Caliscelis (Bambula) zarudnyi Mitjaev, 1971

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Gong, Nian, 2025, Taxonomic study of the Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea) from China, Zootaxa 5670 (1), pp. 1-129 : 39

Caliscelis (Bambula) zarudnyi Mitjaev, 1971

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Caliscelis zarudnyi Mitjaev, 1971 ; Emeljanov, 2015: 686.

Caliscelis affinis Chen, Zhang & Chang, 2014: 163 . Synonymised by Gnezdilov, 2015: 139.

Material examined. ♂, China: Xinjiang Province, Kashgar Prefecture , Yingjisha County, 2006-VIII-22, Xiang-Sheng Chen .

Host plant. Phragmites.

Distribution. China (Xinjiang Province), Russia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy, Romania, Ukraine, Armenia.

Note. Caliscelis longimana Emeljanov, 1972 synonym of Caliscelis (Bambula) zarudnyi Mitjaev, 1971 according to Emeljanov (2015).

Remarks. C. (B.) zarudnyi Mitjaev, 1971 is closely related to C. (B.) shandongensis Chen, Zhang & Chang, 2014 , but differs in: 1) frons with median carina (median carina weakly in C. (B.) shandongensis ); 2) body scattered dark brown spots (almost no spots in C. (B.) shandongensis ); 3) pygofer in profile with posterior margin roundly concave (slightly horned convex in C. (B.) shandongensis ).

Figures

FIGURE 32. Caliscelis (Bambula) zarudnyi Mitjaev, 1971 A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Male habitus, lateral view; C. Head and thorax, dorsal view; D. Face; E. Head and thorax, lateral view; F. Anal segment, dorsal view; G. Male genitalia, lateral view; H. Pygofer, posterior view; I. Genital styles, lateral view; J. Pygofer and genital styles, ventral view; K. Aedeagus, left side; L. Aedeagus, right side; M. Aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–E, G, H, J); 0.3 mm (F, I, K, L).