Skip to main content

Spin bamboo borer (Bambusiphaga caudospina), later bamboo borer (Bambusiphaga laterospina) and stripe bamboo borer (Bambusiphaga striola)

Dlium Spin bamboo borer (Bambusiphaga caudospina), later bamboo borer (Bambusiphaga laterospina) and stripe bamboo borer (Bambusiphaga striola)

NEWS - Spin bamboo borer (Bambusiphaga caudospina Lv, Li & Chen, sp. nov.), later bamboo borer (Bambusiphaga laterospina Lv, Li & Chen, sp. nov.) and stripe bamboo borer (Bambusiphaga striola Lv, Li & Chen, sp. nov.) from Southwest China increased the total number in the genus to 34 species.

Bambusiphaga Huang & Ding 1979 was assigned to 6 species: Neosinocalamus affinis (Rendle) and Phyllostachys sp. (Poales, Poaceae) with B. nigropunctata Huang & Ding 1979 as the type species from Sichuan Province, China. To date 31 species have been recorded in China (28 species), Singapore (2 species), Malaysia (2 species), others in the Philippines, India and Eastern Himalayas (1 species each).

B. caudospina has a light vertex, without dark brown spots; lateral areas of pronotum with dark brown markings; mesonotum with dark brown markings; forewings with one large black marking at basal 1/3; medioventral process of pygofer forked near apical 1/2; dorsolateral margin of aedeagus with three spinous processes at apical part, ventrolateral margin with four spinous processes of similar length.

This species is similar to B. maculata Chen & Li 2000, but differs in that forewings MP1+2 are completely blended (vs. blended at the base in B. maculata); apical part of genital peduncle unbranched (vs. branched); and apical part of aedeagus with several spinous processes on both sides (vs. only on one side).

B. laterospina has vertex light, without dark brown spots; lateral areas of pronotum with dark brown markings; mesonotum with dark brown markings; forewings with basal ⅓ black; pygofer with long medioventral and lateroventral processes; inner margin of genital styles with a toothed process at middle part; apical part of aedeagus with two slender spinous processes.

This species is similar to B. taibaishana Qin 2012, but differs in the outer tegula being black-brown, the inner part being yellowish-white (vs. black-brown tegula in B. taibaishana); pygofer with a pair of long medioventral processes and one lateroventral process (vs. short, without lateroventral processes); and the inner margin of genital peduncle with a toothed process at middle part (vs. without process at middle part).

B. striola has a brownish-black vertex, the basal compartment milky-white; tegula milky-white; forewings with a dark brown longitudinal band from anterior margin of basal part to posterior margin of apical part along the CuP and MP; pygofer with a pair of medioventral processes; anal segment with the process distinctly divided into 3 processes at apex; apical part of aedeagus with two unciform processes, basal and middle parts each with a dentate processes.

This species is similar to B. pianmaensis Chen & Liang, 2007, but differs in that the posterior edge of the pronotum is milky white in the middle (vs. blackish brown in B. pianmaensis); the apical part of the anal segment is divided into 3 processes at the apex (vs. 2); and the basal and middle parts of the aedeagus each with a dentate process (vs. without dentate process).

Original research

Lv S-S, Li H-X, Yang L, Zhang Y-B, Chen X-S (2024). Three new species of the genus Bambusiphaga Huang & Ding, 1979 (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae, Tropidocephalini) from China, with an updated checklist and key to species. ZooKeys 1217: 291-307, DOI:10.3897/zookeys.1217.125780

Dlium theDlium
Labels:

Popular Posts

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) manufacture bubble-nets as tools to increase prey intake

NEWS - Humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) create bubble net tools while foraging, consisting of internal tangential rings, and actively control the number of rings, their size, depth and horizontal spacing between the surrounding bubbles. These structural elements of the net increase prey intake sevenfold. Researchers have known that humpback whales create “bubble nets” for hunting, but the new report shows that the animals also manipulate them in a variety of ways to maximize catches. The behavior places humpbacks among the rare animals that make and use their own tools. “Many animals use tools to help them find food, but very few actually make or modify these tools themselves,” said Lars Bejder, director of the Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP), University of Hawaii at Manoa. “Humpback whales in southeast Alaska create elaborate bubble nets to catch krill. They skillfully blow bubbles in patterns that form a web with internal rings. They actively control details such ...
Read more

Pohpohan (Pilea melastomoides)

Pohpohan clearweed ( Pilea melastomoides ) is a species of plant in the Urticaceae, herbaceous perennial, erect stems, up to 100 cm tall, succulent, square or cylindrical, enlarged in the middle of the internodes, bright green in color and forming colonies in the shade. P. melastomoides has stipules that are immediately deciduous or subpersistent, green or brownish and oblong. The stalk is 2-9 cm long. The leaf blade is ovate or ovate-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate. The surface is wavy, pale green on the underside, dark green on the top. The three main veins are central and linear. Rounded base, tapered ends and serrated edges. The inflorescences are paired, the male is a dense cyme paniculata. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Urticaceae Genus: Pilea Species: Pilea melastomoides
Read more

Petai (Parkia speciosa)

Stink bean or bitter bean or pete or petai ( Parkia speciosa ) is a tropical tree species in Fabaceae, 5-25 m high and branched, reddish brown bark, always green, compound and pinnate leaves, young seeds are harvested as fresh or boiled food . P. speciosa has a hump-shaped flower that hangs with a long stalk, usually appearing near the tips of the branches. Flowers that are young and not yet blooming are green, mature flowers have stamens and pistils, old flowers turn yellow and are large in size. Dozens of long, flat pod-shaped fruits emerge from a flower hump hanging from a tree. Each pod has up to 10-20 seeds that are neatly arranged, green when young and wrapped in a rather thick membrane of light brown. The fruit dries and becomes harder as it ripens and releases the seeds. Petai grows well in wet and slightly wet climates, low land to mountains with an altitude of 1,500 m, open spaces and lots of sun throughout the day with fine-tinted soil and Ph 5.5-6.5. Trees start bea...
Read more