Jassus tiliae Germar, 1831, by subsequent designation of Kirkaldy (1903).

Palaearctic, Oriental, Nearctic, and Australian regions.

Pediopsis can be distinguished by the following combination of features: head across eyes usually distinctly narrower than pronotum, face wider than long, lora relatively large, pronotum frontally declivous and usually with strongly oblique striations, male pygofer without spines or processes, dorsal connective usually strongly developed. The traditional separation of Pediopsis from Pedionis (Hamilton 1980) is followed here, but, as more species become known, the two genera may be synonymized. The difficulty in defining Pediopsis is apparent from the fact that the genus was keyed out in two places in Hamilton’s (1980) key. At present, the most reliable feature to separate the two genera is the presence or absence of processes or spines on the ventral margin of the male pygofer (absent in Pediopsis and present in Pedionis).

Holotype ♂, China: Hunan Province, Badagongshan National Natural Reserve, Tianpingshan, 5.viii.2013, collected by Hu Li. Paratypes 1 ♂, same data as holotype, except 3.viii.2013; 1 ♀, Guizhou Province, Shiqian County, Fodingshan National Natural Reserve, 15.viii.1991, collected by Xiang-Sheng Chen.

Body color (Figs 1–3). Body background color black to dark brown. Head and face (Fig. 3) yellowish, with dark spots or stripes, frontoclypeus slightly milky white, eyes dark brown with reddish tinge, fading to gray; ocelli dark; apex of anteclypeus and gena black. Pronotum (Fig. 1) with anterior half dark brown, posterior half gray, striations on surface darker. Mesonotum (Fig. 1) evenly black with white tip. Forewing (Figs 1, 2) brown, with several transparent patches at midlength and subapically; veins black with clear white spots. Legs yellowish with black or brown patches.

Body appearance (Figs 1–4). Head across eyes (Fig. 1) clearly narrower than pronotum; crown short with anterior and posterior margins almost parallel. Face (Fig. 3) as long as wide across eyes, surface with clear punctures and striations, central region slightly tumid frontally, distance between ocelli relatively large, approximately 8× that from ocellus to adjacent eye. Pronotum (Figs 1, 2) broad, 2.4× wider than long, with strongly oblique striations. Mesonotum (Fig. 1) 1.5× longer than pronotum. Forewing (Figs 1, 2, 4) with three subapical and four apical cells, venation prominent.

Male genitalia (Figs 5–11). Pygofer (Fig. 5) broad basally, lobe short and stout, caudal margin truncated, slightly depressed medially, ventral margin smoothly curved, with scattered marginal setae. Subgenital plate (Fig. 5) slender, of equal width throughout length, with relatively long hair-like setae, its length as long as ventral margin of pygofer. Dorsal connective (Fig. 6) strongly developed, S-shaped, with long slender process produced on ventral margin directed caudad and twisted. Style (Fig. 7) with apophysis stout, angled dorsally at basal 1/3, gradually tapering to pointed apex, with few marginal setae. Connective as in Figs 8, 9. Aedeagus (Figs 10, 11) with basal apodeme and shaft short, the latter shorter than 1/2 length of whole aedeagus, tapered in lateral view to truncate apex, bent dorsally.

Figures 1–11. 

Pediopsis albopicta sp. nov. 1 male habitus, dorsal view 2 male habitus, lateral view 3 face 4 forewing 5 male pygofer and subgenital plate, lateral view 6 dorsal connective, lateral view 7 style, lateral view 8 connective, ventral view 9 connective, lateral view 10 aedeagus, lateral view 11 aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (1, 2); 0.5 mm (3).

Body length (including tegmen): 4.3 mm.

China (Hunan and Guizhou provinces).

The specific epithet of the new species is derived from the Latin words albus (white) and picta (spot), referring to the white tip of the mesonotum and white spots on the forewing veins.

This species can be readily separated from other congeners by the contrasting color pattern of its mesonotum, white spotted forewing veins, and different shape of the aedeagus and dorsal connective.

Holotype ♂, China: Yunnan Province, Lushui City, Pianma Town, 26°0'34"N, 98°37'55"E, 26.v.2019, collected by Jia-Jia Wang and Chao Zhang.

