Haphsa corta, Lee, 2025

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 : 1058-1060

Haphsa corta, Lee sp. n.

( Figure 1 )

Meimuna durga : Boulard, 2003: 98–99 , 101–103; Sanborn et al., 2007: 19; Boulard, 2007: 4, 53, figs. 34–35; Boulard, 2008: 33 (nec Distant, 1881).

Haphsa durga : Lee, 2009b: figs. 3A, 4A; Boulard, 2012: 182–183; Boulard, 2013: 196–197; Hill et al., 2021: 575, 580, 592, 594; Wang et al., 2021: 524 , 532, 533, 534 (nec Distant, 1881).

Type material

Holotype. Male, [ THAILAND:] Thaïlande Nord/Cordillère du/Doi Mon Kia/ Mars 2002 / Michel Boulard, rec.’, ‘ Meimuna /durga (D.)/Michel Boulard det 2008’, ‘02.TH.CR.DMK.01’, ‘ Haphsa new spp., FlaEnt/Young June LEE, 2009/Voucher 1/4’.

Etymology

The specific name is the Latin feminine adjective meaning ‘short’, in reference to the comparatively short male abdomen.

Measurements of the holotype in millimetres (n = 1 male)

Length of body: 28.3. Length of head and thorax together: 13.4. Length of abdomen: 14.9. Width of head including compound eyes: 9.3. Width of pronotum: 9.6. Width of mesonotum: 8.1. Width of abdominal tergite 3: 9.3. Length of fore wing: 37.9. Width of fore wing: 11.2. Fore wing span: 83.4.

Diagnosis

This new species is similar to and has often been misidentified as Haphsa durga ( Figure 2 ) but can be distinguished by the following characteristics: postclypeus with fasciae along a few anterior transverse grooves only (with fasciae along transverse grooves all the way down to posterior margin in durga ); male operculum slightly convex at inner posterior margin (slightly concave in durga ); male abdomen mostly ochraceous (mostly black in durga ); male abdomen slightly longer than head and thorax together (much longer in durga ); and uncal lobes broad, touched each other in about basal two-thirds, with apex triangular, angled laterad (more or less slender, touched each other in about basal one-third, with apex round, angled posteriad in durga ), in ventral view.

This new species can be distinguished from other species currently in Haphsa ( H. conformis , H. fratercula , H. karenensis , H. lueta , H. nana and H. opercularis ) by the postclypeus having fasciae along a few anterior transverse grooves only and mostly unmarked centrally and the peculiar shape of the uncal lobes as listed below.

Description of male ( Figure 1 )

Head. Head including compound eyes wider than mesonotum. Head ochraceous (probably due to discolouration) with black to fuscous marks. Vertex with axe blade-shaped median mark enclosing ocelli, a pair of rectangular marks, with narrow extensions towards posterior margin of vertex, between compound eyes and postclypeus (or the axe blade-shaped median mark), and a pair of small spots on anterior corners of vertex (close to postclypeus). Postclypeus with fasciae along a few anterior transverse grooves and with mountain-shaped mark posteriorly. Anteclypeus black with median longitudinal ochraceous fascia being extended to both lateral sides. Lorum fuscous. Gena mostly brown with transverse black fascia between compound eye and base of antenna. Rostrum ochraceous but fuscous on apex; apex passing posterior margin of hind coxae.

Thorax. Thorax ochraceous (probably due to discolouration) with black to fuscous marks. Inner area of pronotum with the following black to fuscous marks: a pair of median longitudinal fasciae, broadened at anterior ends; a pair of curved narrow fasciae along lateral margins of inner area of pronotum; and rather indistinct spots (near paramedian and lateral fissures) inside of inner area of pronotum. Pronotal collar with indistinct two pairs of spots at lateral inner corners. Anterolateral pronotal collar dentate. Mesonotum with the following marks: long longitudinal median fascia extending posteriad but not reaching anterior margin of cruciform elevation; a pair of small roundish spots enclosing scutal depressions; a pair of fasciae along parapsidal sutures; and a pair of longitudinally arranged three spots on lateral sigilla. Cruciform elevation with a pair of tiny spots near tip of anterior arms. Thoracic sternites including legs without distinct marks but with pigmented portions at tibiae, tarsi and claws.

Wings. Wings hyaline but slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing with long apical cells compared to Haphsa nicomache . Fore wing venation orange basally but fuscous apically. Fore wing with infuscations on radial and radio-medial crossveins. Basal cell hyaline and slightly tinged. Basal membrane and hind wing jugum whitish grey.

Operculum. Male operculum ochraceous with no marks; longer than wide, roughly downward-pointing triangular with inner margin concave basally and with rounded apex, reaching posterior margin of abdominal sternite V. Opercula slightly separated medially.

Abdomen. Male abdomen ochraceous to brown, slightly longer than head and thorax together. Tergite 3 slightly narrower than pronotum. Tergite 1 with narrow black posterior margin. Tergite 2 and timbal covers without distinct marks. Tergite 3 with narrow black anterior margin, not extending to lateral margin. Tergites 4, 5, 6 and 7, each with a pair of median fuscous spots anteriorly. Tergite 8 with narrow black anterior margin. Timbal cover about as long as wide, with apex widely rounded, mostly concealing timbal but exposing a small portion of inner part of timbal in dorsal view. Abdominal sternites ochraceous to brown without marks.

Genitalia. ( Figure 1 (C,D)) Pygofer obovate in ventral view. Distal shoulder not developed. Uncus with bifurcate, broad uncal lobes in ventral view, apex triangular, angled laterad; curved inwardly in lateral view. Uncal lobes touching each other in about basal two-thirds. Aedeagus thin.

Figures

Figure 1. Haphsa corta sp. n., male, holotype, Northern Thailand. (A) Dorsal habitus; (B) ventral habitus; (C) ventral view of the pygofer; (D) lateral view of the pygofer.

Figure 2. Haphsa durga (Distant, 1881), male, holotype, north-eastern India. (A) Dorsal habitus; (B) ventral habitus; (C) ventral view of the pygofer; (D) lateral view of the pygofer.