Corresponding author: Xiang-Sheng Chen (
Academic editor: Mick Webb
A new genus and species,
Yang L, Chen X-S, Li Z-Z (2016)
The bamboo feeding leafhoppers from China were reviewed by
The tribe
The following characters place the new genus in
The study on bamboo leafhoppers in China was carried out from 2001 to 2011 for a minimum of ten weeks each year (June to October). All specimens were collected by sweep net in southern provinces of China and were counted and identified in the laboratory using a binocular microscope. A total of 8,000 leafhopper specimens from bamboo were examined and a total of 58 different genera and at least 123 species were identified, belonging to eight subfamilies (
In the present paper, terminology follows
Type specimens of the new species here described are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
1 | Apex of head in profile thin and acuminate, ventral part of face flat and lying nearly horizontally (Figs |
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– | Apex of head in profile thick and truncate, ventral part of face tumid distally |
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2 | Aedeagus with single shaft and 1 gonopore |
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– | Aedeagus with 2 shafts and 2 gonopores (Figs |
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3 | Forewing with vein M3+4 originating from the central anteapical cell; male pygofer with one process at inside of posterior margin; subgenital plate with a single row of macrosetae; connective V-shaped |
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– | Forewing with vein M3+4 originating from inner anteapical cell; male pygofer with two processes at posterior margin; subgenital plate with several rows of macrosetae; connective Y-shaped |
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4 | Hindwing with veins R4+5 and M1+2 separated basally (Fig. |
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– | Hindwing with veins R4+5 and M1+2 confluent basally; male anal segment without process ventrally |
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5 | Crown in dorsal view rather short, anterior margin broadly rounded |
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– | Crown in dorsal view relatively long, anterior margin acutely rounded |
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6 | Aedeagus with 2 shafts and 2 gonopores |
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– | Aedeagus with single shaft and 1 gonopore |
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7 | Male pygofer side with process |
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– | Male pygofer side without process |
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8 | Body broad and dorsoventrally depressed, black, without longitudinal stripe dorsally; anterior margin of head with several carinae; male pygofer with process at posterior or ventral margin |
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– | Body normal, yellowish white, with dark longitudinal stripe dorsally; anterior margin of head without carina; male pygofer with process at inside of dorsal margin |
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9 | Valve and subgenital plates fused |
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10 | Forewing with vein M3+4 originating from central anteapical cell |
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– | Forewing with vein M3+4 originating from inner anteapical cell |
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11 | Male pygofer with process at posterior margin |
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– | Male pygofer with process at ventral margin |
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12 | Male pygofer with a single process at inside of ventral margin |
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– | Male pygofer with paired processes at ventral margin |
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13 | Hindwing with veins R4+5 and M1+2 confluent basally; connective Y-shaped |
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– | Hindwing with veins R4+5 and M1+2 separated basally; connective slender quadrate |
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Crown with anterior and submarginal carinae; entire second segment of antenna visible from above. Frontoclypeus transversely impressed across base beneath prominent overhanging anterior edge of head. Forewing with four apical cells, venation obscure except near apex, vein M3+4 originating from junction of inner and central anteapical cell. Hind wing with four closed apical cells. Ventral margin of male pygofer without process. Style with short articulating arm and broad outer basal arm. Connective Y-shaped, fused with aedeagus. Aedeagus with paired stout shafts diverging from base, gonopores subapical, large; basal apodeme short.
Bamboo (Figs
Host plant of
Southwest and south China.
The genus name, which is feminine, is a combination of “bambus” (bamboo) and “
The new genus can be distinguished from other genera of
Morphological comparison of
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Body form | Depressed | Depressed | Depressed | Weakly depressed |
No. of carinae on crown | Two | One | One | Two or three |
Anterior margin of crown in dorsal view | Strongly incurved before eyes | Smoothly curved | Smoothly curved | Smoothly curved |
Disk of crown | Strongly elevated posteriorly | Weakly elevated posteriorly | Weakly elevated posteriorly | Strongly elevated posteriorly |
Frontoclypeus form | Mainly flat | Mainly flat | Mainly flat | Tumid anteriorly and depressed posteriorly |
Forewing vein M3+4 originating from | Inner anteapical cell | Central anteapical cell | Inner anteapical cell | Inner anteapical cell |
Hindwing veins R4+5 and M1+2 | Separated basally | Confluent basally | Separated basally | Separated basally |
Hind femur macrosetae | 2+2+1 | 2+2+1 | 2+2+1+1 | 2+2+1 |
Pygofer process | Absent | Present | Present | Present or absent |
Subgenital plate macrosetae | Absent | One row | Several rows | Absent |
Connective form | Y-shaped | V-shaped | Y-shaped | U-shaped |
Ventral process of anal segment | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent |
Number of gonopores | Two | One | One | Two |
Holotype: ♂,
General color yellowish white to yellowish orange. Head and thorax with five black markings. Female sternite VII with two blackish brown markings. Anal (Xth) segment with a very large process at apical-ventral margin. Aedeagus with shafts diverging from base, each shaft narrower at base, broad to near apex, outer margin extended apically into a stout acute process inner margin with a stout subapical tooth-like process directed medially, dentate on dorsal suface, gonopores subapical on ventral surface.
Bamboo (
Southwest and south China (Guizhou, Fujian).
The name is a combination of the Latin words “quinque” (five) and “punctata” (spots), which refers to the dorsum of head and thorax with five small dark spots.
The new species can be distinguished from other species of
We are grateful to Prof. Guang-Qian Gou (College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, China) for identifying the host plant bamboo. We thank Dr. Mick Webb (Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, UK) for reviewing the manuscript. We also thank Dr. Ji-Chun Xing (Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University) for preparing photographs of female genitalia and some illustrations. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30560020, 31260178), the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of Guizhou (20107005), the Program of Excellent Innovation Talents, Guizhou Province (No. 20154021) and the Program of Science and Technology Innovation Talents Team, Guizhou Province (No. 20144001).