Taxonomic study of the Oriental genus Catullioides Bierman, 1910 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Tropiduchidae), with description of a new species from China

Hao-Yu Zhu; Fang Yu; Si-Yuan Xu; Fang-Zhou Ma; Rong-Rong Wang; Zhi-Shun Song

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1037.65481

Taxonomic study of the Oriental genus Catullioides Bierman, 1910 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Tropiduchidae), with description of a new species from China

Zookeys. 2021 May 17:1037:119-136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1037.65481. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Hao-Yu Zhu¹, Fang Yu¹, Si-Yuan Xu¹, Fang-Zhou Ma², Rong-Rong Wang³, Zhi-Shun Song¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Insect Resources and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing, China Jiangsu Second Normal University Nanjing China.
² Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, China Ministry of Ecology and Environment Nanjing China.
³ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.

Abstract

The tropiduchid genus Catullioides Bierman, 1910 is redescribed and illustrated. Catullioides includes two species, C. rubrolineata Bierman, 1910 (the type species) and C. taishunensis Zhu, Wang & Song, sp. nov. A key to the species of the genus is provided.

Keywords: Catulliini; Fulgoroidea; morphology; taxonomy.

Hao-Yu Zhu, Fang Yu, Si-Yuan Xu, Fang-Zhou Ma, Rong-Rong Wang, Zhi-Shun Song.

Grants and funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China