Corresponding author: Xiang-Sheng Chen (
Academic editor: Mike Wilson
Two new bamboo-feeding species of the cixiid planthopper genus
Zhi Y, Yang L, Chen X-S (2021) Two new bamboo-feeding species of the genus
The planthopper genus
Recent study of some Chinese specimens has found two new bamboo-feeding species,
The morphological terminology follows
The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China (
Australian and Oriental regions.
1 | Anterior margin of vertex transverse |
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– | Anterior margin of vertex angularly excavated or incised at middle |
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2 | Forewing with numerous small fuscous spots on basal half and several waved fuscous lines on apical half |
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– | Forewing not so marked |
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3 | Forewing with a transverse veinlet from M to CuA near Cu fork |
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– | Forewing without transverse veinlet from M to CuA near Cu fork |
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4 | Forewing without transverse veinlet from MP3+4 to CuA1 ( |
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– | Forewing with two transverse veinlets from MP3+4 to CuA1 ( |
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5 | Ventral margin of periandrium without spinous processes near base ( |
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– | Ventral margin of periandrium with two spinous processes near base |
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6 | One of the two basal processes of ventral margin of periandrium bifurcate (Fig. |
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– | Both basal processes of ventral margin of periandrium unbifurcated (Fig. |
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7 | All tubercles of longitudinal veins in forewings colourless |
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– | Some tubercles of longitudinal veins in forewings dark |
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8 | Forewing with MP joining CuA with crossvein M3+4-CuA ( |
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– | Forewing with MP joining CuA directly without crossvein M3+4-CuA |
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9 | Forewing with a series of black spots on the claval vein and the inner bifurcating veins; mesonotum with a small dark spot near base of each lateral carina |
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– | Forewing not so marked; mesonotum without a spot on each side near base of lateral carina |
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Body length: male 5.6‒6.1 mm (
The specific name is derived from the Latin word “
Bamboo (
China (Hunan).
The male genitalia of
Body length: male 4.4‒5.3 mm (
The specific name is derived from the Latin word “
Bamboo (
China (Guangxi, Yunnan).
This species can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the following characters: ventral margin of periandrium with three spinous process, two on base and one on apex; apex of periandrium with a long spinous process on the right side; endosoma with three spinous processes on or near the apex.
Prior to this study, nothing had been reported on the host plants of
Based on data from published information and our field surveys, the distribution of
Distribution records of species from the genus
The authors are grateful to the specimen collectors for their hard work in the field collections. We wish to express our sincere thanks to Dr B. Löcker (Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, Australia) for providing related literatures. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 32060343, 31472033), the Science and Technology Support Program of Guizhou Province (grant no. 20201Y129), the Program of Excellent Innovation Talents, Guizhou Province (No. 20154021), the New Academic Talent Program of Guizhou Medical University (No. 19NSP066) and Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Guizhou Medical University (No. J[2020]019).