Hemisphaerius rufovarius Walker, 1858

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2015, Description of a new genus and species of Hemisphaeriini from Brunei with an identification key to the Bornean species of the tribe (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 9-18 : 15

Hemisphaerius rufovarius Walker, 1858

( Figs 15–16 )

Hemisphaerius rufovarius Walker, 1858: 95 .

Hemisphaerius scymnoides Walker, 1862: 309 ; synonymized by LIANG (2001: 236).

Hemisphaerius testaceus Distant, 1906: 360 ; synonymized by LIANG (2001: 236).

Hemisphaerius virescens Distant, 1906: 360 ; synonymized by LIANG (2001: 236).

Note. Described from Burma ( WALKER 1858, DISTANT 1906) and later recorded by Walker (1862) from Thailand, MELICHAR (1906) from Borneo, and FENNAH (1956, 1978) from China (Hainan) and Vietnam. The synonymies were established by LIANG (2001) on the basis of examination of corresponding type specimens.

Figures

Figs 15–19. 15–16 – Hemisphaerius rufovarius Walker, 1858, holotype (BMNH), body length 3.5 mm; 17–18 – H. maculatus Melichar, 1906, syntype (NHRS), body length 4.5 mm (15, 17 – dorsal view; 16, 18 – lateral view). 19 – Gergithus niger (Walker, 1857), syntype (BMNH), frontal view.