Contributions to the Study of the World Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae)

Abstract

The generic classification of the Macropsini is reviewed, and five new genera and four new subgenera are erected: Macropsella n. gen., Macropsis (Neomacropsis) n. subgen, M. (Parapediopsis) n. subgen., Pedionis n. gen., P. (Thyia) n. subgen., Pediopsoides (Celopsis) n. subgen.; Reticopsis n. gen., Toropsis n. gen., and Varicopsella n. gen.. The following genus-group names are considered to be subgenera: Macropsidius Ribaut as a subgenus of Macropsis Lewis; Nanopsis Freytag, Kiamoncopsis Linnavuori and Sispocnis Anufriev as subgenera of Pediopsoides Matsumura; Parasitades Singh-Pruthi as a subgenus of Oncopsis Burmeister. Asmaropsis Linnavuori is synonymized with Hephathus Ribaut, Tsavopsis Linnavuori is synonymized with Macropsis (s.s.) Lewis, and Zinneca Amyot & Serville is synonymized with Oncopsis Burm. (s.s.).Three hundred and seventy-three macropsine species (including 59 unnamed species) are placed generically, with 73 new combinations. Twelve new species are described: Macropsella complicata (New Guinea), Macropsis citronella (Australia), M. gagnei (New Guinea), M. gressitti (New Guinea), Oncopsis enopis (Nepal), O. nepalensis (Nepal), O. tortosa (Nepal), Pedionis astrala (Philippines), P. contrasta (Hong Kong), P. venosa (Japan), Pediopsis femorata (Formosa), Varicopsella obtusa (Borneo). An index is provided to the 436 available names in the Macropsini, including four unplaced species from the Ethiopian region and 21 from the Australian region.Macropsine types in the B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, the British Museum (Natural History), London, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, and the U.S. National Museum, Washington are illustrated and lectotypes are designated for Kirkaldy and Matsumura species. A neotype in the Canadian National Collection is designated for Zinneca flavidorsum Amyot & Serville.

Notes on the Leafhopper GenusPediopsis(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Macropsinae) with Description of One New Species from China

“…Pediopsis femorata was described based on the female by Hamilton (1980), later it was transferred to subgenus Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) Matsumura, 1912 and the male individual was described and illustrated by Huang & Viraktamath (1993). The external morphological characters and original description of femorata distal lateral lobes of frontoclypeus not expanded; striations on pronotum are distinct and oblique; forewings with 3 anteapical cells are consistent with those of the genus Pediopsis.…”

“…Our classification system and morphological terminology follow Hamilton (1980). The type specimen of the new species is deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).…”

“…Pediopsis femorata Hamilton, 1980, which occurs in Taiwan, is also known only by the female sex, and therefore is not included in the present key. 2.…”

“…Later, Anufriev (1971) described 1 new species from Russia. Hamilton (1980) in his world revision of the Macropsinae recorded 13 species of this genus, including 10 new combinations of species from the Australian region and 1 new species from China (Taiwan island). Tishechkin (1997) described 1 new species from Malaysia and later, Cai et al (2005) described 1 new species from China (Shandong).…”

Description of two new species of the leafhopper subgenus Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Macropsinae) from Guangxi Province, Southern China

“…In Hamilton’s (1980) Macropsini revision the genus Pediopsoides included 5 subgenera, including the nominate subgenus Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) for Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) formosanus Matsumura, 1912 from Taiwan island of China and Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) satsumensis (Matsumura, 1912) from Kiushu island of Japan. More recently, the following other species have been added: Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) femorata (Hamilton, 1980) from Taiwan island of China, Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) kodaiana Viraktamath, 1996 from Tamil Nadu state of India, Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) jingdongensis Zhang, 2010 from Yunnan Province of China, Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) bispinata Li, Dai & Li, 2012 and Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) nigrolabium Li, Dai & Li, 2012 from Guangxi Province of China.…”