Connelicita haiphongensis Wang & Zhang, 2015

Constant, Jerome, Pham, Thai-Hong, Le, Cuong Viet Canh, Vu, Trung Thanh & Nguyen, Hoai Thu Thi, 2023, The tropiduchid planthopper genus Connelicita Wang & Bourgoin, 2015: two new species from Central Vietnam and new records (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Tropiduchidae), ZooKeys 1186, pp. 105-122 : 105

Connelicita haiphongensis Wang & Zhang, 2015

Figs 5 , 6

Connelicita haiphongensis Wang & Zhang, 2015 in Wang et al. 2015: 569, figs 2-21.

Materials examined.

Vietnam - Hai Phong Province • 1 ♂; Cat Ba National Park ; 20°48'00"N, 107°00'20"E; 12-16 Jul. 2013; J. Constant & J. Bresseel leg.; I.G.: 32.454; RBINS - Vinh Phuc Province • 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Me Linh Biodiversity Station ; 21°23'04"N, 105°42'44"E; 29-30 Jun. 2023; J. Constant & L. Semeraro leg.; RBINS • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same locality as preceding; 29 Jun. 2023; alt. 30 m; by net; Hoai T.T. Nguyen leg.; VNMN - Hoa Binh Province • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Ngoc Son-Ngo Luong Nature Reserve ; 20°26'16"N, 105°20'15"E; 25-30 Jul. 2016; GTI Project; J. Constant & J. Bresseel leg.; RBINS - Ninh Binh Province • 1 ♀; Cuc Phuong National Park ; 20°20'53"N, 105°35'52"E; 31 Jul.-3 Aug. 2016; GTI Project; J. Constant & J. Bresseel leg.; RBINS .

Note.

The species was previously only recorded from Cat Ba Island in Ha Long Bay ( Wang et al. 2015). It is here recorded for the first time from the mainland, and its distribution is extended to the provinces of Vinh Phuc, Hoa Binh, and Ninh Binh (Fig. 5 ).

Biology.

The specimens were found sitting on leaves on the lower vegetation (Fig. 6A, B ) in subtropical evergreen forests (Fig. 6C ) in the South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests and Northern Indochina subtropical forests ecoregions.

Figures

Figure 5. Distribution map of the species of Connelicita of Vietnam.

Figure 6. Connelicita haiphongensis Wang & Zhang, 2015 A, B adult specimen on leave of unidentified plant, Vietnam, Cuc Phuong National Park, 4 July 2019 Gernot Kunz, with permission A laterodorsal view B anterodorsal view C habitat in Vietnam, Me Linh Biodiversity Station, 30 June 2023.