Project description:Two new cixiid planthopper species: Andixius longispinus Zhi & Chen, sp. n. and A. trifurcus Zhi & Chen, sp. n. are described and illustrated from China (Yunnan Province) to provide the genus with four species in total. The generic characteristics are redefined. A key based on male genitalia to the four known species of this genus and a map of their geographic distributions are provided.
Project description:Abstract Four new species of the genus Andixius Emeljanov & Hayashi, 2007 are described and illustrated from China. These are A.flagellihamus Wang & Chen, sp. nov., A.gracilispinus Wang & Chen, sp. nov., A.productus Wang & Chen, sp. nov. and A.truncatus Wang & Chen, sp. nov. Photographs of the new species and an identification key to all Andixius species are provided.
Project description:Two new species of Indolipa Emeljanov, 2001 (Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae) from Yunnan Province, China, I. fugongensis Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. and I. longlingensis Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. are described. Color images for the adults of the two new species and line drawings for the genitalia are provided. In addition, a key to all known species of Indolipa Emeljanov is included.
Project description:Two new species of genus Oecleopsis Emeljanov, 1971, O. laminatus Zhi & Chen, sp. n. and O. productus Zhi & Chen, sp. n., and a new record, O. yoshikawai (Ishihara, 1961), are described and illustrated from China. Female genitalia of five species within this genus are compared morphologically: O. laminatus Zhi & Chen, sp. n., O. mori (Matsumura, 1914), O. productus Zhi & Chen, sp. n., O. sinicus (Jacobi, 1944) and O. yoshikawai (Ishihara, 1961). A key to five Chinese species based on female genitalia, and a key to all known species of Oecleopsis based on male genitalia, are provided.
Project description:Two new species of Betacixius Matsumura, 1914 (Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae), B. latissimus Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. and B. maguanensis Zhi & Chen, sp. nov., are described from Yunnan Province, China. The genus is reviewed and a key to all known species is provided. The females of four Chinese species are described for the first time.
Project description:Two new species of cixiid planthoppers genus Tsauria Koçak & Kemal, Tsauriabrevispina Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. and T.longispina Zhi & Chen, sp. nov., are described and illustrated from China and T.transspinus (Zhang & Chen, 2011) was removed to give the genus four species in total. The female genitalia of three species are described and illustrated for the first time. A key to all known species of Tsauria based on male genitalia, and a key to three species (except for T.major) based on female genitalia, are provided.
Project description:Two new bamboo-feeding species of the cixiid planthopper genus Kirbyana Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Eucarpiini), K. aspina Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. and K. furcata Zhi & Chen, sp. nov., are described and illustrated from southern China. A key to all known species and a map of their geographic distributions are provided.
Project description:The diagnostic characters of the Chinese planthopper genus Sinonissus Wang, Shi & Bourgoin, 2018 are redefined. Three new species of this genus, S. daozhenensis Chang & Chen, sp. nov. (Guizhou), S. hamulatus Chang & Chen, sp. nov. (Guizhou) and S. longicaudus Chang & Chen, sp. nov. (Sichuan) are described and illustrated, and their female genitalia compared. A checklist and key to the Chinese species of Sinonissus are given.
Project description:Two new species of the bamboo-feeding genus Purohita Distant, 1906, P.castaneus sp. nov. and P.circumcincta sp. nov., are described and illustrated from southwest China (Yunnan), giving the genus thirteen species in total. A key is provided to distinguish eight Chinese species in the genus.
Project description:Abstract Two new species of genus Kuvera Distant, 1906, Kuveracampylotropa Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. and K.elongata Zhi & Chen, sp. nov., and a new Chinese record, K.basarukini Emeljanov, 1998, are described and illustrated from China. The females of two other species of Kuvera, K.laticeps (Metcalf, 1936) and K.ussuriensis (Vilbaste, 1968), are described for the first time. An updated identification key to Chinese species of Kuvera is given.