C. Head and thorax, lateral view; D. Anal segment, dorsal view; E. Male genitalia, lateral view; F. Pygofer, posterior view; G. Genital styles, lateral view; H. Pygofer and genital styles, ventral view; I. Aedeagus, lateral view; J. Aedeagus, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–C, E, F, H); 0.3 mm (D, G, I, J).

FIGURE 13. Bambusicaliscelis bibulbus Gong, Yang & Chen, 2023 Female. A. Genitalia, lateral view; B. Genitalia, ventral view; C. Anal segment, dorsal view; D. Abdominal sternite VII, ventral view; E. Gonapophysis VIII, lateral view; F. Gonapophysis IX, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, D); 0.3 mm (C, E, F).