Review of the bamboo-feeding species of genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, with description of one new species

Lin Yang; Xiang-Sheng Chen; Zi-Zhong Li

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3619.5.5

Review of the bamboo-feeding species of genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, with description of one new species

Zootaxa. 2013:3619:557-68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.5.5.

Authors

Lin Yang¹, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Zi-Zhong Li

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China.

PMID: 26131493
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.5.5

Abstract

The bamboo-feeding species of genus Scaphoideus Uhler (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China are reviewed to include 7 species: S. conicaplateus Li & Dai, 2004 (China: Guizhou), S. fanjingensis Li & Dai, 2004 (China: Guizhou), S. festivus Matsumura, 1902 (China: Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Hunan, Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Taiwan; India; Sri Lanka; Japan; Korea), S. kumamotonis Matsumura, 1914 (China: Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Henan; Japan), S. nigrigenatus Li, 1990 (China: Guizhou, Sichuan and Hubei), S. nigrivalveus Li & Wang, 2005 (China: Guizhou and Hubei) and S. yaanensis sp. nov. (China: Sichuan). All seven species are re-illustrated and photographed. The new species is described. A key to the bamboo-feeding species of Scaphoideus is also provided.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Female
Food Chain
Hemiptera / anatomy & histology*
Hemiptera / classification*
Hemiptera / physiology
Male
Poaceae
Species Specificity