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The Eye-Catching Cicada Hamza Ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Comb. N. in Indonesia and the Pacific: Taxonomic Status, Synonymy, and Distribution (Homoptera, Cicadoidea)

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The Eye-Catching Cicada Hamza Ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Comb. N. in Indonesia and the Pacific: Taxonomic Status, Synonymy, and Distribution (Homoptera, Cicadoidea) Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 61 (2) 119-130 (1991) SPB Academie Publishingbv, The Hague The eye-catching cicada Hamza ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) comb. n. in the Indonesia and Pacific: taxonomie status, synonymy, and distribution (Homoptera, Cicadoidea) J.P. Duffels Institute of Taxonomie Zoology (Zoological Museum), University of Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 64, 1018 DH Amsterdam, The Netherlands Keywords: Hamza ciliaris, Cicadoidea, taxonomy, distribution, Indonesia, Pacific Abstract Introduction ciliaris bouruensis is of the The new combination Hamza (Linnaeus) is proposed for Hamza (Distant, 1898) one eye- a cicada species widely distributed in Maluku = ( Moluccas), catching cicadas in Indonesia. It was described as Timor, Banda, Kei and Banggai Islands, the Philippines,and the Platypleura bouruensis after a female from Buru Palau group of the Caroline Islands. Island. Following the discovery of the male, which The synonymy of five species, treated in the literature as appeared to have peculiar tymbal coverings, junior synonyms of Platypleura ciliaris, is confirmed and three very other species are synonymized with Hamza ciliaris for the first Distant (1904) erected the genus Hamza to accom- time: Hamza bouruensis (Distant), H. uchiyamae Matsumura, modate P. bouruensis. The only other species and Platypleura lyricen Kirkaldy. described in Hamza is H. uchiyamae Matsumura, The redescription of Hamza ciliaris is followed by discussions 1927, recorded from the Palau group in the Pacific on its distribution, habitat, and taxonomie position. The current Caroline Islands. This species was also examined classification of the genus Hamza in the separate tribe Hamzini for is questioned by the results of this study. Some remarks are the present study. made on the classification of the cicadas in general. of the focussed Study genus Hamza my interest the of of on identity two species the genus Platypleura Amyot & Serville, 1843: P. lyricen Kir- Résumé kaldy, 1913, described from Ambon, and P. ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758). P. ciliaris (and its synonyms) is recorded from a wide of localities range (Metcalf, On propose la nouvelle combinaison Hamza ciliaris (Linnaeus) 1963), but specifically from some of the Maluku Is- pour une espèce de Cigale à vaste distribution aux Moluques (Maluku), à Timor, à Banda, à Kei et aux îles Banggai, aux lands: Ambon, Ternate, Seram, and Morotai. Lin- Philippines et au groupe Palau des Carolines. naeus' original description of Cicada ciliaris re- On confirme la synonymie de cinq espèces considérées dans vealed that the species had been described from la littérature comme synonymes plus récents de Platypleura "Indiis" (= former Dutch East Indies = Indone- trois la fois ciliaris, et autres espèces sont pour première syn- Linnaeus discriminatedbetween In- onymisées avec Hamza ciliaris : Hamza bouruensis (Distant), sia). Although H. uchiyamae Matsumura, et Platypleura lyricen Kirkaldy. diis and India, Metcalf's catalogue (1963) men- La redescription de Hamza ciliaris est suivie par une discus- tioned India erroneously as type-locality. sion concernant sa distribution, son habitat et sa position tax- My investigations show that Platypleura ciliaris onomique. On met en question, en se basant sur les résultats de (Linnaeus, 1758) is a senior of H. la la synonym présente étude, classification actuelle du genre Hamza dans H. and une bouruensis, uchiyamae, Platypleura lyri- tribu distincte, Hamzini. Quelques remarques sont faites sur la classification des Cigales en général. cen. P. ciliaris is hereby transferred to the genus Downloaded from Brill.com10/07/2021 10:35:14AM via free access 120 J.P. Duffels - Hamza ciliahs in Indonesia and the Pacific from the litera- Hamza ciliaris 1758) comb. n. Hamza. Earlier synonyms known (Linnaeus, ture have been checked for this study and the type- (Figs. 1-16) material available has been examined. The following references give the original descrip- literature tions of the synonymous species and the Depositories used in establishing the identity of the species. A complete bibliography can be obtained from the The material examined for this study comes from the institutions catalogues of Metcalf (1962, 1963) and Duffels & listed below; abbreviations are given as far as these are used in Van der Laan (1985). the text. BMNH Natural History Museum (formerly: British Museum Cicada ciliaris Linnaeus, 1758: 436; Linnaeus, 1767: 706; Met- (Natural History)), London, United Kingdom calf, 1963: 54. BPBM Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, U.S.A Cicada ocellata Degeer, 1773: 