Two new bamboo-feeding species of the genus Kirbyana Distant, 1906 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae)

Yan Zhi; Lin Yang; Xiang-Sheng Chen

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1037.64653

Two new bamboo-feeding species of the genus Kirbyana Distant, 1906 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae)

Zookeys. 2021 May 11:1037:1-14. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1037.64653. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Yan Zhi^{1

2}, Lin Yang^{2

3}, Xiang-Sheng Chen^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory Animal Center, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China.
² Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China.
³ The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China.

Abstract

Two new bamboo-feeding species of the cixiid planthopper genus Kirbyana Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Eucarpiini), K. aspina Zhi & Chen, sp. nov. and K. furcata Zhi & Chen, sp. nov., are described and illustrated from southern China. A key to all known species and a map of their geographic distributions are provided.

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; Cixiidae; Fulgoromorpha; Oriental region; planthopper; taxonomy.

Yan Zhi, Lin Yang, Xiang-Sheng Chen.