Aola Distant, 1905

Lee, Young June, 2025, A new species of Haphsa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Northern Thailand, with a taxonomic review of Haphsa and its allied genera, Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16), pp. 1049-1061 : 1054

Genus Aola Distant, 1905 stat. rev.

Aola Distant, 1905: 69–70 [type species: Pomponia bindusara Distant, 1881 ( Burma)].

Diagnosis

Body medium-sized (body length around 29 mm). Head including compound eyes wider than mesonotum. Postclypeus well prominent, with symmetrical series of fuscous fasciae along transverse grooves. Pronotum about as long as head and distinctly shorter than mesonotum excluding cruciform elevation. Lateral pronotal collar dentate. Mesonotum greenish or ochraceous with black marks. Wings hyaline, with eight and six apical cells on fore wing and hind wing, respectively. Fore wing with apical cells in short length. Fore wing with infuscations on radial and radiomedial crossveins. Male operculum short and wide, wider than long, extending slightly beyond posterior margin of abdominal sternite II. Male opercula slightly separated. Male abdomen about as long as head and thorax together. Male abdominal tergite 3 wider than mesonotum. Timbal cover wider than long, completely concealing timbal in dorsal view, with roundly extended posterolateral corner. Male pygofer obovate in ventral view. Clasper and upper lobes of pygofer absent. Uncus thick and short, with uncal lobes fused at base, bifurcate distally; distally hooked inwardly in lateral view. Basal lobe of pygofer absent, but a pair of basal-lobe-like structures developed, like thin pieces of paper. Aedeagus thin, protruding from underside of roof-like structure of uncus.

Species included

Aola bindusara (Distant, 1881) comb. rev.

Remarks

Aola can be distinguished from other Haphsa -like genera by the following characteristics: postclypeus well prominent, making pronotum about as long as head; male operculum short, extending slightly beyond posterior margin of abdominal sternite II; male abdomen short; timbal cover completely concealing timbal, with roundly extended posterolateral corner; and a pair of basal-lobe-like structures protruding like thin pieces of paper.