Pomponia piceata Distant, 1905

Wang, Jiali, Hayashi, Masami & Wei, Cong, 2025, Phylogeny, biogeography, and diversiFIcation of the cicada Pomponia linearis and its allies (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 203 (4) : -

Pomponia piceata Distant, 1905

Pomponia piceata Distant 1905: 558 ; Metcalf 1963: 851; Chou et al. 1997: 188; Pham et al. 2015: 569; Sanborn 2013: 346. Pomponia hieroglophica Kato 1938: 8 .

Pomponia fuscoides Boulard 2002: 39 , 2005b: 347, 2013: 110. Pomponia nasanensis Boulard 2005d: 134 , 2013: 110.

Distribution: China (Guangxi); Vietnam.

Pomponia zakrii Zaidi & Azman, 1998

Pomponia zakrii Zaidi and Azman 1998: 161 ; Azman 2018: 130; Duffels and Hayashi 2006: 197; Lee 2009: 306; Sanborn 2009: 308, 2013: 349.

Distribution: Vietnam and Malaysia.

Pomponia langkawiensis Zaidi & Azman, 1999 Pomponia langkawiensis Zaidi and Azman 1999: 291 ; Duffels and Hayashi 2006: 197; Lee 2009: 306; Sanborn 2009: 308, 2013: 344.

Distribution: Vietnam, Malaysia, Tailand.

Pomponia dolosa Boulard, 2001

Pomponia dolosa Boulard 2001: 161 , 2005b: 341; Duffels and Hayashi 2006: 197; Lee 2009: 306; Sanborn 2009: 308, 2013: 343.

Distribution: Vietnam and Tailand.

Pomponia gemella Boulard, 2005

Pomponia gemella Boulard 2005b: 341 , 2013: 114; Sanborn, 2013: 344.

Distribution: Tailand.

Pomponia namtokola Boulard, 2005

Pomponia namtokola Boulard 2005c: 6 ; Sanborn 2013: 346.

Distribution: Tailand.

Pomponia daklakensis Sanborn, 2009

Pomponia daklakensis Sanborn 2009: 307 , 2013: 342.

Distribution: Vietnam.

Pomponia subtilita Lee, 2009

Pomponia linearis Chou et al. 1997: 188 .

Pomponia subtilita Lee 2009: 313 ; Sanborn 2013: 348. Pomponia backanensis Pham and Yang 2009: 8 ; Sanborn 2013: 342 syn. n.

Materials examined: 8♂♂ ( NWAFU), China: Donghui , Lancang Co., Yunnan Province, 5 June 2015, Xu Wang leg. ; 3♂♂ ( NWAFU), China: Xishuangbanna, Jinghong , Yunnan Province, 29 May 2013, Mingsheng Yang leg. ; 3♂♂ ( NWAFU), China: Jingdong , Yunnan Province, 2 June 2013, Mingsheng Yang leg. ; 2♂♂, 3♀♀ ( NWAFU), China: Jingdong , Yunnan Province, 10 June 2011, Lin Lü leg. ; 2♂♂ ( NWAFU), China: Nanning , Guangxi Province, 11 July 2020 ; 2♂♂ ( NWAFU), China: Mt. Huanglian , Yunnan Province, 29 June 2017, Yan Su leg. ; 6♂♂ ( NWAFU), China: Pu’er , Yunnan Province, 20 June 2022, Jiali Wang leg.

Distribution: China (Yunnan, Guangxi), Cambodia, Tailand, and Vietnam.

