Circulocercopis ochraceus, Liang & Webb, 2002

Liang, A. - P. & Webb, M. D., 2002, New taxa and revisionary notes in Rhinaulacini spittlebugs from southern Asia (Homoptera: Cercopidae), Journal of Natural History 36 (6), pp. 729-756 : 738

Circulocercopis ochraceus sp. nov.

(®gures 20±26)

Length: 5.2±5.5 mm, 5.5±5.8 mm.

External characters as in generic description with head and pronotum (®gure 22) without brown transverse bands and vertex with medial length 0.6 times narrowest transocular width.

Male genitalia with subgenital plate (®gure 23) with expanded basal area very large, distal apical process relatively short; style (®gure 24) with dorsal process apical, dorsal lobe broad; aedeagal shaft (®gure 26) strongly coiled apically.

Etymology. This species is named for its general ochraceous colour.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE:, Vietnam: Fyan , 900±1000 m, 11 July to 9 August 1961 (N. R. Spencer) ( BPBM) . PARATYPES: Vietnam: 1, 11, Blao ( Balao ), 500 m, 14± 21 October 1960 (C. M. Yoshimoto); 6, 3, Dalat, 6 km S., 1400± 1500 m, 9 June to 7 July 1961 (N. R. Spencer); 1, DiLinh (Djiring), 27 September to 14 October 1960 (C. M. Yoshimoto); 1, Ap Hung-lam, 21 km NW of Dilinh, 1100 m, 29 September to 5 October 1960 (C. M. Yoshimoto); 6, 26, same data as holotype; 3, 13, same data as holotype except 1200 m (12, 51 BPBM; 2, 2 IZCAS; 2, 2 BMNH) . Thailand: 1, Khao Yai National Park , black light, 8 November 1977 (Gary F. Hevel) ( USNM) . China: 1, Hainan, Jianfengling , 14 December 1974 (F.-S. Li) ( IZCAS) .

Distribution. Vietnam, Thailand and southern China (Hainan).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by its relatively smaller size, the vertex and pronotum without brown transverse fasciae and the shape of the male genitalia as noted above.