Review of the genus Vekunta Distant from China, with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Derbidae)

Yong-Jin Sui; Xiang-Sheng Chen

doi:10.3897/zookeys.825.31542

Review of the genus Vekunta Distant from China, with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Derbidae)

Zookeys. 2019 Feb 19:(825):55-69. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.825.31542. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Yong-Jin Sui^{1

2

3}, Xiang-Sheng Chen^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China Guizhou University Guiyang China.
² Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China Guizhou University Guiyang China.
³ Guizhou Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China Guizhou University Guiyang China.

Abstract

The derbid genus Vekunta Distant, 1906 is reviewed. Two new species, V.bambusana sp. n. and V.pentaprocessusa sp. n., are described and illustrated from the southwest of China to give the genus twenty-nine species in China. A checklist and a key to species of the genus from China are also provided.

Keywords: Cenchreini; Fulgoroidea; distribution; planthoppers; taxonomy.