Remarks: Hill et al. (2021) investigated the molecular systematics and diversiFIcation of various Asian cicada tribes related to Cicadini , in which P. backanensis (accession numbers: MT639290 , MT599237 , and MT599082 ) was included. Te specimen of P. backanensis in the study by Hill et al. (2021) was collected from the same locality as part of the type series ( Pham and Yang 2009), which nested in the P. subtilita lineage in all the trees constructed in our present study ( Figs 2B, 4). Pomponia backanensis is very similar to P. subtilita in morphology, including the coloration, opercula, wing venation, wing cell morphology, timbal covers, and genitalia. In addition, the body length of P. subtilita males ranges from 37.3 to 41.5 mm (based on 10♂♂), slightly overlapping the body length of P. backanensis (36.8–37.5 mm) ( Pham and Yang 2009). Pomponia subtilita was FIrstly described from Tailand ( Lee 2009). Later, it was recorded from China and Cambodia ( Sanborn 2013, Pham et al. 2015). Combined with the intraspeciFIc genetic distances between P. backanensis and P. subtilita (0.005 to 0.034) detected in our present study, we synonymize P. backanensis with P.subtilita . It should be stated that the images in FIg.2 of the paper by Pham and Yang (2009) should be a male individual of another Pomponia species (with a body length of ≥ 45 mm), which was included erroneously in that plate.

Pomponia ponderosa Lee, 2009

Pomponia ponderosa Lee 2009: 310 .

Distribution: China (Guangxi); Vietnam.

Remarks: Pomponia ponderosa is morphologically similar to P. linearis . An assessment of species boundary between P.ponderosa and P. linearis is expected when materials of P. ponderosa are available for molecular analysis.

Pomponia brevicaudata Lee, 2013

Pomponia brevicaudata Lee 2013: 370 .

Distribution: Indonesia.

Pomponia pornnapae Boulard, 2014

Pomponia pornnapae Boulard 2014: 15 .

Distribution: Tailand.

Pomponia minilinearis Boulard, 2014

Pomponia minilinearis Boulard 2014: 15 .

Distribution: Tailand.

Pomponia brevialata Lee & Pham, 2015

Pomponia brevialata Pham et al. 2015: 567 .

Materials examined: 5♂♂, 3♀♀ ( NWAFU), China: Mt. Jinzhong, Guilin , Guangxi Province, 9 August 2014 ; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Mt. Huanglian , Yunnan Province, 29 June 2017, Yan Su leg. ; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Hekou Co., Yunnan Province, 16 August 2015 ; 2♂♂ ( NWAFU), Vietnam: Cuc

Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province, 7 July 2019, Cong Wei leg.

Distribution: China (Guangxi and Yunnan); Vietnam (Cuc Phuong National Park).

Remarks: Pomponia brevialata was recorded only from Vietnam, and it is recorded from China for the FIrst time. Pham et al. (2015) assigned P. brevialata within the P. linearis species complex, but we exclude P. brevialata from the P. linearis species complex owing to the basal lobes of the pygofer of P. brevialata being slender and small.

Pomponia latiffi Azman, 2018

Pomponia latiffi Azman 2018: 130 .

Distribution: Malaysia.

Pomponia pseudolinearis Sadasivan, 2021

Pomponia pseudolinearis Sadasivan 2021: 388 .

Distribution: India.

Remarks: Te collection locality of Pomponia sp. A [3] (Idukki, Kerala; accession numbers: MT639321 and MT599274 ) in the study by Hill et al. (2021) is the type locality of P. pseudolinearis . Te distribution of the remaining specimens of Pomponia sp. A (except Pomponia sp. A [4] distributed in West Bengal, Jalpaiguri) in the study by Hill et al. (2021) is along the Western Ghats, which suggests that these specimens (except Pomponia sp. A [4]) are individuals of P. pseudolinearis . Examination of the morphology of Pomponia sp. A [1–3, 5] (accession numbers: MT639234 , MT599170 , MT599018 , MT639321 , MT639318 , MT599270 , MT599274 , MT639350 , and MT599307 ) in the study by Hill et al. (2021) further conFIrms that these specimens are individuals of P. pseudolinearis in this study. Our molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed that these four individuals diverged distinctly from the individual of Pomponia sp. A [4] (i.e. Pomponia sp. 1 in our present study), and their genetic distances are higher than the intraspeciFIc genetic distances of the P. linearis species group. Tis indicates that Pomponia sp. 1 might represent an independent species from P. pseudolinearis .

Pomponia curvata sp. n. ( Figs 9, 10) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0593456A-61AA-48DB-BACC-ED5A438C9B99

Tope material: Holotype: ♂ ( NWAFU), China: Wanding Co., Ruili , Yunnan Province, 30 June 1977, Cheping Yang leg. Paratypes: 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Mt. Xishan, Kunming , Yunnan Province, 17 May 2009, Libin Ma leg. ; 1♂ ( NWAFU), China: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Jinghong , Yunnan Province, 23 July 2007, Guoxi Xue leg.

