Caliscelis de Laporte, 1833

Chen, Xiang-Sheng & Gong, Nian, 2025, Taxonomic study of the Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea) from China, Zootaxa 5670 (1), pp. 1-129 : 35

Caliscelis de Laporte, 1833

Caliscelis de Laporte, 1833: 251 ; Melichar, 1906: 7; Ôuchi, 1940: 303; Fennah, 1956: 516; Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2009: 7 ; Che, Wang & Zhang, 2011: 36 ; Chen, Zhang & Chang, 2014: 160; Zhang et al., 2020: 103.

Type species. Caliscelis heterodoxa de Laporte, 1833 , by original designation.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Guangxi, Hunan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Beijing, Hebei, Xinjiang, Shandong Provinces).

Key to Chinese species of Caliscelis

1. Male forewing yellowish brown, without longitudinal bands.......................................... C. orientalis

–. Male forewing dark brown, with longitudinal bands.......................................................... 2

2. Fore legs flattened ( Fig. 31A, B ); hind tibia with six tooth apex................................................. 3

–. Fore legs not flattened ( Fig. 36B ); hind tibia with five tooth apex; mesonotum with median carina distinct, and extends along its entire length............................................................. C. (Melanero) maculatum sp. nov.

3. Fore femora and tibia foliately dilated ( Fig. 31A, B )........................................ C. (Bambula) chinensis

–. Fore femora and tibia slightly flattened ( Fig. 33B )........................................................... 4

4. Male: forewing with short white twill in the middle, the length is only half of the forewing ( Fig. 32A, B ).... C. (B.) zarudnyi

–. Male: forewings with long white twill, extending from base to apex............................................. 5

5. Male: shoulder plate without white twill ( Zhang et al., 2020, fig. 21a).............................. C. (B.) wallengreni

–. Male: shoulder plate with white twill, connected to forewing twill (Fig. A, B)..................................... 6

6. Aedeagus with a pair of processes in the apex half ( Fig. 34J–L )................................ C. (B.) shandongensis

–. Aedeagus has two xiphoid processes, one near the base and one near the apex ( Zhang et al., 2020, fig. 22g)................................................................................................... C. (B.) rhabdocladis

Subgenus Caliscelis (Bambula) Emeljanov, 2015

Caliscelis (Bambula) Emeljanov, 2015: 684 .

Type species: Caliscelis (Bambula) wallengreni ( Stål, 1863) , by original designation.

Figures

FIGURE 31. Habitat of Caliscelis (Bambula) chinensis Melichar, 1906 A, B. Living adult; C. General environment and host plant. 22 Aug. 2018, Langshan National Geopark, Xinning County, Hunan Province, photograph by Xiang-Sheng Chen.

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).

FIGURE 33. Caliscelis (Bambula) shandongensis Chen, Zhang & Chang, 2014 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 34. Caliscelis (Bambula) shandongensis Chen, Zhang & Chang, 2014 Male. A. Head and thorax, dorsal view; B. Face; C. Head and thorax, lateral view; D. Forewing; E. Anal segment, dorsal view; F. Male genitalia, lateral view; G. Pygofer, posterior view; H. Genital styles, lateral view; I. Pygofer and genital styles, ventral view; J. Aedeagus, left side; K. Aedeagus, right side; L. Aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–D, F, G, I); 0.3 mm (E, H, J–L).

FIGURE 36. Caliscelis (Melanero) maculatum sp. nov. 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).