220, pi. 33 figs. 2-3. CAS California Academy of Sciences, Department ofEnto- Cicada varia Olivier, 1790: 756; Olivier, 1797: pi. 113 fig. 6; mology, San Francisco, U.S.A. Guérin-Méneville, 1818: 39. marmorata 1803: 38. here KBIN Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurweten- Tettigonia Fabricius, Lectotype schappen, Brussels, Belgium designated. MZB Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Bogor, Indonesia Platypleura arcuata Walker, 1858: 1. catocaloides 1868: 82. here MZS Musée Zoologiquede l'Université Louis Pasteur et de Platypleura Walker, Lectotype la Ville Strassbourg, France designated. National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia Poecilopsaltria ciliaris ; Distant, 1889: 16 (pl. 1 figs. 4, 4a-b do ciliaris but unidentified of the NMW National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom not depict Hamza an species ge- RMNH National Museum of Natural History (formerly: nus Platypleura). Platypleura bouruensis 1898: 97. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie), Leiden, The Distant, Syn. n. Netherlands Hamza bouruensis ; Distant, 1904: 674, pl. 30 figs. 5, 5a-b; Dis- University of Uppsala, Department of Entomology, tant, 1914: 27, pi. 3 figs. 28, 28a-b. Uppsala, Sweden Platypleura lyricen Kirkaldy, 1913: 7-8. Syn. n. 2 ZMA Institute of Taxonomie Zoology (Zoological Mu- Hamza uchiyamae Matsumura, 1927: 47, pi. fig. 3; Esaki, seum), Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1947: 29, pl. 1 fig. 1; Esaki & Miyamoto, 1975: 633, 634, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, 647-649, figs. 8-9. Syn. n. Denmark Platypleura ciliaris: Metcalf, 1963: 54. The identity of Cicada ciliaris Genus Hamza Distant The identity of Cicada ciliaris Linnaeus, 1758 Hamza Distant, 1904: 674. described from "Indiis" was established through the of Mr. Sten of Type-species: Platypleura bouruensis Distant, 1898 (by original courtesy Jonsson, Department designation). Entomology, University of Uppsala, who allowed of this me to study the type-specimen species from The genus Hamza was characterized by the the collection of the former museum of Gustavus peculiar, narrow tymbal coverings, leaving the Adolphus, king of Sweden. The type-specimen medial parts of the tymbals exposed (Figs. 6-10), (Fig. 1), which is regarded as the holotype of Cicada and was placed in a new division, HamzariaDistant ciliaris, is a female with the label "ciliaris/typus" (1905). Most later authors followed Distant and (ciliaris underlined). The holotype appeared to be the in the tribe Hamzini the sub- identical with the cicada known placed genus or currently as Hamza tribe Hamzariaof the tribe Gaeanini Distant, 1905 bouruensis. (cf. Metcalf, 1963; Duffels & Van der Laan, 1985). In the 12th editionof his Systema Naturae(1767: A discussion on the taxonomie position of Hamza 706) Linnaeus referred, under Cicada ciliaris, to PI. and the tribe Hamzini is presented in a separate sec- 135 in Rumphius' Herbarium Amboinense (1743), tion: taxonomie discussion. which depicted a cicada named "Vero Cicadam Downloaded from Brill.com10/07/2021 10:35:14AM via free access Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 61 (2) - 1991 121 Figs. 1-5. Hamza ciliaris, : 1, holotype of Cicada ciliaris Linnaeus; 2, specimen from northern central Seram, Manusela National Park; 3-4, from Buru, Doherty; 5, from Gebe Island. Downloaded from Brill.com10/07/2021 10:35:14AM via free access - 122 J.P. Duffels Hamza ciliaris in Indonesia and the Pacific Krekel of a Ham- ipsam" in Latin or "De Sprinkhaan fig. 147). Stoll's coloured drawing is goodillustration of that Olivier's of Cicada varia has been za ciliaris. It seems figure zelfs" in Dutch. The cicada was very abundant in copied from Stoll, while the description was copied though its the the forests of Ambon and gave name to tree, restyled. Cicada varia was probably erroneously recorded from called "Cicadaria" in Latin and "De Krekel- the Cape of Good Hope; since the shipping route between the Boom" inDutch, which is depicted on pi. cxxxv fig. Orient and Europe was via Cape of Good Hope, specimens col- A. The cicada on pi. cxxxv fig. B is not Cicada lected in the Orient and Cape of Good Hope may have become mixed up. ciliaris but another cicada species. In spite of some incongruencies this drawing probably depicts the Tettigonia marmorata Fabricius, 1803 recently described Baeturia macgillavryi De Boer, The identity ofthis species could be established by the courtesy 1989, which is known from the northern and of Dr. N. Moller Andersen, Copenhagen, who allowed me to southern Moluccas and Timor. B. macgillavryi study the two male type-specimens (cf. Zimsen, 1964) in the col- lection of the Copenhagen Zoological Museum. One of these, seems to be a common species in Ambon (De Boer, labelled "marmorata", is designated lectotype of Tettigonia 1989). marmorata Fabricius, 1803. The other type-specimen has been labelled paralectotype. Studyofthese type-specimens proved the ciliaris. synonymy of Tettigonia marmorata and Hamza The ciliaris Synonymic species of Hamza type-locality Amboina, of Tettigonia
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