Caliscelis (Bambula) swazi Gnezdilov & Bourgoin 2009
The genus Caliscelis was erected by Laporte for caliscelids with decorative forelegs and named after them (καλή = beautiful σχελίς = legs).
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/40999
Only 3 species are known from Southern Africa.
Caliscelis can be easily distinguished from related genera in the region by the flattend leaf-shaped fore or middle femora and by the obtuse angle (105°–110°) at which coryphe (vertex) and metope (frons) join.
Caliscelis swazi differs from all other species of the genus by the large size and peculiar coloration of males.
Body length. Males 3.3–4.0 mm, females 4.1–4.5 mm.
Original description & illustrations in:
Gnezdilov V. M. & Bourgoin T. 2009 - First record of the family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Madagascar, with description of new taxa from the Afrotropical Region and biogeographical notes. Zootaxa 2020: 1-36.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264799540_Gnezdilov_VM_T_Bourgoin_2009_First_record_of_the_family_Caliscelidae_Hemiptera_Fulgoroidea_from_Madagascar_with_description_of_new_taxa_from_the_Afrotropical_Region_and_biogeographical_notes_Zootaxa_2
Fore femora and tibiae leaf-like, laterally flattened. Middle femora and tibiae less flattened laterally than fore ones.
Male: Fore wings saddle-shaped, with apices raised, reaching hind margin of third abdominal tergite. Venation obscure, radius bifurcate. Abdomen convex. General coloration, excluding abdomen and posterior half of fore wings, brown or black. Median keels of pronotum and scutellum sometimes reddish. Posterior half of fore wings ivory. Apices of spines of legs black. Abdominal tergites and genital segments black, excluding white or ivory lower angles of V–VIII tergites. Abdominal tergites IV and V sometimes with brown middle parts. Third abdominal tergite with pair of large white or ivory spots at hind margin. Tergites IV–VII each with two pairs of small white or ivory spots laterally. Abdominal sternites black, excluding ivory hind margin of III and middle parts of IV–VIII sternites.
Female: Fore wings not saddle-shaped. Abdomen not convex. Hind margin of sternite VII convex, with median concavity. General coloration black or brown with dense black dots. Median keels of pronotum and scutellum reddish. Apices of spines of legs black.
Recorded so far only from South Africa and eSwatini.
iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144142406
Key to Afrotropical Caliscelidae in:
Gnezdilov, V. & Bourgoin, T. 2009. First record of the family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Madagascar, with description of new taxa from the Afrotropical Region and biogeographical notes. Zootaxa, 2020: 1–36. 10.11646/zootaxa.2020.1.1.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264799540_Gnezdilov_VM_T_Bourgoin_2009_First_record_of_the_family_Caliscelidae_Hemiptera_Fulgoroidea_from_Madagascar_with_description_of_new_taxa_from_the_Afrotropical_Region_and_biogeographical_notes_Zootaxa_2
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