Six new species of the leafhopper subgenus Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Eurymelinae, Macropsini) from China

Hu Li; Juan Li; Michael D Webb; Jia-Jia Wang; Ren-Huai Dai

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1165.81776

Six new species of the leafhopper subgenus Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Eurymelinae, Macropsini) from China

Zookeys. 2023 Jun 5:1165:183-201. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1165.81776. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Hu Li^{1

2}, Juan Li^{1

3}, Michael D Webb⁴, Jia-Jia Wang^{2

5}, Ren-Huai Dai²

Affiliations

¹ Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Bio-resources, School of Biological Science & Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology; Qinling-Bashan Mountains Bioresources Comprehensive Development C.I.C.; State Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment of Qinling-Bashan, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, 723000 China Institute of Entomology of Guizhou University Guiyang China.
² Institute of Entomology of Guizhou University, The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025 China Shaanxi University of Technology Hanzhong China.
³ Xi'an Zhongtie Middle School, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710054 China Xi'an Zhongtie Middle School Xi'an China.
⁴ The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD UK The Natural History Museum London United Kingdom.
⁵ College of Biology and Food Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou, Anhui, 239000 China Chuzhou University Chuzhou China.

Abstract

The nominate subgenus Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) Matsumura, 1912 is widely distributed in the Oriental region but has high species diversity only in southern China. The present paper describes and illustrates six new species of Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) namely, P. (P.) ailaoshanensis Li & Dai, sp. nov., P. (P.) quadrispinosus Li & Dai, sp. nov., P. (P.) flavus Li & Dai, sp. nov., and P. (P.) pianmaensis Li & Dai, sp. nov. all collected in Yunnan Province, southwestern China, P. (P.) maoershanensis Li & Dai, sp. nov., found in Guangxi Autonomous Region, southern China, and P. (P.) huangi Li & Dai sp. nov., from Taiwan, previously incorrectly recorded as a new name by Li & Dai, 2018 in Dai et al. 2018: 203 for P. (P.) femorata Huang & Viraktamath, 1993 (nec Pediopsisfemorata Hamilton, 1980). Two new junior synonyms of Sispocnis Anufriev, 1967 are proposed, i.e., Digitalis Liu & Zhang, 2002, syn. nov. and Neosispocnis Dmitriev, 2020, syn. nov.

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; Homoptera; distribution; macropsine; morphology.

Hu Li, Juan Li, Michael D. Webb, Jia-Jia Wang, Ren-Huai Dai.