Two new species of the bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Purohita Distant from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae)

Hong-Xing Li; Lin Yang; Xiang-Sheng Chen

doi:10.3897/zookeys.855.31561

Two new species of the bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Purohita Distant from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae)

Zookeys. 2019 Jun 13:855:85-94. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.855.31561. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Hong-Xing Li^{1

2}, Lin Yang^{1

2}, Xiang-Sheng Chen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou University Guiyang China.
² Guizhou, 550025, China Guizhou University Guiyang China.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Fulgoroidea; Bamboo planthopper; morphology; taxonomy.