Measurements of topes: (in millimetres; 3♂♂): body length, ♂ 38.1–39.9; forewing length, ♂ 43.2–44.6; forewing width, ♂ 14.3–15.3; width of head including eyes, ♂ 9.1–9.7; pronotum width (including pronotal collar), ♂ 11.6–12.1; mesonotum width, ♂ 9.2–9.9.

Etomologo: Te species name is a Latin adjective meaning ‘curved’, signifying the curved spines of lateral branch of uncus.

Description of male: Head ( Fig. 9A, B, D). Mostly ochraceous afer death. Head including eyes as wide as the base of mesonotum. Eyes yellow and ocelli greyish yellow. A fuscous median longitudinal fascia extending from anterior margin of head to frontoclypeal suture and median blackish brown spot enclosing ocelli. Ventral part of head ochraceous with a broad pale yellowish transverse band across head and postclypeus. Postclypeus moderately swollen. Anteclypeus ochraceous, with dense golden hair. Rostrum ochraceous with apical part blackish brown, almost extending to posterior margin of abdominal sternite II.

Torax ( Fig. 9A, E). Pronotum longer than head, almost ochraceous; inner area of pronotum ochraceous, with fuzzy fuscous longitudinal fascia medially; pronotal collar ochraceous, with small median spot and with two pairs of large brown spots on each lateral angle of pronotal collar. Mesonotum fundamentally blackish brown, with the following ochraceous markings: paired delicate fasciae along submedian sigilla; paired lobate fasciae along parapsidal suture, reaching to anterior angles of cruciform elevation; narrow fasciae along lateral margins of mesonotum, reaching to anterior angles of cruciform elevation. Cruciform elevation ochraceous, with a fuzzy fuscous spot medially.

Legs ( Fig. 9C). Ochraceous with brown patches. Fore femora swollen and equipped with three blackish brown spines beneath: primary spine pointed and slightly oblique to femur; secondary spine broader, erect; and subapical spine very small.

Wings ( Fig. 9A, B). Hyaline. Forewing with smudged fuscous spots on radial, radiomedial, and medial crossveins, and marginal series of faint and minute spots present on apex of longitudinal veins of apical cells.

Abdomen ( Fig. 9A, B, E, F). Cylindrical balloon, noticeably longer than head and thorax together. Abdominal tergites brown to ochraceous, with posterior margins of each tergite narrowly black, tergites VII and VIII darker than others. Abdominal sternites translucent and mostly pale brown, but sternites VII and VIII darker than others. Timbal cover semicircular and brown; timbal mostly concealed by timbal cover in dorsal view. Opercula ochraceous, broader than long, extending slightly beyond posterior margin of sternite II; opercula overlapped at inner margins.

Genitalia ( Fig. 9G–I). Pygofer elliptical in ventral view, ochraceous, with apex blackish brown. Distal shoulder broadly triangular, distally extended into pointed lobe.Upper lobes small, substantially confluent with pygofer margin in ventral view ( Fig. 9G). Basal lobes small, slightly obliquely inward. Uncus trapezoid, with a narrow and short median incision. Lateral branch of uncus protruding from below uncus and each with two long and acute spines, curved laterally, with medial spine slightly shorter than lateral spine in ventral view.

Description of female ( Fig. 10A–E): Opercula small, posterior margin extending to abdominal sternite II. Abdominal tergite IX blackish brown in dorsal view and ochraceous in ventral view; ovipositor sheath not protruding beyond apex of segment IX, posterior margin of sternite VII incised at middle. Other characteristics similar to male.

Distribution: China (Yunnan).

Diagnosis features: Pomponia curvata can be distinguished from other species of the P. linearis species group by the smudged spots on the radial and radiomedial crossveins of the forewing and the faintly smudged spot on the medial crossvein of the forewing, and by the distinctly laterally curved spines on the lateral branches of the uncus.