Body color (Figs 12–14). Specimen from alcohol. Yellowish to dark brown, striations on head, face, and pronotum same color as those of ground color. Head (Figs 12, 13) yellowish, face with dark brown spot at upper central region, eyes brown with gray tinge, ocelli yellow, lower parts of ocelli slightly brown, anteclypeus with brown macula. Pronotum (Fig. 12) yellowish on anterior areas, especially those near eyes, then gradually darkening to almost black at posterior part. Mesonotum (Fig. 12) evenly black, with small yellowish tip. Forewing (Fig. 12) dark brown to almost black on basal part, veins black. Legs yellow with brown markings.

Body appearance (Fig. 12). Head across eyes (Fig. 13) slightly narrower than pronotum; crown short, almost parallel sided. Face (Fig. 13) including eyes 1.2× wider than its length; distance between ocelli nearly 4× that from ocellus to adjacent eye. Pronotum (Fig. 12) 2.2× wider than long, with striations nearly transverse. Mesonotum (Fig. 12) 1.3× longer than pronotum. Forewing (Fig. 14) with two subapical and three apical cells, venation prominent.

Male genitalia (Figs 15–21). Pygofer (Fig. 15) slightly prolonged caudally. Subgenital plate (Fig. 15) slender, slightly longer than ventral margin of pygofer, apical 1/2 with scattered setae. Dorsal connective (Fig. 16) relatively simple, S-shaped with apex broad and tapering to acute ventrally directed tip. Style (Fig. 17) with apophysis relatively straight, slightly widening to truncate apex, with marginal setae. Connective as in Figs 18, 19. Aedeagus (Figs 20, 21) with dorsal apodeme and preatrium short, shaft in lateral view broad basally, thereafter tapered to upturned apex, in ventral view expanded distally with conically rounded apex.

Figures 12–21. 

Pediopsis pianmaensis sp. nov. 12 male habitus, dorsal view 13 face 14 forewing 15 male pygofer and subgenital plate, lateral view 16 dorsal connective, lateral view 17 style, lateral view 18 connective, dorsal view 19 connective, lateral view 20 aedeagus, later view 21 aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (12, 14); 0.5 mm (13).

Body length (including tegmen): 5.1 mm.

China (Yunnan Province).

The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the new species, Pianma Town (Yunnan Province), combined with the Latin suffix -ensis, meaning “pertaining to”.

The new species can be distinguished from all other congeners by its darker body color, forewing with two ante-apical cells, simple aedeagus, and S-shaped dorsal connective.

This species was described from the holotype and paratype male from China deposited in the Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China (NWAFU) and three male paratypes from Thailand in the Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, USA (INHS). However, there are some ambiguities in the original description. Firstly, if the genitalia are drawn accurately, two different species appear to have been figured. The genitalia of one species were shown undissected in fig. 33 of the original description, and based on the aedeagus, the dissected parts of another species were shown in figs 34–39. The aedeagus shown in fig. 33 is the one described, i.e., “Aedeagus strongly tapered from wide base to narrow apex in lateral aspect”. Enquiries made by one of us (Webb) indicate that there are three (not two) Chinese specimens of the species present in the NWAFU collection, with the original type data, all without type labels. Of these specimens only one is dissected and matches fig. 33. Other enquiries made regarding the paratypes in INHS indicate that their aedeagi also match fig. 33. All type series specimens match the habitus images in the original description with respect to general appearance and color pattern, particularly the long dark basal triangles of the mesonotum. However, unaccountably none match the actual specimen imaged based on the leg position in the lateral habitus figure (Yang and Zhang 2015: fig. 30). It is suggested that the dissected specimen in NWAFU be regarded as the holotype even though we do not know what specimen provided the external images, which are of a better specimen.

This species was described based on the female type from Taiwan island, China. Subsequently, Huang and Viraktamath (1993) moved it into Pediopsoides Matsumura according to their own specimens from Taiwan. However, Dai et al. (2018) studied the material examined by Hamilton (1980) and Huang and Viraktamath (1993) and considered Huang and Viraktamath’s (1993) identification of Pediopsoides femorata to be a misidentification and gave it a new name; it may or may not be a new species of Pediopsoides (see Li et al. in prep.).

Figures 22–26. 

Female holotype of Pediopsis femorata Hamilton 22 habitus, dorsal view 23 labels 24 face, frontal view 25 habitus, lateral view 26 habitus, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm. Images © North Carolina State University.