A Revision of the Genus Cryptotympana (Homoptera, Cicadidae)

A Revision of the Genus Cryptotympana, II27Fig. 65. Variation of f operculum of C. distanti sp. nov. a-d, From S Sulawesi; e, from CSulawesi.Markings and spots very variable in size and shape by individuals. Pronotal outerarea dark castaneous, sometimes interrupted by black spot near the posterolateral corner;2 pairs of anterior obconical black spots often fused with each other, forming a pair ofwide cuneiform markings; timbal covering fuscous brown with the outer 2/3 ochreous;venter of abdomen orange ochreous to testaceous with central part of sternum more or lessinfuscated, forming a central longitudinal wide stripe; pleuron often infuscated, especiallyin -°-°-; caudal margin of •?- 7th sternum widely black or fuscous; -°- 9th tergum blackwith a pair of diagonal marking at the lateral bases dull ochreous; lateral part ofabdominal venter (distinct in •?••£) covered with white pollinosity; basal 1/6-1/5 offorewing coloured stramineous and sometimes bronzy (on the basal cell and base of cell1A); costal veins of forewing olivaceous green in fresh specimens.Head as wide as or slightly narrower than pronotum; frontoclypeus narrow, slightlynarrower than 1/3 the width of head, bearing 10-11 transverse striations; basal ocellararea gently raised; labium extending towards middle of central metaprepisternal process;central part of pronotum swollen anteriorly; mesonotum globose dorsally, longer thanpronotum in median length; f operculum generallyshort and triangular (as in suluensis),with the inner margin nearly straight and the apex subacute or angulate; shape and lengthof f operculum variable, with the apex from widely rounded to inwardly curved; $- 7thsternum rounded caudally, with the caudal margin emarginate at the middle; •£ 9thFigs. 60-64. Abdomen of the accipiter group from Sulawesi in ventral view. 60-61, C.distanti sp. nov.; 62-63, pelengensis sp. nov.; 64, centralis sp. nov.