Tropidocephala brunnipennis Signoret, 1860

Park, Sanghyo & Lee, Wonhoon, 2024, First record of Epeurysa distincta Huang & Ding (Hemiptera, Delphacidae, Delphacinae) from South Korea, with an illustrated key to the Korean Tropidocephalini species, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 134165-e 134165 : e134165-

Tropidocephala brunnipennis Signoret, 1860

Tropidocephala brunnipennis Signoret, 1860: 185

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 11; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 7C6566B9-0277-51B1-BB0F-6AFC7ACF6CA4; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Tongyeong-si; locality: 60, Inpyeong-dong ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 04-07 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 9; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 07E3F013-02BB-56E4-8738-64F156754F21; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Tongyeong-si; locality: 60, Inpyeong-dong ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 04-07 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 11; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 2E627D89-BF33-50A7-A368-70FA70AB52E0; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Geoje-si; locality: San 50-2, Galgot-ri ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-30 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 15; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: BFD13F57-C93B-504B-89B7-5412E5EB1F37; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Geoje-si; locality: San 50-2, Galgot-ri ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-30 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 2; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: B181BD52-5D4A-5534-A01C-65082983BA5A; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Namhae-gun; locality: 97 Sports-ro 287 beon-gil, Namhae-eup ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 04-13 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: FE240F88-49BF-5F8C-97B1-E208F796E3F8; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeongsangnam-do; municipality: Namhae-gun; locality: 97 Sports-ro 287 beon-gil, Namhae-eup ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 04-13 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 3; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 53588582-B5FD-59A8-91CB-24B4752D5B0A; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeollanam-do; municipality: Sinan-gun; locality: 543, Ye-ri, Heuksan-myeon ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 06-18 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 3; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: EC731580-F6CD-5385-AB01-9EE707E31CC8; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeollanam-do; municipality: Suncheon-si; locality: 13-36, Yulchonsandan 5 - ro, Haeryong-myeon ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 07-27 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 4; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: CBF65CAB-A3DD-54CE-8EF1-8E93309651B7; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeollanam-do; municipality: Suncheon-si; locality: 13-36, Yulchonsandan 5 - ro, Haeryong-myeon ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 07-27 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 4; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: A8428C97-0225-5E6C-A709-366A4B4EB025; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeollanam-do; municipality: Gwangyang-si; locality: 18-42, Hangman 8 - ro ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 07-27 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 13; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 25E52B4C-FC59-59D4-9BDB-9C6AABCB72B8; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeollanam-do; municipality: Gwangyang-si; locality: 18-42, Hangman 8 - ro ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 07-27 - 2022; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 3289636C-5382-5F3A-ADCD-53AE4105F0D1; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeju-do; municipality: Jeju-si; locality: 72, Sumogwon-gil ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-03 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 4E2F1933-AA4F-5F95-95FF-B3E0197A1349; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeju-do; municipality: Jeju-si; locality: 72, Sumogwon-gil ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-03 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 0B8462F8-2E80-5BCD-9B3B-77131229F0F4; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeju-do; municipality: Jeju-si; locality: 72, Sumogwon-gil ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-03 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 5E60BBB0-FC96-559E-8FE9-6447F84FDBAD; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeju-do; municipality: Jeju-si; locality: 72, Sumogwon-gil ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-03 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 4; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: A83607CB-5888-513B-BE03-00750A032DB6; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeju-do; municipality: Seogwipo-si; locality: 18-2, Topyeong-ro ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-05 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sanghyo Park; individualCount: 7; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 32484386-1FD7-596E-BB78-B24832BFFFEF; Taxon: scientificName: Tropidocephala brunnipennis ; kingdom: Animal; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hemiptera ; family: Delphacidae ; genus: Tropidocephala ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeju-do; municipality: Seogwipo-si; locality: 18-2, Topyeong-ro ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Sanghyo Park; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 07-05 - 2023; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Description

Description. Body length of male 3.1 mm. Body colour greenish-brown to dark brown, vertex and mesonotum greenish-yellow. Vertex length about as long as basal width, outer areas from mediolateral carinae pale brown; frons greenish to blackish towards clypeus and genae below eyes black. Clypeus tricarinate and black. Pronotum and mesonotum with pale brown carinae. Fore-wings mostly blackish with white spot on apical part and green spot on clavus part abdominal segments dark brown, pale yellow posteriorly (Figs 1 c , 2 c ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer ovoid and posterior view with opening longer than broad. Genital stylet flattened, apical third about twice as broad at base, inner margin short processes towards inside, forked at apex. Anal style surpassing anterior margins of the long anal segment. Aedeagus two branched slender needle-shaped (Figs 3 c , 4 c ).

Measurements. Male macropterous form (n = 3). Body length without tegmina: 2.06 mm; body length with tegmina: 3.09 mm; body width: 0.88 mm; head length: 0.47 mm; head width (including eyes): 0.52 mm; 1 st antennal segment length: 0.07 mm; 2 nd antennal segment length: 0.11 mm; vertex length: 0.30 mm; vertex width: 0.26 mm; frons length: 0.53 mm; frons width: 0.30 mm; pronotum length: 0.27 mm; pronotum width: 058 mm; mesonotum length: 0.61 mm; mesonotum width: 0.59 mm.

Distribution

Korea, China (Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujinan, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichunan, Guizhou, Yunnan), Japan, India, Phillippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, North Africa, southern Europe ( Ding 2006).

Host plants

Miscanthus sinensis Anderss ( Poaceae ) (in this study), Imperata cylindrica (Linn.) ( Poaceae ) ( Ding 2006).

Figures

Figure 1 c. Tropidocephala brunnipennis, dorsal and lateral view;

Figure 2 c. Tropidocephala brunnipennis, face;

Figure 3 c. Tropidocephala brunnipennis, ventral view;

Figure 4 c. Tropidocephala brunnipennis, lateral view;